• Song:

    Cold Feet

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    New Beginning

The Intro is sth like this:


e | --------------------------------------------- | 
B | ------------------0-------------------------- | 
G | ---0---0-2----0/2---2-0----------0----------- | 
D | -----0------------------2----0/2---2-0------- | 
A | --------------------------------------------- | 
E | ---------------------------------------3----- | 


and then just play:

G5 G5

D5 C5 G5 G5


verse1:

       D5
There was a little boy
C5
once upon a time, who in
G5                                 G5
spite of his young age and small size, knew his mind. For 
D5
every copper penny and
C5
clover he would find, make a 
G5                         G5
wish for better days, the end of hard times for no more...

chorus:
C5           D5                       G5       G5
cold feet. Cold cold cold cold cold feet...

(now keep playing D C G G for the verses and C D G for 
the choruses the whole song...)

verse2:
     D5
His clothes were alway clean,
C5
his face was always scrubbed, there was
G5                            G5
food on the table, enough to fill him up. His 
D5
house was full of life, his
C5
house was full of love, but when
G5                             G5
winterdays arrived, there was never money enough to shod this

C5           D5                   G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse3:
        D5
He grew up to be a worker 
C5
determined to succeed, he made a 
G5
life for himself free from 
G5
worldly wants or needs. But with no-
D5
body to share the life he'd made no-
C5
body to keep him warm 
G5                                  G5
at night, when he'd go to sleep he'd sleep alone with his... 

C5           D5                    G5    G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse4: 
     D5
One night he walked the street looking 
C5
to the heaven above searching 
G5                        G5
for a shooting star, a benevolved god. When a 
D5
woman passing by brushed his 
C5
arm he turned and found love. He then
G5                                    G5          
wished for the courage to ask this stranger who she was to not have... 

G5          D5                    G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse5:
         D5
One year later he stood beside her. He vowed I'll give you 
C5
everything you want. She said, "I'll 
G5                                G5
take some love from my heart to keep your body warm , you won't have... 

C5           D5                  G5       G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet"...


verse6:
   D5
He thought she'd like the party life and 
C5
want the finer things, so he 
G5
promised more than he could by, He'd 
G5
promised her the sun and the moon to not have... 

C5          D5                    G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse7:
    D5
He worked day and night, his 
C5
fingers to the bone. 
G5
His worried mind, guilty conscience drive him on. He can 
D5
give her what she needs. He wants to 
C5
give her what he thinks she wants. Her 
G5                        G5                   G5         G5
sad eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on___________ and his...

C5          D5                   G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse8:
     D5
He'd struggled all his life to 
C5
be an honest man, proud that the 
G5                          G5
dirt on his palms was the soil of the land, but some 
D5
guys he knew from high school days 
C5
said they had a plan to get 
G5                                G5
rich real quick and they could count him in if he don't have...

C5           D5                   G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse9:
    D5
He thought about their offer,
C5
accepted it without qualms. 
G5                                   G5
Dreamt about the life he'd buy, the comfort that would come without...

C5           D5                  G5        G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse10:
      D5
He decided to drive the car, he de-
C5
cided to carry the gun, to take the
G5                                 G5
biggest risk of all to prove his loyalty to his friends. He de-
D5
cided to tell his wife
C5 
things would soon turn around. He said,"The
G5                     G5 
little boy is dead, a man stands with you now, without...  

C5           D5                    G5      G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...
             C5          D5                    G5        G5
Without ...  cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet..."


verse11:
    D5                       
He thought he'd set his clock right. He 
C5
thought he'd read his wath. He 
G5                               G5 
left in such a hurry, he didn't think to wish for luck. Makes no
D5 
difference if you're early, no 
C5
difference if you're late, 
G5                            G5                              G5
when you're out of time. The flowers have been laid. You're six feet underground with
           
C5            D5                   G5
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...






That's all. The rythm and the malody for each single verse varies...

Hope you enjoy the song, peat...
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