The Blizzard

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I've looked everywhere for this song and can't find it, so I finally gave up and
figured it out myself. She usually plays it on piano, so I figured it out that way
first and then tried it on guitar to see if it still sounded OK. I think it works.
If I missed something, please let me know.
Capo I
C G F C
Colorado, Colorado
C F C F
When the world leaves you shivering
F G
And the blizzard blows
C G F C
When the snow flies and the night falls
Am
There's a light in the window
F G
And a place called home
F Am
At the end of the storm
Am
One night on the mountain I was headed for Estes
F G
When the roads turned to ice and it started to snow
Am
Put on the chains in a whirl of white powder
F G
Halfway up to Berthoud near a diner I know
C
And the light burned inside, shining down through the snowfall
G F G
God, it was cold, and the temperature droppin'
C
Went in for coffee and I shivered as I drank it
G F
Warming my hands in the steam as it rose
Am
Sitting there at the counter was a dark-headed stranger
Am F G
Me and the owner and him keeping warm
Am
Nodded hello and I said, "It's a cold one.
Am F G
Looks like there might be a blizzard tonight,"
C
And "Yes," said the owner, "There's a big storm on the mountain.
G F G
Good thing we're open; we could be here for hours.
C
There's nothing for miles, and it's too late to get to Denver.
G F G
Better not try for the summit tonight."
C G
And the snow fell
F C
And the night passed
C F Am
And I talked to the strangers
Am F G Am
As the blizzard blew
Am
Me and the stranger, you know I don't talk to strangers
F G
I'm a private sort of person, but a blizzard is a blizzard
Am
And somehow I found myself saying you'd left me
F G
Telling him everything I wanted to say to you.
C
You know how it is when you can talk to a stranger
G F G
Someone you're quite sure you'll never see again
C
Soon we were talkin' and laughin' and drinkin'.
G F G
He said, "You must know you're too good for him."
C G
And the snow fell
F C
And the night passed
C F Am
And I talked to the strangers
Am F G Am
And the blizzard blew
Am
The stranger said, "Love, it can cry you a river.
Am F G
Me, I'm a loner, 'cause I can't take the heartache.
Am
Sometimes I'm a fighter when I get too much whiskey.
Am F G
Here, have a little whiskey; pretend you don't give a damn.
C
My cabin's up here on the side of the mountain.
G F G
You can go up there and sleep through the blizzard."
C
I put on my parka, said goodbye to the owner,
G F C
Followed the stranger through the snow up the mountainside.
Am
Woke in the morning to the sun on the snow
Am F G
My car was buried in six feet of snowdrift
Am
They dug me out, just the owner and the stranger
Am F G
Sent me on my way when the snowplow had been by
C
And the roads were all clear, and the sun on the mountains
G F G
Sparkled like diamonds on the Peak-to-Peak Highway
C
Then I knew that I would get over you
Dm G C
Knew you could leave me, but you'd never break me
C G F C
Colorado, Colorado
C F C F
When the world leaves you shivering
G
And the blizzard blows
C G F C
When the snow flies and the night falls
F
There's a light in the window
Dm G
And a place called home
F C
At the end of the storm

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I've looked everywhere for this song and can't find it, so I finally gave up and 
figured it out myself. She usually plays it on piano, so I figured it out that way 
first and then tried it on guitar to see if it still sounded OK. I think it works. 
If I missed something, please let me know.
Capo I

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