corrections: D A Em D On my way to the Telluride Sawmill today Em G Em A I thought about an old friend who'd long gone away G D F# Bm He took to travellin when he turned seventeen Em C A And I stayed at home with a family D A Em D A collector of dreams was my old friend Em G Em A Always talkin bout the good times to come G D F# Bm But I started workin at the Telluride Sawmill Em C A And I been there since I turned twenty-one G D F# Bm And the river keeps rollin past the south county line Em G Em A And I'd love to roll with it, but I've run out of time G D F# G the years roll by like logs in a river Em C A And I know I ain't gettin no younger We were kids gowing up in the Rockies Where the mountains were young and so free He was my friend and my equal Though in years he was younger by three We grew up in the usual fashion Never wanting to grow up at all But I found a family and he found the rails And he left on the train for St Paul CHO Same as first, but different last line And I don't often think about my old friend So mister preacher won't you give me an answer please I just can't go on this way I'm gettin older and I don't feel so good Have I just been wasting my time D G D Telluride, Telluri-hi-ide Em C A Have I just been wasting my time
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