Chords with lyrics
Capo 1st Fret
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
C G+G C majorC
C majorC
Well the wind blows cold in New York City
FF G+G C majorC
along about the middle of now
C majorC
And I'm telling you I'd be a happy man
D7D7 G+G
if I could get away somehow
FF
Cause I'm growing old before my time
C majorC A minorAm
finally I see the light
G+G
But if it costs a dime
C majorC FF
to get around the world
G7G7 C majorC C7C7
I couldn't get out of sight
FF
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C majorC
there'll be no messing around
G+G
If I ever get back to Georgia
C majorC
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
C majorC G+G C majorC
(In the cold cold ground)
C majorC
Well the buildings here in New York City
FF G+G C majorC
grow so doggone tall
C majorC
Sometimes you can walk for a couple of days
D7D7 G+G
and never see the sun at all
FF
So I left last night I was homeward bound
C majorC A minorAm
now I wanna sit and I cry
G+G
Cause I stuck out my thumb
C majorC FF
till my thumb got numb
G7G7 C majorC C7C7
and the cars went right on by
FF
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C majorC
there'll be no messing around
G+G
If I ever get back to Georgia
C majorC
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
C majorC G+G C majorC
(In the cold cold ground)
C#C#
Well I guess my time in New York City
F#F# AbAb C#C#
hasn't been a total waste
C#C#
Cause I met a little girl from a social world
Eb7Eb7 AbAb
I really put her in her place
F#F#
When she sold me half of the Brooklyn Bridge
C#C# BbmBbm
I hung around just for spite
AbAb
And I played this part
C#C# F#F#
till I won her heart
Ab7Ab7 C#C# C#7C#7
and I bought the other half last night
F#F#
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C#C#
there'll be no messing around
AbAb
If I ever get back to Georgia
C#C#
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C#C# BB C#C#
C#C# AbAb C#C#
[In the cold cold ground]
Repeat chorus one more time