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Lovers In The Cold

Bruce Springsteen

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
G
F
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
 
C G C F C G F G (repeat once) 
 
verse 1 
 
C                         G      
Oh Billy stares at Cherry in the hall 
    C                          F 
And walks out into the rain so blessed and tall 
C                                      G  
Standin' on the corner with a gun underneath his coat 
 F                        G 
Beneath the stars on the street 
C                  G  
Oh on Lexington Avenue they stand 
C                F 
Velvet aces they case the promised land 
C                       G  
Reachin' out across the hoods with both hands 
F                     G 
Oh, tryin' to catch a ride 
 
              C      Am      F            G 
Tonight we're lovers in the cold, oh, oh, oh 
                 C          Am      F            G 
Running past the graveyards in the snow, no, no, no 
               C             Am          F        G 
Walking in the street with nowhere to go, oh, oh, oh 
         F                       G 
And it's no, no, no, no, no, no, no 
 
 
Interlude 
 
C G C F C G F G (repeat once)  
 
 
verse 2 
 
           C                      G 
Oh and the getaway driver waits outside the store 
C                     F 
He pulls away just as Billy runs out the door 
C                   G        F          G 
Oh and Billy won't run anymore, no, no, no 
C                        G 
Oh baby I can't lay the stars at your feet 
          C                                F 
Oh but I think we could take it all, just you and me 
C                                 G 
Oh come on, you'll see, there's a lot of room 
    F                       G 
For you baby, in this front seat 
 
              C      Am       F            G 
Tonight we're lovers on that road, oh, oh, oh 
                 C          Am     F             G 
Running past the graveyards in the snow, oh, oh, oh 
               C            Am         F          G 
Walking in the street with nowhere to go, oh, oh, oh 
         F                        G 
And it's oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
 
 
Interlude 
 
C G C F C G F G (repeat once)
 
              C      Am      F            G 
Tonight we're lovers in the snow, oh, oh, oh 
                 C           F        G 
Running past the graveyards, no, no, no 
               C             Am       F            G 
Walking in the street with nowhere to go, oh, oh, oh 
         F                       G 
And it's oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
 
Outro 
 
C G C F C G F G (repeat once) 
          
 

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Chord set

C · G · F · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.