Before The Cold Wind Blows Chords by Blue Highway

_ _ [F] The _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
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_ weather finally broke in the [Bb] middle of [F] April.
_ Jacob loaded [Bb] up his wagon with last [C] year's fur.
He'd have to make the trip [F] alone, _ [Bb] cause it would be too [F]
risky for his [Bb] pretty wife Sarah
and the [C] unborn child she [F] carried with her.
It took three weeks to reach the [Bb] Mississippi [F] River.
_ [Bb] He turned _ south toward [C] New Orleans.
For a [F] boy from the mountains, [C] it was easy [Bb] to get [C] caught up _ [F] in the sights [Bb] and the sounds
of the city and the things he'd [F] never seen.
And [Bb] the river rolls on like an [F] endless river.
The [Bb] sunlight glistens on the rocks [C] below.
[G] _ He can hear [Bb] her [C] voice in the rippling [F]
water.
Saying, [Bb] please be [C] home before the cold winds blow.
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ He fell in with [Bb] a bad [F] companion.
Said, [Bb] give me all your money or I'll [C] take your life.
_ Jacob drew his pistol.
[Bb] And in less than a [F] heartbeat, _ [C] a stranger lay dead on the floor and someone had [F] to pay the price.
Now after three long [C] years in a [Bb] Louisiana prison,
[C] _ [Dm] he stands [Bb] on the hill that overlooks [C] his farm with his woman by his side.
He thanks [Bb] God for his [F] blessing and [C] [F] most of all for the [C] blonde haired child resting in his arms.
[F] And the river [Bb] rolls on like [F] an endless river.
_ [Bb] The sunlight glistens on the [C] rocks below.
_ He can hear [Bb] her [C] voice in the [F] rippling water.
Saying, please [Bb] be home [C] before the cold [F] winds blow.
Yes, he can [Bb] hear her _ [C] voice in the [Bb] rippling [F] water.
Saying, [Bb] please be home [C] before the [F] cold winds blow. _
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