The Coldest Winter in Memory [Bonus Track] Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][Chorus:]
The coldest winter in memory [G]was [D]1709
The sea froze off the coast of France
[G]all along the Neptune [A]line
By [Bm]the lost town of [F#m]Dunwich [G]the shore
was washed [Gdim]away[Edim]
[D]They say you hear the church bel[A]ls still
as [G]they toll beneath the waves
[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Come all you earthly princes,
[A]wheresoeve[G]r you may be[D]
From the Sun King in the court [A]of
[D]France [A]to [G]the Czar in Muscovy
[A]Take hee[Bm]d of Charles of Swe[F#m]den,
the Li[G]on of the [F#]North,[Bbdim][Edim]
[D]On the cracked earth of sum[A]mer with
[G]his army he goes [D]forth

[Verse 3]
[Bm]
[Bridge:]
Guardian [F#m]an gel[D]s whe[G]rever you may be,
[F#][Gdim][Edim][D]
reach [A]down and [G]keep my soul for [D]me

[Verse 4]
[A]I w[G]as [A]there a[D]mongst that number,[A]
[G]I heard the trumpets str[D]ain
I saw the host of ban[A]ners spread
[G]across the Polish [A]plain
[Bm]Those who stood again[F#m]st us,
[G]they soon were swept [F#]away[Edim]
[D]They may have [A]the numbers but it's
[G]Charles shall have the day
[D]

[Verse 5]
We cut our way through [A]forests,
[G]crossed on frozen [D]streams
They fell away be[A]fore us like
[Bm]a murmur in [A]a dream
And they [Bm]burned the land [F#m]around us
[G]as snow was closing [F#]in[Edim]
And the [D]arms of winter [A]took us as [G]we fired
against the wind
[D]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]
[Bridge]
Guardian [F#m]an gel[D]s whe[G]rever you may be,
[F#][Edim][D]
reach [A]down and [G]keep my soul for [D]me

[Interlude 1]
[A][G][D][A][G]
[A][Bm][F#m][G][Bbdim][Edim][D][A]
[G][D]

[Verse 7]
Through all the courts of [A]Europe
there's [G]a rumor from the [D]East
The kings have come [A]to battle and
it's [G]Charles who's known defeat
[A]The[Bm]y'll shake their heads and wonder[F#m]
[G]at how this came to [F#]be[Bbdim]
[Edim]But it's nig[D]hts without a shelter [A]that
have [G]made an end for me
[D]

[Verse 8]
Now Charles is fled to Tur[A]key,
[G]left his men [D]afar
And they'll be marched through Mo[A]scow
now as [G]prisoners [Bm]of th[A]e Czar
And had [Bm]I but known last summe[F#m]r
what [G]I know unders[F#]tand[Edim]
I'd [D]have never set [A]my foot inside this
[G]bleak and bitter land
[D]

[Verse 9]
[Bm]
[Bridge]
Guardian [F#m]angels [G]wherever you may be,
[F#][Edim][D]
reach [A]down and [G]keep my
soul for [D]me

[Verse 10]
[D]
[Chorus]
The coldest winter in [G]memory was 1709
[D]The sea froze off the coast of France
all along the Neptune [A]line
By the [Bm]lost town of Dun[F#m]wich t[G]he shore
was washed [F#]away[Bbdim][Edim]
[D]They say you hear the church bells s[A]till as they
[G]toll beneath the waves

[Outro 1]
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