Townes Van Zandt – Colorado Girl (Guitar Tab)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D) • Capo 2
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This song is finger picked in 'Travis Style', meaning you use your thumb to pick the bottom 4 strings, leaving the top 2 for your middle and ring fingers [Intro]
D |------------------0--------------------0---------|
A |---------4------4--------------2-----------------|
F#|-------3--------------0------1-------1--------1--|
D |-----0--------------0------0--------------0h2----|
A |---4-------0h4-----------2-------0h2-------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|

D |-------0--------------0---|
A |-0----------0h2---2-------|
F#|---0-----0------1-------1-|
D |--------------------------|
A |------------0h2-----------|
D |-0---0--------------0-----|
[Verse 1] The rest of the song basically goes D - G/B- D - G/B - D - A7 - G/B - D, but with this somewhat repeating pattern
D |-------0---------0----------------------0--------0------------------------0--|
A |-0---------0-------2----2-----2-----2------0----------0h2---2-------0--------|
F#|---0-----0---0-------1------1---1------------0-----0------1-------0---0----0-|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------0h2------------|
A |-------------------2------2---2-------2---------------0h2--------------------|
D |-0---0-----0---0-------0----------0--------0---0--------------------0---0----|

D |----------0---------0----------------------0--------0------------------|
A |-0h2---2----2----2----2----2-----2-----2------0----------0h2---2-------|
F#|-----1--------1---------1------1---1------------0-----0------1-------0-|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------0h2---|
A |-0h2--------------2---2------2---2-------2---------------0h2-----------|
D |--------0---2---0---------0----------0--------0---0--------------------|

D |-------0---------0----2-----2-----2-----2-----------------------------|
A |-0---------0------------0-------0---0-------0--2-----2-----2----------|
F#|---0----0----0-----0----------1-----------1------1-------1---1-----0--|
D |----------------------2-----------2----------------------------0h2----|
A |--------------------------0-----------0--------2-------2---2----------|
D |-0---0-----0---0-----------------------------------0------------------|

D |-------0--------------0---|
A |-0----------0h2---2-------|
F#|---0-----0------1-------1-|
D |--------------------------|
A |------------0h2-----------|
D |-0---0--------------0-----|
some small fill changes or differnt hammer ons he does throughout song but I would just leave that up to how you want to feel out the song ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************