{"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":2880848,"song":"Before The Cold Wind Blows","artist":"Blue Highway","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11649246-before-the-cold-wind-blows-chords-by-blue-highway/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2880848?type=chord","rating":4.47528,"votes":8,"content":"[INTRO]  \r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]N.C.                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe weather finally broke in the middle of April[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJacob loaded up his wagon with last years furs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe’d have to make the trip alone cause it would be too risky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor his pretty wife Sarah and the unborn child[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe carried with her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]N.C.          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt took three weeks to reach the Mississippi River[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he turned south toward New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCor a boy from the mountains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was easy to get caught up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the sights and sounds of the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the things he’d never seen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]  \r\n[tab]N.C.                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the river rolls on like an endless river[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sun light glistens on the rocks below[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe can hear her voice in the rippling water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying please be home before the cold winds blow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]N.C.    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe fell in with a bad companion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid give me your money or I’ll take your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJacob drew his pistol and in less than a heart beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe stranger lay dead on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd someone had to pay the price[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]N.C.                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd after three long years in a Louisiana prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe stands on the hill that overlooks his farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his woman by his side thanks God for his blessings[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd most of all for the blonde hair child resting in his arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the river rolls on like an endless river[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sun light glistens on the rocks below[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe can hear her voice in the rippling water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying please be home before the cold winds blow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes he can hear her voice in the rippling water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaying please be home before the cold winds blow[/tab]","plain_text":"[INTRO]  \nG   C   G   C  D  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}