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The Cold Swedish Winter

Jens Lekman

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: G 
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[Verse 1]

  I met her in a snowstorm          I was outdoors plowing
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She just walked up to me and said,  "Hey, boy, how's it going?"
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I admired her straightforwardness   and tucked away my fringe
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  As a signal of well-being         and accepting her challenge
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[Verse 2]

  We went back to her place         and cooked up some chili
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  It warmed us from the inside     'cause the outside was chilly
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  We had to be quiet                to not wake up her family
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  But I made a high-pitched sound   when her cold fingers touched me
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[Chorus]     
          G    
She said, "Shhh
Am7               
Please be quiet
  C                      
I know you don't want to
    Am7               
But please deny it"

          G    
She said, "Shhh
Am7               
Please be quiet
  C                      
I know you don't want to
    Am7               
But please deny it"


[Interlude] x2

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[Verse 3]
                           
When people think of Sweden        I think they have the wrong idea
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Like Cliff Richard who thought it was just porn and gonorrhea                               
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And Lou Reed said in the film      "Blue in the Face"
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That compared to New York City,    Sweden was a scary place
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[Verse 4]
                         
They seem to have a point          after meeting with this girl
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Maybe not Cliff Richard,           but Lou had surely met her
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The doubt in her eyes              when I said I wanted to kiss her
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For the sake of liking her,        and not 'cause of the blizzard
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[Chorus]     
          G    
She said, "Shhh
Am7               
Please be quiet
  C                      
I know you don't want to
    Am7               
But please deny it"

          G    
She said, "Shhh
Am7               
Please be quiet
  C                      
I know you don't want me
    Am7               
But please deny it"


[Verse 5]
                             
'Cause the cold Swedish winter     is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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The cold Swedish winter            is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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[Interlude] x2

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[Verse 6]
                     
In two thousand years,             this place will be covered by ice
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And the people who will dig us up  will be in for a big surprise
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After carefully studying           our calcium-nourished bones
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They'll find enclosed              our hearts of stone
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[Verse 7]

Singing, "The cold Swedish winter  is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night"
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The cold Swedish winter            is right outside
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And I just want somebody           to hold me through the night
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[Outro]

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