A Little Colder

{t:A Little Colder}

{st: Box Set}

[Am] [G] 3 times

Once a poet laid the [Am]world within his [G]hands

He'd [C]been around a time or two [Am]thought he'd under[G]stand

Once a woman felt the [Am]burning of a [G]man

She [C]laid him in her cross hairs and [Am]started home a[G]gain

Where the [F]bottles sit half empty

Next to [C]suicide and [G]sin

Their [Am]hearts a little darker by de[D]sign

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I'm not [Em]crazy 'bout the [C]world

I'm not [Am]crazy 'bout my[G]self

I run a[Em]round an open [C]book

Making [Am]time for someone [G]else

I lay my [Em]consciense on the [C]line

And I can make the [Am]world a little colder if I [D]try.

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Once a levee lost the [Am]might for standing [G]strong

Shattered under pressure that [Am]water swept a[G]long

Once the poet found his [Am]inspiration [G]gone

He [C]grabbed the wheel with both his hands just to [Am]keep him holding

on

To the [F]bottle in the bedroom

And the [C]promise in the [G]dawn

His [Am]blood a little thicker over [D]time

Every [D]evening with my back against the [C]wall

Powerless to [D]persecute, powerless to [C]call

As the poet [D]grappled for the meaning of it [C]all

He [Am]rose a little wiser from the [D]dust