Cold Hands From New York chords by Gordon Lightfoot
Guitar chords with lyrics
Gordon Lightfoot - Cold Hands From New York
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:: G
VERSE 1::
I came down to Albany
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To New York, to find what I'd been missing
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I looked across the river to
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The city where the windows all stood glistening
Em
I stood listening
VERSE 2::
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Into a tunnel I did ride
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Like a grave inside, but I was young and able
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When I came out the other end
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Through the smoke the winter light was feeble
Em
Unreadable
VERSE 3::
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I was optimistic though
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A cabbie told me where to go, I thanked him
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A face of white a face of brown
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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
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There was no man could offer me
G F Em
A cold hand from New York______
CHORUS 2::
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Cold hands from New York
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A voice within you cries
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"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::
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I came down to live alone
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In New York, the city of the living
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There were fortunes at my feet
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But most of men were taking, none were giving
Em
Or forgiving
VERSE 5::
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Children ran and children played
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And roses grew in alleyways, I saw them
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There were men who lived in style
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And others who had died where no one knew them
Em
'Because they couldn't win
VERSE 6::
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There were parks where old men slept
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And dingy rooms where babies crept, unwanted
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'Til I began to ask myself
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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
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And people there who smiled and said forget it
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There were lovers in the park
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And there was danger in the dark, I felt it
Em
So afraid of it
VERSE 9::
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There were preachers of the word
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And poets who were never heard, I heard them
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There were those who would not try
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To learn the measure of the lie
Em
They're living
VERSE 10::
G
I heard a young musician play
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In a place where they paid you not to listen
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I heard a woman scream for help
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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 Last updated:
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