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This song is finger picked in the simple up the chord and down a chord, with a few small variations like
hammer-ons for fret 2 on the D string within the C chord.
[Verse 1]
I Ckeep all your letters in a Fbox I Cmade
Among Ftraces of Cmemories I can't Gbare to throw away
And I Fstill have your Gticket from the CLoC/Bndon AmtrFain
That I'll Ctreasure, 'til the Gend of my Cdays
[Verse 2]
Those Cwords you wrote imprint Fbeneath my Cskin
And it kFeeps me sCtrong though our tGime is wearing thin
And oh FI'll be Gawaiting and you'll be Cgone C/Bwith Amthe Fwind
And I'll Csee you in the GAutumn Cagain
[Chorus]
And you Fsay you love me
It's the Csweetest Gsound
But the Fsummer is cold
And Cyou're not Garound
And FI'm fine
But I'm CfeC/BelinAmg dFown
So many Cfaces and I'm Galone in this Ctown
So many Cfaces and I'm Galone in this FtownC  
[Verse 3]
The Csound of your voice is still Ffresh in my Cears
And Feven though you're Cgone I Gpretend you're here
And I have Fso much to Gsay and I Ccan't C/Bmake Amit Fclear
Things seem Cdifferent and Gso sincerCeF  G  
[Chorus]
And you Fsay you love me
It's the Csweetest Gsound
But the Fsummer is cold
And Cyou're not Garound
And FI'm fine
But I'm CfeC/BelinAmg dFown
So many Cfaces and I'm Galone in this CtownF  G  
And you Fsay you love me
It's the Csweetest Gsound
But the Fsummer is cold
And Cyou're not Garound
And FI'm fine
But I'm CfeC/BelinAmg dFown
So many Cfaces and I'm Galone in this Ctown
So many Cfaces and I'm Galone in this FtownC  
[Instrumental]
 F   C   Gx 2
F C F
C G C
[Outro]
So CI'll read your letters and I'll Fsmile as I Cdo
And I'll Fsign it with Clove when I Gwrite one to you
Oh and Fit's been Ghard but the Cleaves C/Bare Amfalling Floose
And I'll Csee you in a Gday or Ctwo
Oh I'll Csee you in a Gday or FtwoC  

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Cold Summer

by Ferris & Sylvester

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

This song is finger picked in the simple up the chord and down a chord, with a few small variations like

hammer-ons for fret 2 on the D string within the C chord.

[Verse 1]

C F C

I keep all your letters in a box I made

F C G

Among traces of memories I can't bare to throw away

F G C C/B Am F

And I still have your ticket from the London train

C G C

That I'll treasure, 'til the end of my days

[Verse 2]

C F C

Those words you wrote imprint beneath my skin

F C G

And it keeps me strong though our time is wearing thin

F G C C/B Am F

And oh I'll be awaiting and you'll be gone with the wind

C G C

And I'll see you in the Autumn again

[Chorus]

And you say you love me

C G

It's the sweetest sound

But the summer is cold

C G

And you're not around

And I'm fine

C C/B Am F

But I'm feeling down

C G C

So many faces and I'm alone in this town

C G F C

So many faces and I'm alone in this town

[Verse 3]

C F C

The sound of your voice is still fresh in my ears

F C G

And even though you're gone I pretend you're here

F G C C/B Am F

And I have so much to say and I can't make it clear

C G C F G

Things seem different and so sincere

[Chorus]

And you say you love me

C G

It's the sweetest sound

But the summer is cold

C G

And you're not around

And I'm fine

C C/B Am F

But I'm feeling down

C G C F G

So many faces and I'm alone in this town

And you say you love me

C G

It's the sweetest sound

But the summer is cold

C G

And you're not around

And I'm fine

C C/B Am F

But I'm feeling down

C G C

So many faces and I'm alone in this town

C G F C

So many faces and I'm alone in this town

[Instrumental]

F C G

x 2

F C F

C G C

[Outro]

C F C

So I'll read your letters and I'll smile as I do

F C G

And I'll sign it with love when I write one to you

F G C C/B Am F

Oh and it's been hard but the leaves are falling loose

C G C

And I'll see you in a day or two

C G F C

Oh I'll see you in a day or two

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