Cathedral In The Dell Chords
by Andrew Bird
Cathedral In The Dell by Andrew Bird is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, B7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
VERSE
(single strum)
A
The cathedral in Cologne looks like a spaceship
A D A A*
Like the hand of God falling from the sky
(strumming)
D A
A thousand stone-carved saints hang like icicles
B7 E D A
But icicles don't take a thousand years to die
A
And all of us who worked on this cathedral
D A A*
Or even spent a moment passing by
D A
All of us are swept away like breadcrumbs
B7
What comfort does it bring
E D A
Soaring towers left behind
D A
Towers left behind
(single strum)
A
Well there's a fiberglass castle in Wisconsin
A D A A*
Where kids race go-carts around a moat
(strumming)
D A
Once we went up there in December
B7 E D A
When all the waterslides and fudge shops were closed
A
Looking to find love under the ice machine
D A A*
But all we did was drink in empty bars
D A
Stumbling drunk we crawled back to our hotel rooms
B7 E D A
I fell against you and felt your beating heart
D A
I felt your beating heart
(single strum)
A
Well the snow is slowly falling on the ice machine
A A*
And the moon shone hazy through the pine
D A
Lawn chairs were thrown into an empty pool
B7 E D A
A dog chained to a tree barking at the sky
D A
Towers left behind
OUTRO
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