Moonlight on the Colorado
Lyrics by Billy Moll
Key: C
Music by Robert A. King
Copyright 1930

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer
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File Created 10/28/2020
File Updated 10/09/2021

Verse 1:

     C              G7                C        C7
Each night I sit be-side the campfire dreaming
   F                   Fm6              C  G7
In England's hills and dales across the sea
    C              G7     E7     Am
And as I watch the embers softly gleaming
  D7             Am7   D7    G7DbdimG7G7+
I always picture in my memor-y

Chorus:

C                F           C
Moonlight on the river Color-ado
G7              Dm7    G7         C  G7
How I wish that I were there with you
C            F                 C
As I sit and pine, each lonely shadow
G7               Dm7       G7      C   C7
Takes me back to days that we once knew

F          Fm6    C       E7        Am
We were to wed in harvest time, you said,
D7             Am7     D7  G7 DbdimG7G7+
That's why I'm longing for you
C                   F            C
When it's moonlight on the Color-ado
  G7               Dm7     G7     C
I wonder if you're waiting for me too.
DbdimG7


Verse 2:

      C                G7                C      C7
Sweet-heart, do you re-call the night we parted
   F                   Fm6            C    G7
Be-neath the moonlight on the river's shore
     C              G7       E7     Am
Each time I see the moon I'm broken hearted
     D7            Am7     D7       G7  DbdimG7G7+
Just longing to re-turn to you once more

Chorus Repeat:

          C6
End Chord

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