Biografía:
The Handsome Family es un duo estadounidense de country-alternativo, la pareja la forma Brett y Rennie Sparks, algunos veces acompañados en las giras por un baterista. La banda se formó en Chicago a comienzos de los 90. Viven actualmente en Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico.
La mayoria de sus canciones estan escritas en una estricta separación de roles: Brett Sparks escribe la musica mientras Rennie, quien también es escritora, escribe las letras. Estas poseen una extrecha conexión con el género literario conocido como "gótico americano"
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Otras canciones:
- 24 Hour Store
- Bottomless Hole
- Far From Any Road
- Far From Any Road (true Detective Theme)
- Lizard
- My Sister's Tiny Hands
- So Much Wine
- The Woman Downstairs
- Weightless Again
- 1 Country Song
- 3
- A Beautiful Thing
- A Dark Eye
- A Shadow Underneath
- A Thousand Diamond Rings
- After We Shot The Grizzly
- All The Time In Airports
- All The Tvs In Town
- Amelia Earhart Vs The Dancing Bear
- Arlene
- Back In My Day
- Beautiful William
- Big Bad Wolf
- Birds You Cannot See
- Bowling Alley Bar
- Bury Me Here
- Caterpillars
- Cathedrals
- Claire Said
- Cold Cold Cold
- Darling My Darling
- Dont Be Scared
- Down In The Ground
- Down In The Valley Of Hollow Logs
- Drinking Beer On The Roof
- Drunk By Noon
- Dry Bones
- Eels
- Emily Shore 1819
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- Fallen Peaches
- Far From Any Road True Detective Theme
- Flies
- Frogs
- Gail With The Golden Hair
- Gentlemen
- Giant Ant
- Giant Of Illinois
- Glow Worm
- Gold
- Grandmother Waits For You
- Gravity
- Green Willow Valley
- Gulls
- Happy Harvest
- Heres Hopin
- Honey Moon
- Hunter Green
- I Fell
- I Know You Are There
- In The Air
- June Bugs
- King Of Dust
- Lake Geneva
- Last Night I Went Out Walking
- Lie Down
- Linger Let Me Linger
- Love Is Like
- Moving Furniture Around
- My Beautiful Bride
- My Friend
- My Ghost
- My Sisters Tiny Hands
- No One Fell Asleep Alone
- Octopus
- One Way Up
- Our Blue Sky
- Owls
- Passenger Pigeons
- Peace In The Valley Once Again
- Pony
- Poor Poor Lenore
- She Awoke With A Jerk
- Sleepy
- Snowball
- Somewhere Else To Be
- Spider
- Stalled
- Teslas Hotel Room
- The Bottomless Hole
- The Dutch Boy
- The Forgotten Lake
- The House Carpenter
- The King Who Wouldnt Smile
- The Last
- The Loneliness Of Magnets
- The Lost Soul
- The Petrified Forest
- The Red Door
- The Red Leaf Forest
- The Sad Milkman
- The Sea Rose
- The Silver Light
- The Snow White Diner
- The Song Of 100 Toads
- The Song Of A Hundred Toads
- The White Dog
- The Winding Corn Maze
- There Is A Sound
- These Golden Jewels
- Tin Foil
- Tiny Tina
- Trail Of Time
- Underneath The Falls
- Unseen
- Up Falling Rock Hill
- Water Into Wine
- When It Rains
- When You Whispered
- Where The Birch Trees Lean
- White Lights
- Whitehaven
- Wild Wood
- Wildebeest
- Winnebago Skeletons
- Woman Downstairs
- Woodpecker
- Your Great Journey
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Unseen (2016 album)
by The Handsome Family
Lyrics and Chords compiled by Latereducator
Track Listing
1. Gold (4:00)
2. The Silver Light (3:51)
3. Back in My Day (3:30)
4. Tiny Tina (4:10)
5. Underneath the Falls (4:13)
6. The Sea Rose (3:41)
7. The Red Door (5:14)
8. Gentleman (3:48)
9. King of Dust (5:06)
10. Green Willow Valley (4:33)
TRACK 1 - Gold
[INTRO]
F Am G x2
Am
[VERSE 1]
Am C
Got a tattoo of a snake
F C
And a ski mask on my face
F C
But I woke up in a ditch
G F
Behind the Stop 'n Go
Am C
Lying in the weeds
F C
With a bullet in my gut
F C
Watching dollar bills
G F
Fly away in the dust
[CHORUS]
F C
Now the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
