Chords for Cold Dark Night

One, two, [D] three, four. _ _ _ _ _
[D] All right now.
_ On a cold dark night, it was not so long ago.
_ You know the wind it [C] was blowing, the deep [D] cold snow.
_ _ [G] Over at [D] the table right next [G] to mine, there sat [A] my woman just having [G] such a [D] good time.
All right.
And she was drinking and [C] dancing with my [D] friend Bill.
_ It must have been the [C] liquor and it made me [D] wild and cure.
Wow!
[G] Honey pat him on the [D] shoulder and I called him [G] outside.
There in the [E] snow, there it [G] is, where [D] he died.
[G] Oh, [D] uh-huh.
_ _ You know, I bought me a [C] ticket and I caught a long [D] train.
_ Well, I didn't stay [C] around, I didn't [D] long hang.
_ _ [G]
Way down in [D] Dallas, a posse stopped the [G] train.
Then I heard the [E] sheriff a-calling, [G]
calling.
[D] My name he said, play it now boy. _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ All right now. _
_ _ _ _ Well, they took me back to Memphis [C] just for a while.
_ _ Soon I'll be walking my [D] last mile.
_ [G] That judge told me, [D] boy you're going to swing.
[G] You won't be around for winter, and turn [D] to spring.
[C] Oh, [D] what a shame. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] When I _ _ _ _ _ turn to [D] spring. _
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