Cathedral in the Dell - Andrew Bird Written by The Handsome Family Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of The strum pattern is very country. To make it sound right, play an alternating bass line between strums. This walk-up is used occasionally between A and D. I'll note it with an A* e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| A|-0-2-4------------| E|------------------| VERSE (single strum)

^A The cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship A D A A* Like the hand of God falling from the sky

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^DA thousand stone-carved saints hang like ^Aicicles But ^B7icicles don't take a ^Ethousand years to di^De ^A

And ^Aall of us who worked on this cathedral D A A* Or even spent a moment passing by

^DAll of us are swept away like ^Abreadcrumbs What ^B7comfort does it bring

Soaring ^Etowers left behi^Dnd ^A Towers left ^Dbehind ^A

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Well there's a ^Afiberglass castle in Wisconsin A D A A* Where kids race go-carts around a moat

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^DOnce we went up there in De^Acember When ^B7all the waterslides and ^Efudge shops were close^Dd ^A

^ALooking to find love under the ice machine D A A* But all we did was drink in empty bars

^DStumbling drunk we crawled back to our ^Ahotel rooms ^B7I fell against you and ^Efelt your beating hear^Dt ^A

I felt your beating ^Dheart^A

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Well the ^Asnow is slowly falling on the ice machine A A* And the moon shone hazy through the pine

^DLawn chairs were thrown into an ^Aempty pool A ^B7dog chained to a tree ^Ebarking at the sk^Dy ^A

Towers left b^Dehind^A

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Andrew Bird - Cathedral in the dell