The Cold Swedish Winter chords by
Jens Lekman
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Key: C major
Intro 1
F
F

Am
Am

C
C

Am
Am

C
C

Verse 1
C
C

Am
Am

I met her in a snowstorm
C
C

I was outdoors plowing
Am
Am

Em
Em

She just walked up to me and said
A
A

C
C

'Hey boy, how's it going?'
Verse 2
Am
Am

I admired her straight-forwardness
C
C

And And brushed away my fringe
Am
Am

As a signal of well-being
C
C

And And accepting her challenge
Verse 3
F
F

Dm
Dm

G
G

We went home to her place
And cooked up some chili
Dm
Dm

Warmed us from the inside
G
G

C
C

G
G

'cause the outside was chilly
Verse 4
Am
Am

We had to be quiet
G
G

C
C

To not wake up her family
Am
Am

But I made a high pitched sound
Dm
Dm

Am
Am

C
C

When her cold fingers touched me
G
G

She said
Verse 5
"shhh
Am
Am

Please be quiet
F
F

I know you don't want to
C
C

But please deny it"
Verse 6
G
G

She said "shhh
Am
Am

Please be quiet
F
F

I know you don't want to
C
C

But please deny it"
Interlude 1
F
F

G
G

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

When
Verse 7
people think of Sweden
G
G

Am
Am

C
C

I think they have the wrong idea
Am
Am

Like Cliff Richards who thought it was just
C
C

Porn and gonorrhea
Verse 8
C
C

Am
Am

And Lou Reed said in the film
C
C

"Blue in the face"
Am
Am

That compared to New York City
Em
Em

C
C

Sweden was a scary place
Dm
Dm

They seem to have a point
Verse 9
Am
Am

C
C

After meeting with this girl
Dm
Dm

C
C

Maybe not Cliff Richards
Dm
Dm

C
C

But Lou has surely met her
Am
Am

Em
Em

The doubt in her eyes When I said I wanted
Verse 10
Am
Am

C
C

to kiss her
Am
Am

For the sake of liking her
C
C

G
G

And not because of the blizzard
Verse 11
She said "shhh
Am
Am

Please be quiet
F
F

I know you don't want to
C
C

But please deny it"
Verse 12
G
G

She said "shhh
Am
Am

Please be quiet
F
F

I know you don't want me
C
C

But please deny it"
Verse 13
F
F

G
G

'Cause the cold Swedish winter
C
C

Is right outside
F
F

And I just want somebody
G
G

C
C

To hold me through the night
Verse 14
F
F

G
G

The cold Swedish winter
C
C

Is right outside
F
F

And I just want somebody
G
G

C
C

F
F

To hold me through the night
C
C

Interlude 2
F
F

G
G

C
C

F
F

C
C

F
F

G
G

C
C

Verse 15
F
F

In two thousand years
G
G

C
C

This place will be covered by ice
F
F

And the people who will dig us up
Em
Em

C
C

Will be in for a big surprise
Verse 16
F
F

After carefully studying
G
G

C
C

Our calcium-nourished bones
bones
F
F

They'll find enclosed
C
C

Our hearts of stone
Verse 17
F
F

Singing the cold Swedish winter
C
C

Is right outside
F
F

And I just want somebody
G
G

C
C

To hold me through the night
Verse 18
F
F

G
G

The cold Swedish winter
C
C

Is right outside
F
F

And I just want somebody
C
C

To hold me through the night
Outro 1
F
F

C
C

F
F

G
G

C
C

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