Cold Hands from New York chords by
Gordon Lightfoot

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Intro 1

Verse 1
A A 
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I  came down through Albany
to New York
G G 
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To find what I'd been missin'
A A 
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I looked across the river to the city
G G 
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Where the windows all stood glistenin'
F#m F#m 2
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I stood listenin'

Verse 2
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Into a tunnel I did rise, like a grave inside
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But I was young and able
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When I  came out the other end
Ah through the smoke,
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the winter light was feeble
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Unreadable

Verse 3
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I  was optimistic though,
a cabbie told me where to go
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I thanked him
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A face of white, a face of brown
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Ah here a smile and there a look of danger
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For a stranger

Verse 4

It was too unreal for me

F#m

I found no one who trusted me

There was no man could offer me

A cold hand from New York

Verse 5
G G 
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F#m F#m 2
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A A 
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Cold hands from New York
G G 
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A voice within you cries,
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"Won't someone please help me
I'll do the same for you one day
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If you should ever pass my way
A A 
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and need me"

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
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I  came down to live alone
in New York
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The city of the living
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There were fortunes at my
feet but most of men
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Were taking, none we giving
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Or forgiving

Verse 7
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Children ran and children played
and roses grew in alleyways
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I saw them
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There were men who lived in style
and others who had died
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Where no one knew them
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Beause they couldn't win

Verse 8
A A 
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There were parks where old men
slept and dingy rooms
G G 
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Where babies crept unwanted
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Till I  began to ask myself
if there were hope
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Or if it mattered what they did
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Or if they  lived

Verse 9

It was too unreal for me

F#m

I found no one who trusted me

There was no man could offer me

A cold hand from New York

Verse 10
G G 
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F#m F#m 2
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A A 
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Cold hands from New York
G G 
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A voice within you cries,
A A 
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"Won't someone please help me
I'll do the same for you one day
G G 
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If you should ever pass my way
A A 
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and need me"

Interlude 2

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Verse 11
A A 
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I  came down through Albany
to New York
G G 
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To find what I'd been missin'
A A 
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I looked across the river to the city
G G 
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Where the windows all stood glistenin'
F#m F#m 2
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I stood listenin'

Verse 12
A A 
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And there were prophets in the squares
And people there who smiled and said,
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"Forget it"
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There were lovers in the park
G G 
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And there was danger in the dark, I felt it
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So afraid of    it

Verse 13
A A 
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And there were preachers
of the Word and poets
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Who were never heard, I heard them
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There were those who would
not try to learn
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The measure of the lie they're livin'

Verse 14
A A 
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I heard a young musician play in a place
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Where they paid you not to listen
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I heard a woman scream for help
while men stood by
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And offered their best wishes
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That's how it is

Verse 15

It was too unreal for me

F#m

I found no one who trusted me

There was no man could offer me

A cold hand from New York

Verse 16
G G 
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A A 
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Cold hands from New York
G G 
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A voice within you cries,
A A 
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"Won't someone please help me
I'll do the same for you one day
G G 
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If you should ever pass
A A 
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my way and need me"

Verse 17
A A 
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Cold hands from New York
G G 
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A voice within you cries,
A A 
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"Won't someone please help me
I'll do the same for you one day
G G 
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If you should ever pass
A A 
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my way and need me"

Verse 18
A A 
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Cold hands from New York
G G 
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A voice within you cries,
A A 
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"Won't someone please help me
I'll do the same for you one day
G G 
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If you should ever pass my way
A A 
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and need me"

Outro 1

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