But I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[INTERLUDE]
F Am G
Am
[VERSE 2]
Am C
There was a girl with dark eyes
F C
And hair shining black
F C
And it ran like a river
G F
Wild down her back
Am C
But these wide empty streets
F C
And the air shaking with heat
F C
They made me hungry
G F Am G
Hungry to do something mean
[CHORUS]
F C
Now the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
But I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[INTERLUDE]
F Am G x3
Am
[VERSE 3]
Am C
The Stop 'n Go's closed
F C
The coyotes they moan
F C
And the wind's rolling beer cans
G
Down the street
[CHORUS]
F C
But the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
And I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[OUTRO]
F Am G
Am G x3
Am
TRACK 2 - The Silver Light
[INTRO]
C G C F C G C
[VERSE 1]
C G C
There is no day or night
F C
in the forest of slot machines
Am F
flashing lights and cigarettes
C G C
free refills on your drink
[VERSE 2]
C G C
But if the golden deer of luck
F C
Never leaps the blackjack felt
Am F
Past old men with their oxygen
C G C
feeding quarters to the slots
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it hiding
G C
there in your empty hands?
[SOLO]
C G C F C Am F C G C
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it shining
G C
there in your empty hands?
[VERSE 3]
C G C
Beefy nachos, chicken wings
F C
All-you-can-eat buffet
Am F
A bar shaped like a racing car
C G C
Neon glow-stick in your drink
[VERSE 4]
C G C
And if the angels never come
F C
Soaring down on golden wings
Am F
And anoint your shaking fist
C G C
with a pa-ir of paper kings
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it hiding
G C
there in your empty hands?
[OUTRO]
N.C.
Will you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see it shining
N.C.
There in your empty hands?
TRACK 3 - Back in My Day
[INTRO]
Em C G D
[VERSE 1]
C
We had maps that unfolded
Cm
back in my day
G
You could drink from the river
Em
We had gods made of clay
C
There were mile-high glaciers,
Cm
no locks on the doors
G
The stars burned brighter
D
We never counted past four
C
And the birds were always watching
Cm
There were monsters in the sea
G
We wore watches on our wrists
D
There were ghosts in the trees
[CHORUS]
Em
Way back in the days,
C
you're too young to have seen,
G
When the nights were darker,
D
longer and deep
[INTERLUDE]
Am Em G D
[VERSE 2]
C
There was no time or space
Cm
when I was growing up
G
We had summer all winter
Em
The moon rose with the sun
C
And music sounded better
Cm
Recorded on rings of ice
G
And as the songs turned to water
D
we couldn't help but cry
[CHORUS]
Em
Way back in the good days,
C
the ones you didn't see,
G
When everything was better,
D
darker and deep
[OUTRO]
Am Em G D
C Cm G D
C Cm G
TRACK 4 - Tiny Tina
[INTRO]
G C G Am Em C G
[VERSE 1]
G D G
Last September at the state fair
C G
Past the ferris wheel and bumper cars
Em Am C
The hypnotist, the jumping goats
G
Forgotten country music stars
[VERSE 2]
G D G
There was a sign for Tiny Tina
Em C G
From the wilds of Arizona
C G
Drinks just a thimble of water
Am C G
Eats just a handful of straw
[CHORUS]
C G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
Am Em
Just a dollar to go see her
C G
Just a dollar to see that little horse
[INTERLUDE]
G D G Em C G C G Am C G
[VERSE 3]
G D G G7
I rode the teacups, the tilt 'o whirl
C G
Shot water guns at grinning clowns
Em Am C G
Ate funnel cakes, chili dogs, fried beer
Am C G
I saw the largest ear of corn
[VERSE 4]
G D G
But as the fair lights shone at dusk
C G
I stood there in that field of dirt
Em Am C
Thinking only of those little hooves
G
Trotting circles in the dark
[OUTRO]
C G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
Am Em
Why didn't I go see her?
