Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Colorado Christmas (Guitar)

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Looking out the window of this Hollywood hotel

      G                                C
You'd never know that it was Christmas Eve

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The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells

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And the temperature is 84 degrees

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I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below

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As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene

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But there's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows

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And Santa drives a Rolls Royce limousine

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But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air

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From Telluride to Boulder down below

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The closest thing to Heaven on this planet anywhere

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Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow

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I remember Christmases when I was just a boy

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In the morning I would run to see the tree

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And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of Christmas joy

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Well, I always thought they sang them just for me

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Now the sun is setting in the California sky

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And I can't find the spirit anywhere

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So I think it's time for me to tell Los Angeles goodbye

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I'm going back home to look for Christmas there

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But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air

     Bb           F              G
From Telluride to Boulder down below

    C                               Dm
The closest thing to Heaven on this planet anywhere

     G                                       C     Dm
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow

       G                                       C
It's a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow