Colorado Christmas Chords

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Looking out the window of this Hollywood hotel,
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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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There's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows,
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And Santa drives a Rolls Royce limosine.
 
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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 its time for me to tell Los Angeles goodbye
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I'm going back home to look for Christmas there
 
    Bb            F               C
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
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow
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