Before The Cold Winds Blow lyrics and chords

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Before The Cold Winds Blow
Recorded by Blue Highway
Written by Wayne Taylor

C                                          F  C
The weather finally broke in the middle of April
             F                 C          G7
Jacob loaded up his wagon with last years furs
                           C              G7           F  C
He’d have to make the trip alone cause it would be too risky
        G7          F                    G7
For his pretty wife Sarah and the unborn child 
                 C
She carried with her

                                             F C
It took three weeks to reach the Mississippi River
    G7        F                G7
And he turned south toward New Orleans
          C
For a boy from the mountains 
       G7          F      C
It was easy to get caught up
                  F
In the sights and sounds of the city
        G7                C
And the things he’d never seen

                    F                  C
And the river rolls on like an endless river
              F                     G7
The sun light glistens on the rocks below
                F  G7                 C
He can hear her voice in the rippling water
                 F  G7                      C
Saying please be home before the cold winds blow

                      F    C
He fell in with a bad companion
          G7      F                       G7
Said give me your money or I’ll take your life
               C             G7          F     C
Jacob drew his pistol and in less than a heart beat
                 F
The stranger lay dead on the floor 
    G7                     C
And someone had to pay the price

                                          F  C
And after three long years in a Louisiana prison
   G7            F             C         G7   C
He stands on the hill that overlooks his farm
         G7           C                       F   C
With his woman by his side thanks God for his blessings
            F                       G7                   C
And most of all for the blonde hair child resting in his arms

Repeat #3

                    F  G7                 C
Yes he can hear her voice in the rippling water
                 F  G7                      C
Saying please be home before the cold winds blow

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