C G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
Am C G
Why didn't I go see that tiny horse?
Am C G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
TRACK 5 - Underneath the Falls
[INTRO]
D
[VERSE 1]
D G D/F# A
The green one sleeps
G D
underneath the falls
G D
Deep in the roar of water
G D Dsus4 D
he slowly dreams the world
[VERSE 2]
D G D/F# A
And those who venture close
G D
to that shadow 'neath the sea,
G D
they fall asleep forever
G A
in the eddy of the reeds
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the whisper in the falls
[VERSE 3]
D G D/F# A
On the first summer nights
G D
the windows open wide
G D
The world expands in darkness,
G D Dsus4 D
black waters rushing by
[VERSE 4]
D G D/F# A
There are hunters in the hedges
G D
There are whispers in the green
G D
The soaking mud is hungry,
G A
closer now it seeps
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the hissing in the walls
[VERSE 5]
D G D/F# A
Be careful summer nights
G D
Keep the windows closed
G D
Outside the yard is crawling
G D Dsus4 D
The heavy branches bow
[VERSE 6]
D G D/F# A
In heat the world remembers
G D
when all rushed with the sea
G D
In heat the old waves rise again
G A
to claim what has crawled free
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
G A D Dsus4 D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
[OUTRO]
D G D/F# A G D G D G A
[FADE]
G A D
TRACK 6 - The Sea Rose
[INTRO]
G
[VERSE 1]
G D G
Wrapped in the weeds of the shallows
C G
In the moon's drifting light
C G
Calling from the cold, wet rocks,
D G
the sea ro-ose of the low tides
[VERSE 2]
G D G
A passing ship along the coast
C G
heard her sadly calling
C G F#/G Em
and turned its sails to the sound,
G D G
of the rose, the sea rose calling
[REFRAIN]
Em D G
In the waves, the waves she's calling
[CHORUS]
D C G
Lonely, lonely, my heart is dark
C G D
the rocks lie cold beneath me
C G F#/G Em
Come closer, closer darling one
G D G
We'll marry in the seaweed
[SOLO]
G D G C G
C G F#/G Em G D G
[VERSE 3]
G D G
On the passing ship, a sailor boy,
C G
he heard the sea rose calling
C G F#/G Em
and from the bow he dove on down
G D G
to the waves, the waves are falling
[REFRAIN]
Em C G
The waves, the waves were falling
[VERSE 4]
G D G
Come, come my darling boy
C G
into my arms awaiting
C G F#/G Em
Down, down in the cold, dark sea
G D G
I'm waiting here to love you
[CHORUS]
D C G
To her arms, her lovely arms,
C G D
the currents pulled him splashing,
C G F#/G Em
but her body was only foaming waves
G D G
and her voice just water rushing
[OUTRO]
Em C G
In the waves the sea rose falling
Em D G
In the waves, the waves, my darling
Em D C G
The waves, the sea rose calling
TRACK 7 - The Red Door
[INTRO]
C Dm Em Dm C
[VERSE 1]
C Dm
You appeared upon the white shore
Em Dm C
on a dark and moonless eve
C Dm
I led you through the stone gate,
Em Dm C C/B Am
torches spitting in the breeze
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
All around our palace glistened,
Dm Am Em
splashed with waves from the sea,
Dm C
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
G C
in your gown of ivory
[VERSE 2]
C Dm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
Em Dm C
as I comb your white-gold hair
C Dm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
Em Dm C C/B Am
the red door beneath the stairs
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
The red door under the stairs,
Dm Am Em
the red door under the stairs
Dm C
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
G G7 C
There's nothing to see in there
[INTERLUDE]
C Dm Em Dm C (x2)
[VERSE 3]
C Dm
Why do you stand so many hours
Em Dm C
staring out across the sea?
C Dm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pretend that I'm asleep?
