Gordon Lightfoot – Song For A Winters Night (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Song For A Winter s Night chords Gordon Lightfoot 1967 From the album “The Way I Feel” – 1967 Alternate version on album “Gord’s Gold” – 1975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_a_Winter%27s_Night Capo II * [Intro] G D Em C G D G D [Verse 1]
G            D            Em           C
 The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top,

G            D      G     D
 The snow is softly falling

G           D                Em            C
 The air is still within the silence of my room,

G            D            G
 I hear your voice softly calling
[Chorus]
G          D    C        D
If I could only have you near,

Bm            Em      Am    D
 To breathe a sigh or two...

G           D             Em               C
 I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,

 G        D                 G
Upon this winter night with you
G D Em C G D G D [Verse 2]
G             D             Em          C
 The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead,

G            D      G   D
 My glass is almost empty

G        D                Em              C
 I read again between the lines upon each page,

G             D        G
 The words of love you sent me
[Chorus]
G          D        C     D
If I could know within my heart,

Bm             Em      Am      D
 That you were lonely  too ....

G           D             Em               C
 I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,

 G        D                 G
Upon this winter night with you
G D Em C G D G D [Verse 3]
G            D             Em              C
 The fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim,

G              D         G    D
 The shades of night are liftin'

G            D             Em             C
 The morning light steals across my windowpane,

G              D        G
 Where webs of snow are driftin'
[Chorus]
G          D    C        D
If I could only have you near,

Bm            Em      Am    D
 To breathe a sigh or two....

G           D             Em               C
 I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,

 G        D                 B7 Em
Upon this winter night with you,

C          D               G
 And to be once again with you
G D Em C G D G D * Alternates: Open G = A D = E Em = F#m C = D Bm = C#m Am = Bm B7 = C#7 Capo IV G = F D = C Em = Dm C = Bb Bm = Am Am = Gm B7 = A7 Open (These chords are not in the original key) G = D D = A Em = Bm C = G Bm = F#m Am = Em B7 = F#7 Set8