Unseen Album chords by The Handsome Family

Chords with lyrics

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:

FF A minorAm G+G x2

A minorAm

VERSE 1:

A minorAm         C majorC
Got a tattoo of a snake
    FF       C majorC
And a ski mask on my face
    FF      C majorC
But I woke up in a ditch
  G+G        FF
Behind the Stop 'n Go
 A minorAm      C majorC
Lying in the weeds
    FF      C majorC
With a bullet in my gut
 FF        C majorC
Watching dollar bills
   G+G     FF
Fly away in the dust

CHORUS:

     FF       C majorC
Now the sun's sinking down
     G+G      FF
Spilling gold on the ground
     A minorAm     C majorC
But I'm going out tonight
   G+G            FF A minorAm G+G
Out past the last lights of town

INTERLUDE:

FF A minorAm G+G

A minorAm

VERSE 2:

A minorAm             C majorC
There was a girl with dark eyes
   FF       C majorC
And hair shining black
    FF     C majorC
And it ran like a river
 G+G       FF
Wild down her back
      A minorAm      C majorC
But these wide empty streets
    FF         C majorC
And the air shaking with heat
FF         C majorC
  They made me hungry
 G+G           FF  A minorAm G+G
Hungry to do something mean

CHORUS:

     FF       C majorC
Now the sun's sinking down
     G+G      FF
Spilling gold on the ground
     A minorAm     C majorC
But I'm going out tonight
   G+G            FF A minorAm G+G
Out past the last lights of town

INTERLUDE:

FF A minorAm G+G x3

A minorAm

VERSE 3:

A minorAm         C majorC
The Stop 'n Go's closed
   FF      C majorC
The coyotes they moan
     FF       C majorC
And the wind's rolling beer cans
      G+G
Down the street

CHORUS:

     FF       C majorC
But the sun's sinking down
     G+G      FF
Spilling gold on the ground
     A minorAm     C majorC
And I'm going out tonight
   G+G            FF A minorAm G+G
Out past the last lights of town

OUTRO:

FF A minorAm G+G

A minorAm G+G x3

A minorAm

TRACK 2 - The Silver Light

INTRO:

C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC

VERSE 1:

   C majorC   G+G   C majorC
There is no day or night
    FF     C majorC
in the forest of slot machines
 A minorAm         FF
flashing lights and cigarettes
 C majorC  G+G        C majorC
free refills on your drink

VERSE 2:

      C majorC   G+G    C majorC
But if the golden deer of luck
    FF         C majorC
Never leaps the blackjack felt
   A minorAm         FF
Past old men with their oxygen
 C majorC    G+G        C majorC
feeding quarters to the slots

CHORUS:

     FF       C majorC
Will you see the silver light?
     E MajorE       FF
Can you see the silver light?
        C majorC
Can you see it hiding
 G+G         C majorC
there in your empty hands?

SOLO:

C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC G+G C majorC

CHORUS:
     FF       C majorC
Will you see the silver light?
     E MajorE       FF
Can you see the silver light?
         C majorC
Can you see it shining
 G+G         C majorC
there in your empty hands?

VERSE 3:

 C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Beefy nachos, chicken wings
FF          C majorC
All-you-can-eat buffet
  A minorAm        FF
A augmentedA bar shaped like a racing car
 C majorC   G+G         C majorC
Neon glow-stick in your drink

VERSE 4:

      C majorC    G+G   C majorC
And if the angels never come
     FF       C majorC
Soaring down on golden wings
   A minorAm         FF
And anoint your shaking fist
    C majorC G+G      C majorC
with a pa-ir of paper kings

CHORUS:

     FF       C majorC
Will you see the silver light?
     E MajorE       FF
Can you see the silver light?
        C majorC
Can you see it hiding
 G+G         C majorC
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:
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD

VERSE 1:
    C majorC
We had maps that unfolded
 C minorCm
back in my day
      G+G
You could drink from the river
    E minorEm
We had gods made of clay
      C majorC
There were mile-high glaciers,
  C minorCm
no locks on the doors
   G+G
The stars burned brighter
     D MajorD
We never counted past four
     C majorC
And the birds were always watching
      C minorCm
There were monsters in the sea
     G+G
We wore watches on our wrists
       D MajorD
There were ghosts in the trees

CHORUS:

E minorEm
Way back in the days,
      C majorC
you're too young to have seen,
     G+G
When the nights were darker,
 D MajorD
longer and deep

INTERLUDE:

A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD

VERSE 2:

    C majorC
There was no time or space
   C minorCm
when I was growing up
    G+G
We had summer all winter
   E minorEm
The moon rose with the sun
   C majorC
And music sounded better
 C minorCm
Recorded on rings of ice
      G+G
And as the songs turned to water
  D MajorD
we couldn't help but cry

