Chords for Nicole Blackman - Cassandra, the unheeded prophet
Tempo:
123.2 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
D
E
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[E]
[A] I am locked away, wrapped in the fillets of a [E] priestess, wailing like the madwoman, waiting
for [D] a nation to tip its ear to me.
Blessed by Apollo, [Am] he could not rescind this wild gift, and so he spat in my mouth when
I turned away from him.
There began my descent.
[D] I am only a thin [Bb] woman with a nightmare in my head, and a choir of doom in [Bb] my ears, and visions, visions.
[A]
My [Bb] black eyes see too far, [D] this mouth so far from mute, my faint breaths are poisoned by
storms, too rough for this world's magic.
I am all about destiny.
I am all about fate.
I am all about your future, and yet you turn away from me.
[Am] In this cracked and tragic land, everywhere I stand is a sacred [C] place, and shadowed.
Such terrible pictures play on the [Bb] backs of my eyes.
Do not turn away from me.
You call in prophets and marvel in their little news while I am underground, and no
audience stands or [E] sits to hear me, and so I wrap [G] the night around my shoulders.
[Ab] In my dreams you are all busy dying.
[D]
You are so [C] pale when you die.
Let me save you.
My loves, you are all so devastating to look [E] upon when I trawl your eyes and see your graves.
I hear your [C] little spines about to crack, and know no Trojan hero shall live.
It is so quiet in here.
I can [Eb] hear the blood of Troy, which will [Bb] flood the streets.
Swimming in such [Ab] a deep sea, I look up from the cellar to see a [D] starless room, and know
with an awful knowing of what will, what [Eb] must come.
I hear bells and horses, [C] waves and wars.
I see flowers of blood and do not sleep.
Your [D] deaths are swimming over and over in the oceans of my mouth.
[E] Do not disappear me.
At this, no time for me to rise up in robes [D] and call for you people, you sad and doomed
people, to behold.
Troy, how do you sleep?
[E] [Bb] Adamnestra, before you raise your hand to me, [Dm]
don't you wish to know how you will fall?
[Am]
[Em]
[C]
[Bb]
[A]
[E]
[A] I am locked away, wrapped in the fillets of a [E] priestess, wailing like the madwoman, waiting
for [D] a nation to tip its ear to me.
Blessed by Apollo, [Am] he could not rescind this wild gift, and so he spat in my mouth when
I turned away from him.
There began my descent.
[D] I am only a thin [Bb] woman with a nightmare in my head, and a choir of doom in [Bb] my ears, and visions, visions.
[A]
My [Bb] black eyes see too far, [D] this mouth so far from mute, my faint breaths are poisoned by
storms, too rough for this world's magic.
I am all about destiny.
I am all about fate.
I am all about your future, and yet you turn away from me.
[Am] In this cracked and tragic land, everywhere I stand is a sacred [C] place, and shadowed.
Such terrible pictures play on the [Bb] backs of my eyes.
Do not turn away from me.
You call in prophets and marvel in their little news while I am underground, and no
audience stands or [E] sits to hear me, and so I wrap [G] the night around my shoulders.
[Ab] In my dreams you are all busy dying.
[D]
You are so [C] pale when you die.
Let me save you.
My loves, you are all so devastating to look [E] upon when I trawl your eyes and see your graves.
I hear your [C] little spines about to crack, and know no Trojan hero shall live.
It is so quiet in here.
I can [Eb] hear the blood of Troy, which will [Bb] flood the streets.
Swimming in such [Ab] a deep sea, I look up from the cellar to see a [D] starless room, and know
with an awful knowing of what will, what [Eb] must come.
I hear bells and horses, [C] waves and wars.
I see flowers of blood and do not sleep.
Your [D] deaths are swimming over and over in the oceans of my mouth.
[E] Do not disappear me.
At this, no time for me to rise up in robes [D] and call for you people, you sad and doomed
people, to behold.
Troy, how do you sleep?
[E] [Bb] Adamnestra, before you raise your hand to me, [Dm]
don't you wish to know how you will fall?
