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Grace Cathedral Hill by The Decemberists

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[Verse 1]
G                          
Grace Cathedral hill 
    Em
all wrapped in bones of a setting sun,
    C
all dust and stone and moribund.
       D      
I paid twenty-five cents to light
  D7
a little white candle 
G                  
for a New Year's Day.
  Em
I sat and watched it burn away
     C
then turned and weaved through the slow decay. 
        D                   
We were both a little hungry 
      D7      
so we went to get a hotdog.
G
Down the Hyde St. Pier,
    Em
the light was slight and disappeared.
    C
The air, it stunk of fish and beer
           D
We heard a tuba and a trumpet
         D7
play the National Anthem.

[Chorus]
C                   G       Em   C
And the world may be long, for, you,
                  G      Em  C
but he'll never belong, to, you.
                  Cm
But on a motorbike,
                         D                 D7
when all the city lights blind your eyes tonight,
                C                D
are you feeling better now? .......
                G                 Em
Are you feeling beeeettttter..nooooww.
                C                Cm
Are you feeling better now?


[Verse 2]
G 
Some way to greet the year:
    Em
your eyes all bright and, brimmed with tears.
    C
The pilgrims, pills and tourists here
         D                  D7
all sing "Fifty three bucks to buy a brand new halo."
G
I'm sweet on a green-eyed girl,
    Em
all fiery Irish clip and curl,
    C
all brine and piss and vinegar.
       D
I paid twenty-five vents to light
  D7
a little white candle. 


[Chorus]
C                   G       Em   C
And the world may be long, for, you,
                  G      Em  C
but he'll never belong, to, you.
                  Cm
But on a motorbike,
                         D                 D7
when all the city lights blind your eyes tonight,
                C                D
are you feeling better now? .......
                G                 Em
Are you feeling beeeettttter..nooooww.
                C                Cm
Are you feeling better now?


[Coda]
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