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Cold Hands From New York

Biography:

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

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Gordon Lightfoot - Cold Hands From New York

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO:] G

[VERSE 1:]

I came down to Albany
F
To New York, to find what I'd been missing
G
I looked across the river to
F
The city where the windows all stood glistening
Em
I stood listening

[VERSE 2:]
G
Into a tunnel I did ride
F
Like a grave inside, but I was young and able
G
When I came out the other end
F
Through the smoke the winter light was feeble
Em
Unreadable

[VERSE 3:]
G
I was optimistic though
F
A cabbie told me where to go, I thanked him
G
A face of white a face of brown
F
Here a smile, there a look of danger
Em
For a stranger

[CHORUS 1:]
Dm
It was too unreal for me
Em
I found no one who trusted me
F
There was no man could offer me
G F Em
A cold hand from New York______

[CHORUS 2:]
G
Cold hands from New York
F
A voice within you cries
G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me

[VERSE 4:]
G
I came down to live alone
F
In New York, the city of the living
G
There were fortunes at my feet
F
But most of men were taking, none were giving
Em
Or forgiving

[VERSE 5:]
G
Children ran and children played
F
And roses grew in alleyways, I saw them
G
There were men who lived in style
F
And others who had died where no one knew them
Em
'Because they couldn't win

[VERSE 6:]
G
There were parks where old men slept
F
And dingy rooms where babies crept, unwanted
G
'Til I began to ask myself
F
If there was hope or if it mattered what they did
Em
Or if they lived

[CHORUS 1:]
Dm
It was too unreal for me
Em
I found no one who trusted me
F
There was no man could offer me
G F Em
A cold hand from New York______

[CHORUS 2:]
G
Cold hands from New York
F
A voice within you cries
G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me

[VERSE 7:]
G
I came down to Albany
F
To New York, to find what I'd been missing
G
I looked across the river to
F
The city where the windows all stood glistening
Em
I stood listening

[VERSE 8:]
G
There were prophets in the squares
F
And people there who smiled and said forget it
G
There were lovers in the park
F
And there was danger in the dark, I felt it
Em
So afraid of it

[VERSE 9:]
G
There were preachers of the word
F
And poets who were never heard, I heard them
G
There were those who would not try
F
To learn the measure of the lie
Em
They're living

[VERSE 10:]
G
I heard a young musician play
F
In a place where they paid you not to listen
G
I heard a woman scream for help
F
While men stood by and offered their best wishes
Em
That's how it is

[CHORUS 1:]
Dm
It was too unreal for me
Em
I found no one who trusted me
F
There was no man could offer me
G F Em
A cold hand from New York______

[CHORUS 2:]
G
Cold hands from New York
F
A voice within you cries
G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
F G
If you should ever pass my way and need me

[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
F
A voice within you cries
G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
F G
If you should ever pass my way and need me

[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
F
A voice within you cries
G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
F G Em A7 F D D7
If you should ever pass my way and need me