Key: D
Dm
C
Bb
Em
E/G#
Am
verse 1
Am
Dm
C
Your life stepped lightly out our hands
Bb
C
F
Em
E/G#
Am
When no one's looking out you understand
Dm
C
Your world was a wheel but the cog ceased to turn
Bb
F/A
Gm7
C
The bottom fell out and our fingers got burned
A7/C#
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
And there's a cold, cold highway that the wind whistles down
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
Dm7/C
Where the corners turn blind like the graveyard ground
Gm7
Gm7/C#
Am7
Dm
Dm/C
Oh your black icy stare once cut down my friend
F
Bb
F/A
Gm7
In the deepest dark winter when the world seemed to end
Em
E/G#
Am
verse 2
Am
Dm
C
Every new version of the way of life
Bb
C
F
Em
E/G#
Am
Leaves you reckless and searching for stars in the night
Am
Dm
C
But whose kid are you when they finally decide
Bb
F/A
Gm7
C
The lifestyle you led and the way that you died
A7/C#
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
And there's a cold, cold highway that the wind whistles down
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
Dm7/C
Where the corners turn blind like the graveyard ground
Gm7
Gm7/C#
Am7
Dm
Dm/C
Oh your black icy stare once cut down my friend
F
Bb
F/A
Gm7
In the deepest dark winter when the world seemed to end
verse 3
F
Dm
F
Bb
Bb7
But they're oh so simple, they're still trying to tell
G/B
C
F
Em
E/G#
The difference for you between heaven and hell
Am
Dm
Dm/C
To glorify something, your legends are found
G/B
C
C/A
Em
E/G#
Am
But all they bought you was a hole in the ground
verse 4
Am
Dm
C
Years rolling by just like a dream (ooh)
Bb
C
F
Em
E/G#
Am
I'm partly human and I'm partly machine
Dm
C
They've lost you and fate put your name on a stone (ahh)
Bb
F/A
Gm7
C
Perhaps now my friend they might leave you alone (ahh)
A7/C#
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
And there's a cold, cold highway that the wind whistles down
Bb7
Bb7/C
Dm7
Dm7/C
Where the corners turn blind like the graveyard ground
Gm7
Gm7/C#
Am7
Dm
Dm/C
Oh your black icy stare once cut down my friend
F
Bb
F/A
Gm7
In the deepest dark winter when the world seemed to end
Outro
Em
E/G#
Am