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Come In From The Cold by Joni Mitchell
Come In From The Cold
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Db
Capo:1st fret
Joni Mitchell plays this in Open Db tuning,
but here it is written out for standard tuning with capo 1st fret.
[Intro]
F C
[Verse 1]
F
Back in 1957
G C
We had to dance a foot apart
Am7
And they hawk-eyed us from the sidelines
G C
Holding their rulers without a heart
F
And so with just a touch of our fingers
G C
Ah, it could make our circuitry explode
Am7
All we ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
G
We were so young
C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 2]
F
We really thought we had a purpose
G C
We were so anxious to achieve
Am7
We had hope
Am7
The world held promise
G C
For a slave to liberty
F
Freely I slaved away for something better
G C
And I was bought and sold
Am7
And all I ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
G
We were so sure
C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 3]
F
I feel your legs under the table
G C
Leaning into mine
Am7
I feel renewed
Am7
I feel disabled
G C
By these bonfires in my spine
F
I don't know who the arsonist was
G C
Which incendiary soul
Am7
But all I ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
G
You were too warm
C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 4]
F
I am not some stone commission
G C
Like a statue in a park
Am7
I am flesh and blood and vision
G C
I am howling in the dark
F
Long blue shadows of the jackals
G C
Are falling on a pay phone by the road
Am7
Oh, all they ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
Am7
I was so low
C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 5]
F
Is this just vulgar electricity
G C
Is this the edifying fire
C
It was so pure
Am7
Does your smile's covert complicity
G C
Debase as it admires
C
Just a flu with a temperature
F
Are you just checking out your mojo
G C
Or am I just fighting off growing old
G
Just a high fever
Am7
All I ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
G
It was so pure
C
Please come in
C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 6]
F
I know we never will be perfect
G C
Never entirely clear
C
When the moon shines
Am7
We get hurt and we just panic
G
And we strike out
C
Out of fear
C
You were only being kind
F
I fear the sentence of this solitude
G C
Two hundred years on hold
C
For my loving crime
Am7
Oh and all we ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
Am7
When the moon shines
G C
Oh come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
[Verse 7]
F
When I thought life had some meaning
G C
Then I thought I had some choice
C
I was running blind
Am7
And I made some value judgments
G C
In a self-important voice
C
I was outta' line, outta line
F
But then absurdity came over me
G C
And I longed to lose control
C
Into no mind
Am7
Oh all I ever wanted
G C
Was just to come in from the cold
[Chorus]
C
Come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
Am7
Come in
G
You were so kind
G C
Please come in
C
So kind
Am7
Come in from the cold
Am7
Come in come in
G C
Come in from the cold
C
Come in come in
Am7
Come in from the cold
Am7
Come in, come in
G
I was so low
G
Come in, come in
C
Come in, come in, come in, come in
Am7
Coming from the cold
G C Am7 C
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