Cold Hands From New York chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Cold Hands From New York


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO:: G+G

VERSE 1::

I came down to Albany
                  FF
To New York, to find what I'd been missing
 G+G
I looked across the river to
                   FF
The city where the windows all stood glistening
    E minorEm
I stood listening

VERSE 2::
 G+G
Into a tunnel I did ride
                     FF
Like a grave inside, but I was young and able
   G+G
When I came out the other end
                    FF
Through the smoke the winter light was feeble
 E minorEm
Unreadable


VERSE 3::
G+G
I was optimistic though
                FF
A augmentedA cabbie told me where to go, I thanked him
 G+G
A augmentedA face of white a face of brown
               FF
Here a smile, there a look of danger
   E minorEm
For a stranger


CHORUS 1::
DmDm
It was too unreal for me
 E minorEm
I found no one who trusted me
   FF
There was no man could offer me
 G+G           FF  E minorEm
A augmentedA cold hand from New York______

CHORUS 2::
G+G
Cold hands from New York
      FF
A augmentedA voice within you cries
           G+G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
  FF                G+G     E minorEm A7A7 FF D MajorD D7D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me


VERSE 4::
G+G
I came down to live alone
                FF
In New York, the city of the living
G+G
There were fortunes at my feet
                    FF
But most of men were taking, none were giving
   E minorEm
Or forgiving


VERSE 5::
G+G
Children ran and children played
                FF
And roses grew in alleyways, I saw them
G+G
There were men who lived in style
                   FF
And others who had died where no one knew them
       E minorEm
'Because they couldn't win


VERSE 6::
G+G
There were parks where old men slept
                   FF
And dingy rooms where babies crept, unwanted
   G+G
'Til I began to ask myself
                  FF
If there was hope or if it mattered what they did
  E minorEm
Or if they lived


CHORUS 1::
DmDm
It was too unreal for me
 E minorEm
I found no one who trusted me
   FF
There was no man could offer me
 G+G           FF  E minorEm
A augmentedA cold hand from New York______


CHORUS 2::
G+G
Cold hands from New York
      FF
A augmentedA voice within you cries
           G+G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
  FF                G+G     E minorEm A7A7 FF D MajorD D7D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me


VERSE 7::
G+G
I came down to Albany
                  FF
To New York, to find what I'd been missing
 G+G
I looked across the river to
                   FF
The city where the windows all stood glistening
    E minorEm
I stood listening


VERSE 8::
G+G
There were prophets in the squares
                    FF
And people there who smiled and said forget it
G+G
There were lovers in the park
                  FF
And there was danger in the dark, I felt it
  E minorEm
So afraid of it


VERSE 9::
G+G
There were preachers of the word
                 FF
And poets who were never heard, I heard them
G+G
There were those who would not try
           FF
To learn the measure of the lie
    E minorEm
They're living


VERSE 10::
 G+G
I heard a young musician play
                   FF
In a place where they paid you not to listen
 G+G
I heard a woman scream for help
                     FF
While men stood by and offered their best wishes
    E minorEm
That's how it is


CHORUS 1::
DmDm
It was too unreal for me
 E minorEm
I found no one who trusted me
   FF
There was no man could offer me
 G+G           FF  E minorEm
A augmentedA cold hand from New York______


CHORUS 2::
G+G
Cold hands from New York
      FF
A augmentedA voice within you cries
           G+G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
  FF                G+G
If you should ever pass my way and need me


CHORUS 2::
Cold hands from New York
      FF
A augmentedA voice within you cries
           G+G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
  FF                G+G
If you should ever pass my way and need me


CHORUS 2::
Cold hands from New York
      FF
A augmentedA voice within you cries
           G+G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
  FF                G+G     E minorEm A7A7 FF D MajorD D7D7