Unbroken Ones by Cathal Coughlan
From the Cathal Coughlan’s 1996 Grand Necropolitan album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[C] [C6] (x2)
VERSE 1
In the [C] grey senseless midnight [C6]
[C] The pin drop lull which [C6] seals our [F] gain
[Bbmaj7] Motionless with [C] you [C6] [C] [C6]
A [C] stray limb signals [C6] dreamworld [C] fright
Deep even breathing [C6] then re [F] gained
[Bbmaj7] Motionless with [C] you [C6] [C] [C6]
CHORUS 1
And then it [Am] pours through the window [Fmaj7]
[Am7] All white and [F/A] pulseless
And as [Em] bright as Sa [Em7] haran sun
And to our [Am] strained squinting mumbles [Fmaj7]
[Am7] An inhuman [Dm7] rumble says
No [G6] stable for [F6] un [G/F] broken [C] ones [C6] [C] [C6]
VERSE 2
I [C] gave up disaster [C6]
[C] Burned off [C6] clouds of doubt that I might [F] shine
[Bbmaj7] Oceanheart for [C] you [C6] [C] [C6]
I [C] gave up the hungers [C6] without [C] name
Schooled on a leash as [C6] decoy [F] pain
[Bbmaj7] Oceanheart for [C] you [C6] [C] [C6]
CHORUS 2
And though my [Am] past still speaks through me [Fmaj7]
[Am7] It para [Dm7] lyses me and
[Em] Makes my self-hate en [Em7] tire
Your [Am] smile is the standard [Fmaj7]
[Am7] The measure of for [Dm7] ever
Until [G6] when [F6] we’ll be un [G/F] broken [C] ones [C6] [C] [C6]
BRIDGE
[Bbmaj7] Oceanheart, Oceanheart
We’re [Abmaj7] bound for joy not shame [Ebmaj7]
Through [Bbmaj7] dreams we have which cause just pain
Through [Abmaj7] shortloved hearts
Which [G] beat and clung to life in vain
VERSE 3
In the [C] day or in my mind’s time [C6]
[C] Each loss I last can be [C6] only [F] gain
[Bbmaj7] Oceanheart, [C6] [Gm] with [C] you [C6] [C] [C6] [C]
FADE
[Bbmaj7] [Abmaj7] [Ebmaj7]