On The Hudson River chords by Toby Foster

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E A F# A E


Verse 1:
E
The sound of the ice cracking on the Hudson River
        C#m             B
Is much better than the sound of the ice breaking
                                A    F# G# A B
In the basement of some college dorm
        E                              C#m
And the wind against my face is bitter-cold
             A
But it's the bitter things inside me that
B                    E
Keep me from feeling warm

Instrumental:
E A F# A E


Verse 2:
   E
My mood's no longer changing with the weather
           C#m
Oh like it used to
                     B
I feel like I've been stuck in this state of disrepair
                    A    F# G# A B
Since I turned seventeen
             E                 C#m
And with the heat on I feel content
    B                           A
To ignore all the books I wanna read


Chorus:
             E       F#        A      B
But with the window open I can see outside
        E                    F#
See the world that I've been missing
      A                   B
Since looking through two closed eyes
       E                F#
And my nose is bound to run, oh
       A                 B
But my legs are bound to move
         E           F#
If I can erase these boundaries
        A                  B
That convince me that I've got
             E
Something to lose


Instrumental:
E F# A B (x2)


Verse 3:
E
And the look in your eyes when you told me
                          C#m
That you love me was much better
                 B
Than the look in mine
B
As they teared up and I realized
                            A   F# G# A B
That it was time to say goodbye
        E
But the dirt under my fingernails
  C#m          A                B
Reminds me why I'm not ready to die


Instrumental:
E A F# A E


Verse 4:
E
And my heart's no longer in everything that I do
         C#m
like I remember it used to be
B
 But it still feels good to at least be
      A         F# G# A B
Doing something ohhh
        E                              C#m
And the sound of the ice cracking on the Hudson River
        B               A
Is much better than the sound
            E              F#
Of my heart pounding in my chest
            A                  B
And all the thoughts inside my head
         E           F#             A    B
As I lay awake in my bed outside Chicago


Chorus:
       E                F#
And my nose is bound to run oh
       A                 B
But my legs are bound to move
        E             F#
If I can escape these boundaries
       A                 B              E   F# A
And convince myself I've got nothing to lose
     B              E   F# A
I've got nothing to lose
     B              E   F# A
I've got nothing to lose
     B              E   F# A
I've got nothing to lose

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