Song For A Winter's Night
Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
Fingerpicking Pattern in 4/4 or Strum the Swiss Army Strum
|----------M-------------| 4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
|----I-----------I-------| 1 2 & & 4 &
|-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [G] The lamp is | [D] burning low up | [Em] on my table | [C] top |
| [G] The snow is | [D] softly | [G] falling | [D] |
| [G] The air is | [D] still within the | [Em] silence of my | [C] room |
| [G] I hear your | [D] voice softly | [G] calling | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] only | [C] have you | [D] near |
| [Bm7] To breathe a | [Em] sigh or | [C] two | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [G] you | [D] |
| [G] The smoke is | [D] rising in the | [Em] shadows over- | [C] head |
| [G] My glass is | [D] almost | [G] empty | [D] |
| [G] I read a- | [D] gain between the | [Em] lines upon each | [C] page |
| [G] The words of | [D] love you | [G] send me | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] know with- | [C] in my | [D] heart |
| [Bm7] That you were | [Em] lonely | [C] too | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [G] you | [D] |
| [G] The fire is | [D] dying now my | [Em] lamp is getting | [C] dim |
| [G] The shades of | [D] night are | [G] lifting | [D] |
| [G] The morning | [D] light steals a- | [Em] cross my window | [C] pane |
| [G] Where webs of | [D] snow are | [G] drifting | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] only | [C] have you | [D] near |
| [Bm7] To breathe a | [Em] sigh or | [C] two | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [B7] you | [Em] |
| [C] And to be | [D] once again with | [G↓] you
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 01/25/22 JJ
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Gordon Lightfoot (1967)
Fingerpicking Pattern in 4/4 or Strum the Swiss Army Strum
|----------M-------------| 4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
|----I-----------I-------| 1 2 & & 4 &
|-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [G] The lamp is | [D] burning low up | [Em] on my table | [C] top |
| [G] The snow is | [D] softly | [G] falling | [D] |
| [G] The air is | [D] still within the | [Em] silence of my | [C] room |
| [G] I hear your | [D] voice softly | [G] calling | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] only | [C] have you | [D] near |
| [Bm7] To breathe a | [Em] sigh or | [C] two | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [G] you | [D] |
| [G] The smoke is | [D] rising in the | [Em] shadows over- | [C] head |
| [G] My glass is | [D] almost | [G] empty | [D] |
| [G] I read a- | [D] gain between the | [Em] lines upon each | [C] page |
| [G] The words of | [D] love you | [G] send me | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] know with- | [C] in my | [D] heart |
| [Bm7] That you were | [Em] lonely | [C] too | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [G] you | [D] |
| [G] The fire is | [D] dying now my | [Em] lamp is getting | [C] dim |
| [G] The shades of | [D] night are | [G] lifting | [D] |
| [G] The morning | [D] light steals a- | [Em] cross my window | [C] pane |
| [G] Where webs of | [D] snow are | [G] drifting | [G]
Chorus
If | [G] I could | [D] only | [C] have you | [D] near |
| [Bm7] To breathe a | [Em] sigh or | [C] two | [D] |
| [G] I would be | [D] happy just to | [Em] hold the hands I | [C] love |
| [G] On this | [D] winter's night with | [B7] you | [Em] |
| [C] And to be | [D] once again with | [G↓] you
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 01/25/22 JJ
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