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
And even in the bright sun
Dm Am Em
as we walk the bone-white beach
Dm C
You put your ear to the whispering shells
G G7 C
and turned away from me
[VERSE 4]
C Dm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
Em Dm C
a red flash in your roving eye
C Dm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pull you to my side?
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
The red door and what's inside,
Dm Am Em
the red door and all it hides
Dm C
Stare away across the ocean waves,
G G7 C
but I know what you've seen tonight
[OUTRO]
C Dm Em Dm C
TRACK 8 - Gentlemen
[INTRO]
Em F#/D G Am C G
[CHORUS]
G D G C G
Gentlemen, I tell you now,
C G
I swear the truth
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
I saw the table rise, the teacup flew
[VERSE 1]
Bm G
From tempered glass I built the apparatus
Bm G
to alight in the presence of phantasmus
Am Em
Filaments within detect a change,
Am Em D
in aero-pressure, barometric waves
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, in the name of science!
C G
Gentlemen, I now can prove:
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
the unseen world is close, it pushes through
[INTERLUDE]
Bm G Bm G Am Em Am Em D
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, the lights blew out!
C G
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
A world of light resides just past our view
[VERSE 2]
Bm G
Within the crooks of vacuum tubes
Bm G
a caged spirit lit aglow the room
Am Em
Burst forth from the shattered tube
Am Em D
It thinned my blood, burnt me, ravaged cruel
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, the lights do flicker!
C G
Gentlemen, the air it cools!
Em D/F# G Am C G D G
Who's with me here, listening in this room?
[OUTRO]
N.C.
Gentlemen, the world grows dark!
N.C.
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
N.C.
Who's with me here, whispering in this room?
TRACK 9 - King of Dust
[INTRO]
N.C.
[VERSE 1]
C F C G C C7
I dreamed that I was flying above the glittering world,
F C G C
but I woke up in the bar ditch, car ready to explode
F C F C
Hanging upside down in the front seat of my truck
F C G C C7
The scream of grinding metal, 40 cars piling up
[CHORUS]
F C E Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
F C G C C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
F C G Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
F Fm C
when you stared into the sun
[INTERLUDE]
C
[VERSE 2]
C F C G C C7
Ancient oceans have been lost beneath this shifting clay
F C G C
where conquistadors in silver hunted Cibola across the plains,
F C F C
but there are no golden cities, only trailer parks and dust,
F C G C C7
and angels only fly here when you drive into the sun
[CHORUS]
F C E Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
F C G C C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
F C G Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
F Fm C
when you stared into the sun
[OUTRO]
C
TRACK 10 - GREEN WILLOW VALLEY
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
C F C
Like the moon pulls on the water
F C
and the water pulls the sand
Dm Am
Like starlight drifts a billion years
F C
to flicker once above your head
[VERSE 2]
C F C
The cicadas in the oak trees
F C
are singing to the sky
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across this silent night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[VERSE 3]
C F C
Can you feel the wings of birds
F C
whisper 'cross the sky?
Dm Am
Can you hear the blades of grass
F C
calling to the light?
[VERSE 4]
C F C
There are rivers underground
F C
rushing cold and wild
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across the lonely night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[INTERLUDE]
C F C F C Dm Am F G C
[BRIDGE]
Am Em
We'll lie under the willows
F C
in a bed of fallen leaves
Am Em
I will bring you apples
F C G G7
and water from the stream
[VERSE 5]
C F C
I will pull the thorns
F C
from your blistered feet
Dm Am
Can't you hear me calling
F G C
in the whisper of the trees?
