My Proud Mountains

[G]My home is Col[C]orado with her proud mountains [G]tall
        Where the rivers, like gypsies, down her b[C]lack canyons [G]fall
        Well I'm a long way from Denver with a [C]long way to [D]go
        So lend an [C]ear to my s[G]ingin', 'cause[C] I'll be back no [G]more.

        Well I left as a young man, not full seventeen
        With nothin' for comp'ny but the wind and a dream
        'Bout all the fast ladies and the livin' I'd find
        When I left My Proud Mountains and rivers behind.

        So I roamed and I rambled like a leaf in the wind
        Well I found my fast ladies and some hard livin' men
        I sometimes went hungry with my pockets all bare
        Lord I sometimes had good luck with money to spare.

        Well I made me some friends Lord, that I won't soon forget
        Well some are down under and some are ramblin' yet
        But as for me, well I'm headed for home
        Back to high Colorado, never more for to roam.

        So friends, when my time comes as surely it will
        You just carry my body out to some lonesome hill
        And lay me down easy where the cool rivers run
        With only my mountains 'tween me and the sun

        Yeah my home is Colorado.