Cold Country chords by Eric Andersen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I'm cold in this country,
stones in my heart
People look, but unfriendly,
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the days are too dark
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Stars glitter like diamonds,
ice falls in the air
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The shadows ain't talking and the
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silence just stands
I remember these rooms like
pieces of glass
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Memory plays tricks, it's too full of cracks
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Time is now what it once used to be
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It tugs at my back where used to face me
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I  dream of a mother whose ashes I want
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I dream of a father not part of his life
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I think of a brother whose faith I could find I
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dream of a child growing out of my sight
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What is more empty than the
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depth of our heart?
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What ocean is wider than that?
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When the farthest shore
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ever is forever apart
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So distance more sadder than sand
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What could be sadder than
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that?
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The sun is now fading
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on the books on the shelf
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The garden is waiting for somebody else
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I remember the words,
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they're all I have left
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They're pictures of time,
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I remember the years
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I  know a  hotel where they
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don't ask your name
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A room without a bed,
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walls colored with pain
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A room with no future,
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a room with no past
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Where alone we'll be inside,
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cause alone our days will last
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I  dream of a mother whose ashes are white, I dream of a father now part of the light,
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I think of a brother who'd faithfully confide, I dream of a child growing out of my sight.
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What is more empty than
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the depth of our heart?
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What ocean is wider than that?
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When the farthest shore
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ever is forever apart
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It's a distance more sad than sin
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What could be sadder than that?
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I look at the river, frozen and black
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You know if it takes ya,
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it ain't comin' back
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I look at the sky, crimson and red
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The sun's sinkin' fast,
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it's takin' my head
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It's cold in this country,
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stones in my heart
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People look but aren't friendly,
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the days are too dark
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Stars glitter like diamonds,
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ice falls from the air
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The shadows ain't talking,
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the silence just dead
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I  dream of a mother whose ashes are white. I dream of a father now part of the light. I
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think of a brother whose faith I could fight. I dream of a child growing out of my sight.
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What is more empty than the
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depth of our heart?
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What ocean is wider than that?
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When the farthest shore
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ever is forever apart
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It's a distance more sadder than sad
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What could be sadder than that?
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