F#           C#  
  I was only seventeen,
B        C#         F#
  just a small town beauty queen
                C#                 B
when a handsome guy went and got my eye.
       C#       F#   C#
Such a sight to see!
F#                C#
   He said such a pretty  face
B          C#    F#
  ought to see a far-off place,
                     C#                             B
a place where eagles fly, where mountains touch the sky,
           C#       F#
a place so wild and free.

[Chorus]
            B
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
                          F#
You got me messing with a desperado.
                      C#
My mama told me I was crazy to go
                                  F#
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
           B
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
                         F#
I gave my life away with nothing to show
                          C#
and now I'm living with a man and a gun.
                       F#
I'm just a fool on the run!

C#  B  C#  F#

[Verse 2]

F#               C#
  All the pretty things he said
B         C#          F#
  Took my heart, went to my head
F#                  C#                           B
   But the soft gui-tars, the nights beneath the stars
        C#     F#   C#
 were a fanta- sy.
F#               C#
   He had such a "wanted" face.
B         C#      F#
   Wanted in most every place!
                   C#                          B
I'm nothing in his hands -This devil's not the man.
               C#        F#
That's what he lies with me.


[Chorus]

            B
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
                          F#
You got me messing with a desperado.
                      C#
My mama told me I was crazy to go.
                                  F#
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
           B
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
                         F#
I gave my life away with nothing to show
                          C#
and now I'm living with a man and a gun.
                       F#
I'm just a fool on the run!


[Final Chorus]

G             C
  Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
                          G
You got me messing with a desperado
         D
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
                                  G
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
           C
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
                         G
I gave my life away with nothing to show.
                          D
And now I'm living with a man and a gun.
                       G
I'm just a fool on the run!