Come In From The Cold chords by 
Joni Mitchell 
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Key: Db major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Back in 1957
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We had to dance a foot apart
And they hawk-eyed us us
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from the side lines
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Holding their rulers without a heart
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And so with just a touch of our fingers
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I could make our circuitry explode
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All we ever wanted
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Was just to come in from the cold
Verse 2
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Come in (come in, come in, come in)
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Oh, come in from the cold
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(We were so young )
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Uh come in (come in, come in,
come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold
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We really
Verse 3
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thought we had a purpose
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We were so anxious to achieve
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We had hope
The world held promise
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For a slave to liber ty
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Freely I slaved away
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for something better
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And I was bought and sold
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And all I ever wanted
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Was just to come in from
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the cold
Verse 4
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(Come in, come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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(Come in, come in)
(We were so sure)
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Who's coming in now (come in,
come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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Verse 5
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I feel your legs under the table
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Leaning into mine
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I feel renewed
I feel disabled
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By these bonfires in my spine
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I don't know who the arsonist was
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Which incendiary soul
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But all I ever wanted
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Was just to come in from
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the cold
Verse 6
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(Come in, come in, come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold (come in,
come in)
(You were too warm)
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Please come in (come in,
come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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Verse 7
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I am not some stone commission
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Like a statue in a park
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I am flesh and blood and vision
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I am howling in the dark
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Long blue shadows of the jackals
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Are falling on a pay phone by the road
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Oh all they ever wanted
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Was just to come in from
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the cold
Verse 8
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(Come in, come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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(I was so low)
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Oh, come in (come in, come in,
come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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Verse 9
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Is this just vulgar electricity
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Is this the edifying fire
(It was so pure)
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Does your smile's covert complicity
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De base as it ad mires
(Just a flu with a temperature)
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Are you just checking out your mojo
(Oh oh)
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Or am I just fighting off
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growing old
(Just a high fever)
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All I ever wanted
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Was just to come in from
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the cold
Verse 10
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(Come in, come in, come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold
(It was so pure)
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Please come in (come in,
come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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Verse 11
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I know we never will be perfect
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Never entirely clear
(When the moon shines)
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We get hurt and we just panic
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And we strike out
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Out of fear
(You were only being kind)
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I fear the sentence of this solitude
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Two hundred years on hold
(For my loving crime)
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Oh and all we ever wanted
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Was just to come in from the cold
Verse 12
(Come in) Come in (come in,
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come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold (come in,
come in)
(When the moon shines)
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Oh come in (come in, come in,
come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
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Verse 13
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When I thought life had some meaning
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Then I thought I had some
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choice
(I was running blind)
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And I made some value judgments
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In a self-im portant voice
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(I was outa line)
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But then ab surdity came over me
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And I longed to lose con trol
(Into no mind)
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Oh all I ever wanted
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Was just to come in from
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the cold
Verse 14
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(Come in, come in, come in, come in)
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Oh, come in from the cold (come in,
come in)
(You were so kind)
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Please come in (come in,
come in, come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold
(Come in, come in)
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Oh come in , come in
(Come in, come in,
come in, come in)
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Come in from the cold
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Come in, come in
(I was so low)
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Come in, come in (come in, come in,
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come in, come in)
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Coming from the cold
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