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Moonlight On The Colorado

Music by Robert A. King, Words by Billy Moll - 1930

Intro:------------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	C	G	-
D7	-	G	-
Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	D7	G	G7
C	-	G	-
-	D7	Em	-
A7	-	D7	-
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	C	G	-
D7	-	G	-
-	C	G	-
D7	-	G	G7
C	-	G	-
Em	A7	D7	-
G	C	G	-
D7	-	G	-  (D7  to chorus)

6-beat lead-in before intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 time.

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Verse:

Each night I sit be -side the camp -fire dream -ing,

In Eng -land's hills and dales a -cross the sea.

And as I watch the em -bers soft -ly gleam -ing,

I al -ways pic -ture in my mem -o -ry:

 

Chorus:

Moon -light on the riv -er Col -o -ra -do,

How I wish that I were there with you.

As I sit and pine, each lone -ly sha -dow,

Takes me back to days that we once knew.

We were to wed in har -vest time, you said,

That's why I'm long -ing for you.

When it's moon -light on the Col -o -ra -do,

I won -der if you're wait -ing for me, too.

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Sing-Along on "Moonlight On The Colorado" with Jim and the WineLand Banjo Band (click here forYouTube video)

Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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