{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2533401,"song":"The January Cold","artist":"Richard Meyer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11511608-the-january-cold-chords-by-richard-meyer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2533401?type=chord","rating":0.03931,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe year was 1921 when Woodrow Wilson was not well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was beaten by the aftermath of the war to end all wars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHandsome Warren Harding stood in the January cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand swore to restore America's God-given heart and soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHarding was an average man whose friends played him for a fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey abused the nation and the man to keep their pockets full[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA consecrated President with a child by an affair[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAssured me and my countrymen with a wife whose name was Claire[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the modern world was born in the aftermath of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile the ballyhoo went on and on before the market hit the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe made late peace with Germany and I marched and celebrated[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor Lindberg's flight and prohibition we toasted and we hated[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy government in Washington of by and for the people[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIsolated and disarmed the country and seemed to save the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI worked the Navy's oil reserves in Wyoming's Teapot Dome[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhile the Secretary of the Interior sold the Navy down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the oil fields to Canada where the corporate deals were made[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr secret loans and gifts before the Congress learned the game[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the modern world was born in the aftermath of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile the ballyhoo went on and on before the market hit the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo how did free America take to the selling of its oil[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the butchering of offices by appointed criminals[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey called the Senate Committee scandal mongers, malicious and unclean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBolsheviks and partisans with truth the country did not need[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Harding I remember our hale fellow well met[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nConfused by native faith in friends and naive unworldliness[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDied poisoned in Alaska as the scandals came to fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome say it was his wife's revenge or mercy for his name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the flappers danced, how the movies flashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how the strength of business boomed before the market crashed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how the modern world was born in the aftermath of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile the ballyhoo went on and on 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