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[OUTRO]
F G C
C
by The Handsome Family
Lyrics and Chords compiled by Latereducator
Track Listing
1. Gold (4:00)
2. The Silver Light (3:51)
3. Back in My Day (3:30)
4. Tiny Tina (4:10)
5. Underneath the Falls (4:13)
6. The Sea Rose (3:41)
7. The Red Door (5:14)
8. Gentleman (3:48)
9. King of Dust (5:06)
10. Green Willow Valley (4:33)
TRACK 1 - Gold
[INTRO]
F Am G x2
Am
[VERSE 1]
Am C
Got a tattoo of a snake
F C
And a ski mask on my face
F C
But I woke up in a ditch
G F
Behind the Stop 'n Go
Am C
Lying in the weeds
F C
With a bullet in my gut
F C
Watching dollar bills
G F
Fly away in the dust
[CHORUS]
F C
Now the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
But I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[INTERLUDE]
F Am G
Am
[VERSE 2]
Am C
There was a girl with dark eyes
F C
And hair shining black
F C
And it ran like a river
G F
Wild down her back
Am C
But these wide empty streets
F C
And the air shaking with heat
F C
They made me hungry
G F Am G
Hungry to do something mean
[CHORUS]
F C
Now the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
But I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[INTERLUDE]
F Am G x3
Am
[VERSE 3]
Am C
The Stop 'n Go's closed
F C
The coyotes they moan
F C
And the wind's rolling beer cans
G
Down the street
[CHORUS]
F C
But the sun's sinking down
G F
Spilling gold on the ground
Am C
And I'm going out tonight
G F Am G
Out past the last lights of town
[OUTRO]
F Am G
Am G x3
Am
TRACK 2 - The Silver Light
[INTRO]
C G C F C G C
[VERSE 1]
C G C
There is no day or night
F C
in the forest of slot machines
Am F
flashing lights and cigarettes
C G C
free refills on your drink
[VERSE 2]
C G C
But if the golden deer of luck
F C
Never leaps the blackjack felt
Am F
Past old men with their oxygen
C G C
feeding quarters to the slots
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it hiding
G C
there in your empty hands?
[SOLO]
C G C F C Am F C G C
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it shining
G C
there in your empty hands?
[VERSE 3]
C G C
Beefy nachos, chicken wings
F C
All-you-can-eat buffet
Am F
A bar shaped like a racing car
C G C
Neon glow-stick in your drink
[VERSE 4]
C G C
And if the angels never come
F C
Soaring down on golden wings
Am F
And anoint your shaking fist
C G C
with a pa-ir of paper kings
[CHORUS]
F C
Will you see the silver light?
E F
Can you see the silver light?
C
Can you see it hiding
G C
there in your empty hands?
[OUTRO]
N.C.
Will you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see it shining
N.C.
There in your empty hands?
TRACK 3 - Back in My Day
[INTRO]
Em C G D
[VERSE 1]
C
We had maps that unfolded
Cm
back in my day
G
You could drink from the river
Em
We had gods made of clay
C
There were mile-high glaciers,
Cm
no locks on the doors
G
The stars burned brighter
D
We never counted past four
C
And the birds were always watching
Cm
There were monsters in the sea
G
We wore watches on our wrists
D
There were ghosts in the trees
[CHORUS]
Em
Way back in the days,
C
you're too young to have seen,
G
When the nights were darker,
D
longer and deep
[INTERLUDE]
Am Em G D
[VERSE 2]
C
There was no time or space
Cm
when I was growing up
G
We had summer all winter
Em
The moon rose with the sun
C
And music sounded better
Cm
Recorded on rings of ice
G
And as the songs turned to water
D
we couldn't help but cry
[CHORUS]
Em
Way back in the good days,
C
the ones you didn't see,
G
When everything was better,
D
darker and deep
[OUTRO]
Am Em G D
C Cm G D
C Cm G
TRACK 4 - Tiny Tina
[INTRO]
G C G Am Em C G
[VERSE 1]
G D G
Last September at the state fair
C G
Past the ferris wheel and bumper cars
Em Am C
The hypnotist, the jumping goats
G
Forgotten country music stars
[VERSE 2]
G D G
There was a sign for Tiny Tina
Em C G
From the wilds of Arizona
C G
Drinks just a thimble of water
Am C G
Eats just a handful of straw
[CHORUS]
C G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
Am Em
Just a dollar to go see her
C G
Just a dollar to see that little horse
[INTERLUDE]
G D G Em C G C G Am C G
[VERSE 3]
G D G G7
I rode the teacups, the tilt 'o whirl
C G
Shot water guns at grinning clowns
Em Am C G
Ate funnel cakes, chili dogs, fried beer
Am C G
I saw the largest ear of corn
[VERSE 4]
G D G
But as the fair lights shone at dusk
C G
I stood there in that field of dirt
Em Am C
Thinking only of those little hooves
G
Trotting circles in the dark
[OUTRO]
C G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
Am Em
Why didn't I go see her?
