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Emajor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 5Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

I'm pretty sure what I figured out is mostly correct, feel free to let me know of any changes you think I 
should make. 
The intro uses three different fingerings of E, and I think I got pretty close.
During the bridge section the E/D means E with D (or C# when tuned half step down), fingered as:
e|--0----|
B|--0----|
G|--1----|
D|--0----|
A|--2----|
E|--0----|
[Intro]    
             E        Ee|--4----|        Ee|--0----|           
                   B|--5----|        B|--0----|
                   G|--4----|        G|--9----|
                   D|--6----|        D|--9----|
                   A|--7----|        A|--7----|
                   E|--0----|        E|--0----|
[Verse 1] 
(muted)
EI heard your voice reverberating off of the back wall of the catC#mhedral. 
It eBchoed off the wedding bells and disAappeared down Route 1E8. 
(E)                                                                            C#m  
At first I tried to guide it back towards the strings of my heart where your hands pulled, 
but it was fBaster and more devious than I Acould ever hope to Ebe. 
(regular strumming)
(E)                                                                     C#m  
So I racked my brain for days and days hoping I’d find some magic combination;
some sBpecial set of syllables to seAnd your heart back to my dEoor. 
(E)                                                                       C#m  
But progress can’t be made if you’re the one who keeps on doing all the changing, 
and evBery sentence that I say to yAou seems to fall just shEort.
[Chorus]
AIf I could change Eyou, I don’t think that AI’d have the guts F#mto.
AMy roots have shown thErough and there’s no room for yoDu here A  
to get stuck in the grouEnd.
[Instrumental]
E C#m B A
[Verse 2]
The dEistances we drew between did not present a clear and present dC#manger;
and wheBn we finally noticed them they werAe too heavy to move Eon.
( Estrum once and mute)                                          C#m  
And somewhere between Madison and Bellingham I thought I had an answer, 
but by the tBime I got to Denver I could plaAinly see that it was goEne. 
[Chorus]
AIf I could change Eyou, I don’t think that AI’d have the guts F#mto.
AMy roots have shown thErough and there’s no room for yoDu here A  
to get stuck in the grouEnd.
[Instrumental]
  E    E/D    A   Am(x2)
[Bridge]
I found yEou in the niE/Dght with the porAch lights shining brAmight. 
In the deEad of the faE/Dll, that was wheAre I lost it alAml.
Could you Ebe more to mE/De than a future AmemorAmy 
of a gEirl, weighed doE/Dwn by the circAumstances foAmund and flounderiG#mng 
under the weAight of all we’ve yAmet to be?
[Instrumental]
 E   C#m   B   A(x2)
Under all the wG#meight
under the wAeight of all we've yAmet to be
[Outro]
             E        Ee|--4----|        Ee|--0----|           
                   B|--5----|        B|--0----|
                   G|--4----|        G|--9----|
                   D|--6----|        D|--9----|
                   A|--7----|        A|--7----|
                   E|--0----|        E|--0----|

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The Cathedral

by Meridian

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

F#m

E/D

G#m

I'm pretty sure what I figured out is mostly correct, feel free to let me know of any changes you think I

should make.

The intro uses three different fingerings of E, and I think I got pretty close.

During the bridge section the E/D means E with D (or C# when tuned half step down), fingered as:

e|--0----|

B|--0----|

G|--1----|

D|--0----|

A|--2----|

E|--0----|

[Intro]

E E E

e|--4----| e|--0----|

B|--5----| B|--0----|

G|--4----| G|--9----|

D|--6----| D|--9----|

A|--7----| A|--7----|

E|--0----| E|--0----|

[Verse 1]

(muted)

E C#m

I heard your voice reverberating off of the back wall of the cathedral.

B A E

It echoed off the wedding bells and disappeared down Route 18.

E C#m

()

At first I tried to guide it back towards the strings of my heart where your hands pulled,

B A E

but it was faster and more devious than I could ever hope to be.

(regular strumming)

E C#m

()

So I racked my brain for days and days hoping I’d find some magic combination;

B A E

some special set of syllables to send your heart back to my door.

E C#m

()

But progress can’t be made if you’re the one who keeps on doing all the changing,

B A E

and every sentence that I say to you seems to fall just short.

[Chorus]

A E A F#m

If I could change you, I don’t think that I’d have the guts to.

A E D A

My roots have shown through and there’s no room for you here

to get stuck in the ground.

[Instrumental]

E C#m B A

[Verse 2]

E C#m

The distances we drew between did not present a clear and present danger;

B A E

and when we finally noticed them they were too heavy to move on.

E C#m

( strum once and mute)

And somewhere between Madison and Bellingham I thought I had an answer,

B A E

but by the time I got to Denver I could plainly see that it was gone.

[Chorus]

A E A F#m

If I could change you, I don’t think that I’d have the guts to.

A E D A

My roots have shown through and there’s no room for you here

to get stuck in the ground.

[Instrumental]

E E/D A Am

(x2)

[Bridge]

E E/D A Am

I found you in the night with the porch lights shining bright.

E E/D A Am

In the dead of the fall, that was where I lost it all.

E E/D A Am

Could you be more to me than a future memory

E E/D A Am G#m

of a girl, weighed down by the circumstances found and floundering

A Am

under the weight of all we’ve yet to be?

[Instrumental]

E C#m B A

(x2)

G#m

Under all the weight

A Am

under the weight of all we've yet to be

[Outro]

E E E

e|--4----| e|--0----|

B|--5----| B|--0----|

G|--4----| G|--9----|

D|--6----| D|--9----|

A|--7----| A|--7----|

E|--0----| E|--0----|

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