Unicorns chords by June Tabor

June Tabor - Unicorns


CAPO: 3rd Fret



INTRO: Am Dm (4x) Am

              Dm
We were travelling north to sing and play
  G         Am
For friends that we had never met
           Dm
Been working hard, we didn't speak
G       Am
Skies of grey threatened wet
   C       G    Dm
And I dreamed I saw unicorns
          Am       C
Dreamed I saw them wild and white
           G
Their restless beauty lit the world
 Dm           Am       Am7
Like a star will light a winter's night

A         D    A
Pure as love with manes of milk
              D      A
They danced and pranced and cried aloud
          D     A
Bright as rainbows round the stars
   C     G    D    A   A7 Am7
Their eyes were soft and sad and proud



   Am          Dm
And I wept for the wild and dirty world
  G         Am
To which this beauty now was lost
           Dm
And cursed the hungry mind of man
   G        Am       C
That feeds the future at such cost
           G        Dm
My head was bowed, my eyes were closed
         Am      C
In my ears their voices rang
            G      Dm
These few words lodged deep inside
      Am       Am7
In my very soul they sang


 A    D   A
"We never went away
           D    E   A
You always knew that we were near
        D    A  C
Remember how to look for us
    G      D   A  A7 Am7
You'll find we were always here"


INSTRUMENTAL: Am Dm G Am  Dm G Am C G Dm Am C G Dm Am Am7
       A D A  D E A D A C G D A


      Am        Dm
I raised my eyes to seek them out
    G        Am
But the world was empty all around
            Dm
The rain came tumbling from the sky
  G          Am       C
It drowned all dreams upon the ground
         G
And they asked me why I wept
   Dm       Am        C
Like one who for his dead love mourns
        G
The only answer I could give
 Dm           Am    Am7 A7
I dreamed that there were unicorns


 A    D   A
"We never went away
           D    E   A
You always knew that we were near
        D    A  C
Remember how to look for us
    G      D   A   C
You'll find we were always here
    G      D   A
You'll find we were always here"