Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Am7Am7 Am7/GAm7/G Am7/F Dm7Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F
Am7Am7 Am7/GAm7/G Am7/F Dm7Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F
Verse 1:
Am7Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/GAm7/G
And there is cold in the air
Am7/F
And I'm dying with the leaves
Dm7Dm7
But you don't seem to care
Am7Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/GAm7/G
And leaves in the making
Am7/F
‘Cause I'm thinking of leaving
Dm7Dm7
This life I've been faking
Am7Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/GAm7/G
And there is snow in the sky
Am7/F
And it only gets colder
Dm7Dm7
The truth is, so do I
Dm7/E FF C/EC/E
And I’m colder than snow is
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm
And as hopelessly driven
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
So regardless of reason
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm
You’ll just be forgiven
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
Yes I’m colder than snow is
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm
That’s what the wind told me
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
But as darkness sets in
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F G+G E minorEm
I want someone to hold me
Chorus:
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
I’ll hold on
D MajorD C majorC
To whatever I can
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD B/D#B/D#
Anything’s better than nothing
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
I’ll hold on
D MajorD C majorC
For whatever it’s worth
D MajorD E minorEm
For whatever I’m worth
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
And that’s nothing
Verse 2:
Am7Am7 G/BG/B DmDm C majorC G/BG/B
Win-ter clouds are rolling in
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B DmDm C majorC G/BG/B
And my win-try heart is cold again
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B DmDm
I wish I knew the peace
C majorC G/BG/B
The leaves know now
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B DmDm
I would fall and die with them
C majorC Bb majorBb
If I only knew how
C majorC FF C/EC/E C majorC
And I wonder what the wind
Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F Am7Am7
Does with the warmth
Am7/GAm7/G FF C/EC/E C majorC Dm7Dm7
If he’s like you and he just
Dm7/F A minorAm
Pushes it away
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E C majorC Dm7Dm7
And has he always been so
Dm7/F A minorAm
Bitter and cold
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
Or has he hardened over time
C majorC FF C/EC/E C majorC
‘Cause no one could ever find
Dm7Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F G+G E minorEm
The strength to hold him
Chorus:
E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G
I’ll hold on
D MajorD C majorC
To whatever I can
D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD B/D#B/D#
Anything’s better than nothing
E minorEm D/F#D/F# C majorC
I’ll hold on
D MajorD C majorC
For whatever it’s worth
D MajorD E minorEm
For whatever I’m worth
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em/F# G+G
And that’s nothing
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Bridge:
FF C/EC/E C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm Am/GAm/G
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FF C/EC/E C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm Am/GAm/G
FF C/EC/E C/DC/D C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F A minorAm Am/GAm/G
FF C/EC/E C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F G+G E7E7
Am7Am7 Am7/B Am7/C
Am7/GAm7/G Am7Am7 Am7/C
Am7/F Am7Am7 Am7/C
Dm7Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B
Am7Am7 Am7/B Am7/C
Am7/GAm7/G Am7Am7 Am7/C
Am7/F Am7Am7 Am7/C
Dm7Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B
Verse 3:
Am7Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/GAm7/G
And it threatens to break me
Am7/F
And I can't help wishing
Dm7Dm7
That tomorrow it might take me
Am7Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/GAm7/G
And darling, so are you
Am7/F
And relentlessly distant
Dm7Dm7
And unfeeling and untrue
Am7Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/GAm7/G
Yeah, but just like the wind
Am7/F
I’m accustomed to coolness
Dm7Dm7
And I rarely give in
Dm7/E FF C/EC/E
But we can’t hold off winter
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm
And I can’t be your lover
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
Though just as the wind blows
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F A minorAm
I’ll love you forever
Am/GAm/G FF C/EC/E
No, we can’t hold off winter
C majorC Dm7Dm7 Dm7/F G+G
And I think we both know that
Am7Am7 G/BG/B DmDm C majorC G+G
You can’t hold me
G+G Am7Am7 G/BG/B Bb majorBb A minorAm G+G