The Blizzard chords by John Denver

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: FF

🎸 Intro:
FF


🎸 Verse :
FF       C majorC  Bb majorBb      FF
  Colorado
Colorado
FF                       Bb majorBb
  When the world leaves you shivering
FF              C majorC
  And the blizzard blows
FF              C majorC  Bb majorBb           FF
  When the snow flies   and the night falls
FF                  Bb majorBb
  There's a light in the window
FF      Bb majorBb         C majorC
  And a place called home
Bb majorBb             DmDm
  At the end of the storm

🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/DBb/D DmDm Bb/DBb/D DmDm


DmDm                        Bb majorBb
One night on the mountain I was headed for Estes
        G minorGm                  A minorAm
When the roads turned to ice and it started to snow
DmDm               Bb majorBb
Put on the chains in a whirl of white powder
G minorGm        DmDm           C majorC
Halfway up to Berthoud near a diner I know

       FF                     Bb majorBb
And the light burned inside, shining down through the snowfall
Eb MajorEb                  DmDm        Bb majorBb
God, it was cold, and the temperature dropping
FF                  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Went in for coffee and I shivered as I drank it
Eb MajorEb                   DmDm
Warming my hands in the steam as it rose


🎸 Instrumental:
DmDm Bb/DBb/D DmDm Bbmaj7/D DmDm

Bb majorBb             DmDm          Bb majorBb
Sitting there at the counter was a dark-headed stranger
G minorGm                DmDm       A minorAm
Me and the owner and her keeping warm
DmDm            Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Nodded hello and I said, "It's a cold one.
DmDm                   C majorC
Looks like there might be a blizzard tonight,"

FF                             Bb majorBb
And "Yes," said the owner, "There's a big storm on the mountain.
Eb MajorEb                    DmDm           Bb majorBb
Good thing we're open; we could be here for hours.
       FF                       Bb majorBb
There's nothing for miles, and it's too late to get to Denver.
Eb MajorEb              DmDm    Bb majorBb
Better not try for the summit tonight."


FF             C majorC
   And the snow fell
Bb majorBb            FF
   And the night passed
FF                 Bb majorBb
   And I talked to the stranger
FF                 C majorC
   While the blizzard blew


🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/DBb/D DmDm Bb/DBb/D DmDm


DmDm                       Bb majorBb
Me and the stranger, you know I don't talk to strangers
    G minorGm                    A minorAm
I'm a private sort of person, but a blizzard is a blizzard
    DmDm                  Bb majorBb
And somehow I found myself saying you'd left me
G minorGm                C majorC
Telling her everything I wanted to say to you.

FF                            Bb majorBb
  You know how it is when you can talk to a stranger
Eb MajorEb                    DmDm       Bb majorBb
Someone you're quite sure you'll never see again
FF                       Bb majorBb
  Soon we were laughin' and talkin' and drinkin'.
Eb MajorEb                   C majorC           FF
She said, "You must know  you're too good for her."


FF       C majorC
  And the snow fell
Bb majorBb           FF
  And the night passed
FF               Bb majorBb
  And I talked to the stranger
FF              C majorC
  And the blizzard blew


🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/DBb/D DmDm Bb/DBb/D DmDm


   DmDm                    Bb majorBb
The stranger said, "Love, it can cry you a river.
Bb majorBb                 DmDm
Me
I'm a loner, 'cause I can't take the heartache.
DmDm                      Bb majorBb
Sometimes I'm a fighter when I get too much whiskey.
     G minorGm                 C majorC
Here, have a little whiskey; pretend you don't give a damn.

FF                    Bb majorBb
My cabin's up here on the side of the mountain.
Eb MajorEb                  DmDm            Bb majorBb
You can go up there and sleep through the blizzard."
 FF                    Bb majorBb
I put on my parka, said goodnight to the owner
Eb MajorEb                         DmDm
Followed the stranger through the snow
 Bb majorBb       FF  C majorC  Bb majorBb  FF
  up the mountainside.


🎸 Instrumental:
FF Bb majorBb FF C majorC
DmDm


DmDm                   Bb majorBb
Woke in the morning to the sun on the snow
G minorGm              A minorAm
My car was buried in six feet of snowdrift
DmDm                 Bb majorBb
Dug myself out, with the help of the owner
G minorGm                   C majorC
Went on my way when the snowplow had been by

      FF                      Bb majorBb
And the roads were all clear, and the sun on the mountains
Eb MajorEb                       DmDm        Bb majorBb
Sparkled like diamonds on the Peak-to-Peak Highway
FF              Bb majorBb
 Then I knew that I would get over you
Eb MajorEb                    C majorC                FF
Knew you could leave me, but you'd never break me


FF     C majorC   Bb majorBb      FF
  Colorado
Colorado
FF                     Bb majorBb
When the world leaves you shivering
FF              C majorC
  And the blizzard blows
FF              C majorC   Bb majorBb            FF
  When the snow flies    and the night falls
FF                  Bb majorBb
  There's a light in the window
FF                C majorC
  And a place called home

Bb majorBb        C majorC      DmDm   Bb majorBb   FF
  At the end  of the  storm