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"A Cold Day In July" - Gene Watson
[Intro]
D7      G
[Verse]
   GWhen I left, the G7trees had Cno green leaves
Like your D7love, everything had Gdied
I Gsaid, "If I G7ever come Cback to you
Well, D7it'll be a cold day in JuGly"
The Gwinter has made G7way for the Cspringtime
And D7summer has now said GhelloD  Cadd9  
The Gleaves on the G7trees are Cgreen again
But in my D7heart, it still looks like GsnowG7  
[Chorus]
   CI'm going Fhome on a GGreyhound
   FWish I could aBbfford to A7flyD7  
But my Gpride is not as G7strong as my Clove for you
And it D7looks like a cold day in JuGly
[Steel Guitar Solo]
G   G7   C
D7       G
[Outro Chorus]
But my Gpride is not as G7strong as my Clove for you
And it D7looks like a cold day in JuGly
(FCold day, Cooh) In JuGly

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Cold Day In July

by Gene Watson

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Cadd9

"A Cold Day In July" - Gene Watson

[Intro]

D7 G

[Verse]

G G7 C

When I left, the trees had no green leaves

D7 G

Like your love, everything had died

G G7 C

I said, "If I ever come back to you

D7 G

Well, it'll be a cold day in July"

G G7 C

The winter has made way for the springtime

D7 G D Cadd9

And summer has now said hello

G G7 C

The leaves on the trees are green again

D7 G G7

But in my heart, it still looks like snow

[Chorus]

C F G

I'm going home on a Greyhound

F Bb A7 D7

Wish I could afford to fly

G G7 C

But my pride is not as strong as my love for you

D7 G

And it looks like a cold day in July

[Steel Guitar Solo]

G G7 C

D7 G

[Outro Chorus]

G G7 C

But my pride is not as strong as my love for you

D7 G

And it looks like a cold day in July

F C G

(Cold day, ooh) In July

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