Judy Collins – When I Was A Girl In Colorado (Guitar)

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SONG: WHEN I WAS A GIRL IN COLORADO ARTIST: JUDY COLLINS TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] INTRO: C F C F C F C G C VERSE:
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When I was a girl in Colorado

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Rivers danced the canyon walls

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   Paintbrush nodded in the springtime

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 I could hear the bluebirds' calls
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When I was a girl in Colorado

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Winter held me in its arrrms

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Summers rocked me like a lover

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 I could never come to harm
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When I was a girl in Colorado

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I could conquer anything

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I could fly with wings of silver

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I could whisper, I could sing
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Will you take me to the mountains

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  Before another summer ends

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We can catch the outbound zephyr

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We can travel like the wind
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When I moved out to the desert

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Forty years to lose my sooul

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Somewhere back there in her rivers

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Colorado made me whole

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When I go back to the mountains

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I always find a windy  hiill

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Watch the sunset over Long's Peak

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Ski those slopes and feel that thrill
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Will you take me to the mountains

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 Before another summer ends

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We can catch the outbound zephyr

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When I was a girl in Colorado

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I knew enough to fall in love

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Like the bluebirds in the pine trees

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Like the snowfall from above
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Will you take me to the mountains

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 Before another summer ends

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We can catch the outbound zephyr

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We can travel like the wind
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Like the wiiiiiind

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Like the wiiiiiind

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Like the wiiiiiind