Cold day in July    (intro)

 

   G                      D  - Em                              G

1.   The moon is full         and my arms are empty,

C                G              D

    all night long I've pleaded and cried.

G                       D         Em                           G

    You always said the day that you would leave me,

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    would be a cold day in July.

 

   G                          D        - Em                                 G

2.   Your bags are packed,         and not a word is spoken,

C                      G             D

    I guess we said everything with good-bye.

G                             D           Em                  G

    Time moves so slow and promises get broken,

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    on this cold day in July.

 

   F                        C                             G

Sun's comin' up, comin' up down on Main Street,

    F                                   C                     G

children shout as they're runnin' out to play.

  Em                         D              C                    G

Head in my hands here I am, standin' in my bare feet,

  Em                 D        G    Em                D        G

Watchin' you drive away, watchin' you drive away.

 

   G                         D  - Em                              G

3.    You said that we         were gonna last forever,

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    you said our love would never die.

G                        D                Em                      G

    It looks like spring, and it feels like sunny weather,

C                 G          D     G

    but it's a cold day in July.

                                   Em                      G          D     G

+ repeat verse 1    + here comes that cold day in July.

 

+  Instr.= Verse 1 (2x) ......

 

    (Dixie Chicks)