C                                        Dm 
Looking out the window of this hollywood hotel, 
G                                     C 
Youd never know that it was christmas eve. 
C                                             Dm 
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells, 
G                         C 
And the temperature is 84 degrees. 
Am                            Em 
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below 
Am                                           Em 
As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene 
C                                          Dm 
Theres not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows, 
     G                         C 
And santa drives a rolls royce limosine. 

Am                                Em 
But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air 
Am                             Em 
From telluride to boulder down below 
C                                          Dm 
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere 
G                                            C 
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow 


C                                       Dm 
I remember christmases when I was just a boy 
G                                     C 
In the morning I would run to see the tree. 
C                                           Dm 
And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of christmas joy 
G                                           C 
Well, I always thought they sang them just for me. 
Am                            Em 
Now the sun is setting in the california sky 
Am                         Em 
And I cant find the spirit anywhere 
C                                        Dm 
So I think its time for me to tell los angeles goodbye 
G                                      C 
Im going back home toook for christmas there 

Am                                Em 
But all along the rockies you can feel it in the air 
Am                             Em 
From telluride to boulder down below 
C                                          Dm 
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere 
G                                            C 
Is a quiet christmas morning in the colorado snow