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Cold Snap, by Weeping Tile -- written by Sarah Harmer
from the album "Cold Snap" (1995)

intro riff:

G#G# Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
         G#G# Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e-----------------|-----------------|
B---4-4-4-7-4---0-|---4-4-4-7-4---5-|   x2
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

G#(on 1, 1+ and 2) E(on 3, 3+ and 4)    x4

verse 1

G#G# Piano Chord 
               EE Piano Chord 
                  G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Someone always leaves that light on
G#G# Piano Chord 
                 EE Piano Chord 
                    G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

I have dreams that little boys burn the house
G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
         G#G# Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 
       G#G# Piano Chord 

Set afire the i-vy in the window pane
EE Piano Chord 
          G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Up from the ground
G#G# Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

Fire drills unskilled
G#G# Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

They're uniformed
G#G# Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

Wall paper's warm
G#G# Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

Wall paper's warm

BB Piano Chord 
                   AA Piano Chord 

He's gone up, he's gone up, he's gone up to
G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Lie down
BB Piano Chord 
             AA Piano Chord 
               G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

I stay and I wait I go quietly
BB Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 

And watch the minute hand, how could it be
G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
     G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Stolen from you?
BB Piano Chord 

Cold snap
AA Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

Dentalfreeze

during the chorus, when the G# E progression comes in the lead guitar
plays this

first time:                      second time:
G#G# Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 
                    G#G# Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

1    2    3    4               1 +   2   + 3 +   4   +
e--------------------|         E-------------------------|
B-7b9--7b9-----------|  x2     B---7b9-7b9r7-------------|  x2
G-----------7b9--7b9-|         G---------------7b9-7b9r7-|
D--------------------|         D-------------------------|
A--------------------|         A-------------------------|
E--------------------|         E-------------------------|

third time:
G#G# Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 
         G#G# Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

1    2    3   4     1    2   3     4
e-------------------|----------------------|
B-7b9--7b9----------|-7b9--7b9-10b12-10b12-|
G-----------7b9-7b9-|----------------------|
D-------------------|----------------------|
A-------------------|----------------------|
E-------------------|----------------------|

intro riff x2

verse 2

G#G# Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 
              G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

I hope you weren't offended
G#G# Piano Chord 
                    EE Piano Chord 
        G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 
   G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

What I said about the mausoleum
G#G# Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
          G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
       G#G# Piano Chord 

And we live rent-free on loyalist land
EE Piano Chord 
           G#G# Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

Better crank the heat

Fire drills...

second chorus:

He's gone up, he's gone up, he's gone up to
Lie down
I stay and I wait at the end of the stairs
And watch the minute hand, how could it be
Stolen from you?
Cold snap
Frigid air

verse 3 (I'm not too sure about the lyrics)

G#G# Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 

Watch the minute hand
G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

How could it be still
G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

Little bird is caught
G#G# Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

In a deep thought
G#G# Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 
        G#G# Piano Chord 

I don't wanna seem unkeen
EE Piano Chord 
        G#G# Piano Chord 

You seem unkeen (last line x4)

transcribed by Annie Lord