Intro: D C G
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
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He'd rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after rain
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Once again I see him walkin',
D
Once again I hear him talking,
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to the stars he makes and asking them for bus fares
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
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He'd rather play his banjo in the morning when the moon is scarcely gone
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In the dawn the subways comin',
D
In the dawn I hear him hummin'
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Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
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D C G
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
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I guess he'd rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend
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In the end up in his office,
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In the end a quiet cough is all he has to show,
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He lives in New York City