Key: G minor
Intro 1
F#m
Verse 1
F#
No I never heard through
Bm
the grapevine
D
E
F#m
How you left long before your time
F#
But in France on the radio
Bm
I could not understand a word
E
But I thought you'd go
Verse 2
C
We waited all night for
C#m
E
the midnight lover's calling
C
It was the coldest day of the year
D
and I'm still falling
A
F#m
Verse 3
D#m
E#dim
I didn't sleep a wink
E#m
A#m
C#m
but while radio played
F#
C#m
F#
D#m
I was day dream ing of
what might have been
A#m
C#m
F#
While the cold night air was freezing
C#m
B
The coldest night,
C#
the coldest day of the year
F#m
F#
C#m
C#
Verse 4
F#m
What is happening, mother,
C#m
B
father please
Bm
D
Who will save us from
E
the au tumn breeze
F#m
Shivering to April,
C#m
B
no one wants to speak too soon
Bm
D
Although we all knew under
E
D
the pale blue moon
E
D
E
F#m
F#
The pale moon, the pale blue moon
Interlude 1
C#m
Bm
C#m
F#m
Bm
C#m
F#m
F#
Bm
C#m
F#m
D
Bm
C#m
F#m
Verse 5
F#
What happens then,
Bm
when the sun goes down
D
Tell me what's the word Johanaseburg
E
F#m
When the rent goes up
F#
Bm
and the lights go down
On the coldest day outside
D
E
the coldest town
Verse 6
C
D
We waited all night and I'm
A
G#
F#m
E
still falling
D#m
I didn't sleep a wink
A#m
C#m
but while the radio played
F#
C#
D#m
I was day dreaming of what
A#sus4
might have been
A#m
C#
C#m
While the cold night air was
F#
C#m
F#
B
freezing
The coldest night,
C#
B
the coldest day of the year
The coldest night,
C#
the coldest day of the year
Interlude 2
D
E
D
Bm
E
B
Verse 7
B
G#m
C#
B
C#
The coldest night
Outro 1
Day
C#
D
Bm
E
B
E
D
E
B
B
A#m
D#m
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