Gordon Lightfoot – Cold Hands From New York (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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1.0x
Chords
[INTRO:] G
[VERSE 1:]
I came down to Albany
F To New York, to find what I'd been missing G I looked across the river to F The city where the windows all stood glistening Em I stood listening
[VERSE 2:]
G Into a tunnel I did ride F Like a grave inside, but I was young and able G When I came out the other end F Through the smoke the winter light was feeble Em Unreadable
[VERSE 3:]
G I was optimistic though F A cabbie told me where to go, I thanked him G A face of white a face of brown F Here a smile, there a look of danger Em For a stranger
[CHORUS 1:]
Dm It was too unreal for me Em I found no one who trusted me F There was no man could offer me G F Em A cold hand from New York______
[CHORUS 2:]
G Cold hands from New York F A voice within you cries G "Won't someone please help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7 If you should ever pass my way and need me
[VERSE 4:]
G I came down to live alone F In New York, the city of the living G There were fortunes at my feet F But most of men were taking, none were giving Em Or forgiving
[VERSE 5:]
G Children ran and children played F And roses grew in alleyways, I saw them G There were men who lived in style F And others who had died where no one knew them Em 'Because they couldn't win
[VERSE 6:]
G There were parks where old men slept F And dingy rooms where babies crept, unwanted G 'Til I began to ask myself F If there was hope or if it mattered what they did Em Or if they lived
[CHORUS 1:]
Dm It was too unreal for me Em I found no one who trusted me F There was no man could offer me G F Em A cold hand from New York______
[CHORUS 2:]
G Cold hands from New York F A voice within you cries G "Won't someone please help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7 If you should ever pass my way and need me
[VERSE 7:]
G I came down to Albany F To New York, to find what I'd been missing G I looked across the river to F The city where the windows all stood glistening Em I stood listening
[VERSE 8:]
G There were prophets in the squares F And people there who smiled and said forget it G There were lovers in the park F And there was danger in the dark, I felt it Em So afraid of it
[VERSE 9:]
G There were preachers of the word F And poets who were never heard, I heard them G There were those who would not try F To learn the measure of the lie Em They're living
[VERSE 10:]
G I heard a young musician play F In a place where they paid you not to listen G I heard a woman scream for help F While men stood by and offered their best wishes Em That's how it is
[CHORUS 1:]
Dm It was too unreal for me Em I found no one who trusted me F There was no man could offer me G F Em A cold hand from New York______
[CHORUS 2:]
G Cold hands from New York F A voice within you cries G "Won't someone please help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
F G If you should ever pass my way and need me
[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
F A voice within you cries G "Won't someone please help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
F G If you should ever pass my way and need me
[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
F A voice within you cries G "Won't someone please help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7 If you should ever pass my way and need me