{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1818835,"song":"Cathedrals","artist":"The Handsome Family","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401518-cathedrals-chords-by-the-handsome-family/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1818835?type=chord","rating":4.77203,"votes":8,"content":"Cathedrals\r\nFrom the album Through the Trees\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------|\r\nG|-------4--4-4---4-5-----------|\r\nD|---5-7--------------7-5---4-5-|\r\nA|-5----------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike the hand of God falling from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA thousand stone-carved saints hang like icicles[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut icicles don't take a thousand years to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|---17--17--16--12-15--------12-15--12-15---------|\r\nB|-17--17--17--------------15-----------------15/8-|\r\nG|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone who's ever worked on this cathedral[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nor even spent a moment walking by[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone of us is swept away like breadcrumbs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat comfort does it bring, soaring towers left behind?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a fiberglass castle in Wisconsin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere kids race go-karts around a moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nonce we went up there in December[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen every waterslide and fudgeshop was closed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][INTERLUDE]\r\n                              [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|---17-----17------------12-15----------12-15-----------7-|\r\nB|-15--15-14--14-------13----------12-13------------13/8---|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHoping to feel love under the icicles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall we did was drink in an empty bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut stumbling drunk we crawled back to our motel room[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I fell against you and felt your beating heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSnow was slowly falling on the ice machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the moon shone hazy through the pines[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut there were lounge chairs thrown into the empty pool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nand a dog chained to a tree barking at the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n \r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|--------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------11--11/12-|\r\nG|---14-----14----------9-12---------9-12-------11--11/12-|\r\nD|-12--12-11--11----10---------9-10-------------11--11/12-|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Cathedrals\nFrom the album Through the Trees\n\n[INTRO]\n\n\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE]\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]","chords":["G","D","B","A","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}