The Unbroken Thread chords by Molly Mason

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Db

Intro:

 A#      | Gm7    | D#add9  | D7     :


Verse 1:
Gm             Gmmaj7 /Gb     Gm7 /F       Gm6 /Fb
Listen to the click of the needle and thimble
      D#                     A#     D7
While watching the winter snow
    Gm        Gmmaj7 /Gb   Gm7 /F        Gm6 /Fb
She sits and sews    so neat and so nimble
    D#                      F7
She just lets her fingers go

Verse 2:
     A#                     Dm
With pieces and scraps of bright-colored cotton
    D#              F      A#     D7
And patterns from long ago
    Gm                      C
She captures a scene she'd almost forgotten
  D#             F7
Forever in calico


Chorus:
             A#                        Dm
The unbroken thread runs through the towns
    D#                  F7
And villages of these hills
A#              Dm
Blue Mountain made
       D#             F7        D7
In the heart of the Catskills
    Gm              C
Our wives and grandmothers
    D#            F7       D7
And sisters and brothers
      Gm             C
Their hands sew the years
        D#              F7       A#
And our dreams back together again


Post-Chorus:
                      Gm
Crisscross, diamonds, Catch Me If You Can
D#                        F
 Farmer Boy, honeycomb, birds in the air
A#                          Gm
Rising Sun, Tree of Life, Wild Goose Chase, Broken Dishes
D#                         F
Blazing Sun, Autumn Leaf, Tree of Paradise


Verse 3:
Gm          Gmmaj7 /Gb   Gm7 /F    Gm6 /Fb
 Minute by minute and hour by hour
D#                     A#     D7
Each day the pattern grows
Gm           Gmmaj7 /Gb   Gm7 /F      Gm6 /Fb
Will it be stars
log cabins or flowers?
D#               F
Only the maker knows


Verse 4:
   A#                          Dm
As each quilt unfolds it's a blessing upon us
   D#               F           A#     D7
To see what those hands have done
    Gm                     C
And every stitch holds an unbroken promise
   D#                 F7
To carry the vision on


Chorus:
             A#                        Dm
The unbroken thread runs through the towns
    D#                  F7
And villages of these hills
A#              Dm
Blue Mountain made
       D#             F7        D7
In the heart of the Catskills
    Gm              C
Our wives and grandmothers
    D#            F7       D7
And sisters and brothers
      Gm             C
Their hands sew the years
        D#              F7       A#
And our dreams back together again


Instrumental:
 A#      | Gm7    | D#      | F      :
 A#      | Gm7    | D#      | F      :


Outro:
A#                            Gm7
 Rising Star, Tree of Life, Wild Goose Chase, broken dishes (Crisscross, diamonds, Catch Me If You Can)
D#                         F7
Blazing Sun, autumn leaf, Tree of Paradise (Farmer Boy, Honeycomb, Birds in the air)
 A#                          Gm7
Steeplechase, Irish Chain, Tree of Life, Rose of Sharon (Bear's Paw, Bowtie, Tree Everlasting)
 D#                      F7
Spiderweb, weathervane, Star of Bethlehem (North Wind, Leapfrog, Carpenter's Wheel)
    A#                             Gm7
And Grandmother's flower garden, feed in the shadows (Ocean Waves, Storm at Sea, Sunshine and Shadow)
D#                        F7
Log cabin, wedding ring, trip around the world (Winding Walk, Rambling Road, World Without End)
A#                           Gm7
Rising Star, Tree of Life, Wild Goose Chase, Broken Dishes (Crisscross, diamonds, Catch Me If You Can)
D#                         F7
Blazing Sun, Autumn Leaf, Tree of Paradise (Farmer Boy, Honeycomb, Birds in the air)
 A#                          Gm7
Steeplechase, Irish Chain, Tree of Life, Rose of Sharon (Bear's Paw, Bowtie, Tree Everlasting)
 D#                      F7
Spiderweb, Weathervane, Star of Bethlehem (North Wind, Leapfrog, Carpenter's Wheel)
A#                             Gm7
Grandmother's flower garden, feed in the shadows (Ocean Waves, Storm at Sea, Sunshine and Shadow)
D#
Log cabin, wedding ring (Winding Walk, Rambling Road)
F7             A#
 The unbroken thread