"Telluride" by Tim McGraw
Transcribed by Jake Van Alstyne
This is the revised version, and it is accurate. believe me.
Make sure you put a capo on the first fret. (that is a very important thing)
The chords are in relation to the capo, the song is actually in the key of D#.
Intro: D A Bm GG (double time)
Verse 1
(D)When I was nineteen I threw my(A) stuff in the car
(Bm)I headed up to the Rockies, got a(G) job at this bar
(D)Selling beer to the locals, (A)just barely getting by
(Bm)On the tips from the rich kids, (G)there on daddy’s dime
(Bm)But when I (G)saw her walk in one night
(Bm)I knew that I’d (G)be all right in
Chorus
(D)Telluride, the (A)snow falling down
(Bm)I was waking up in that (G)sleepy little town
(D)In her eyes my (A)world came so alive
(Bm)I never will forget the(G) moment she arrived
In Telluride (D) (A) (Bm) (G)(G)
Verse 2
(D)We spent that whole winter (A)tangled up by a fire
(Bm)Casting shadows on the cabin wall, (G)drowning in desire
(D)Confessing all our secrets and (A)laughing out loud
(Bm)So high up on that mountain, (G)I thought we’d never come down
(Bm)It was a dream we(G) were living in
(Bm)And I was the happiest (G)I’d ever been in
Chorus
(D)Telluride, the (A)snow falling down
(Bm)Waking up with her in that(G) sleepy little town
(D)In her eyes, my(A) world came so alive
(Bm)I never will forget (G)all those sleepless nights
In Telluride (D) (A) (Bm) (G)(G)
(D)Tellur(Em)ide, whoa-oh-oh
Bridge
(A)It ended just (D)like a (G)movie scene
(A)And I had to(D) play the(G) part
(A)Of the lover who(D) stood there and(G) watched her leave
(D)And me with the frozen(A) heart
Chorus
(D)In Telluride, the(A) snow falling down
(Bm)Standing there alone in that(G) sleepy little town
(D)In her eyes, my(A) world came so alive
(Bm)I never will forget the(G) day she said goodbye
Chorus
(D)In Telluride, the(A) snow falling down
(Bm)Waking up with her in that(G) sleepy little town
(D)In her eyes, my(A) world came so alive
(Bm)I never will forget (G)all those sleepless nights
In Telluride (D) (A) (Bm) (G) - repeat and fade to end
