Cold Hands From New York

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[VERSE 1:]

I came down to Albany
To New York, to find what I'd been 
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missing
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I looked across the river to
The city where the windows all stood
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 glistening
        Em
I stood listening


[VERSE 2:]
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Into a tunnel I did ride
Like a grave inside, but I was young
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 and able
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When I came out the other end
Through the smoke the winter light 
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was feeble
  Em
Unreadable


[VERSE 3:]
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I was optimistic though
A cabbie told me where to go, I 
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thanked him
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A face of white a face of brown
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Here a smile, there a look of danger
      Em
For a stranger


[CHORUS 1:]
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It was too unreal for me
  Em
I found no one who trusted me
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There was no man could offer me
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A cold hand from New York______


[CHORUS 2:]
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Cold hands from New York
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A voice within you cries
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"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
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If you should ever pass my way and 
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need me


[VERSE 4:]
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I came down to live alone
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In New York, the city of the living
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There were fortunes at my feet
But most of men were taking, none 
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were giving
      Em
Or forgiving


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[VERSE 5:]
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Children ran and children played
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And roses grew in alleyways, I saw 
them
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There were men who lived in style
And others who had died where no one
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 knew them
              Em
'Because they couldn't win


[VERSE 6:]
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There were parks where old men slept
And dingy rooms where babies crept, 
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unwanted
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'Til I began to ask myself
If there was hope or if it mattered 
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what they did
   Em
Or if they lived


[CHORUS 1:]
Dm
It was too unreal for me
  Em
I found no one who trusted me
      F
There was no man could offer me
  G                      F   Em
A cold hand from New York______


[CHORUS 2:]
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Cold hands from New York
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A voice within you cries
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"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
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If you should ever pass my way and 
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need me


[VERSE 7:]
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I came down to Albany
To New York, to find what I'd been 
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missing
  G
I looked across the river to
The city where the windows all stood
 F
 glistening
        Em
I stood listening


[VERSE 8:]
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There were prophets in the squares
And people there who smiled and said
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 forget it
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There were lovers in the park
And there was danger in the dark, I 
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felt it
    Em
So afraid of it


[VERSE 9:]
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There were preachers of the word
And poets who were never heard, I 
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heard them
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There were those who would not try
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To learn the measure of the lie
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They're living


[VERSE 10:]
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I heard a young musician play
In a place where they paid you not 
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to listen
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I heard a woman scream for help
While men stood by and offered their
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 best wishes
       Em
That's how it is


[CHORUS 1:]
Dm
It was too unreal for me
  Em
I found no one who trusted me
      F
There was no man could offer me
  G                      F   Em
A cold hand from New York______


[CHORUS 2:]
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Cold hands from New York
            F
A voice within you cries
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"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
   F                               
If you should ever pass my way and 
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need me


[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
            F
A voice within you cries
                      G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
   F                               
If you should ever pass my way and 
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need me


[CHORUS 2:]
Cold hands from New York
            F
A voice within you cries
                      G
"Won't someone please help me"

I'll do the same for you one day
   F                               
If you should ever pass my way and 
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need me