Elton John — Cold as Christmas (in the Middle of the Year)
This is pretty similiar to the one found on "jumbo jimbo's" except that version has the
placement quite wrong
Standard Tuning
intro: F C D/E C
GEm7
We still sit at separate tables
CG
And we sleep at different times
DEm
And the warm wind in the palm trees
C
Hasn't helped to change our minds
GEm7
It was the lure of the tropics
CG
That I thought might heal the scars
DEm
Of a love burned out by silence
C
In a marriage minus heart
B7
And I call the kids on the telephone
Em
Say there's something wrong out here
CG
It's July but it's cold as Christmas
D
In the middle of the year
Am/E
The temperature's up to ninety five
AmAm/GF
But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes
CE/G#
And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here
FCGF
So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year
GEm7
I dreamed of love in a better climate
CG
And for what it's really worth
DEm
I put faith in the star we followed
C
To this Caribbean surf
GEm7
But there's an icy fringe on everything
CG
And I cannot find the lines
DEm
Where's the beauty in the beast we made
C
Why the frost in the summertime