Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
G C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning
G D
The winter grazings better here below
G C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,
G D G Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
G D G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
Verse 2:
G C
Every year this town is getting smaller
G D
The kids can hardly wait to up and go.
G C
And now they've closed the high school down for ever
G D G Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
G D G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
Chorus:
Em D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,
C G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.
Em D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,
C G D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.
Verse 3:
G C
Another farming family left the valley,
G D
They left last night, nobody heard 'em go.
G C
They left the tractor standing in the hay field,
G D G Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
G D G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
Instrumental:
G D G Em G D G
Chorus:
Em D
Clouds up over the Bitter Roots getting darker every day,
C G
As soon as the wind turns westerly, they're bound to head this way.
Em D
There's been no rain all summer, all the grass is brown,
C G D
This rodeo is over, this circus is leaving town.
Verse 4:
G C
The elk are coming down from the hills each morning
G D
The winter grazings better here below
G C
The evening sky last night was like a warning,
G D G Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
G D G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.
G D G Em
Its cold outside, looking like early snow this morning,
G D G
Its cold outside, looking like early snow.