[Intro]
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[Strophe]
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado 
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He'd rather spend his time out where the sky looks like a pearl after rain  
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Once again I see him walkin', 
      D 
Once again I hear him talking, 
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to the stars he makes and asking them for bus fares
[Strophe]
  D                 C         G 
I guess he'd rather be in Colorado 
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He'd rather play his banjo in the morning when the moon is scarcely gone 
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In the dawn the subways comin', 
       D 
In the dawn I hear him hummin' 
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Some old song he wrote of love in Boulder Canyon  
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado
[Instrumentale]
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[Strophe]
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I guess he'd rather be in Colorado 
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I guess he'd rather work out where the only thing you earn is what you spend 
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In the end up in his office, 
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In the end a quiet cough is all he has to show, 
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He lives in New York City