The Handsome Family - Cathedrals
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Cathedrals
From the album Through the Trees
[INTRO]
G D G
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G|-------4--4-4---4-5-----------|
D|---5-7--------------7-5---4-5-|
A|-5----------------------------|
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[VERSE 1]
GThe cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship
like the hand of God fDalling from the sGky
A thCousand stone-carved saints hang like Gicicles
but Aicicles don't take a thDousand years to die
[INTERLUDE]
C G
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B|-17--17--17--------------15-----------------15/8-|
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[VERSE 2]
GAnd everyone who's ever worked on this cathedral
or even spent a mDoment walking Gby
EveryCone of us is swept away like brGeadcrumbs
What cAomfort does it bring, soaring tDowers left behCind? G
[VERSE 3]
GThere's a fiberglass castle in Wisconsin
where kids race gDo-karts around a mGoat
Conce we went up there in DecGember
when eAvery waterslide and fDudgeshop was closed
[INTERLUDE]
C G
e|---17-----17------------12-15----------12-15-----------7-|
B|-15--15-14--14-------13----------12-13------------13/8---|
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[VERSE 4]
GHoping to feel love under the icicles
all we did was drDink in an empty bGar
but stCumbling drunk we crawled back to our mGotel room
and I fAell against you and fDelt your beating heCart G
[VERSE 5]
GSnow was slowly falling on the ice machine
and the moon shone hDazy through the pGines
but thCere were lounge chairs thrown into the Gempty pool
and a dAog chained to a tree bDarking at the sky
[OUTRO]
C G
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G|---14-----14----------9-12---------9-12-------11--11/12-|
D|-12--12-11--11----10---------9-10-------------11--11/12-|
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