**G = 355433**
Strum middle strings of each chord, then low, then high.
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
Am G
Hey, do you know where you're going?
F
Have you noticed its snowing?
E E
Although it is June?
[Verse 2]
Am G
They said your weakness was showing
F
That your rapture was growing
E E
Just a little too soon
[Verse 3]
C
But under these mountains
G
the nights and the shadows grow long
Am
The stars up above you feel wrong
G E
This is not your sky?
[Chorus 1]
Am E E7 C
Pray
A G Am
to a strange constellation
Bm C F
Thank God for your isolation
G Am E
This forever goodbye
[Verse 4]
Am G
Dawn throws its light on the covers
F
In this bed there's another
E
Asleep at your side
[Verse 5]
Am G
Gone, the embrace of a lover
F
And the fire you discovered
E
Already has died
[Chorus 2]
C
Her body recoils
G
as your hand goes to touch her again
Am
She's a temple that won't let you in
G E
At her side you're alone
Am E7 C G Am
On her back is the same constellation
Bm G F
Confirming your alienation
Am E E
No, this flesh is not home
[Verse 6]
Am G
You carry a vague conviction
F
This life rose from an eviction
E
Out of your homeland
[Verse 7]
Am G
True but it's also addiction
F
To this soft crucifixion
E E
Under these foreign hands
[Chorus 3]
Em C
And like all Christs before you
G
you kneel down beneath the night sky
Am
To look into your father's eyes
G E (soft)
And only feel lost
Am E7 C G Am
Cru ci fied to a strange constellation
Bm C F
A new king awaits coronation
C F
But there will be no great revelation
F
Your journey is your destination
F
Discomfort could be your salvation
G
Here
Am
under the Southern Cross
[Otro]
Bm C E Am G Em F E Am
(soft, plucked)