Starwood In Aspen

Words & Music by John Denver
from Aerie (1971)




       Gm7           C7       F
It's a long way from L.A. to Denver,
	Bb           F          Bb
It's a long time to hang in the sky;
		 Gm      F          Dm
It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen,
     F           Bb          F
The sweet Rocky Mountain paradise,
	Bb          F      C7    F
Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise.
       Gm          C7             F
The springtime is rolling 'round slowly,
Bb               F          Bb
Gray skies are bringing me down.
			 Gm7           F  Dm
Can't remember when I've ever been so lonely,
	 F             Bb         F
I've forgot what it's like to be home,
	  Bb              F    C7    F
Can't remember what it's like to be home.
    Gm7        C7           F
I think of my lady's sweet mem'ry,
   Bb          F                Bb
I think of my children's sweet smiles;
	      Gm7      F          Dm
I think of my home at Starwood in Aspen,
	 F              Bb           F
All my friends and the snow covered hills,
	 Bb              F   C7      F
Oh, my friends are the snow covered hills.
Gm7                C7       F
Can I tell you I'm happy to be here.
     Bb          F          Bb
To share and consider this time?
		    Gm7        F   Dm
For I see here the shadows of changes,
	F        Bb              F
And a feeling of new friends to find,
      Bb             F         C7   F
And I see here some new friends to find.
	Gm7           C7            F
It's a long way from this place to Denver,
       Bb            F          Bb
It's a long time to hang in the sky;
		Gm7      F          Dm
It's a long way home to Starwood in Aspen,
      F           Bb          F
The sweet Rocky Mountain paradise,
	Bb           F      C7   F
Oh, my sweet Rocky Mountain paradise.