{"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":1829863,"song":"The Cathedral","artist":"Meridian","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11404203-the-cathedral-chords-by-meridian/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1829863?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"I'm pretty sure what I figured out is mostly correct, feel free to let me know of any changes you think I \r\nshould make. \r\nThe intro uses three different fingerings of E, and I think I got pretty close.\r\nDuring the bridge section the E/D means E with D (or C# when tuned half step down), fingered as:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--0----|\r\nB|--0----|\r\nG|--1----|\r\nD|--0----|\r\nA|--2----|\r\nE|--0----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n e|--4----| e|--0----| \r\n B|--5----| B|--0----|\r\n G|--4----| G|--9----|\r\n D|--6----| D|--9----|\r\n A|--7----| A|--7----|\r\n E|--0----| E|--0----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n(muted)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI heard your voice reverberating off of the back wall of the cathedral. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt echoed off the wedding bells and disappeared down Route 18. [/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAt first I tried to guide it back towards the strings of my heart where your hands pulled, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut it was faster and more devious than I could ever hope to be. [/tab]\r\n\r\n(regular strumming)\r\n\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nSo I racked my brain for days and days hoping I’d find some magic combination;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nsome special set of syllables to send your heart back to my door. [/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch]) [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nBut progress can’t be made if you’re the one who keeps on doing all the changing, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand every sentence that I say to you seems to fall just short.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I could change you, I don’t think that I’d have the guts to.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nMy roots have shown through and there’s no room for you here [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto get stuck in the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe distances we drew between did not present a clear and present danger;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand when we finally noticed them they were too heavy to move on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]E[/ch] strum once and mute) [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nAnd somewhere between Madison and Bellingham I thought I had an answer, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut by the time I got to Denver I could plainly see that it was gone. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I could change you, I don’t think that I’d have the guts to.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nMy roots have shown through and there’s no room for you here [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto get stuck in the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found you in the night with the porch lights shining bright. [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the dead of the fall, that was where I lost it all.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nCould you be more to me than a future memory [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] \r\nof a girl, weighed down by the circumstances found and floundering [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nunder the weight of all we’ve yet to be?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nUnder all the weight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nunder the weight of all we've yet to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n e|--4----| e|--0----| \r\n B|--5----| B|--0----|\r\n G|--4----| G|--9----|\r\n D|--6----| D|--9----|\r\n A|--7----| A|--7----|\r\n E|--0----| E|--0----|[/tab]","plain_text":"I'm pretty sure what I figured out is mostly correct, feel free to let me know of any changes you think I \nshould make. \nThe intro uses three different fingerings of E, and I think I got pretty close.\nDuring the bridge section the E/D means E with D (or C# when tuned half step down), fingered as:\n\n\n\n\n[Intro] \n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1] \n(muted)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(regular strumming)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nE C#m B A \n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nE E/D A Am (x2)\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nE C#m B A (x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","E/D","D","C","B","G","A","C#m","F#m","Am","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}