Unknown - Nth chords by Hozier

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 Intro:

Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D A Bm7

F#m7 G D


🎸 Verse 1:

Gmaj7 D                                                Gmaj7 D
      You know the distance never made a difference to me
                                                  Gmaj7        D
I swam a lake of fire, I'd have walked across the floor of any sea
                                             A Bm7
Ignored the vastness between all that can be seen
             F#m7
And all that we believe
N.C.                          G        D
So I thought you were like an angel to me

Gmaj7 Em7 Bm7

🎸 Verse 2:
Gmaj7 D                                                Gmaj7 D
      Funny how true colours shine in darkness and in secrecy
                                                   Gmaj7   D
If there were scarlet flags they washed out in the mind of me
                                          A
Where a blinding light shone on you every night
    Bm7    F#m7
And either side of my sleep
N.C.                               G        D
Where you were held frozen like an angel to me


🎸 Chorus:
             F#m7   Em7
It ain't the being alone (Sha-la-la)
             F#m7         Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby (Sha-la-la)
             F#m7        Em7
You know I'm good on my own (Sha-la-la)
                                        G     D
Sha-la-la, baby, you know it's more the being unknown
                                    Gmaj7   D
So much of the living, love, is the being unknown

Gmaj7 D

🎸 Verse 3:
Gmaj7 D                                                Gmaj7 D
      You called me angel for the first time, my heart leapt from me
                                                  Gmaj7 D
You smile now, I can see its pieces still stuck in your teeth
                                      A Bm7
And what's left of it, I listen to it tick
      F#m7
Every tedious beat
N.C.                 G        D
Going unknown as any angel to me

D

🎸 Bridge:
D      Bm7               G
Do you know, I could break beneath the weight
       D         A       G
Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you?
D        Bm7     G
That I'd walk so far just to take
    D         A          G
The injury of finally knowing you

🎸 Chorus:
             F#m7   Em7
It ain't the being alone (Sha-la-la)
             F#m7         Em7
It ain't the empty home, baby (Sha-la-la)
             F#m7        Em7
You know I'm good on my own (Sha-la-la)
                                        G     D
Sha-la-la, baby, you know it's more the being unknown
N.C.                                     Gmaj7  D
And there are some people, love, who are better unknown

🎸 Outro:
Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D A Bm7 F#m7

G D Gmaj7 D