More songs by Gordon Lightfoot

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- T-rev

"SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT" by Gordon Lightfoot
From his 1967 album The Way I Feel
Written by Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. www.lightfoot.ca
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

First guitar no capo in A as below.
(Second guitar in D relative to capo on 7th fret.)

                                    A5    %     %      %
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A

  A              E/G#         F#m          D
     The lamp is burning low upon my table top
  A              E      A        E
     The snow is softly falling
  A             E/G#         F#m           D
     The air is still in the silence of my room
  A              E            A        %
     I hear your voice softly calling

       A             E    D        E
          If I could only have you near
       C#m             F#m     Bm   E
          To breathe a sigh or two---
       A             E/G#          F#m              D
          I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
       A          E                 G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
          On this winter night with you
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A

  A               E/G#          F#m         D
     The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
  A              E      A      E
     My glass is almost empty
  A          E/G#             F#m             D
     I read again between the lines upon each page
  A               E        A        %
     The words of love you sent me

       A             E        D     E
          If I could know within my heart
       C#m              F#m    Bm   E
          That you were lonely too---
       A             E/G#          F#m              D
          I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
       A          E                 G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
          On this winter night with you
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A

  A              E/G#          F#m             D
     The firе is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
  A                E         A        E
     The shades of night are lifting
  A              E/G#          F#m             D
     Thе morning light steals across my window pane
  A                E        A        %
     Where webs of snow are drifting

       A             E    D        E
          If I could only have you near
       C#m             F#m     Bm   E
          To breathe a sigh or two---
       A             E/G#          F#m              D
          I would be happy just to hold the hands I love
       A          E                 C#   F#m
          On this winter night with you
       D            E               G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
          And to be once again with you
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A
                                    G/A   D/A   E4/A   A

Transcribed 2023-05-07 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

x022x0 A5 (Ano3)
x0x033 G/A
x0x232 D/A
x0x200 E4/A
x02220 A
422400 E/G#
244222 F#m
xx0232 D
022100 E
x46654 C#m
x24432 Bm
x46664 C#

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