D D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C Out on Highway 5, there's a field A G Where sometimes at night people disappear D C That's the only road that takes me home A G Across the open prairie and the drifting snow
D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C I was halfway there one frozen dawn A G When she appeared at the side of the road D C A woman weeping in the frozen snow A G Her black hair flying across the empty road D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C I pulled to the shoulder and she fell to the snow A G But when I stepped from my car in the cold wind's blow D C She drifted away in the swirling cold A G Down through the fields and their frozen rows D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C But I heard her howl, I heard her moan A G And she called my name in the swirling snow D C When I turned to run back to my car A G There was nothing waiting but her frozen arms D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows D C D Cold, cold, cold, as the cold wind blows