Winter Has Me In Its Grip Chords
by Don McLean
Winter Has Me In Its Grip by Don McLean is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Bm, Am, D, F, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G
Chorus
G Bm
Winter has me in its grip
Am D
Think I'll take a summer trip
Am D
On a sunny sailing ship
F D
Where the shells lie in the sand
G Bm Am D Am D
Verse
Em G Bm
I feel so lonely
Am Bm
I'm to young to feel this old
G Bm
I need you and you only
C D
When the weather gets this cold
G Bm
Winter has me in its grip
Am D
Think I'll take a summer trip
Am D
On a sunny sailing ship
F D
Where the shells lie in the sand
Verse
G Bm
There's no use in going
Am D
Cause it's cold inside my heart
G Bm
And it's always snowing
C D
Since the day we broke apart
G Bm Am D Am D Em
Verse
G Bm
I tried to run from winter
Am D
Like this spring and summer run to fall
G Bm
But when the weather's in you
Em D
There's no hiding place at all, that's why
G Bm
Winter has me in its grip
Am D
Think I'll take a summer trip
Am D
On a sunny sailing ship
F D
Where the shells lie in the sand
G Bm Am D Am D Em