Capo 1st Fret
C Bb C
C G C
C
Well the wind blows cold in New York City
F G C
along about the middle of now
C
And I'm telling you I'd be a happy man
D7 G
if I could get away somehow
F
Cause I'm growing old before my time
C Am
finally I see the light
G
But if it costs a dime
C F
to get around the world
G7 C C7
I couldn't get out of sight
F
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C
there'll be no messing around
G
If I ever get back to Georgia
C
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C Bb C
C G C
(In the cold cold ground)
C
Well the buildings here in New York City
F G C
grow so doggone tall
C
Sometimes you can walk for a couple of days
D7 G
and never see the sun at all
F
So I left last night I was homeward bound
C Am
now I wanna sit and I cry
G
Cause I stuck out my thumb
C F
till my thumb got numb
G7 C C7
and the cars went right on by
F
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C
there'll be no messing around
G
If I ever get back to Georgia
C
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C Bb C
C G C
(In the cold cold ground)
C#
Well I guess my time in New York City
F# Ab C#
hasn't been a total waste
C#
Cause I met a little girl from a social world
Eb7 Ab
I really put her in her place
F#
When she sold me half of the Brooklyn Bridge
C# Bbm
I hung around just for spite
Ab
And I played this part
C# F#
till I won her heart
Ab7 C# C#7
and I bought the other half last night
F#
But if I ever get back to Georgia
C#
there'll be no messing around
Ab
If I ever get back to Georgia
C#
I gonna nail my feet to the ground
C# B C#
C# Ab C#
[In the cold cold ground]
Repeat chorus one more time