Tears for Fears - Cold: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Cold" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     B
The coldest shoulder cast in metal
Frozen to the bone
To rely on hook, line and sinker
                                A
What a sinker, sinking like a stone
You'd be better off alone
     B
She saw me on the television, underneath the sun
Thought that I was warm like a mother, lover, brother
                   A
Brother, she was wrong
                     C# D#
Me, I don't long to belong

Chorus:
E           G                         E
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
    G                                E
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
  G
Bring to me my big old sweater
 A
Nothing more will make me better

I met her on a Monday and my heart did nothing new
Seems she thought of me as some mystic,
fatalistic, mystical guru
Me, I haven't got a clue
But floating on a magic carpet high above the earth
In the flood
You can see the world like a Buddha,
bread and Buddha
With my blood, I can hold you
Bigger than your hurt
In the flood, with my blood, I can hold you
Don't you know that love is work?
In the flood
King got caught with his fingers in the till
With my blood
Where's your calculator?
Will you leave it in your will?

Chorus:
Cold, no heat on the horizon guess I'm cold
And Capricorn is rising, yes I'm cold
Listened to my old friend Nockles
Hoped that it would warm the cockles

B                                                 A
You can't fight the fear, you can't, this is the road you're on.
E                                          D
You don't belong to me you don't belong to anyone
B                                                 A
Your reputation lies not in your eyes but those who dare
E
will bite the hand that feeds when it don't meet your needs
F#                      G
when you got blood to bleed you got a life to lead...

In the flood, with my blood, I can hold you
In the flood, with my blood, I can hold you
King got caught with his fingers in the till

Chorus:
Cold, been excommunicated 'cause I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better

Cold, no heat on the horizon guess I'm cold
There'll be no compromising, cold
Cool, cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Cold, cool, cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold
Stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Cold" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Cold" by Tears for Fears.