In My Colorado Home

D Bm Em D D Bm I was born and raised where the cattle graze under Colorado skies Em D The tumbling creeks and the Spanish peaks tells tales both old and wise D Bm If you learn to love these mountains you never will depart Em D If your heart's in Colorado, Colorado's in your heart D Bm Then a lady fair, who lived out there, and this cowboy fell in love Em D I held her tight by a campfire bright under blazing stars above D Bm I pledged my love forever and vowed I'd never part Em D My heart was for this woman, this woman for my heart Bm A D Under rancher skies where the eagle flies is where I long to ride Bm C A Down the wooded slopes with my dreams and hopes and sweetheart by my side Bm A D The streams and trails and the mountain vales are the paths I long to roam D F#m Bm D Em D Where the hawk flies free is the place for me, in my Colorado home D Bm But a young cowboy, full of life and joy, has a need to wander far Em D So I rode away on a piebald grey led by the morn' stars D Bm I pushed that grey down Texas way where the cattle trails all start Em D My heart was for me only, just I was in my heart D Bm So I rode those trails to the hitchin' rails of that rugged lonesome land Em D I danced all night, I drank and fight, cause I could not understand D Bm Why I found no peace no sweet release and by mornin' I depart Em D My heart was lost and lonely, lonely was my heart Bm A D Under rancher skies where the eagle flies is where I long to ride Bm C A Down the wooded slopes with my dreams and hopes and sweetheart by my side Bm A D The streams and trails and the mountain vales are the paths I long to roam D F#m Bm D Em D Where the hawk flies free is the place for me, in my Colorado home D Bm So I put my horse on a westward course to the mountains I did ride Em D My love so fair was a waitin' there on the slopes of the great divide D Bm We'll always be together, never more to part Em D My heart's in Colorado, Colorado's in my heart Bm A D Under rancher skies where the eagle flies is where I long to ride Bm C A Down the wooded slopes with my dreams and hopes and sweetheart by my side Bm A D The streams and trails and the mountain vales are the paths I long to roam D F#m Bm D Em D Where the hawk flies free is the place for me, in my Colorado home D F#m Bm D Em D Where the hawk flies free is the place for me, in my Colorado home G F# C D Colorado, Colorado, Colorado