Storm Windows Chords

Storm Windows
John Prine
 
[Intro]
C  G  D D7
 
[Verse 1]
      G
I can hear the wheels of automobiles
   C         D                            G
So far away, moving along through the drifting snow
     G
It's times like these when the temperatures freeze
C             D                              G
 I sit alone, looking at the world through a storm window
Cm                               G
   Down on the beach the sandman sleeps
Cm                               G
   Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps
Cm                                   G
   And a country band that plays for keeps
                D   D/C  D/B  D/A
They play it so slow
 
[Chorus]
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
 
  (G)    C         G     D
e|---------------|-------------|
B|---------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|-------------|
A|---0-2-3-------|-------------|
E|-3-------------|-------------|
 
[Verse 2]
          G
Well, the spirits were high 'til the well went dry
C                D                       G
 For so long the raven at my window was only a crow
G
 I bought the rights to the inside fights
C                  D                          G
Watched a man just beating his hand against a storm window
Cm                                 G
   While miles away o'er hills and streams
Cm                            G
   A candle burns - a witch's dreams
Cm                           G
   Silence is golden 'til it screams
                   D   D/C  D/B  D/A
Right through your bones
 
[Chorus]
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
 
  (G)    C         G
e|---------------|-------------|
B|---------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|-------------|
A|---0-2-3-------|-------------|
E|-3-------------|-------------|
 
[Bridge]
D              C                     G
Storm windows, gee but I'm getting old
D             A7            D
Storm windows keep away the cold
 
[Solo]
| G   | C D |
| G   | C D |
| G   | C D |
 
  (G)    C         G
e|---------------|-------------|
B|---------------|-------------|
G|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|-------------|
A|---0-2-3-------|-------------|
E|-3-------------|-------------|
 
[Bridge]
D              C                     G
Storm windows, gee but I'm getting old
D             A7            D
Storm windows keep away the cold
 
[Verse 3]
      G
I can hear the wheels of automobiles
   C         D                            G
So far away, moving along through the drifting snow
     G
It's times like these when the temperatures freeze
C             D                              G
 I sit alone, looking at the world through a storm window
Cm                               G
   Down on the beach the sandman sleeps
Cm                               G
   Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps
Cm                                   G
   And a country band that plays for keeps
                D   D/C  D/B  D/A
They play it so slow
 
[Chorus]
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C         D
  Don't let your baby down
G                C           D
  Don't let your baby down, oh
 
[Outro]
  (G)    C        (G)    C        (G)    Cm        G
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---0-2-3-------|---0-2-3-------|---0-2-3-------|
E|-3-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
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