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Cold Feet Tab

by Tracy Chapman


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:

 

   


verse1:

       
There was a little boy

once upon a time, who in
                                 
spite of his young age and small size, knew his mind. For 

every copper penny and

clover he would find, make a 
                         
wish for better days, the end of hard times for no more...

chorus:
                                         
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:
     
His clothes were alway clean,

his face was always scrubbed, there was
                            
food on the table, enough to fill him up. His 

house was full of life, his

house was full of love, but when
                             
winterdays arrived, there was never money enough to shod this

                                    
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse3:
        
He grew up to be a worker 

determined to succeed, he made a 

life for himself free from 

worldly wants or needs. But with no-

body to share the life he'd made no-

body to keep him warm 
                                  
at night, when he'd go to sleep he'd sleep alone with his... 

                                   
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse4: 
     
One night he walked the street looking 

to the heaven above searching 
                        
for a shooting star, a benevolved god. When a 

woman passing by brushed his 

arm he turned and found love. He then
                                              
wished for the courage to ask this stranger who she was to not have... 

                                    
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse5:
         
One year later he stood beside her. He vowed I'll give you 

everything you want. She said, "I'll 
                                
take some love from my heart to keep your body warm, you won't have... 

                                    
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet"...


verse6:
   
He thought she'd like the party life and 

want the finer things, so he 

promised more than he could by, He'd 

promised her the sun and the moon to not have... 

                                    
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse7:
    
He worked day and night, his 

fingers to the bone. 

His worried mind, guilty conscience drive him on. He can 

give her what she needs. He wants to 

give her what he thinks she wants. Her 
                                                    
sad eyed face, his empty pockets drive him on___________ and his...

                                   
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse8:
     
He'd struggled all his life to 

be an honest man, proud that the 
                          
dirt on his palms was the soil of the land, but some 

guys he knew from high school days 

said they had a plan to get 
                                
rich real quick and they could count him in if he don't have...

                                    
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse9:
    
He thought about their offer,

accepted it without qualms. 
                                   
Dreamt about the life he'd buy, the comfort that would come without...

                                     
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...


verse10:
      
He decided to drive the car, he de-

cided to carry the gun, to take the
                                 
biggest risk of all to prove his loyalty to his friends. He de-

cided to tell his wife
 
things would soon turn around. He said,"The
                      
little boy is dead, a man stands with you now, without...  

                                     
cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet...
                                                   
Without ...  cold feet, cold cold cold cold feet..."


verse11:
                           
He thought he'd set his clock right. He 

thought he'd read his wath. He 
                                
left in such a hurry, he didn't think to wish for luck. Makes no
 
difference if you're early, no 

difference if you're late, 
                                                          
when you're out of time. The flowers have been laid. You're six feet underground with
           
                               
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...