C G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
Am C G
Why didn't I go see that tiny horse?
Am C G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
TRACK 5 - Underneath the Falls
[INTRO]
D
[VERSE 1]
D G D/F# A
The green one sleeps
G D
underneath the falls
G D
Deep in the roar of water
G D Dsus4 D
he slowly dreams the world
[VERSE 2]
D G D/F# A
And those who venture close
G D
to that shadow 'neath the sea,
G D
they fall asleep forever
G A
in the eddy of the reeds
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the whisper in the falls
[VERSE 3]
D G D/F# A
On the first summer nights
G D
the windows open wide
G D
The world expands in darkness,
G D Dsus4 D
black waters rushing by
[VERSE 4]
D G D/F# A
There are hunters in the hedges
G D
There are whispers in the green
G D
The soaking mud is hungry,
G A
closer now it seeps
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the hissing in the walls
[VERSE 5]
D G D/F# A
Be careful summer nights
G D
Keep the windows closed
G D
Outside the yard is crawling
G D Dsus4 D
The heavy branches bow
[VERSE 6]
D G D/F# A
In heat the world remembers
G D
when all rushed with the sea
G D
In heat the old waves rise again
G A
to claim what has crawled free
[INTERLUDE]
A/G A/F# A/E
[CHORUS]
G A D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
G A D Dsus4 D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
G A G D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
[OUTRO]
D G D/F# A G D G D G A
[FADE]
G A D
TRACK 6 - The Sea Rose
[INTRO]
G
[VERSE 1]
G D G
Wrapped in the weeds of the shallows
C G
In the moon's drifting light
C G
Calling from the cold, wet rocks,
D G
the sea ro-ose of the low tides
[VERSE 2]
G D G
A passing ship along the coast
C G
heard her sadly calling
C G F#/G Em
and turned its sails to the sound,
G D G
of the rose, the sea rose calling
[REFRAIN]
Em D G
In the waves, the waves she's calling
[CHORUS]
D C G
Lonely, lonely, my heart is dark
C G D
the rocks lie cold beneath me
C G F#/G Em
Come closer, closer darling one
G D G
We'll marry in the seaweed
[SOLO]
G D G C G
C G F#/G Em G D G
[VERSE 3]
G D G
On the passing ship, a sailor boy,
C G
he heard the sea rose calling
C G F#/G Em
and from the bow he dove on down
G D G
to the waves, the waves are falling
[REFRAIN]
Em C G
The waves, the waves were falling
[VERSE 4]
G D G
Come, come my darling boy
C G
into my arms awaiting
C G F#/G Em
Down, down in the cold, dark sea
G D G
I'm waiting here to love you
[CHORUS]
D C G
To her arms, her lovely arms,
C G D
the currents pulled him splashing,
C G F#/G Em
but her body was only foaming waves
G D G
and her voice just water rushing
[OUTRO]
Em C G
In the waves the sea rose falling
Em D G
In the waves, the waves, my darling
Em D C G
The waves, the sea rose calling
TRACK 7 - The Red Door
[INTRO]
C Dm Em Dm C
[VERSE 1]
C Dm
You appeared upon the white shore
Em Dm C
on a dark and moonless eve
C Dm
I led you through the stone gate,
Em Dm C C/B Am
torches spitting in the breeze
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
All around our palace glistened,
Dm Am Em
splashed with waves from the sea,
Dm C
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
G C
in your gown of ivory
[VERSE 2]
C Dm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
Em Dm C
as I comb your white-gold hair
C Dm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
Em Dm C C/B Am
the red door beneath the stairs
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
The red door under the stairs,
Dm Am Em
the red door under the stairs
Dm C
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
G G7 C
There's nothing to see in there
[INTERLUDE]
C Dm Em Dm C (x2)
[VERSE 3]
C Dm
Why do you stand so many hours
Em Dm C
staring out across the sea?
