Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) ! (Music By Elton John) > F C D/E C > G Em7 We still sit at separate tables > C G And we sleep at different times > D Em And the warm wind in the palm trees > C Hasn't helped to change our minds > G Em7 It was the lure of the tropics > C G That I thought might heal the scars > D Em 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 > C G 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 > Am Am/G F But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes > C E/G# And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here > F C G F So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year > G Em7 I dreamed of love in a better climate > C G And for what it's really worth > D Em I put faith in the star we followed > C To this Caribbean surf > G Em7 But there's an icy fringe on everything > C G And I cannot find the lines > D Em Where's the beauty in the beast we made > C Why the frost in the summertime > D/C C D |
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