Colorado Woman Chords
Colorado Woman by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, Asus2 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th Fret
Intro: G Em C D (2x) C
G D
The western prairie stretches far away from home
G
Lose your troubles in the big sky
Em Asus2 C
Thought I'd move along like the ranchers do
D C
Stake a claim on a quiet space or two
G D
Miles away, still I recall your face and your lines
G
I once resided in a place
Em Asus2
Where riverboats lined up the big muddy shore
C D
Until I couldn't stand my sunny South anymore
G D Em
Tonight I want to be a strong Colorado woman
C D G
I don't want to be your Mississippi girl
D Em
There are times I need you to hold on to
C D G Em C D G Em C D
But this time I got to hold on by myself
C G D
I tumbled with the dustbowls across the Oklahoma plain
G
Headed westward towards the mountains and the rain
Em Asus2
The meadow of the timberline
C D
With your image still haunting my mind
G D Em
Tonight I want to be a strong Colorado woman
C D G
I don't want to be your Mississippi girl
D Em
There are times I need you to hold on to
C D G Em
But this time I got to hold on by myself
Bridge:
A
Take me down
C
Take me down
D G Em
Won't you please melt me down
A
But let me up
C
Help me up
D G
I want back on my feet again
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