Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

 ... You say that you're leaving

 Well that comes as no surprise

 ... Still I kinda like this feeling

 Of be - ing... left be-hi - i - ind

(go to verse 2)

Verse 2

 ... This ain't nothin new to me

 Well it's just like going home

 ... It's kinda like those sunsets

 That leave you feeling

 So sto - o - oned

(go to chorus with ending 1)

Chorus

 ... Hey, hey I guess it hasn't hit me yet

 ... I fell through this crack and I kinda lost my head

 ... I stand transfixed before this street light

 ... Watching the snow fall on this

 ENDING 1: | |

Co - old December

  Night (go to verse 3)

 ENDING 2: | |

Co - old December

  Night (go to instrumental)

Instrumental

 (go back into chorus and play ending 3)

 ENDING 3: | |

Cold December night

  And out in the middle of

  Lake On-ta - r-i-o

(go to outro)

Verse 3

I never thought this could happen

But somehow the feeling's gone

You got sick of the patterns

And I got lost in this song

(go to chorus with ending 2)

Outro

  The same snow is falling

  On the deep silent water

  The great dark wonder

  Into the waves of my heart

  Into the waves of my heart

  Of my heart

( "\" in last line indicates one single strum of chord )

= xx0232 = 022000

= x32010 = x00232

= 320001 = x20001

= x02220

There is a special way to play the two consecutive bars of "D" in the

"D-D-Em-C" sequence (in the intro and at the end of the chorus and outro).

Just listen to the intro and you'll hear what I mean. It sometimes comes

across in a subtle way in the verses. There is a similar but again subtle

effect in the four bars of "A" found at the end of the verses. Once you

understand the concept for playing it in "D", you can do the same thing with

the "A" chord if you like the sound of it. It's the classic Blue Rodeo

technique of playing around with suspended chords. Just vary the fingering

 between [xx0232], [xx0230], and [xx0233]. Here it is: