Biography:
The Cottars are a Celtic band from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. The original members of the band were two teenaged pairs of siblings, Ciarán and Fiona MacGillivray of Albert Bridge, and Jimmy and Roseanne MacKenzie of Baddeck.
They released three albums to considerable acclaim: Made In Cape Breton (2002), On Fire (2004), and Forerunner (2006). In 2006, they toured extensively with the well-known Irish band The Chieftains. However, the founding members of the band split up in 2006
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[Intro]
Bm A G Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G
[Verse]
D A F#m G
Caught between the air and the windless deep
Bm G A D
You float like a lily flower
A F#m G
And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep
F#m G A D
And you're waiting for your waking hour
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Verse]
A F#m G
Are you dreaming of a lover who will carry you away
Bm G A Bm
And keep you from the crying of the crowd
D A Fm G
No cradle in the rushes, you are broken like the day
F#m G A D
With darkness all around you like a shroud
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Solo]
D G Bm G A Bm G A Bm G
[Verse]
D A G Em
When they finally surrounded you, did any of them face you?
F#m G A Bm
Did you curse the moon and stars above?
D F#m G Em
Those cruel arms abandoned you, no water to embrace you,
F#m G A D
Won't you lay your head my waterlily love
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Outro]
D A D G
Caught between the air and the windless deep
Bm G A D
You float like a lily flower.
Bm A G Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G
[Verse]
D A F#m G
Caught between the air and the windless deep
Bm G A D
You float like a lily flower
A F#m G
And you look just like you fell to earth to sleep
F#m G A D
And you're waiting for your waking hour
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Verse]
A F#m G
Are you dreaming of a lover who will carry you away
Bm G A Bm
And keep you from the crying of the crowd
D A Fm G
No cradle in the rushes, you are broken like the day
F#m G A D
With darkness all around you like a shroud
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Solo]
D G Bm G A Bm G A Bm G
[Verse]
D A G Em
When they finally surrounded you, did any of them face you?
F#m G A Bm
Did you curse the moon and stars above?
D F#m G Em
Those cruel arms abandoned you, no water to embrace you,
F#m G A D
Won't you lay your head my waterlily love
[Chorus]
G A D G
And I swear to God I saw an angel hand attend you
F#m G A
But that was just the dancing of the light
D A Bm F#m G
No mortal or immortal did deliver or defend you
All hands have forsaken you tonight
[Outro]
D A D G
Caught between the air and the windless deep
Bm G A D
You float like a lily flower.
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