The Unwinding Cable Car Chords
by Anberlin
The Unwinding Cable Car by Anberlin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, B, A, A2 and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C#m - B - B - A (4x)
C#m B
You're motive and stable
B A
You're like an unwinding cable car
C#m B B A
Listening for voices but it's the choices that make us who we are
C#m B
Go your own way, even seasons have changed
B A
Just burn those new leaves over
C#m
So self-absorbed
B A
You'll seem to ignore the prayers that have already gone above
C#m B B A
This is the correlation of salvation and love
Don't drop your arms, I've got your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
C#m B B A
Backing away from the problem of pain
You never had a home
You've been misguided, you're hiding in shadows for so very long
Don't you believe that you've been deceived
That you're no better than
The hair in your eyes will never disguise
What you're really thinking of
C#m B B A
This is the correlation of salvation and love
Don't drop your arms, I've got your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in (2x)
A C#m
You're so brilliant, don't soon forget
A B
You're so brilliant, graze much your heart
A C#m
You're so brilliant, don't soon forget
A B
You're so brilliant, graze much your heart
C#m B
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
B A
La lalalala, la la la, la lala, la
C#m B B A
This is the correlation of salvation and love
Don't drop your arms, I've got your heart
With quiet words I'll lead you in (4x)
Final: A2 - B7 - A2 - B