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