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                         Cathedral in the Dell - Andrew Bird
                            Written by The Handsome Family
                        Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of
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Capo: 2
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 G and C. I'll note it with an G*
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|---0-2------------|
E|-3----------------|
[Verse 1]
  GThe cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceshipG  
                     G                D7     G  G*
Like the hand of God falling from the sky
A tChousand stone-carved saints hang like iGcicles
But icA7icles don't take a tDhousand years to dD7ieC  G  
[Verse 2]
And Gall of us who worked on this cathedral
                G              D7     G  G*
Or even spent a moment passing by
CAll of us are swept away like Gbreadcrumbs
What cA7omfort does it bring
Soaring tDowers left beD7hindC  G  
Towers left CbehindG  
[Verse 3]
Well there's a Gfiberglass castle in WisconsinG  
                G                  D7      G  G*
Where kids race go-carts around a moat
COnce we went up there in DeGcember
When A7all the waterslides and Dfudge shops were D7closedC  G  
[Verse 4]
GLooking to find love under the ice machine
                   G               D7       G  G*
But all we did was drink in empty bars
CStumbling drunk we crawled back to our Ghotel rooms
A7I fell against you and fDelt your beating D7heartC  G  
I felt your beating CheartG  
[Verse 5]
Well the Gsnow is slowly falling on the ice machineG  
                   G                 D7      G  G*
And the moon shone hazy through the pine
CLawn chairs were thrown into an Gempty pool
A A7dog chained to a tree Dbarking at the sD7kyC  G  
Towers left CbehinGd
[Outro]
e|--3-0-----------|
B|------3-0-------|
G|----------2-----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|-----------(3)--|

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Cathedral In The Dell

by Andrew Bird

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Cathedral in the Dell - Andrew Bird

Written by The Handsome Family

Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Capo: 2

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 G and C. I'll note it with an G*

e|------------------|

B|------------------|

G|------------------|

D|------------------|

A|---0-2------------|

E|-3----------------|

[Verse 1]

G G

The cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship

G D7 G G

Like the hand of God falling from the sky

C G

A thousand stone-carved saints hang like icicles

A7 D D7 C G

But icicles don't take a thousand years to die

[Verse 2]

And all of us who worked on this cathedral

G D7 G G

Or even spent a moment passing by

C G

All of us are swept away like breadcrumbs

What comfort does it bring

D D7 C G

Soaring towers left behind

C G

Towers left behind

[Verse 3]

G G

Well there's a fiberglass castle in Wisconsin

G D7 G G

Where kids race go-carts around a moat

C G

Once we went up there in December

A7 D D7 C G

When all the waterslides and fudge shops were closed

[Verse 4]

Looking to find love under the ice machine

G D7 G G

But all we did was drink in empty bars

C G

Stumbling drunk we crawled back to our hotel rooms

A7 D D7 C G

I fell against you and felt your beating heart

C G

I felt your beating heart

[Verse 5]

G G

Well the snow is slowly falling on the ice machine

G D7 G G

And the moon shone hazy through the pine

C G

Lawn chairs were thrown into an empty pool

A7 D D7 C G

A dog chained to a tree barking at the sky

C G

Towers left behind

[Outro]

e|--3-0-----------|

B|------3-0-------|

G|----------2-----|

D|----------------|

A|----------------|

E|-----------(3)--|

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