The Blizzard chords by John Denver

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: F

🎸 Intro:
F



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

🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/D  Dm  Bb/D  Dm


Dm                                               Bb
One night on the mountain I was headed for Estes
                Gm                                   Am
When the roads turned to ice and it started to snow
Dm                             Bb
Put on the chains in a whirl of white powder
Gm                Dm                     C
Halfway up to Berthoud near a diner I know

             F                                          Bb
And the light burned inside, shining down through the snowfall
Eb                                    Dm               Bb
God, it was cold, and the temperature dropping
F                                    Bbmaj7
Went in for coffee and I shivered as I drank it
Eb                                      Dm
Warming my hands in the steam as it rose


🎸 Instrumental:
Dm  Bb/D  Dm  Bbmaj7/D  Dm


Bb                         Dm                   Bb
Sitting there at the counter was a dark-headed stranger
Gm                               Dm             Am
Me and the owner and her keeping warm
Dm                        Bbmaj7
Nodded hello and I said, "It's a cold one.
Dm                                      C
Looks like there might be a blizzard tonight,"

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


F                         C
      And the snow fell
Bb                       F
      And the night passed
F                                 Bb
      And I talked to the stranger
F                                  C
      While the blizzard blew


🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/D  Dm  Bb/D  Dm


Dm                                              Bb
Me and the stranger, you know I don't talk to strangers
        Gm                                        Am
I'm a private sort of person, but a blizzard is a blizzard
       Dm                                   Bb
And somehow I found myself saying you'd left me
Gm                               C
Telling her everything I wanted to say to you.

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


F              C
   And the snow fell
Bb                     F
    And the night passed
F                              Bb
   And I talked to the stranger
F                            C
    And the blizzard blew


🎸 Instrumental:
Bb/D  Dm  Bb/D  Dm


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

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


🎸 Instrumental:
F  Bb  F  C
Dm


Dm                                      Bb
Woke in the morning to the sun on the snow
Gm                            Am
My car was buried in six feet of snowdrift
Dm                                 Bb
Dug myself out, with the help of the owner
Gm                                      C
Went on my way when the snowplow had been by

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


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

Bb                C            Dm     Bb      F
    At the end   of the   storm