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C F C Black mountains and white painted deserts, C D7 G7 Wide prairies and Rockies so tall, C F C Grand Canyon and dreary Death Valley, C G7 C Mighty Big Sur that I love best of all. C G7 C
Now some people tell me of life in the cities,
Asphalt and subways and ulcers and all.
It makes a man wonder about human nature,
They listen and wonder when they hear me call
For black mountains and white painted deserts,
Wide prairies and Rockies so tall,
Grand Canyon and dreary Death Valley,
Mighty Big Sur that I love best of all.
Well, if they spend one night up in cool Colorado
Or out on the desert or in cool Santa Fe,
They'd sleep under blankets and early next morning,
They'd see the sun rise and here's what they'd say.
They'd say: "Black mountains and white painted deserts,
Wide prairies and Rockies so tall,
Grand Canyon and dreary Death Valley,
Mighty Big Sur that I love best of all."
Well, I don't need your pills or your treadmills or taxis,
Tenement buildings or eight-lane freeways.
Just turn me loose in my great Western country,
And I'll think of you and your eight-hour days
And my black mountains and white painted deserts,
Wide prairies and Rockies so tall,
Grand Canyon and dreary Death Valley,
Mighty Big Sur, that I love best of all.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1964)
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