Intro
G# G#/C Cadd9 D# (x2)
Verse 1:
G# G#/C
Holding out for troubled waters,
Cadd9 D#
Who knows where the course will tell you?
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
You've got many fortunate be-liefs.
G# G#/C
Like love your girl and love your mother,
Cadd9 D#
Don't wait 'till a cold December;
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
Who knows when a brother's goin' down?
Chorus 1:
Fm D#
Something every girl should know;
A#m C#
Don't count on some to make it home.
Verse 2:
G# G#/C
'Cos that reminds me of a time when,
Cadd9 D#
All the lights were shining and the,
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
Light was always more than one could use.
G# G#/C
And you were once a shining ocean,
Cadd9 D#
Giving light to those that wanted;
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
Something more to hold than just the air.
G# G#/C
So give me something to remember;
Cadd9 D#
A# diamond ring u-pon a finger.
Chorus 2:
Fm D#
Something every girl should know;
A#m C#
Don't count on some to make it home.
Fm D#
You don't have to do what you're told,
A#m C#
Guess I'm kinda used to the cold.
Break:
Fm Fm/maj Fm7 Em6 (x2), C# D#
Interlude:
G# G#/C Cadd9 D# (x2)
Chorus 3:
Fm D#
Something every girl should know;
A#m C#
Don't count on some to make it home.
Break:
Fm Fm/maj Fm7 Em6 (x3), C# D#
Coda:
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
Something every girl should know;
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
Don't count on some to make it home.
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
You don't have to do what you're told,
G# G#/C Cadd9 D#
I guess I'm kinda used to the cold.
Outro:
G#
Mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm,
Mmm mmm mmm mmm, mmm mmm mmm.
Guess I'm kind of used to the cold,
Guess I'm kind of used to the cold...
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G# G#/C Cadd9 D# Fm
FADGBF FADGBF FADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x20033 x32033 xx0232 022000
A#m C# Fm/maj Fm7 Em6
FADGBF FADGBF FADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 x32010 021000 022030 022020