Chords for Townes Van Zandt My Proud Mountains

_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My home is _ [Em] Colorado, _ _ _ _ [C] where the proud _ _ mountains [G] tall, _ [A] _ [G] _ where [Em] the rivers _ _ _ [G] like _ gypsies _ down [C] her
black _ _ _ _ canyons [G] fall. _ _ _
But [Em] I'm a _ _ long, long way [G] from Denver, _ _ _ [C] with a long way _ to [D] go.
_ [Am] _ _ So lend
an [Em] ear to my [G] singing, _ _ _ [C] cause I'll be _ _ _ back no [G] more. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I left [Em] as _ a young _ man, _ [C] not full _ _
seventeen, [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] with nothing _ _ _ [G] for company _ but [C] the wind _ _ _ [G] and a dream _ about _ _ [Em] all _ the [G] fast ladies _ and _
[C] _ [Am] living
_ [C] _ [D] I'd find _ _ when [Em] I left my _ _ [G] proud mountains _ and [C] _ _ rivers _ _
_ [G] behind. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ So I _ rolled [Em] _ and I rambled _ like [C] a leaf _ _ [G] in the wind.
_ Well _ [Em] I found _ my [G] fast ladies _ and [C] some _ _
[Am] _ _ hard [G] living men. _ _
_ Well [Em] I sometimes _ _ went [G] hungry _ with [C] my pockets _ _ [D] all _ bare.
_ _ [Em] Lord I sometimes _ _ [G] had good luck. _
_ [C] With money _ _ _ _ [G] to spare. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well I made _ _ _ me some [Em] friends Lord, _ [C] that I won't soon _
_ _ [G] forget. _ _ _
Well _ [Em] some _ are [G] down under and [C] some are _ _ _ rambling [G] _ yet. _
_ _ _ [Em] But as _ _ [G] for me, _ _ _ [C] well I'm headed _ _ for [D] _
home.
_ _ [Em] Back to high _ _ _ [G] _ Colorado, _ _ _ [C] never more _ _ _ for [G] Jerome.
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _
So friends, _ _ _ [Em] when my time comes, _ [C] it surely _ _ _ [G] will. _ _ _
_ You just [Em] carry _ _ _ my [G] body _ _ up [C] to some [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] lonesome hill.
_ _ _ _ [Em] And lay me _ _ [G] down easy _ where [C] the cool _ _ _ [D] rivers _ run.
_ With [Em] only _ _ _ my _
[G] _ mountains _ [C] between me _ _ _ and the [G] sea.
_ Yeah _ my home _ _ is [C] Colorado. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _