Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year)

Music By Elton John

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             G                Em7
We still sit at separate tables
              C                     G
And we sleep at different times
              D                       Em
And the warm wind in the palm trees
                 C
Hasn't helped to change our minds

                 G          Em7
It was the lure of the tropics
              C                              G
That I thought might heal the scars
         D                         Em
Of a love burned out by silence
          C
In a marriage minus heart

            B7
And I call the kids on the telephone
                  Em
Say there's something wrong out here
         C                   G
It's July but it's cold as Christmas
               D
In the middle of the year

         Am/E
The temperature's up to ninety five
                  Am       Am/G        F
But there's a winter look in your mother's eyes
          C                            E/G#
And to melt the tears there's a heat wave here
      F                 C                                   G              F
So how come it's cold as Christmas in the middle of the year

                      G                  Em7
I dreamed of love in a better climate
               C                 G
And for what it's really worth
           D                        Em
I put faith in the star we followed
                C
To this Caribbean surf

                        G                Em7
But there's an icy fringe on everything
            C                 G
And I cannot find the lines
                     D               Em
Where's the beauty in the beast we made
                C
Why the frost in the summertime

D/C C D/C G