Winter Hymns

	  		

 



Intro: G, C, G, C, G, C, G, C 

verse 1 

                            G       C     G 
Scent dripping down from our feet, 
                   C 
Right beneath the piers where we were first to meet. 
        D 
And I caught you once, but you let me down twice. 
    C 
I don't know how. 

               G 
There was a place we would all go to sing. 
       D 
We'd gather 'round the old town church 
    D 
To hear those bells ring. 
            C 
I'll never forget those days -- 
                         G 
When I was worthy of your love. 

C, G, C, G, C, G 


                 C            G 
And I promise I won't make a sound 
                    C                   G 
'Cause I figure you no longer want me around. 
                     G          D 
And I know that the days will pass 
      Em7           D             C 
And soon, we'll be rid of these things. 
        D 
So let soft words be spoken. 
                       G 
Join in these winter hymns. 


C, G, C, G, C, G, C 


verse 2 

                        G      C     G 
Crows flying out with old wings. 
                     C 
Bitter breath with lungs that barely had the strength to sing. 
       D 
And I fought you once, but you let me win twice, 
            C 
I don't know why. 

                  G 
And there's a chapter that I keep on trying to read. 
           D 
But the pages stick and crumble where your fingers used to be. 
             C 
I'll never forget your hands, 
                                 G     C     G 
'Cause they were always pushing me. 


                 C            G 
And I promise I won't make a sound 
                    C                   G 
'Cause I figure you no longer want me around. 
                     G          D 
And I know that the days will pass 
      Em7           D             C 
And soon, we'll be rid of these things. 
        D 
So let brave words be spoken. 
                       G 
Join in these winter hymns. 


C, G, C, G, C, G,  


BRIDGE 
               C      G     D     Em 
But just let us grow. 
 C                      G 
Patience was lost in the sea. 
            C      G      D      Em 
Just don't go. 
      D 
And though this darkness will come, 
     G 
And my heart is in stormy weather, 
       C 
And the pain is all I have for now, 
          D 
And I'm homebound 


                 C            G 
And I promise I won't make a sound 
                    C                   G 
'Cause I figure you no longer want me around. 
                     G          D 
And I know that the days will pass 
      Em7           D             C 
And soon, we'll be rid of these things. 
        D 
So let soft words be spoken. 
                       G 
Join in these winter hymns. 


C, G, C, G, C, G, C 

End on G