The Cold Swedish Winter

Jens Lekman

  • Am7
  • C
  • G
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[Verse 1]


  I met her in a snowstorm          I was outdoors plowing
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She just walked up to me and said,  "Hey, boy, how's it going?"
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I admired her straightforwardness   and tucked away my fringe
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  As a signal of well-being         and accepting her challenge
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[Verse 2]


  We went back to her place         and cooked up some chili
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  It warmed us from the inside     'cause the outside was chilly
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  We had to be quiet                to not wake up her family
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  But I made a high-pitched sound   when her cold fingers touched me
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[Chorus]

          G
She said, "Shhh

Am7
Please be quiet

  C
I know you don't want to

    Am7
But please deny it"


          G
She said, "Shhh

Am7
Please be quiet

  C
I know you don't want to

    Am7
But please deny it"


[Interlude] x2

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[Verse 3]


When people think of Sweden        I think they have the wrong idea
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Like Cliff Richard who thought it was just porn and gonorrhea                               
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And Lou Reed said in the film      "Blue in the Face"
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That compared to New York City,    Sweden was a scary place
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[Verse 4]


They seem to have a point          after meeting with this girl
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Maybe not Cliff Richard,           but Lou had surely met her
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The doubt in her eyes              when I said I wanted to kiss her
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For the sake of liking her,        and not 'cause of the blizzard
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[Chorus]

          G
She said, "Shhh

Am7
Please be quiet

  C
I know you don't want to

    Am7
But please deny it"


          G
She said, "Shhh

Am7
Please be quiet

  C
I know you don't want me

    Am7
But please deny it"


[Verse 5]


'Cause the cold Swedish winter     is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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The cold Swedish winter            is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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[Interlude] x2

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[Verse 6]


In two thousand years,             this place will be covered by ice
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And the people who will dig us up  will be in for a big surprise
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After carefully studying           our calcium-nourished bones
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They'll find enclosed              our hearts of stone
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[Verse 7]


Singing, "The cold Swedish winter  is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night"
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The cold Swedish winter            is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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Composition: Jens Lekman

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