CHORUS:

E minorEm
Way back in the good days,
  C majorC
the ones you didn't see,
   G+G
When everything was better,
 D MajorD
darker and deep

OUTRO:

A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD

C majorC C minorCm G+G D MajorD

C majorC C minorCm G+G


TRACK 4 - Tiny Tina

INTRO:

G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G

VERSE 1:

     G+G   D MajorD    G+G
Last September at the state fair
     C majorC            G+G
Past the ferris wheel and bumper cars
   E minorEm       A minorAm   C majorC
The hypnotist, the jumping goats
             G+G
Forgotten country music stars

VERSE 2:

       G+G    D MajorD  G+G
There was a sign for Tiny Tina
     E minorEm   C majorC  G+G
From the wilds of Arizona
 C majorC            G+G
Drinks just a thimble of water
 A minorAm     C majorC      G+G
Eats just a handful of straw

CHORUS:

 C majorC       G+G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
    A minorAm      E minorEm
Just a dollar to go see her
    C majorC             G+G
Just a dollar to see that little horse

INTERLUDE:

G+G D MajorD G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G

VERSE 3:

      G+G D MajorD     G+G    G7G7
I rode the teacups, the tilt 'o whirl
   C majorC            G+G
Shot water guns at grinning clowns
   E minorEm       A minorAm  C majorC      G+G
Ate funnel cakes, chili dogs, fried beer
 A minorAm    C majorC       G+G
I saw the largest ear of corn

VERSE 4:

      G+G      D MajorD    G+G
But as the fair lights shone at dusk
  C majorC              G+G
I stood there in that field of dirt
     E minorEm       A minorAm   C majorC
Thinking only of those little hooves
             G+G
Trotting circles in the dark

OUTRO:

 C majorC       G+G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
   A minorAm     E minorEm
Why didn't I go see her?
   C majorC              G+G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
   A minorAm     C majorC       G+G
Why didn't I go see that tiny horse?
   A minorAm     C majorC        G+G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?


TRACK 5 - Underneath the Falls

INTRO:

D MajorD

VERSE 1:

   D MajorD  G+G  D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
The green one sleeps
G+G        D MajorD
underneath the falls
 G+G          D MajorD
Deep in the roar of water
   G+G        D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
he slowly dreams the world

VERSE 2:

   D MajorD    G+G    D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
And those who venture close
     G+G        D MajorD
to that shadow 'neath the sea,
   G+G       D MajorD
they fall asleep forever
    G+G      A augmentedA
in the eddy of the reeds

INTERLUDE:

A/GA/G A/F# A/EA/E

CHORUS:

    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G+G   A augmentedA       G+G       D MajorD
Turn away, away, from the whisper in the falls

VERSE 3:

    D MajorD   G+G   D/F#D/F#  A augmentedA
On the first summer nights
   G+G      D MajorD
the windows open wide
   G+G        D MajorD
The world expands in darkness,
    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
black waters rushing by

VERSE 4:

      D MajorD   G+G    D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
There are hunters in the hedges
      G+G        D MajorD
There are whispers in the green
   G+G       D MajorD
The soaking mud is hungry,
 G+G      A augmentedA
closer now it seeps

INTERLUDE:

A/GA/G A/F# A/EA/E

CHORUS:

    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G+G   A augmentedA       G+G       D MajorD
Turn away, away, from the hissing in the walls

VERSE 5:

  D MajorD    G+G   D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
Be careful summer nights
 G+G         D MajorD
Keep the windows closed
  G+G         D MajorD
Outside the yard is crawling
   G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
The heavy branches bow

VERSE 6:

  D MajorD    G+G    D/F#D/F# A augmentedA
In heat the world remembers
   G+G          D MajorD
when all rushed with the sea
  G+G         D MajorD
In heat the old waves rise again
   G+G           A augmentedA
to claim what has crawled free

INTERLUDE:

A/GA/G A/F# A/EA/E

CHORUS:

    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G+G   A augmentedA      G+G        D MajorD
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G+G   A augmentedA      G+G        D MajorD
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls

OUTRO:

D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F# A augmentedA G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA

FADE:

G+G A augmentedA D MajorD


TRACK 6 - The Sea Rose

INTRO:

G+G

VERSE 1:

 G+G       D MajorD       G+G
Wrapped in the weeds of the shallows
C majorC             G+G
  In the moon's drifting light
 C majorC        G+G
Calling from the cold, wet rocks,
      D MajorD      G+G
the sea ro-ose of the low tides

