[Intro]
Am7 Am7/G Am7/F Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F
Am7 Am7/G Am7/F Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F
[Verse 1]
Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/G
And there is cold in the air
Am7/F
And I'm dying with the leaves
Dm7
But you don't seem to care
Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/G
And leaves in the making
Am7/F
‘Cause I'm thinking of leaving
Dm7
This life I've been faking
Am7
There are leaves in the gutter
Am7/G
And there is snow in the sky
Am7/F
And it only gets colder
Dm7
The truth is, so do I
Dm7/E F C/E
And I’m colder than snow is
C Dm7 Dm7/F Am
And as hopelessly driven
Am/G F C/E
So regardless of reason
C Dm7 Dm7/F Am
You’ll just be forgiven
Am/G F C/E
Yes I’m colder than snow is
C Dm7 Dm7/F Am
That’s what the wind told me
Am/G F C/E
But as darkness sets in
C Dm7 Dm7/F G Em
I want someone to hold me
[Chorus]
Em D/F# G
I’ll hold on
D C
To whatever I can
D Em D B/D#
Anything’s better than nothing
Em D/F# G
I’ll hold on
D C
For whatever it’s worth
D Em
For whatever I’m worth
G A D G A D G
And that’s nothing
[Verse 2]
Am7 G/B Dm C G/B
Win-ter clouds are rolling in
G Am7 G/B Dm C G/B
And my win-try heart is cold again
G Am7 G/B Dm
I wish I knew the peace
C G/B
The leaves know now
G Am7 G/B Dm
I would fall and die with them
C Bb
If I only knew how
C F C/E C
And I wonder what the wind
Dm7 Dm7/F Am7
Does with the warmth
Am7/G F C/E C Dm7
If he’s like you and he just
Dm7/F Am
Pushes it away
Am/G F C/E C Dm7
And has he always been so
Dm7/F Am
Bitter and cold
Am/G F C/E
Or has he hardened over time
C F C/E C
‘Cause no one could ever find
Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F G Em
The strength to hold him
[Chorus]
Em D/F# G
I’ll hold on
D C
To whatever I can
D Em D B/D#
Anything’s better than nothing
Em D/F# C
I’ll hold on
D C
For whatever it’s worth
D Em
For whatever I’m worth
Em G Em Em/F# G
And that’s nothing
A D G A D G
[Bridge]
F C/E C Dm7 Dm7/F Am Am/G
F C/E C Dm7 Dm7/F Am Am/G
F C/E C/D C Dm7 Dm7/E Dm7/F Am Am/G
F C/E C Dm7 Dm7/F G E7
Am7 Am7/B Am7/C
Am7/G Am7 Am7/C
Am7/F Am7 Am7/C
Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B
Am7 Am7/B Am7/C
Am7/G Am7 Am7/C
Am7/F Am7 Am7/C
Dm7 Dm7/C Dm7/B
[Verse 3]
Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/G
And it threatens to break me
Am7/F
And I can't help wishing
Dm7
That tomorrow it might take me
Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/G
And darling, so are you
Am7/F
And relentlessly distant
Dm7
And unfeeling and untrue
Am7
The cold air is ruthless
Am7/G
Yeah, but just like the wind
Am7/F
I’m accustomed to coolness
Dm7
And I rarely give in
Dm7/E F C/E
But we can’t hold off winter
C Dm7 Dm7/F Am
And I can’t be your lover
Am/G F C/E
Though just as the wind blows
C Dm7 Dm7/F Am
I’ll love you forever
Am/G F C/E
No, we can’t hold off winter
C Dm7 Dm7/F G
And I think we both know that
Am7 G/B Dm C G
You can’t hold me
G Am7 G/B Bb Am G