Like A Coat From The Cold
By Guy Clark
 

        C  C/B      Am   Am/G   F          C       G 
I found comfort and courage and bottles of whiskey
  C     C/B    Am               D            G 
I swear to you friend that that life is some risky
       C      C/B  Am    Am/G   F                C   
I have backed away quickly from those that would burn me
    C       C/B   Am        D             G  
And stopped up my ears that no one should learn me

Chorus 
        F G    C
But the lady beside me 
       F   G      C
is the one I have chosen 
   F            G
to walk through life 
       F    G        C
like a coat from the cold 

I have flown like a bird from every cage that confined me 
and broken every one of the ties that bind me 
I have danced me around some sad ol' sad ol situatioons 
and taken my share of those sweet invitations 

Chorus