Intro =====E|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------| G|-7~-7~-3~-5~-|-7~-7~----3~-| Gtr. 1D|-7~-7~-3~-3~-|-7~-7~-3~-3~-|A|-5~-5~-1~-3~-|-5~-5~-3~-1~-|E|-------------|-------1~----|Verse 1 (Gtr. 1) ======= |-?-|E|---------------| B|---------------| G|----------0----| (the 2-0 part might only be played by bass) D|---2-0~--------| A|--------4---3~-| E|-0-------------|Curl up tight into a ball Curl my body against the soil Staring up here At the cathedral wall I will sleep tonight Be a baby Forget it all Be a baby Watch the quiet stones Massive friend Cathedral wall I will sleep tonight Chorus (Play A5 on 1st and 4th beats of every other bar throughout the chorus) ====== A mother to the living A mother to the dead Silent as the moonlight I come to lay my head Verse 2 (as verse 1)Continues after the ad======= And I won't know you Anymore The peckish evening rolls once more Into the ravenous night Of hunger pains That keep our troubled souls awake We are forbidden to explain Chorus (as before up to "magic stones") ====== A mother to the living A mother to the dead My ghost will drink the moonlightG5 Magic stonesF5 My heart and bones And I won't know you Anymore Interlude =========E|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------| G|-7~-7~-3~-5~-|-7~-7~----3~-| Gtr. 1D|-7~-7~-3~-3~-|-7~-7~-3~-3~-|A|-5~-5~-1~-3~-|-5~-5~-3~-1~-|E|-------------|-------1~----| E|-------------|-------------------|----| B|-------------|-------------------|----| G|-7~-7~-3~-5~-|-7~-7~-4~-2~-------|-2~-|D|-7~-7~-3~-3~-|-7~-7~-4~-2~-6~-5~-|-2~-|A|-5~-5~-1~-3~-|-5~-5~-2~-0~-6~-5~-|-0~-|E|-------------|-------------4~-3~-|----|Outro (chords strummed by gtr. 2 electric until end) =====A F/A Em7/A D/A E|-----------------| B|-2---1----3----3-| G|-2---2----0----2-| Gtr. 2 D|-2---3----2----0-| A|-0---0----0----0-| E|-----------------| Gtr. 1 She's cold She knows me E|----------------------------|----------------------------| B|-10~-12-12b14r12-8-10-------|-10~-12-12b14r12-8-10-------| G|----------------------9~----|----------------------9~s7~-| D|-------------------------7~-|----------------------------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------|The violence of my heartbeat I will sleep with the cathedral The violence of the blood And, one day, you'll give upE|----------------------------|------------------------------| B|-10~-12-12b14r12-8-10~------|-10~-12-12b14r12-8-10---------| G|----------------------------|----------------------9~s7~---| D|-----------------------7~---|----------------------------7-| A|----------------------------|------------------------------| E|----------------------------|------------------------------| And I will love you...but I won't know you E|--------------------10~-12~-15~-17~-| B|-10~-12-12b14r12-8~-----------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|(Turn up gain on Gtr. 2) Anymore My frenzied and exhausted mind Will somehow find a way To leave you for a time Condemned to lieing And lying awakeGtr. 1 E|-------------------------|B|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-| *** play fast at end of song ***G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|E|-------------------------|
Cathedral Wall
Marillion
- A
- D
- D/A
- Em7/A
- F/A3
- F5
- G
- G5
Continues after the ad
Key:
Composition: Steve Rothery, Steve Hogarth, Ian Mosley, Mark Kelly, and Pete Trewavas
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