Tori Amos – Winter chords

Every Second pattern on the verses, rush the Am a little.


Verse 1

Em D C Am X2

Em       DSnow can wait

      C       AmI forgot my mittens
Em       DWipe my nose
       C        AmGet my new boots on
Em             DI get a little warm in my heart
        C         AmWhen I think of winter
Em       D          C        AmI put my hand in my father's glove



Em     DI run off
          C          AmWhere the drifts get deeper
Em        D       C             AmSleeping beauty trips me with a frown
Em        DI hear a voice
             C            Am Em      D"Your must learn to stand up for yourself
               C          AmCause I can't always be around"

He says

Chorus

G                            Em  CWhen you gonna make up your mind
G                            Em      CWhen you gonna love you as much as I do
G                            Em  When you gonna make up your mind
       C                G         CCause things are gonna change so fast
               Em               AmAll the white horses are still in bed
                      G              CI tell you that I'll always want you near
                    Em D C DYou say that things change 
   Emmy dear

Verse 2

Em D C Am X2

Em       D             C      AmBoys get discovered as winter melts
Em        D        C       AmFlowers competing for the sun
Em        D          C          Am     Em        D          C       AmYears go by and I'm here still waiting Withering where some snowman was
Em      D                 C        AmMirror mirror where's the crystal palace
Em         D    C      AmBut I can only see myself
Em         D         C       AmSkating around the truth who I am
Em       D          C             AmBut I know dad the ice is getting thin

He says

Chorus

G                            Em  CWhen you gonna make up your mind
G                            Em      CWhen you gonna love you as much as I do
G                            Em  When you gonna make up your mind
       C                G         CCause things are gonna change so fast
               Em               AmAll the white horses are still in bed
                      G              CI tell you that I'll always want you near
                    Em D C DYou say that things change 
   Emmy dear


Verse 3

Em D C Am X2(If you sing this, you sing an octave higher for this verse)

Em       DHair is grey
         C         AmAnd the fires are burning
Em      DSo many dreams
C       AmOn the shelf
Em      D        C      Am  You say I wanted you to be proud 
Em       D       C     AmI always wanted that myself

He says


G                            Em  CWhen you gonna make up your mind
G                            Em      CWhen you gonna love you as much as I do
G                            Em  When you gonna make up your mind
       C                G         CCause things are gonna change so fast
               Em               AmAll the white horses are still in bed
                      G              CI tell you that I'll always want you near
                    Em D C DYou say that things change 
   Emmy dear

Em D C Am Em   D C Am       My Dear