Chords for Ridin' Out The Storm

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The New York City winter comes in cold gray sheets of steel
[Em] A numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel
[Am] Alcohol [F] and sternal turns [C] the doorway to a bed
And the ghost of who he might have been [G] lives on inside [A] his [Am] head
_ _ _ _ In [C] a canyon made of brownstone on the sidewalk icy black
He [Em] wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness intact
[A] A man [F] of many mansions in [C] a cardboard box replete
And he lies sleeping with an angel while [G] his heart pretends [A] to be _ _
[F] How the wind blows down a lonely street like an ice pick through the air
[Am] Miss the Sunday times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square
[F] Five flats up on Easy Street [C] you know she's safe and warm
And way down low near the foot of snow [G] he's riding out [A] the store _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] I offered him my winter coat politely he refused
[Em] Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use
[Am] He said I don't [F] need pity for [C] these choices are my own
He bowed his head just slightly and [G] then quietly moved [Am] along _
[F] How the wind blows down a lonely street like an ice pick through the air
[Am] Miss the Sunday times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square
[F] Five flats up on Easy Street [C] you know she's safe and warm
And way down low near the foot of snow [G] he's riding out [Am] the storm
Well [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ it's not like he's a victim of this homeless life he stalks
[Em] Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks
[Am] Riding out [F] the storm means [C] yesterday's already spent
Tomorrow don't mean nothing it [G] won't even make a [Am] dent _
[F] How the wind blows down a lonely street like an ice pick through the air
[Am] Miss the Sunday times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square
[F] Five flats up on Easy Street [C] you know she's safe and warm
And way down low near the foot of snow [G] he's riding out [Am] the storm
She _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
said, I'm not _ _ [Am] _
[Am] alone
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_ _ I'm not _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ alone
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_ _ I'm not _ [Am] alone
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