James Taylor - Frozen Man

[Intro]
D G D Em Asus A
Last thing I remember is the freezing cold
D G Em D A
Water reaching up just to swallow me whole
D G D Em Asus A
Ice in the rigging and the howling wind
D G Em D A
Shock to my body as we tumbled in
Bm A
My brothers and the others are lost at sea
G D
I alone have returned to tell thee
G D
Hidden in ice for a century
E A
To walk the world again
G Asus A D
Lord have mercy on the frozen man

[Verse]
D G D Em Asus A
Next words that were spoken to me
D G Em D A
Nurse asked me what my name might be
D G D Em A
She was all in white at the foot of my bed
D G Em D Asus A
I said angel of mercy I’m alive or am I dead
Bm A
My name is William James McPhee
G D
I was born in eighteen forty-three
G D
Raised in Liverpool by the sea
E A
But that ain’t who I am
G Asus A D
Lord have mercy on the frozen man

[Bridge]
G Em C A
It took a lot of money to start my heart
G Em A D
To peg my leg and buy my eye
G Em C A
The newspapers call me state of the art
G Em A
And the children, when they see me, cry

[Verse]
D G D Em Asus A
I thought it would be nice just to visit my grave
D G Em Asus A
See what kind of tombstone I might have
D G D Em Asus A
I saw my wife and my daughter and it seemed so strange
D G Em D Asus A
Both of them dead and gone from extreme old age

[Outro]
D G D Em Asus A
See here, when I die make sure I’m gone
D G Em D A
Don’t leave em’ nothing to work on
D G D Em Asus A
You can raise your arm, you can wiggle your hand
D G Em D
And you can wave good-bye to the frozen man
Bm A
I know what it means to freeze to death
G D
To lose a little life with every breath
G D
To say good-bye to life on earth
E A
To come around again
G Asus A D
Lord have mercy on the frozen man
G Asus A D
Lord have mercy on the frozen man