Cold Hands from New York
Cold Hands from New York

Cold Hands from New York chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    came 
    down 
    through Albany 

    to New 
    York 

    To find 
    what I'd 
    been 
    miss
    in' 

    looked 
    across 
    the 
    river 
    to 
    the 
    city 

    Where 
    the windows 
    all 
    stood 
    glistenin' 

    stood 
    listen
    in' 

    Verse 2
    In
    to 
    tunnel 
    did rise, 
    like 
    a grave 
    inside 

    But I 
    was young 
    and 
    able 

    When 
    came out 
    the 
    other 
    end 

    Ah 
    through the 
    smoke, 

    the winter 
    light 
    was 
    feeble 

    Unread
    able 

    Verse 3
    was optimistic 
    though, 

    a cabbie 
    told 
    me 
    where 
    to go 

    thanked 
    him 

    face 
    of white, 
    a face 
    of brown 

    Ah 
    here 
    a smile 
    and there 
    look 
    of danger 

    For 
    a stranger 

    Verse 4
    It 
    was 
    too 
    unreal 
    for me 

    found 
    no 
    one 
    who 
    trusted 
    me 

    There 
    was 
    no man 
    could offer 
    me 

    A cold 
    hand 
    from 
    New York 

    Verse 5
    Cold 
    hands 
    from 
    New York 

    A voice 
    with
    in you 
    cries, 

    "Won't 
    someone 
    please 
    help 
    me 

    I'll 
    do 
    the same 
    for you 
    one 
    day 

    If 
    you 
    should 
    ever 
    pass 
    my way 

    and need 
    me" 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 6

    came 
    down 
    to 
    live 
    alone 

    in 
    New 
    York 

    The city 
    of 
    the liv
    ing 

    There 
    were fortunes 
    at my 

    feet 
    but 
    most 
    of men 

    Were 
    taking, 
    none 
    we 
    giv
    ing 

    Or 
    forgiv
    ing 

    Verse 7
    Chil
    dren 
    ran 
    and 
    children 
    played 

    and roses 
    grew in 
    alleyways 

    saw 
    them 

    There 
    were men 
    who lived 
    in 
    style 

    and 
    others 
    who 
    had died 

    Where no 
    one 
    knew 
    them 

    Beause they 
    could
    n't win 

    Verse 8
    There 
    were parks 
    where old 
    men 

    slept 
    and 
    dingy 
    rooms 

    Where babies 
    crept 
    un
    wanted 

    Till 
    began 
    to ask 
    myself 

    if 
    there were 
    hope 

    Or 
    if 
    it mattered 
    what 
    they did 

    Or 
    if 
    they 
    lived 

    Verse 9
    It 
    was 
    too 
    unreal 
    for 
    me 

    found 
    no 
    one 
    who 
    trusted 
    me 

    There 
    was 
    no man 
    could offer 
    me 

    A cold 
    hand 
    from 
    New York 

    Verse 10
    Cold 
    hands 
    from 
    New York 

    A voice 
    with
    in 
    you cries, 

    "Won't 
    someone 
    please 
    help 
    me 

    I'll 
    do 
    the same 
    for you 
    one 
    day 

    If 
    you 
    should 
    ever 
    pass 
    my way 

    and need 
    me" 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 11

    came 
    down 
    through Albany 

    to New 
    York 

    To find 
    what I'd 
    been 
    miss
    in' 

    looked 
    across 
    the river 
    to 
    the city 

    Where 
    the windows 
    all 
    stood 
    glistenin' 

    stood 
    listen
    in' 

    Verse 12
    And 
    there 
    were prophets 
    in 
    the squares 

    And 
    people 
    there 
    who 
    smiled 
    and said, 

    "For
    get 
    it" 

    There 
    were lovers 
    in the 
    park 

    And 
    there was 
    danger 
    in 
    the dark, 
    felt 
    it 

    So 
    afraid 
    of 
    it 

    Verse 13
    And 
    there 
    were preachers 

    of the Word 
    and 
    poets 

    Who 
    were never 
    heard, 
    heard 
    them 

    There 
    were those 
    who would 

    not 
    try 
    to 
    learn 

    The 
    measure 
    of 
    the 
    lie 
    they're 
    liv
    in' 

    Verse 14
    heard 
    a young 
    musician 
    play 
    in a 
    place 

    Where 
    they paid 
    you not 
    to 
    listen 

    heard 
    a woman 
    scream 
    for 
    help 

    while 
    men 
    stood 
    by 

    And offered 
    their 
    best 
    wishes 

    That's 
    how 
    it is 

    Verse 15
    It 
    was 
    too 
    unreal 
    for me 

    found 
    no 
    one 
    who 
    trusted 
    me 

    There 
    was 
    no man 
    could offer 
    me 

    A cold 
    hand 
    from 
    New York 

    Verse 16
    Cold 
    hands 
    from 
    New York 

    A voice 
    with
    in 
    you cries, 

    "Won't 
    someone 
    please 
    help 
    me 

    I'll 
    do 
    the same 
    for you 
    one 
    day 

    If you 
    should 
    ever 
    pass 

    my way 
    and need 
    me" 

    Verse 17
    Cold 
    hands 
    from 
    New York 

    A voice 
    with
    in 
    you cries, 

    "Won't 
    someone 
    please 
    help 
    me 

    I'll 
    do 
    the same 
    for you 
    one 
    day 

    If 
    you 
    should 
    ever 
    pass 

    my way 
    and need 
    me" 

    Verse 18
    Cold 
    hands 
    from 
    New York 

    A voice 
    with
    in 
    you cries, 

    "Won't 
    someone 
    please 
    help 
    me 

    I'll 
    do 
    the same 
    for you 
    one 
    day 

    If 
    you 
    should 
    ever 
    pass 
    my way 

    and need 
    me" 

    Outro 1


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