Colorado Christmas Chords
Colorado Christmas by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Dm
Looking out the window of this hollywood hotel,
G C
Youd never know that it was christmas eve.
C Dm
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells,
G C
And the temperature is 84 degrees.
Am Em
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below
Am Em
As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene
C Dm
Theres not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows,
G C
And santa drives a rolls royce limosine.
Am Em
But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air
Am Em
From telluride to boulder down below
C Dm
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
G C
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow
C Dm
I remember christmases when I was just a boy
G C
In the morning I would run to see the tree.
C Dm
And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of christmas joy
G C
Well, I always thought they sang them just for me.
Am Em
Now the sun is setting in the california sky
Am Em
And I cant find the spirit anywhere
C Dm
So I think its time for me to tell los angeles goodbye
G C
Im going back home toook for christmas there
Am Em
But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air
Am Em
From telluride to boulder down below
C Dm
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
G C
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow