Cold Hands From New York Gordon Lightfoot
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] G
[VERSE 1:]
I came down to Albany
To New York, to find what I'd been [F]missing
I [G]looked across the river to
The city where the windows all stood [F]glistening
I stood [Em]listening
[VERSE 2:]
In[G]to a tunnel I did ride
Like a grave inside, but I was young and [F]able
When [G]I came out the other end
Through the smoke the winter light was [F]feeble
Un[Em]readable
[VERSE 3:]
[G]I was optimistic though
A cabbie told me where to go, I [F]thanked him
A [G]face of white a face of brown
Here a smile, there a look of [F]danger
For a [Em]stranger
[CBORUS 1:]
[Dm]It was too unreal for me
I [Em]found no one who trusted me
There [F]was no man could offer me
A [G]cold hand from New York[F]____[Em]__
[CBORUS 2:]
[G]Cold hands from New York
A voice with[F]in you cries
"Won't someone please [G]help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
If [F]you should ever pass my way and [G]need me [Em] [A7] [F] [D] [D7]
[VERSE 4:]
[G]I came down to live alone
In New York, the city of the li[F]ving
[G]There were fortunes at my feet
But most of men were taking, none were [F]giving
Or for[Em]giving
[VERSE 5:]
[G]Children ran and children played
And roses grew in alleyways, I [F]saw them
[G]There were men who lived in style
And others who had died where no one [F]knew them
'Because they [Em]couldn't win
[VERSE 6:]
[G]There were parks where old men slept
And dingy rooms where babies crept, un[F]wanted
'Til [G]I began to ask myself
If there was hope or if it mattered [F]what they did
Or [Em]if they lived
[CBORUS 1:]
[Dm]It was too unreal for me
I [Em]found no one who trusted me
There [F]was no man could offer me
A [G]cold hand from New York[F]____[Em]__
[CBORUS 2:]
[G]Cold hands from New York
A voice with[F]in you cries
"Won't someone please [G]help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
If [F]you should ever pass my way and [G]need me [Em] [A7] [F] [D] [D7]
[VERSE 7:]
[G]I came down to Albany
To New York, to find what I'd been [F]missing
I [G]looked across the river to
The city where the windows all stood [F]glistening
I stood [Em]listening
[VERSE 8:]
[G]There were prophets in the squares
And people there who smiled and said for[F]get it
[G]There were lovers in the park
And there was danger in the dark, I [F]felt it
So a[Em]fraid of it
[VERSE 9:]
[G]There were preachers of the word
And poets who were never heard, I [F]heard them
[G]There were those who would not try
To learn the measure [F]of the lie
They're [Em]living
[VERSE 10:]
I [G]heard a young musician play
In a place where they paid you not to [F]listen
I [G]heard a woman scream for help
While men stood by and offered their best [F]wishes
That's [Em]how it is
[CBORUS 1:]
[Dm]It was too unreal for me
I [Em]found no one who trusted me
There [F]was no man could offer me
A [G]cold hand from New York[F]____[Em]__
[CBORUS 2:]
[G]Cold hands from New York
A voice with[F]in you cries
"Won't someone please [G]help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
If [F]you should ever pass my way and [G]need me
[CBORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
A voice with[F]in you cries
"Won't someone please [G]help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
If [F]you should ever pass my way and [G]need me
[CBORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
A voice with[F]in you cries
"Won't someone please [G]help me"
I'll do the same for you one day
If [F]you should ever pass my way and [G]need me [Em] [A7] [F] [D] [D7]
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