C Dm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pretend that I'm asleep?
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
And even in the bright sun
Dm Am Em
as we walk the bone-white beach
Dm C
You put your ear to the whispering shells
G G7 C
and turned away from me
[VERSE 4]
C Dm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
Em Dm C
a red flash in your roving eye
C Dm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
Em Dm C C/B Am
when I pull you to my side?
[CHORUS]
Am Em Eb
The red door and what's inside,
Dm Am Em
the red door and all it hides
Dm C
Stare away across the ocean waves,
G G7 C
but I know what you've seen tonight
[OUTRO]
C Dm Em Dm C
TRACK 8 - Gentlemen
[INTRO]
Em F#/D G Am C G
[CHORUS]
G D G C G
Gentlemen, I tell you now,
C G
I swear the truth
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
I saw the table rise, the teacup flew
[VERSE 1]
Bm G
From tempered glass I built the apparatus
Bm G
to alight in the presence of phantasmus
Am Em
Filaments within detect a change,
Am Em D
in aero-pressure, barometric waves
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, in the name of science!
C G
Gentlemen, I now can prove:
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
the unseen world is close, it pushes through
[INTERLUDE]
Bm G Bm G Am Em Am Em D
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, the lights blew out!
C G
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
Em D/F# G Am C G D G D/F#
A world of light resides just past our view
[VERSE 2]
Bm G
Within the crooks of vacuum tubes
Bm G
a caged spirit lit aglow the room
Am Em
Burst forth from the shattered tube
Am Em D
It thinned my blood, burnt me, ravaged cruel
[CHORUS]
G D G
Gentlemen, the lights do flicker!
C G
Gentlemen, the air it cools!
Em D/F# G Am C G D G
Who's with me here, listening in this room?
[OUTRO]
N.C.
Gentlemen, the world grows dark!
N.C.
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
N.C.
Who's with me here, whispering in this room?
TRACK 9 - King of Dust
[INTRO]
N.C.
[VERSE 1]
C F C G C C7
I dreamed that I was flying above the glittering world,
F C G C
but I woke up in the bar ditch, car ready to explode
F C F C
Hanging upside down in the front seat of my truck
F C G C C7
The scream of grinding metal, 40 cars piling up
[CHORUS]
F C E Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
F C G C C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
F C G Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
F Fm C
when you stared into the sun
[INTERLUDE]
C
[VERSE 2]
C F C G C C7
Ancient oceans have been lost beneath this shifting clay
F C G C
where conquistadors in silver hunted Cibola across the plains,
F C F C
but there are no golden cities, only trailer parks and dust,
F C G C C7
and angels only fly here when you drive into the sun
[CHORUS]
F C E Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
F C G C C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
F C G Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
F Fm C
when you stared into the sun
[OUTRO]
C
TRACK 10 - GREEN WILLOW VALLEY
[INTRO]
C
[VERSE 1]
C F C
Like the moon pulls on the water
F C
and the water pulls the sand
Dm Am
Like starlight drifts a billion years
F C
to flicker once above your head
[VERSE 2]
C F C
The cicadas in the oak trees
F C
are singing to the sky
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across this silent night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[VERSE 3]
C F C
Can you feel the wings of birds
F C
whisper 'cross the sky?
Dm Am
Can you hear the blades of grass
F C
calling to the light?
[VERSE 4]
C F C
There are rivers underground
F C
rushing cold and wild
Dm Am
and I am calling out to you
F G C
across the lonely night
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[INTERLUDE]
C F C F C Dm Am F G C
[BRIDGE]
Am Em
We'll lie under the willows
F C
in a bed of fallen leaves
Am Em
I will bring you apples
F C G G7
and water from the stream
[VERSE 5]
C F C
I will pull the thorns
F C
from your blistered feet
Dm Am
Can't you hear me calling
F G C
in the whisper of the trees?
[CHORUS]
F C
Come back to the valley,
Am F
to the green willow valley
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
Fm C
In the cool of the evening,
F G C
I'm waiting here for you
[OUTRO]
F G C
C
The Heligoats
The Hi Marks
The High Kings
The Highwaymen
The Hives