Colorado Trail    (video)

 

     G             G7             Am    C         G

Weep, all ye little rains, wail, winds, wail,

                 Em                    Am  D       G

all along, along, along the Colorado Trail.

 

      G                   G7                  Am     C         G

1. Eyes like the morning star, cheeks like the rose,

                          Em          Am                D      

    Laura was a pretty girl, everybody knows.

 

+ CHORUS

 

       G                G7              Am    C         G

2. Laura was a laughin' girl, joyful in the day,

                            Em             - Am                               D     

    Laura was my darling girl,         now she's gone away.

 

+ CHORUS

 

      G                           G7                            Am    C             G

3. Sixteen years she graced the Earth, and all of life was good,

                             Em        Am                       D

    now my life lies buried 'neath a cross of wood.

 

+ CHORUS

 

                        Em                     Am  D       G

    + All along, along, along the Colorado Trail.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Kingston Trio)