VERSE 2:

  G+G    D MajorD       G+G
A augmentedA passing ship along the coast
C majorC          G+G
  heard her sadly calling
   C majorC        G+G F#/G E minorEm
and turned its sails to the sound,
    G+G     D MajorD    G+G
of the rose, the sea rose calling

REFRAIN:

    E minorEm     D MajorD      G+G
In the waves, the waves she's calling

CHORUS:

 D MajorD          C majorC    G+G
Lonely, lonely, my heart is dark
C majorC    G+G        D MajorD
  the rocks lie cold beneath me
    C majorC       G+G F#/G E minorEm
Come closer, closer darling one
    G+G D MajorD     G+G
We'll marry in the seaweed

SOLO:

G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G

C majorC G+G F#/G E minorEm G+G D MajorD G+G

VERSE 3:

G+G        D MajorD       G+G
On the passing ship, a sailor boy,
C majorC             G+G
  he heard the sea rose calling
   C majorC       G+G F#/G E minorEm
and from the bow he dove on down
    G+G     D MajorD     G+G
to the waves, the waves are falling

REFRAIN:

   E minorEm     C majorC     G+G
The waves, the waves were falling

VERSE 4:

 G+G   D MajorD        G+G
Come, come my darling boy
C majorC         G+G
  into my arms awaiting
 C majorC         G+G  F#/G E minorEm
Down, down in the cold, dark sea
   G+G D MajorD      G+G
I'm waiting here to love you

CHORUS:

D MajorD         C majorC   G+G
To her arms, her lovely arms,
C majorC    G+G           D MajorD
  the currents pulled him splashing,
 C majorC        G+G  F#/G   E minorEm
but her body was only foaming waves
     G+G  D MajorD       G+G
and her voice  just water rushing

OUTRO:

    E minorEm    C majorC    G+G
In the waves the sea rose falling
    E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G
In the waves, the waves, my darling
   E minorEm     D MajorD    C majorC   G+G
The waves, the sea rose calling


TRACK 7 - The Red Door

INTRO:

C majorC DmDm E minorEm DmDm C majorC

VERSE 1:

C majorC            DmDm
You appeared upon the white shore
E minorEm  DmDm        C majorC
on a dark and moonless eve
C majorC            DmDm
I led you through the stone gate,
E minorEm    DmDm     C majorC     C/BC/B A minorAm
torches spitting in the breeze

CHORUS:

A minorAm           E minorEm   Eb MajorEb
All around our palace glistened,
DmDm              A minorAm  E minorEm
splashed with waves from the sea,
  DmDm           C majorC
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
     G+G    C majorC
in your gown of ivory

VERSE 2:

C majorC          DmDm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
E minorEm  DmDm       C majorC
as I comb your white-gold hair
C majorC               DmDm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
E minorEm    DmDm      C majorC     C/BC/B A minorAm
the red door beneath the stairs

CHORUS:

A minorAm       E minorEm       Eb MajorEb
The red door under the stairs,
DmDm            A minorAm  E minorEm
the red door under the stairs
DmDm            C majorC
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
     G+G  G7G7      C majorC
There's nothing to see in there

INTERLUDE:

C majorC DmDm E minorEm DmDm C majorC (x2)

VERSE 3:

C majorC             DmDm
Why do you stand so many hours
E minorEm   DmDm     C majorC
staring out across the sea?
C majorC               DmDm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
E minorEm     DmDm       C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
when I pretend that I'm asleep?

CHORUS:

A minorAm        E minorEm   Eb MajorEb
And even in the bright sun
DmDm             A minorAm E minorEm
as we walk the bone-white beach
DmDm            C majorC
You put your ear to the whispering shells
   G+G  G7G7      C majorC
and turned away from me

VERSE 4:

C majorC          DmDm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
E minorEm   DmDm         C majorC
a red flash in your roving eye
C majorC            DmDm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
E minorEm   DmDm     C majorC    C/BC/B A minorAm
when I pull you to my side?

