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[Intro]
C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C
[Verse 1] 
DmLonely, have you Fever felt Glonely
Like you're Ffloating on a Gdeep sea
And the Fworld is somewhere Dmelse?
And when you're Ctrying to disDmguise it
Well, it Fonly makes it Gdeepen
And Ftrying to preGtend
Will Fonly weigh you Dmdown
[Chorus]
Cold Amsteel
GCold Emsteel
Cold Amsteel
GCold, cold Emsteel
[Instrumental]
C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C
[Verse 2] 
DmSearching, is this why Feverybody's Gsearching
FLooking to the Gsky
To Ftry to touch a Dmstar
And when they Cget it in their Dmhand
Well, they Fnever want to Glose it
They get a Fmonkey on their Gback 
And a Fpocketful of Dmsand
[Chorus]
Cold Amsteel
GCold Emsteel
Cold Amsteel
GCold, cold Emsteel
[Instrumental]
C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C
[Verse 3] 
DmGood times, I Fheard about the Ggood times
I Fread it in a Gbook
It Fsounded alDmright
And then I Cthought I saw a Dmstranger
So I Fhad to give Gchase
She Fstabbed me in the Gback 
With a Fsmile across her Dmface
[Chorus]
Cold Amsteel
GCold Emsteel
Cold Amsteel
GCold, cold Emsteel
[Instrumental]
C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C Dm   F G   F G   F Dm   C Dm

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Cold Steel

by Strawbs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Dm F G F G F Dm C

[Verse 1]

Dm F G

Lonely, have you ever felt lonely

F G

Like you're floating on a deep sea

F Dm

And the world is somewhere else?

C Dm

And when you're trying to disguise it

F G

Well, it only makes it deepen

F G

And trying to pretend

F Dm

Will only weigh you down

[Chorus]

Cold steel

G Em

Cold steel

G Em

Cold, cold steel

[Instrumental]

C Dm F G F G F Dm C Dm F G F G F Dm C

[Verse 2]

Dm F G

Searching, is this why everybody's searching

F G

Looking to the sky

F Dm

To try to touch a star

C Dm

And when they get it in their hand

F G

Well, they never want to lose it

F G

They get a monkey on their back

F Dm

And a pocketful of sand

[Chorus]

Cold steel

G Em

Cold steel

G Em

Cold, cold steel

[Instrumental]

C Dm F G F G F Dm C Dm F G F G F Dm C

[Verse 3]

Dm F G

Good times, I heard about the good times

F G

I read it in a book

F Dm

It sounded alright

C Dm

And then I thought I saw a stranger

F G

So I had to give chase

F G

She stabbed me in the back

F Dm

With a smile across her face

[Chorus]

Cold steel

G Em

Cold steel

G Em

Cold, cold steel

[Instrumental]

C Dm F G F G F Dm C Dm F G F G F Dm C Dm

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