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Instrumental Intro
| Bb Db7 | C7 | B7 |
| Bb Db7 | C7 | F7 |
Verse 1:
Bb C7
I really can't stay
Dm Dbdim
Baby, it's cold outside
Cm7 F
I've got to go away
Cm7 F7
But baby, it's cold outside
Bb Cm7
This evening has been
Bb
Been hoping that you'd drop in
Eb Fm7
So very nice
Bb7
I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
Eb
My mother will start to worry
Eb
Beautiful, what's your hurry?
Edim Bbdim Edim
My father will be pacing the floor
Edim Bbdim
Listen to the fireplace roar
Bb
So really, I'd better scurry
G7
Beautiful, please don't hurry
C7
Well, maybe just a half a drink more
F
Put some records on while I pour
Verse 2:
Bb Cm7
Neighbors might think
Dm7 Dbdim
Baby it's bad out there
Cm7 F7
Say what's in this drink?
Cm7 F7
No cabs to be head out there
Bb Cm7
I wish I knew how
Bbm Eb7
Your eyes are like starlight now
Eb7 Fm7
To break this spell
Bb7
I'll take your hat --- your hair looks swell
Ebmaj7 Eb
I ought to say no, no, no, sir
Eb
Mind if I move in closer
C7 F7
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
F7 Bb
-- What's the sense of hurting my pride?
Bb Bbm
I really can't stay
Bbm Dm7
Baby, don't hold out
C7 F7 Bbmaj7
Baby, it's cold - out - side
Interlude
| Bb Cm7 | Dm7 Dbm7 | Cm7 F7 | F7 |
| Bb Cm7 | Gm Eb | Fm | Bb7 |
| Eb | Bb Ebmaj7 | Gm Gdim | Dbdim |
| F Cm7 | G7 | C7 | F7 |
Verse 3:
Bb
I simply must go
Bb
Baby, it's cold outside
Dbdim Cm7
Oh, the answer is no
Cm7 F7
Baby, it's cold outside
Bb Cm7
Your welcome has been
D Eb
How lucky that you dropped in
Eb C7 Fm7
So nice and warm
Fm7 Bb7
Look out the window at that storm
Eb Bb Eb
My sister will be suspicious
Eb
Gosh, your lips look delicious
Em Bbm Cm
My brother will be there at the door
Cm C Bb
Waves upon a tropical shore
Bb G7
My maiden aunt's mind is so vicious
G7
Your lips are delicious
C7 F7
Well, maybe just a cigarette more
F7
Never such a blizzard before
Verse 4:
Bb
I've got to get home
Dm
Baby, you'll freeze out there
Cm7 F7
Say, lend me a coat
Cm7 F7
It's up to your knees out there
Bb Cm7
You've really been grand
Bbm Eb
I thrill when you touch my hand
Eb Fm7
But don't you see?
Bb7
How can you do this thing to me?
Eb
There's bound to be talk tomorrow
Eb
Think of my lifelong sorrow
C7 F
At least there will be plenty implied
Bb
If you caught pneumonia and died
Bb Cm
I really can't stay
Cm Dm
Get over that holdout
Dbm C F7 Bb
Baby, it's cold - out - side
Outro
Eb F Bb
Written by Frank Loesser