CHORUS:

A minorAm           E minorEm  Eb MajorEb
The red door and what's inside,
DmDm            A minorAm  E minorEm
the red door and all it hides
DmDm          C majorC
Stare away across the ocean waves,
    G+G G7G7         C majorC
but I know what you've seen tonight

OUTRO:

C majorC DmDm E minorEm DmDm C majorC


TRACK 8 - Gentlemen

INTRO:

E minorEm F#/D G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G

CHORUS:

G+G    D MajorD       G+G C majorC G+G
Gentlemen, I tell you now,
C majorC       G+G
I swear the truth
  E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G   A minorAm    C majorC    G+G D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
I saw the table rise, the teacup flew

VERSE 1:

   B minorBm               G+G
From tempered glass I built the apparatus
   B minorBm              G+G
to alight in the presence of phantasmus
 A minorAm             E minorEm
Filaments within detect a change,
  A minorAm             E minorEm  D MajorD
in aero-pressure, barometric waves

CHORUS:

G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Gentlemen, in the name of science!
C majorC           G+G
Gentlemen, I now can prove:
  E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G     A minorAm    C majorC    G+G  D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
the unseen world is close, it pushes through

INTERLUDE:

B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD

CHORUS:

G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Gentlemen, the lights blew out!
C majorC            G+G
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
  E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G    A minorAm     C majorC    G+G  D MajorD G+G D/F#D/F#
A augmentedA world of light resides just past our view

VERSE 2:

  B minorBm            G+G
Within the crooks of vacuum tubes
  B minorBm             G+G
a caged spirit lit aglow the room
 A minorAm               E minorEm
Burst forth from the shattered tube
   A minorAm                 E minorEm D MajorD
It thinned my blood, burnt me, ravaged cruel

CHORUS:

G+G    D MajorD    G+G
Gentlemen, the lights do flicker!
C majorC           G+G
Gentlemen, the air it cools!
    E minorEm D/F#D/F# G+G   A minorAm    C majorC    G+G  D MajorD G+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 majorC         FF C majorC   G+G          C majorC  C7C7
I dreamed that I was flying above the glittering world,
    FF       C majorC        G+G     C majorC
but I woke up in the bar ditch, car ready to explode
 FF       C majorC      FF        C majorC
Hanging upside down in the front seat of my truck
    FF        C majorC     G+G     C majorC C7C7
The scream of grinding metal, 40 cars piling up

CHORUS:

 FF          C majorC      E MajorE        A minorAm G+G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
 FF           C majorC     G+G          C majorC  C7C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
   FF         C majorC     G+G              A minorAm G+G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
      FF  F minorFm    C majorC
when you stared into the sun

INTERLUDE:

C majorC

VERSE 2:

C majorC             FF C majorC   G+G          C majorC C7C7
Ancient oceans have been lost  beneath this shifting clay
     FF       C majorC       G+G         C majorC
where conquistadors in silver hunted Cibola across the plains,
      FF       C majorC       FF        C majorC
but there are no golden cities, only trailer parks and dust,
  FF      C majorC         G+G       C majorC C7C7
and angels only fly here when you drive into the sun

CHORUS:

 FF          C majorC      E MajorE        A minorAm G+G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
 FF           C majorC     G+G          C majorC  C7C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
   FF         C majorC     G+G              A minorAm G+G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
      FF  F minorFm    C majorC
when you stared into the sun

OUTRO:

C majorC


TRACK 10 - GREEN WILLOW VALLEY

INTRO:

C majorC

VERSE 1:

     C majorC     FF    C majorC
Like the moon pulls on the water
     FF        C majorC
and the water pulls the sand
    DmDm        A minorAm
Like starlight drifts a billion years
   FF      C majorC
to flicker once above your head

VERSE 2:

    C majorC  FF    C majorC
The cicadas in the oak trees
   FF       C majorC
are singing to the sky
  DmDm      A minorAm
and I am calling out to you
  FF     G+G   C majorC
across this silent night

CHORUS:
 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

VERSE 3:

     C majorC    FF    C majorC
Can you feel the wings of birds
 FF         C majorC
whisper 'cross the sky?
 DmDm        A minorAm
Can you hear the blades of grass
 FF       C majorC
calling to the light?

VERSE 4:

      C majorC   FF   C majorC
There are rivers underground
 FF        C majorC
rushing cold and wild
  DmDm      A minorAm
and I am calling out to you
  FF    G+G   C majorC
across the lonely night

CHORUS:

 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

INTERLUDE:

C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC DmDm A minorAm FF G+G C majorC

BRIDGE:

    A minorAm      E minorEm
We'll lie under the willows
   FF       C majorC
in a bed of fallen leaves
A minorAm        E minorEm
I will bring you apples
   FF        C majorC  G+G G7G7
and water from the stream

VERSE 5:

C majorC    FF     C majorC
I will pull the thorns
FF          C majorC
from your blistered feet
DmDm         A minorAm
Can't you hear me calling
     FF   G+G    C majorC
in the whisper of the trees?

CHORUS:

 FF        C majorC
Come back to the valley,
     A minorAm     FF
to the green willow valley
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you
    F minorFm     C majorC
In the cool of the evening,
   FF    G+G    C majorC
I'm waiting here for you

OUTRO:

FF G+G C majorC