Cold Chords by Chris Stapleton

Cold chords by Chris Stapleton

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning
Capo on 4th
Difficulty: Beginner 👶

SONG:   COLD
ARTIST: CHRIS STAPLETON
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Oi7cDsm89kk
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


NOTE: I prefer to play this using barre chords rather then open chords.
      However, the choice is yours. Please keep this in mind when playing
      and rating this tab. Thanks


                              COLD
                         CHRIS STAPLETON

CAPO: 4th FRET

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

INTRO:
Am  Em  Dm  Fmaj7  E7


VERSE:
Am                            Em
  Girl, the way you broke my heart
                                    Dm    F  E  Am
It shattered like a rock through a window
Am                      Em
I thought we had it so good
                       Dm    F E
Never really saw this comin`


CHORUS:
Am                        G
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      Dm
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     F               E7
And put our love on ice?

Am                               G
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                                Dm
Right here in the middle of my soul
      F   E7                    Am
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


INSTRUMENTAL:
Am  G  Dm  F E Am


VERSE:
Am                    Em
What am I supposed to say
                    Dm
If anybody ask me about you?
                           F         E7 Am
I guess I`ll tell `em I`m without you

Am                    Em
How am I supposed to live
                       Dm
When I built my life around you?
                       F       E7
Try to put yourself in my shoes


CHORUS:
Am                        G
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      Dm
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     F              E7
And put our love on ice?

Am                               G
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                               Dm
Right hеre in the middle of my soul
      F   E7                    F
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


BREAK:
                                G
I can only feel my love hangin` on
Em       G             F
I don`t feel like it`s over
                 E7
I`m still on fire
E7 N.C.
Why you gotta be so... ?


INSTRUMENTAL:
Am  Em  Dm  F  E7
Am  Em  Dm  F  E7

                         ***************
SOLO: This solo was done by a good friend of mine named Ayreon77 and NOT
      by me. He was the one who did the solo in the other Chris Stapleton
      song TENNESSEE WHISKEY. I asked him to tab it out and he did. I added
      it here in case you would prefer soloing instead of playing the chords.
      That choice is yours.

03:06
    b    Hold Bend..............slowly release bend
e|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-8~~~~~~--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

03:13
e|---h---------------8---------|---------------------|
B|--8-10~~~~~~-10-10---10-10~~-|-10------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----7-5------h-------|
D|-----------------------------|---------7--5-7~~~~~-|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------|

03:21
e|--------|-------|--h------|--h---------|
B|----b---|--h--8-|-8-10-10-|-8-10-10-10-|
G|----5-7-|-7-9---|---------|------------|
D|--7-----|-------|---------|------------|
A|--------|-------|---------|------------|
E|--------|-------|---------|------------|

03:25
e|--h----------------------------------|
B|-8-10-8---p--------------------------|
G|---------9-7-7-5------h---h---h---h--|
D|-------------------7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

03:29
e|-------------------------|----------------|
B|----------------h--------|-b--------------|
G|---------------5-7-5-----|-7-5-7-5~~~~----|
D|--------5-7-7--------7-7-|------------7-5-|
A|-5-7-7-------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|

03:37
e|--------------------|
B|-------h------------|
G|------5-7-5----h----|
D|-5-7--------7-5-7-7-|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

                         ***************

CHORUS:
Am                        G
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      Dm
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     F              E7
And put our love on ice?

Am                               G
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                                Dm
Right here in the middle of my soul
      F   E7                    Am   G
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


OUTRO:
                      Dm   F
Why you got to be so cold?
E7                  Am      G
Why you got to be so  cold?
                  Dm   F E7 Am
You got to be so cold

Am  G  Dm Am F E



================================= CAPO: NONE =================================



SONG:   COLD
ARTIST: CHRIS STAPLETON
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Oi7cDsm89kk
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


NOTE: I prefer to play this using barre chords rather then open chords.
      However, the choice is yours. Please keep this in mind when playing
      and rating this tab. Thanks


                              COLD
                         CHRIS STAPLETON

CAPO: NONE

INTRO:
C#m G#m F#m Amaj7  G#7


VERSE:
C#m                           G#m
  Girl, the way you broke my heart
                                   F#m   A  G# C#m
It shattered like a rock through a window
C#m                     G#m
 I thought we had it so good
                      F#m   A G#
Never really saw this comin`


CHORUS:
C#m                       B
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      F#m
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     A               G#7
And put our love on ice?

C#m                              B
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                               F#m
Right here in the middle of my soul
      A   G#7                  C#m
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


INSTRUMENTAL:
C#m B F#m  A G# C#m


VERSE:
C#m                   G#m
What am I supposed to say
                   F#m
If anybody ask me about you?
                           A         G#7 C#m
I guess I`ll tell `em I`m without you

C#m                  G#m
How am I supposed to live
                       F#m
When I built my life around you?
                       A       G#7
Try to put yourself in my shoes


CHORUS:
C#m                       B
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      F#m
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     A              G#7
And put our love on ice?

C#m                              B
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                               F#m
Right hеre in the middle of my soul
      A   G#7                   A
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


BREAK:
                                B
I can only feel my love hangin` on
G#m       B             A
 I don`t feel like it`s over
                 G#7
I`m still on fire
G#7 N.C.
Why you gotta be so... ?


INSTRUMENTAL:
C#m G#m F#m A G#7
C#m G#m F#m A G#7

                         ***************
SOLO: This solo was done by a good friend of mine named Ayreon77 and not
      by me. He was the one who did the solo in the other Chris Stapleton
      song TENNESSEE WHISKEY. I asked him to tab it out and he did. I added
      it here in case you would prefer soloing instead of playing the chords.
      That choice is yours.

03:06
    b    Hold Bend..............slowly release bend
e|-14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14-12~~~~~~-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

03:13
e|---h---------------12---------|-----------------------|
B|-12-14~~~~~~-14-14----14-14~~-|-14--------------------|
G|------------------------------|----11-9------h--------|
D|------------------------------|---------11--9-11~~~~~-|
A|------------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------------|-----------------------|

03:21
e|---------|----------|---h------|---h---------|
B|----b----|---h---12-|-12-14-14-|-12-14-14-14-|
G|----9-11-|-11-13----|----------|-------------|
D|-11------|----------|----------|-------------|
A|---------|----------|----------|-------------|
E|---------|----------|----------|-------------|

03:25
e|---h----------------------------------------|
B|-12-14-12---p-------------------------------|
G|----------13-11-11-9-----h----h----h----h---|
D|---------------------11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

03:29
e|------------------------------|--------------------|
B|------------------h-----------|--b-----------------|
G|-----------------9-11-9-------|-11-9-11-9~~~~------|
D|---------9-11-11--------11-11-|---------------11-9-|
A|-9-11-11----------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------------------|--------------------|

03:37
e|------------------------|
B|-------h----------------|
G|------9-11-9-----h------|
D|-9-11--------11-9-11-11-|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

                         ***************

CHORUS:
C#m                       B
Oh, why you got to be so cold?
                      F#m
Why you got to go and cut me like a knife
     A              G#7
And put our love on ice?

C#m                              B
Oh, girl you know you left this hole
                               F#m
Right here in the middle of my soul
      A   G#7                  C#m  B
Oh oh oh, why you got to be so cold?


OUTRO:
                      F#m  A
Why you got to be so cold?
G#7                 C#m     B
Why you got to be so  cold?
                 F#m  A G#7 C#m
You got to be so cold

C#m  B  F#m C#m A G#

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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