Standard (EADGBE)

Down by the banks of the Colorado

My true love and I, one night did lie.

And we laughed and played and made fun

of the entire world spinnin' round the sun

down by the banks of the Colorado.

Up from the banks of the Colorado,

night watchmen stood guard, round the wagon yard

and I took a pillar as a sign

that the salt of the earth would soon be mine

up from the banks of the Colorado.

Chorus

There is another Colorado

wise men have told me, wise women, too.

that I have found sweet Eldorado

down by the banks of one sweet Colorado.

Down by the banks of Colorado

the years flowed softly before my eyes.

And a circus joined me in my quest

and stood with me throughout my test

down by the banks of the Colorado

chorus, solo and out