Joe Purdy - Santa Rosa In The Snow

joe purdy , santa rosa in the snow
no capo , standard tuning

C G C G

1 .
C
happy new year santa rosa here i Am
F C
i was brought in by the weather and the cold
G Am
i was heading towards the west to find the sand
G F
but i guess i’ll have to settle for the snow

2 .
C
and i Am just a stranger to this town
F C
i’m lonely and i’m restless and i’m stuck
G Am
i wish i knew a way to get back down
G F
and i wish i had a shovel in this truck

3 .
C
and the state police won’t let me on the street
F C
i told ’em my story , but they don’t care
G Am
there’s an old dog just lying at the feet
G F
of a girl who once wore flowers in her hair

4 .
C
and my heart lies fifty miles ahead
F C
underneath a bridge just out of sight
G Am
she sits beneath the covers of a bed
G F
where she waits for me to meet her in the night

5 .
C
and this old town was named after a rose
F C
that blooms along the hillside in the cold ground
G Am
but my heart has been broken and is closed
G F
like the freeway that would take me out of town

6 .
C
and just because i don’t got no regrets
F C
yeah well that don’t mean i didn’t get it wrong
G Am
my love is like a homemade summer dress
G F
i Am just a lonely winter song

7 .
C
and i dust off the snowflakes from the hood
F C
and i talk to an old friend on the phone
G Am
she says , “i think that the calm could do you good
G F
you have been traveling so long”

8 .
C
so happy new years babe , i guess this is goodbye
F C
and i hope that you find someone you can hold
G Am
and if you hear that midnight whistle cry
G F
please think of me in santa rosa in the snow

C F C
G Am G F