Black Country, New Road – For The Cold Country (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
D    D/C# D/B   D/A G           D
Watch the kite, it  soars, then falls

D        D/C#       D/B        D/A
Into the fight, the metal-clad knight

G             D
He roars then brawls

     G                           A7sus4
Then crawls into a hole where he toiled and recoiled

     G
Over all that he had failed

         A7sus4
That accolade that he'd betrayed

       G
Now he decayed in the dark cave

        A7sus4
Oh, so afraid, where's the brigade?

           G
Everything fades, what will remain, oh

            A7
Where's the way? Where is the way?

G     C   B
He - ey, anyone there?
[Pre-Chorus]
G                C
I'll take off my armour

B                 Em
If you promise to stay

F         G       Am
Wipe your weeping eye

F        G         D7
Lanterns light the lie
[Chorus]
       Bb                   D
Of the life I'd thought I'd lived

       Bb                  D
In the place I thought I'd been

   Bb
I defend and accuse

         D
And it's me that brings down

    Bb    D
The heavy hammer

    Bb              D
The gavel begins to behave on its own

        Bb
Then my arm turns to wood

      D
Roots wrap round my wrist
[Verse 2]
D    D/C#    D/B D/A G     D
Kite strings burn my palms

D  D/C#  D/B    D/A    G    D
I   am   proud  to     know you

      G
Can I make a cup of coffee?

      A7sus4
Can I sit down next to you?

  G
I might not speak for a while

A7sus4
But, just to be here with you, be with you

G                       A7sus4
I might not be the best rider or fighter

    G                               A7sus4
But I think I'd like to be a little lighter

                     G
I could try to throw off the iron helmet

    A7sus4
And indulge in memories

     G
Make cavalries rest their heads

           A7sus4
Make their beds out of the trees

          G
Up on the trees

                               A7sus4
All that I lost is still with me

                      G
With the moss we will become the beacon

      A7                    G
Which beckons me beyond the cave

C B
I caved out
[Pre-Chorus]
G       C
Take my shield

    B            Em
And blade off of me

F            G        Am
Melt the silver down

F             G       Am
I'll make you a crown
[Bridge]
         C               F
Then the wind stops, the clock ticks on

   G                     Am
My stiffened heart grows tighter

  C                 F
I searched from the moon

    G                Am
And down towards the fish

        C            F
And the tide and the moon

G             Am
Had their own alliance

C               F
I stood with my ghost

G                    Am
We tried to hold the kite
N.C. My wooden hand, my wooden heart Now all the fights are fought and moments gone But still, they must be here, they must, but [Chorus]
Bb      D
Are you there?

Bb      D
Can you see me?

Bb      D
Are you listening?

Bb        D
Won't you stay now?

Bb                D
The rain's coming down

Bb                 D
The wind's blowing high

Bb      D
Thunder closer

Bb        D
Lightning striking
(the breakdown is a big chromatic thing, just make sure to land on F) [Outro]
F      Bb         D
We hurtle through the sky

Bb       D
Shredded kite in the trees

Bb             Bbaug
The sun's gone home now

Bb      Bbaug
But our hands reach

Bb      Bbaug
Clammed together

D
Ahh...