Cold Grey Light Of Dawn Chords

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Cold Grey Light Of Dawn by Nick Lowe is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			               G 
That old alarm clock gives a yell 
         C                 G 
starting another day in hell  
                                     D7 
passing a world I can't face with you gone 
       G 
in the mirror I see 
           C              G 
someone to choose to be me 
                      D7                       G 
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn 
   C 
The Neon light and the jukebox 
                            G 
help to ease me through the night 

I lean hard on the bottle 
                          D7 
'til I no longer stand up right 
       G 
in the morning in my room 
           C            G 
I'm like a body in a tomb 

Those same three walls keep coming on 
       D7 
kind of strong 
         G 
Down the freeway when I drive 
    C          G 
more dead than alive 
                     D7                   G 
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn 
    C 
The Neon light and the jukebox 
                            G 
help to ease me through the night 

I lean hard on the bottle 
                          D7 
'til I no longer stand up right 
      G 
in the morning in my room 
             C             G 
I feel like a body in a tomb 

Those same three walls keep coming on 
        D7 
kind of strong 
        G 
Down the freeway then I drive 
     C        G 
more dead than alive 
                      D7                      G 
and I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn 
                  D7                 C        G 
I turn blue in the cold grey light of dawn 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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