Cold Hands From New York chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Cold Hands From New York


CAPO: 2nd Fret



INTRO:: G

VERSE 1::

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

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


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


CHORUS 1::
Dm
It was too unreal for me
 Em
I found no one who trusted me
   F
There was no man could offer me
 G           F  Em
A cold hand from New York______


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

I'll do the same for you one day
  F                G     Em A7 F D D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me


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


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


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


CHORUS 1::
Dm
It was too unreal for me
 Em
I found no one who trusted me
   F
There was no man could offer me
 G           F  Em
A cold hand from New York______


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

I'll do the same for you one day
  F                G     Em A7 F D D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me


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


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


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


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


CHORUS 1::
Dm
It was too unreal for me
 Em
I found no one who trusted me
   F
There was no man could offer me
 G           F  Em
A cold hand from New York______


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

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


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

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


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

I'll do the same for you one day
  F                G     Em A7 F D D7