Cold Feet

Tracy Chapman

Transposer:

The Intro is sth like this: B|------------------0--------------------------| G|---0---0-2----0/2---2-0----------0-----------| D|-----0------------------2----0/2---2-0-------| E|---------------------------------------3-----| and then just play: verse1: There was a little boy once upon a time who in spite of his young age and small size knew his mind. For every copper penny and clover he would find make a wish for better days the end of hard times for no more... chorus: cold feet. Cold cold cold cold cold feet... the choruses the whole song...)                   verse2: His clothes were alway clean his face was always scrubbed there was food on the table enough to fill him up. His house was full of life his house was full of love but when winterdays arrived there was never money enough to shod this cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse3: He grew up to be a worker determined to succeed he made a life for himself free from worldly wants or needs. But with no- body to share the life he’d made no- body to keep him warm at night when he’d go to sleep he’d sleep alone with his... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse4: One night he walked the street looking to the heaven above searching                          for shooting star benevolved god. When woman passing by brushed his arm he turned and found love. He then wished for the courage to ask this stranger who she was to not have... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse5: One year later he stood beside her. He vowed I’ll give you everything you want. She said "I’ll take some love from my heart to keep your body warm you won’t have... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet"... verse6: He thought she’d like the party life and want the finer things so he promised more than he could by He’d promised her the sun and the moon to not have... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse7: He worked day and night his fingers to the bone. His worried mind guilty conscience drive him on. He can give her what she needs. He wants to give her what he thinks she wants. Her sad eyed face his empty pockets drive him on___________ and his... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse8: He’d struggled all his life to be an honest man proud that the dirt on his palms was the soil of the land but some guys he knew from high school days said they had a plan to get rich real quick and they could count him in if he don’t have... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... verse9: He thought about their offer accepted it without qualms. Dreamt about the life he’d buy the comfort that would come without... cold feet cold cold cold cold feet...   verse10: He decided to drive the car he de- cided to carry the gun to take the biggest risk of all to prove his loyalty to his friends. He de- cided to tell his wife things would soon turn around. He said"The little boy is dead a man stands with you now without...   cold feet cold cold cold cold feet...   Without ...  cold feet cold cold cold cold feet..."   verse11: He thought he’d set his clock right. He thought he’d read his wath. He left in such a hurry he didn’t think to wish for luck. Makes no difference if you’re early no difference if you’re late when you’re out of time. The flowers have been laid. You’re six feet underground with cold feet cold cold cold cold feet... That’s all. The rythm and the malody for each single verse varies... Hope you enjoy the song peat...                 

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La chanson raconte l’histoire d’un garçon qui, malgré son jeune âge, exprime déjà de grandes aspirations. Tout au long de sa vie, il fait des vœux pour des jours meilleurs, mais il doit faire face à des réalités financières difficiles, surtout pendant l'hiver. En grandissant, il parvient à construire une vie stable, mais se sent toujours seul, ce qui le pousse à rechercher l’amour. Lorsqu’il rencontre une femme, il réalise qu'il désire plus qu'une vie matérielle, mais il se laisse entraîner dans un cycle de promesses et de pressions, tout en s’éloignant de ses valeurs d’origine. Sa quête de succès et de reconnaissance le conduit à prendre des décisions désespérées, qui finalement le mènent à une fin tragique. Le contexte présente un voyage personnel teinté d'illusions et de désillusions, illustrant comment l’aspiration à une vie meilleure peut parfois conduire à la perte de soi-même. La chanson évoque également le contraste entre l’innocence de l’enfance et la dureté des choix adultes, mettant en lumière les conséquences des ambitions mal orientées.