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tuned down one step for studio version.
Played live in standard tuning or down a half step.


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in january i took a short walk
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down to the broadway bridge
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two and a half blocks
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when you scrape the ice away
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you can read the bridge dedication


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i can feel the cold air coming in through my teeth
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i saw the bridge
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i saw the water underneath
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that's a whole lotta water
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that's a whole lotta water


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i took out the key that i'd forgotten the function of
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twisted it from the keyring as the bridge loomed above
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i hammered it against the ice
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i hammered it against the ice

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