Like A Coat From The Cold

| C G/B | Am Am/G D/F# G | F | G C/E G7 | C C/B Am Am/G F C G I found comfort and courage and bottles of whiskey Am Am/G F D/F# G I swear to you friend that that life is some risky C C/B Am Am/G F C I have backed away quickly from those that would burn me Am Am/G F D/F# G And stopped up my ears that no one should learn me F G C But the lady beside me F G C is the one I have chosen Dm Dm/C G to walk through life F G C like a coat from the cold | C G/B | Am Am/G D/F# G | F | G C/E G7 | C C/B Am Am/G F C G I have flown like a bird from every cage that confined me Am Am/G F D/F# G and broken every one of the ties that bind me C C/B Am Am/G F C I have danced me around some sad ol' sad ol situations Am Am/G F D/F# G and taken my share of those sweet invitations F G C But the lady beside me F G C is the one I have chosen Dm Dm/C G to walk through life F G C like a coat from the cold | C G/B | Am Am/G D/F# G | Dm Dm/C G to walk through life F G C like a coat from the cold | C G/B | Am Am/G D/F# G | F | C