[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

             
I don't make i

              
t up this way 

    
too often
             
But the cold i

              
s a little bit

         
 hard on me
             
Got to wait fo

              
r the season t

  
o soften
             
Before I make 

              
a trip from Te

   
nnessee
            
Way up in the 

         
north country

[Intrumental]

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[Verse 2]

             
I guess it's j

              
ust my blood g

       
etting thinner
             
This ain't eas

              
y living, no s

   
irree
             
We used to ste

              
al away and wa

              
tch the firefl

          
ies after dinn

er
             
It's a slow-mo

              
tion dream tha

             
t you'd ever s

ee
            
Way up in the 

         
north country

[Intrumental]

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[Bridge]

             
  Winter time 

           
in the pines a

            
nd the snow   

           
 is coming on
             
  You'll be ba

              
ck when the co

              
ld winds blow,

          
    I'll be go

ne

[Verse 3]

             
Some long dark

              
 night you mig

             
ht send me a l

etter
             
  Full of slee

           
pless devilry
             
I'll tell you 

              
now, we could 

     
be together
             
  If you ever 

              
get tired of b

     
eing free
            
Way up in the 

         
north country

[Outro]

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