[Am]
[Em]
[C]
[Bb]
[A]
Key:
Bb
D
E
C
A
Bb
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ I am locked away, _ wrapped in the fillets of a [E] priestess, _ wailing like the madwoman, _ waiting
for [D] a nation to tip its ear to me. _
_ _ Blessed by Apollo, [Am] he could not rescind this wild gift, and so he spat in my mouth when
I turned away from him.
_ _ There began my descent.
_ [D] _ I am only a thin [Bb] woman with a nightmare in my head, and a choir of doom in [Bb] my ears, and visions, _ visions.
_ _ [A] _
My [Bb] black eyes see too far, [D] this mouth so far from mute, my faint breaths are poisoned by
storms, too rough for this world's magic.
_ _ I am all about destiny. _
I am all about fate.
I am all about your future, _ and yet you turn away from me.
_ _ [Am] In this cracked and tragic land, everywhere I stand is a sacred [C] place, and shadowed.
_ _ Such terrible pictures play on the [Bb] backs of my eyes.
_ Do not turn away from me.
_ You call in prophets and marvel in their little news while I am underground, and no
audience stands or [E] sits to hear me, and so I wrap [G] the night around my shoulders. _ _
[Ab] In my dreams you are all busy dying.
[D] _
You are so [C] pale when you die.
_ Let me save you.
_ _ My loves, you are all so devastating to look [E] upon when I trawl your eyes and see your graves.
I hear your [C] little spines about to crack, and know no Trojan hero shall live.
It is so quiet in here.
I can [Eb] hear the blood of Troy, which will [Bb] flood the streets.
_ _ _ _ _ Swimming in such [Ab] a deep sea, I look up from the cellar to see a [D] starless room, and know
with an awful knowing of what will, what [Eb] must come.
I hear bells and horses, [C] waves and wars.
I see flowers of blood and do not sleep.
Your [D] deaths are swimming over and over in the oceans of my mouth. _
[E] Do not disappear me.
At _ _ _ _ _ _ this, no time for me to rise up in robes [D] and call for you people, you sad and doomed
people, to behold. _ _ _ _
Troy, _ _ _ how do you sleep?
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] Adamnestra, _ _ before you raise your hand to me, _ [Dm]
don't you wish to know _ _ how you will fall?
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ I am locked away, _ wrapped in the fillets of a [E] priestess, _ wailing like the madwoman, _ waiting
for [D] a nation to tip its ear to me. _
_ _ Blessed by Apollo, [Am] he could not rescind this wild gift, and so he spat in my mouth when
I turned away from him.
_ _ There began my descent.
_ [D] _ I am only a thin [Bb] woman with a nightmare in my head, and a choir of doom in [Bb] my ears, and visions, _ visions.
_ _ [A] _
My [Bb] black eyes see too far, [D] this mouth so far from mute, my faint breaths are poisoned by
storms, too rough for this world's magic.
_ _ I am all about destiny. _
I am all about fate.
I am all about your future, _ and yet you turn away from me.
_ _ [Am] In this cracked and tragic land, everywhere I stand is a sacred [C] place, and shadowed.
_ _ Such terrible pictures play on the [Bb] backs of my eyes.
_ Do not turn away from me.
_ You call in prophets and marvel in their little news while I am underground, and no
audience stands or [E] sits to hear me, and so I wrap [G] the night around my shoulders. _ _
[Ab] In my dreams you are all busy dying.
[D] _
You are so [C] pale when you die.
_ Let me save you.
_ _ My loves, you are all so devastating to look [E] upon when I trawl your eyes and see your graves.
I hear your [C] little spines about to crack, and know no Trojan hero shall live.
It is so quiet in here.
I can [Eb] hear the blood of Troy, which will [Bb] flood the streets.
_ _ _ _ _ Swimming in such [Ab] a deep sea, I look up from the cellar to see a [D] starless room, and know
with an awful knowing of what will, what [Eb] must come.
I hear bells and horses, [C] waves and wars.
I see flowers of blood and do not sleep.
Your [D] deaths are swimming over and over in the oceans of my mouth. _
[E] Do not disappear me.
At _ _ _ _ _ _ this, no time for me to rise up in robes [D] and call for you people, you sad and doomed
people, to behold. _ _ _ _
Troy, _ _ _ how do you sleep?
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] Adamnestra, _ _ before you raise your hand to me, _ [Dm]
don't you wish to know _ _ how you will fall?
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _