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January

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This is my first time uploading chords. I copied it from another site and fixed them up a bit.
The plucking pattern is roughly like shown below. The plucked strings might vary from 
chord to chord but mainly that's the pattern.
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Chords:
Dsus2The cold that burns The tF#ide that drift away
BmNo mAore taGlks about tomEm7orrow
AThe past is gone and Bmall that wAas toGday
I cant forget tEm7he cold That fGell January dDay
Dsus2Seasons change for the rF#ain he washed away
BmAll tAhe Gsmiles and the Em7tears
AWhat's in between and aBmll one's Ahopes and Gfears
I feel that JanEm7uary's cold shall Gnever Ddisappear
F#EmpEm7ty sGky the Dsus2bitterness unfolds
F#Its hard to Ghold a memory
When there's Dsus2nothing left to hold
F#Rain rain Em7rain
The Gdesert kills what's Dleft inside
Its F#hard to live when all you Gwanna do is Dsus2die
Dsus2The book is done No more F#pages left to turn
BmNo moAre Gletters left to Em7write
Anothings left for Bmwhom it Amay conGcern
JanuarEm7y's cold shall forGever live onDsus2  
JanuarEm7y's cold shall forGever live onDsus2  

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January

by Black Label Society

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

Em7

This is my first time uploading chords. I copied it from another site and fixed them up a bit.

The plucking pattern is roughly like shown below. The plucked strings might vary from

chord to chord but mainly that's the pattern.

-----X------|

---X--X-----|

--X-X--X----|

-X------X-X-|

------------|

Chords:

Dsus2 F#

The cold that burns The tide that drift away

Bm A G Em7

No more talks about tomorrow

A Bm A G

The past is gone and all that was today

Em7 G D

I cant forget the cold That fell January day

Dsus2 F#

Seasons change for the rain he washed away

Bm A G Em7

All the smiles and the tears

A Bm A G

What's in between and all one's hopes and fears

Em7 G D

I feel that January's cold shall never disappear

F# Em7 G Dsus2

Empty sky the bitterness unfolds

F# G

Its hard to hold a memory

Dsus2

When there's nothing left to hold

F# Em7

Rain rain rain

G D

The desert kills what's left inside

F# G Dsus2

Its hard to live when all you wanna do is die

Dsus2 F#

The book is done No more pages left to turn

Bm A G Em7

No more letters left to write

A Bm A G

nothings left for whom it may concern

Em7 G Dsus2

January's cold shall forever live on

Em7 G Dsus2

January's cold shall forever live on

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