Key: F
Introduction: Fm Eb G Ab
Ab
I came in like a restless wind on a wagon train,
Abm7 Ab
but I'm gonna go like a July snow.
Ab
Back to where I came from, gonna leave this hum
Fm Eb Ab
drum, it's too slow and tame.
#2.
Ab
None of your business where I've been, don't ask
me what I've done.
Ab
Run your ranch and punch your cows and stay behind
Abm7 Ab
my gun, man.
Fm Eb Ab
Colorado's right hand will put you on the run.
#3.
Db Ab
I got a gal in Denver town that's crying over me.
Db
But I said goodbye and I let her cry..I miss her
company.
Ab Db Gb Ab Db
But I'll get out of this rut, Rio Bravo's killin' me.
#4.
Eb
They got a man locked in a cell that's a free'r man
than I.
Eb
He's gonna laugh right in their face when they lead
him out to die.
Ab Bb
And he's gonna leave this badland and ride off in
Eb
the sky.
#5.
Eb
You're gonna see ol' Colorado, headin' for the door.
Eb
You better believe I'm gonna leave like the 904 train..
Bb
gotta breath some air again, that ain't been breathed
Eb
before.