Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
F
C
G
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G
C
Verse 1
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a deer in my own headlights
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F
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I had a fix on the brightest star
Am
G
C
Now I'm not sure, where you are
Verse 2
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C
North is south and east is west
F
C
G
Where's the love that I knew best
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Em
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C
Shifting in this icy wind
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Interlude 1
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C
G
C
F
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Verse 3
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You're
Em
F
C
in this valley that I love
Am
G
Cold and far as the stars above
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F
C
Do I have to wait 'til spring is here?
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C
Just to hold you warm and near
Verse 4
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C
Dead of winter, dead of night
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G
Not much time to make it right
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Em
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I know where that lonesome sound begins
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G
Howlin' down the Cumberland
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Interlude 2
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Am
G
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F
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Am
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Verse 5
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F
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Just a creature in the dark
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Em
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To burn the sky and heat the night
G
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With love reborn by morning light
Verse 6
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But nature doesn't heed the call
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C
G
Nature just commands that's all
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F
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Now my love's a cutting wind
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G
Howlin' down the Cumberland
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Em
F
C
Now my love's a cutting wind
Am
G
Howlin' down the Cumberland
C
Outro 1
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G
C
F
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G
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F G Am Em
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