Cold Day In July Chords

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Cold Day In July by Dixie Chicks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro.: G  D   Em    G    C    G    D 
 
G           D    Em          G   
The moon is full my arms are empty 
C         G         D 
All night long I've pleaded and cried 
G          D    Em                     G 
You always said the day that you would leave me 
C          G        D  G  
Would be a cold day in July 
G             D      Em            G 
Your bags are packed not a word is spoken 
C          G          D 
I guess we said everything with good bye 
G           D       Em                G              
Time  moves so slow and promises  get broken 
C       G        D  G   
On this cold day in July  
F               C                 G  
Sun's coming up coming up down on Main Street 
F              C                         G 
Children shout as they're running out to play 
Em               D 
Head in my hands here I am 
C               G 
Standing in my bare feet 
Em           D     G    
Watching you drive away 
Em           D     G 
Watching you drive away 
G             D  Em              G       
You said that we were gonna last forever 
C            G          D 
You said our love would never die 
G             D 
It looks like spring and 
   Em               G 
It feels like sunny weather 
C          G        D  G  
But it's a cold day in July 
F               C                 G  
Sun's coming up coming up down on Main Street 
F              C                         G 
Children shout as they're running out to play 
Em               D 
Head in my hands here I am 
C               G 
Standing in my bare feet 
Em           D     G    
Watching you drive away 
Em           D     G 
Watching you drive away 
G           D     Em          G 
The moon is full  my arms are empty 
C         G             D    
All night long how I've pleaded and cried 
G          D    Em                     G 
You always said the day that you would leave me 
C          G        D  G  
Would be a cold day in July 
Am              G        D  G 
Here comes that cold day in July 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante