Coldest Winter Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays670

Coldest Winter by Kanye West is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, Am, G, B and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Chords Used: Em, Am, G, B, C 

This sounds good acoustically.  The C's during the Chorus can sometimes be Em.   
Just experiment and see what sounds best. 

Verse 1 
Em 
On lonely nights I start to fade  
Am 
(On lonely nights I start to fade)  
Em 
Her loves a thousand miles away  
Am 
(Her loves a thousand miles away) 

Chorus  
G                    B 
Memories made in the coldest winter  
C                        Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  
G                    B 
Memories made in the coldest winter 
C                        Am 

Verse 2 
Em 
It's 4am and I can't sleep  
Am 
(It's 4am and I can't sleep)  
Em 
Her love is all that I can see  
Am 
(Her love is all that I can see)  

Chorus 
G                    B 
Memories made in the coldest winter  
C                        Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  
G                    B 
Memories made in the coldest winter 
C                        Am 
                           Winter 
C                        Am 
Winter  

Bridge 
Em                       Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  
Em                       Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  
Em                       Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  
Em                       Am 
Goodbye my friend will I ever love again  

Verse 3 
Em 
If spring can take the snow away  
Am 
(If spring can take the snow away)  
Em 
Can it melt away all our mistakes  
Am 
(Can it melt away all our mistakes)  

Chorus 
G                    B 
Memories made in the coldest winter  
C                         Am 
Goodbye my friend I won't ever love again  
G                    B 
                          Never Again 
C                         Am 

C                         Am 

(Optionally end on fading Em) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante