-P.LaFarge- Recorded November 29, 1965, Columbia Studio KEY of D Chord progression thru spoken parts is the same as the chorus. bye : Once in Colorado Springs at the foot of old Pike's Peak I met a Rocky Mountain girl to my soul her heart did speak We went to tell her parents and an old grandmother said If you'll leave these mountains girl you'll wish that you were dead The next day I took her with me to my far-off Iowa home Way out on the flatlands where the mountain winds don't moan Each (allcountrytabs.com)