![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He turns phrases and tricky meters with ease: "Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue/And so my heart is paying now for things I did not do/In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start/Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?" Williams takes a universal sentiment (who has not felt they are paying for someone else's mistakes in a relationship?) and offers his own experience as a stark and clear example of the possible depths of emotional disappointment.īeginning with the sparkling steel guitar work of Don Helm, the rest of Williams' backing band, the Drifting Cowboys, enter: Bob McNett on guitar, bassist Hillous Butrum, fiddler Jerry Rivers. As usual, Williams' voice is remarkably expressive, wavering and cracking in all the right places. The fact that the author chose to include the repetition of the word "cold" in the title is indicative of the level of the song's wrenching emotion Williams knows the power of repeating that word, realizing that a simple "cold heart" does not convey the chill in the woman to whom he sings it is as if he observes her callousness with an utterly helpless disbelief. That opened the floodgates, and the song has been covered by a wide range of artists, from Boxcar Willie to the Mighty Lemon Drops. Soon after Williams' single went to number one on the country chart in 1951 (one of eight of his singles to go Top Ten in that year), Tony Bennett recorded a pop version that was also a hit on the pop charts, going to number one and selling over a million copies. Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords (Right-Hand Melody) Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Lead Sheet / Fake Book Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Lead Sheet / Fake Book Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords (Right-Hand Melody) Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Real Book – Melody, Lyrics & Chords Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords Digital Sheet Music for "Cold Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Beginner Piano Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Guitar Tab Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Piano Solo Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Easy Piano Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Easy Guitar Tab Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Easy Guitar Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams E-Z Play Today Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Norah Jones Guitar Chords/Lyrics Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Ukulele Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Pro Vocal Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams Easy Piano Digital Sheet Music for "Cold, Cold Heart (arr.Like many Hank Williams songs, "Cold, Cold Heart" is a quintessential honky tonk country song that transcends the genre, having entered the Great American Songbook almost immediately after Williams' original recording. Shop Other Arrangements of "Cold, Cold Heart" ![]()
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