Winter (FAWM 2020-6)
Words and music by Joe Ficklin


Capo 3
Intro (Em C D Em / Em D Em)

        Em                C             D                Em
She was brought into this world while a storm around her swirled
    Em           D               Em
The fimbulwinter held within her heart
       Em              C               D                 Em
Silver snow that never warmed, crystal ice that glaciers formed
        Em              D                 Em
And she wondered if the spring would ever start
            G           D     C              D
She'd heard rumors of a green distant land unseen
      G                 C                  G/D
Where roses bloomed and perfume spiced the breeze
        Em             C              D             Em
But she never ventured forth from her castle in the north
        Em             D          Em
And the perfect beauty of eternal freeze

             C                D
	If she's cold she doesn't show
                G               C
	And there's no one there to know
            C                  D     Em
	She has open skies and the moon above
            Em              C
	In this kingdom she's a snow queen
          D                     Em
	For a world that's pure and pristine
            C              D               Em
	Yet she wonders at the wonder men call love

       Em               C              D             Em
He was born in fire and grace, another life, another place
       Em                D                Em
And he longed to see the world in all its frame
        Em             C         D             Em
Leaving hearth leaving kin, on a journey did begin
Em        D             Em
Traveling to her castle came
    G                 D         C                  D
She watched him from afar as he walked beneath the stars
     G              C                G/D
That led at last to where she sat at rule
   Em             C                D           Em
By snow and ice defined, she would not be so unkind
Em                D         Em
Neither would she ever be a fool

	REFRAIN

   Em          C               D           Em
It is a simple thing the first daffodil of spring
Em                 D              Em
Life and hope that rises from the snow
        Em                C                D                   Em
If it's thawing then it's gradual, but her heart is spun-glass fragile
Em          D                 Em
Too soon he tells her he must go
   G            D        C            D
In anger and in pain the storm rages again
        G            C                 G/D
And the fimbulwinter roars back like a lion…
     Em           C        D                Em
In a moment he is gone and once more she's alone
        Em              D            Em
And the winter shows no sign of ever dying

	REFRAIN