Winter Song chords by Sam Fender

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
   C
When winter's shadowy fingers
    Dm7
First pursue you down the street
     C
And your boots no longer lie
      Dm7
About the cold around your feet
     C
Do you spare a thought for summer
    Dm7
Whose passage is complete
    C
Whose memories lie in ruins
    Dm7
And whose ruins lie in heat?
   C   Em
When winter
Dm7        C   Dm7
 Comes howling in


Verse 2:
     C
When the wind is singing strangely
    Dm7
Blowing music through your head
     C
And your rain splattered windows
     Dm7
Make you decide to stay in bed
    C
Do you spare a thought for the homeless tramp
    Dm7
Who wishes he was dead?
     C
Oh, pull up your bedclothes higher
     Dm7
Dream of summertime instead
    C  Em
When winter
Dm7        C   Dm7
  Comes howling in


Verse 3:
    C
The creeping cold has fingers
    Dm7
That caress without permission
    C
And mystic crystal snowdrops
    Dm7
Only aggravate the condition
     C
Do you spare one thought for the traveller
   Dm7
With no secure position
     C
Who's turned and spurned by village and town
      Dm7
At the magistrate's decision?
    C   Em
When winter
Dm7        C   Dm7
  Comes howling in


Verse 4:
      C
When the turkey's in the oven
     Dm7
And the Christmas presents are bought
   C
And Santa's in his module
     Dm7
He's an American astronaut
     C
Do you spare one thought for Jesus
     Dm7
Who had nothing but his thoughts
     C
Who got busted just for talking
     Dm7
And befriending the wrong sorts?
    C   Em
When winter
Dm7        C
  Comes howling in
    Dm7
When winter
   C    Em  Dm7
When winter
Dm7
comes,
Dm7       C
comes howling in


Outro:

C  Dm7  C  Dm7