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Cold, Cold, Cold
From the album Twilight
[INTRO]
D
[CHORUS]
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
[VERSE 1]
ODut on Highway 5, there's a fiCeld
WAhere sometimes at night pGeople disappear
ThDat's the only road that takes me hCome
AcrAoss the open prairie aGnd the drifting snow
[CHORUS]
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
[VERSE 2]
DI was halfway there one frozen dCawn
WhAen she appeared at the sGide of the road
A wDoman weeping in the frozen snCow
Her blAack hair flying acrGoss the empty road
[CHORUS]
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
[VERSE 3]
DI pulled to the shoulder and she fCell to the snow
But whAen I stepped from my car in the cGold wind's blow
SDhe drifted away in the swirling cCold
DAown through the fields aGnd their frozen rows
[CHORUS]
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
[VERSE 4]
DBut I heard her howl, I heard her mCoan
AAnd she called my name iGn the swirling snow
WDhen I turned to run back to my cCar
ThAere was nothing waiting bGut her frozen arms
[OUTRO]
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
CDold, cold, cold, as the cCold wind blDows
D C D

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Cold Cold Cold

by The Handsome Family

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Cold, Cold, Cold

From the album Twilight

[INTRO]

[CHORUS]

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

[VERSE 1]

D C

Out on Highway 5, there's a field

A G

Where sometimes at night people disappear

D C

That's the only road that takes me home

A G

Across the open prairie and the drifting snow

[CHORUS]

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

[VERSE 2]

D C

I was halfway there one frozen dawn

A G

When she appeared at the side of the road

D C

A woman weeping in the frozen snow

A G

Her black hair flying across the empty road

[CHORUS]

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

[VERSE 3]

D C

I pulled to the shoulder and she fell to the snow

A G

But when I stepped from my car in the cold wind's blow

D C

She drifted away in the swirling cold

A G

Down through the fields and their frozen rows

[CHORUS]

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

[VERSE 4]

D C

But I heard her howl, I heard her moan

A G

And she called my name in the swirling snow

D C

When I turned to run back to my car

A G

There was nothing waiting but her frozen arms

[OUTRO]

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

D C D

Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows

D C D

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