Tracy Chapman – Cold Feet tab
Chords:
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: G G D C G G verse1: D There was a little boy C once upon a time, who in G G spite of his young age and small size, knew his mind. For D every copper penny and C clover he would find, make a G G wish for better days, the end of hard times for no more... chorus: C D G G 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: D His clothes were alway clean, C his face was always scrubbed, there was G G food on the table, enough to fill him up. His D house was full of life, his C house was full of love, but when G G winterdays arrived, there was never money enough to shod this C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse3: D He grew up to be a worker C determined to succeed, he made a G life for himself free from G worldly wants or needs. But with no- D body to share the life he'd made no- C body to keep him warm G G at night, when he'd go to sleep he'd sleep alone with his... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse4: D One night he walked the street looking C to the heaven above searching G G for a shooting star, a benevolved god. When a D woman passing by brushed his C arm he turned and found love. He then G G wished for the courage to ask this stranger who she was to not have... G D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse5: D One year later he stood beside her. He vowed I'll give you C everything you want. She said, "I'll G G take some love from my heart to keep your body warm, you won't have... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet"... verse6: D He thought she'd like the party life and C want the finer things, so he G promised more than he could by, He'd G promised her the sun and the moon to not have... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse7: D He worked day and night, his C fingers to the bone. G His worried mind, guilty conscience drive him on. He can D give her what she needs. He wants to C give her what he thinks she wants. Her G G G G sad eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on___________ and his... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse8: D He'd struggled all his life to C be an honest man, proud that the G G dirt on his palms was the soil of the land, but some D guys he knew from high school days C said they had a plan to get G G rich real quick and they could count him in if he don't have... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse9: D He thought about their offer, C accepted it without qualms. G G Dreamt about the life he'd buy, the comfort that would come without... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... verse10: D He decided to drive the car, he de- C cided to carry the gun, to take the G G biggest risk of all to prove his loyalty to his friends. He de- D cided to tell his wife C things would soon turn around. He said,"The G G little boy is dead, a man stands with you now, without... C D G G cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet... C D G G Without ... cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet..." verse11: D He thought he'd set his clock right. He C thought he'd read his wath. He G G left in such a hurry, he didn't think to wish for luck. Makes no D difference if you're early, no C difference if you're late, G G G when you're out of time. The flowers have been laid. You're six feet underground with C D G 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...