Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
Last thing I remember is the freezing cold
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA
Water reaching up just to swallow me whole
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
Ice in the rigging and the howling wind
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA
Shock to my body as we tumbled in
B minorBm A augmentedA
My brothers and the others are lost at sea
G+G D MajorD
I alone have returned to tell thee
G+G D MajorD
Hidden in ice for a century
E MajorE A augmentedA
To walk the world again
G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
🎸 Verse:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
Next words that were spoken to me
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA
Nurse asked me what my name might be
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA
She was all in white at the foot of my bed
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD AsusAsus A augmentedA
I said angel of mercy I'm alive or am I dead
B minorBm A augmentedA
My name is William James McPhee
G+G D MajorD
I was born in eighteen forty-three
G+G D MajorD
Raised in Liverpool by the sea
E MajorE A augmentedA
But that ain't who I am
G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
🎸 Bridge:
G+G E minorEm C majorC A augmentedA
It took a lot of money to start my heart
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
To peg my leg and buy my eye
G+G E minorEm C majorC A augmentedA
The newspapers call me state of the art
G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
And the children, when they see me, cry
🎸 Verse:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
I thought it would be nice just to visit my grave
D MajorD G+G E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
See what kind of tombstone I might have
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
I saw my wife and my daughter and it seemed so strange
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD AsusAsus A augmentedA
Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
See here, when I die make sure I'm gone
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA
Don't leave em’ nothing to work on
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm AsusAsus A augmentedA
You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand
D MajorD G+G E minorEm D MajorD
And you can wave good-bye to the frozen man
B minorBm A augmentedA
I know what it means to freeze to death
G+G D MajorD
To lose a little life with every breath
G+G D MajorD
To say good-bye to life on earth
E MajorE A augmentedA
To come around again
G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
G+G AsusAsus A augmentedA D MajorD
Lord have mercy on the frozen man