For The Cold Country chords by Black Country, New Road

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Eb

Intro:

Eb
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah, ah
Watch the kite, it soars, then falls

Verse 1:
Eb                  Cm          Bb
Into the fight, the metal-clad knight
   Ab          Eb
He roars then brawls
      Ab                         Bb
Then crawls into a hole where he toiled and recoiled
     Ab
Over all that he had failed
         Bb
That accolade that he'd betrayed
         Ab
Now he decayed in the dark cave
         Bb
Oh, so afraid
Where's the brigade?
           Ab
Everything fades, what will remain, oh
            Bb                  Ab
Where's the way? Where is the way?
Db   C      Cm
Hey, anyonе there?

Verse 2:
Ab               Db
I'll take off my armour
C                  Fm
If you promisе to stay
Gb        Ab      Bbm
Wipe your weeping eye
Gb       Ab        Eb7
Lanterns light the lie
       B                    Eb/G
Of the life I'd thought I'd lived
        B                  Eb/G
In the place I thought I'd been
    B
I defend and accuse
         Eb
And it's me that brings down
    B     Eb/G
The heavy hammer
    B                 Eb/G
The gavel begins to behave on its own
        B
Then my arm turns to wood
       Eb/G
Roots wrap round my wrist


Interlude:
Eb                    Ab Eb
Kite strings burn my palms


Verse 3:
Eb Bb/D Cm   Bb Ab   Eb
I  am  proud to know you
      Ab
Can I make a cup of coffee?
      B
Can I sit down next to you?
             Ab
I might not speak for a while
             Bb                        Ab
But, just to be here with you, be with you
                        Bb
I might not be the best rider or fighter
      Ab                            Bb
But I think I'd like to be a little lighter
                     Ab
I could try to throw off the iron helmet
      Bb
And indulge in memories
         Ab
Make cavalries rest their heads
           Bb
Make their beds out of the trees
           Ab
Up on the trees
                              Bb
All that I lost is still with me
                      Ab
With the moss we will become the beacon
      Bb                    Ab
Which beckons me beyond the cave
  C
I caved out
Ab      Db
Take my shield
   C             Fm
And blade off of me
Gb       Ab     Bbm
Melt the silver down
Gb        Ab     Bbm
I'll make you a crown


Verse 4:
         Db              Gb
Then the wind stops, the clock ticks on
    Ab                   Db
My stiffened heart grows tighter
I searched from the moon
                     Bbm
And down towards the fish
        Db           Gb
And the tide and the moon
Ab             Bbm
Had their own alliance
   Db           Gb
I stood with my ghost
     Ab              Bb
We tried to hold the kite
          Ab              Db
My wooden hand, my wooden heart
            Gb                    Db
Now all the fights are fought and moments gone
    G                               Db   N.C.
But still, they must be here, they must, but


Verse 5:
B/F#    Eb/G
Are you there?
B/F#    Eb/G
Can you see me?
B/F#    Eb/G
Are you listening?
B/F#       Eb/G
Won't you stay now?
    B/F#          Eb/G
The rain's coming down
    B/F#           Eb/G
The wind's blowing high
B/F#     Eb/G
Thunder closer
B/F#         Eb/G
Lightning striking


Instrumental Break:
Eb Ab A G C Db G C F Gb Eb Abm Abm Abm Abm Gb


Chorus:
   Gb  B             Eb
We hurtle through the sky
  B/F#   Eb
Shredded kite in the trees
    B     Eb   B    Eb
The sun's gone home now
Eb
But our hands reach
 B        Eb
Clammed together


Outro:
Eb
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah, ah, ah