Unseen Album chords by The Handsome Family

Unseen (2016 album)

by The Handsome Family

Lyrics and Chords compiled by Latereducator

Track Listing
1. Gold (4:00)
2. The Silver Light (3:51)
3. Back in My Day (3:30)
4. Tiny Tina (4:10)
5. Underneath the Falls (4:13)
6. The Sea Rose (3:41)
7. The Red Door (5:14)
8. Gentleman (3:48)
9. King of Dust (5:06)
10. Green Willow Valley (4:33)

TRACK 1 - Gold

INTRO:

F Am G x2

Am

VERSE 1:

Am         C
Got a tattoo of a snake
    F       C
And a ski mask on my face
    F      C
But I woke up in a ditch
  G        F
Behind the Stop 'n Go
 Am      C
Lying in the weeds
    F      C
With a bullet in my gut
 F        C
Watching dollar bills
   G     F
Fly away in the dust

CHORUS:

     F       C
Now the sun's sinking down
     G      F
Spilling gold on the ground
     Am     C
But I'm going out tonight
   G            F Am G
Out past the last lights of town

INTERLUDE:

F Am G

Am

VERSE 2:

Am             C
There was a girl with dark eyes
   F       C
And hair shining black
    F     C
And it ran like a river
 G       F
Wild down her back
      Am      C
But these wide empty streets
    F         C
And the air shaking with heat
F         C
  They made me hungry
 G           F  Am G
Hungry to do something mean

CHORUS:

     F       C
Now the sun's sinking down
     G      F
Spilling gold on the ground
     Am     C
But I'm going out tonight
   G            F Am G
Out past the last lights of town

INTERLUDE:

F Am G x3

Am

VERSE 3:

Am         C
The Stop 'n Go's closed
   F      C
The coyotes they moan
     F       C
And the wind's rolling beer cans
      G
Down the street

CHORUS:

     F       C
But the sun's sinking down
     G      F
Spilling gold on the ground
     Am     C
And I'm going out tonight
   G            F Am G
Out past the last lights of town

OUTRO:

F Am G

Am G x3

Am



TRACK 2 - The Silver Light

INTRO:

C G C F C G C

VERSE 1:

   C   G   C
There is no day or night
    F     C
in the forest of slot machines
 Am         F
flashing lights and cigarettes
 C  G        C
free refills on your drink

VERSE 2:

      C   G    C
But if the golden deer of luck
    F         C
Never leaps the blackjack felt
   Am         F
Past old men with their oxygen
 C    G        C
feeding quarters to the slots

CHORUS:

     F       C
Will you see the silver light?
     E       F
Can you see the silver light?
        C
Can you see it hiding
 G         C
there in your empty hands?

SOLO:

C G C F C Am F C G C

CHORUS:
     F       C
Will you see the silver light?
     E       F
Can you see the silver light?
         C
Can you see it shining
 G         C
there in your empty hands?

VERSE 3:

 C   G    C
Beefy nachos, chicken wings
F          C
All-you-can-eat buffet
  Am        F
A bar shaped like a racing car
 C   G         C
Neon glow-stick in your drink

VERSE 4:

      C    G   C
And if the angels never come
     F       C
Soaring down on golden wings
   Am         F
And anoint your shaking fist
    C G      C
with a pa-ir of paper kings

CHORUS:

     F       C
Will you see the silver light?
     E       F
Can you see the silver light?
        C
Can you see it hiding
 G         C
there in your empty hands?

OUTRO:

N.C.
Will you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see the silver light?
N.C.
Can you see it shining
N.C.
There in your empty hands?



TRACK 3 - Back in My Day

INTRO:
Em C G D

VERSE 1:
    C
We had maps that unfolded
 Cm
back in my day
      G
You could drink from the river
    Em
We had gods made of clay
      C
There were mile-high glaciers,
  Cm
no locks on the doors
   G
The stars burned brighter
     D
We never counted past four
     C
And the birds were always watching
      Cm
There were monsters in the sea
     G
We wore watches on our wrists
       D
There were ghosts in the trees

CHORUS:

Em
Way back in the days,
      C
you're too young to have seen,
     G
When the nights were darker,
 D
longer and deep

INTERLUDE:

Am Em G D

VERSE 2:

    C
There was no time or space
   Cm
when I was growing up
    G
We had summer all winter
   Em
The moon rose with the sun
   C
And music sounded better
 Cm
Recorded on rings of ice
      G
And as the songs turned to water
  D
we couldn't help but cry

CHORUS:

Em
Way back in the good days,
  C
the ones you didn't see,
   G
When everything was better,
 D
darker and deep

OUTRO:

Am Em G D

C Cm G D

C Cm G



TRACK 4 - Tiny Tina

INTRO:

G C G Am Em C G

VERSE 1:

     G   D    G
Last September at the state fair
     C            G
Past the ferris wheel and bumper cars
   Em       Am   C
The hypnotist, the jumping goats
             G
Forgotten country music stars

VERSE 2:

       G    D  G
There was a sign for Tiny Tina
     Em   C  G
From the wilds of Arizona
 C            G
Drinks just a thimble of water
 Am     C      G
Eats just a handful of straw

CHORUS:

 C       G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
    Am      Em
Just a dollar to go see her
    C             G
Just a dollar to see that little horse

INTERLUDE:

G D G Em C G C G Am C G

VERSE 3:

      G D     G    G7
I rode the teacups, the tilt 'o whirl
   C            G
Shot water guns at grinning clowns
   Em       Am  C      G
Ate funnel cakes, chili dogs, fried beer
 Am    C       G
I saw the largest ear of corn

VERSE 4:

      G      D    G
But as the fair lights shone at dusk
  C              G
I stood there in that field of dirt
     Em       Am   C
Thinking only of those little hooves
             G
Trotting circles in the dark

OUTRO:

 C       G
Tiny Tina, the world's smallest horse
   Am     Em
Why didn't I go see her?
   C              G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?
   Am     C       G
Why didn't I go see that tiny horse?
   Am     C        G
Why didn't I go see that little horse?



TRACK 5 - Underneath the Falls

INTRO:

D

VERSE 1:

   D  G  D/F# A
The green one sleeps
G        D
underneath the falls
 G          D
Deep in the roar of water
   G        D  Dsus4 D
he slowly dreams the world

VERSE 2:

   D    G    D/F# A
And those who venture close
     G        D
to that shadow 'neath the sea,
   G       D
they fall asleep forever
    G      A
in the eddy of the reeds

INTERLUDE:

A/G A/F# A/E

CHORUS:

    G       A       D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G   A       G       D
Turn away, away, from the whisper in the falls

VERSE 3:

    D   G   D/F#  A
On the first summer nights
   G      D
the windows open wide
   G        D
The world expands in darkness,
    G       D Dsus4 D
black waters rushing by

VERSE 4:

      D   G    D/F# A
There are hunters in the hedges
      G        D
There are whispers in the green
   G       D
The soaking mud is hungry,
 G      A
closer now it seeps

INTERLUDE:

A/G A/F# A/E

CHORUS:

    G       A       D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G   A       G       D
Turn away, away, from the hissing in the walls

VERSE 5:

  D    G   D/F# A
Be careful summer nights
 G         D
Keep the windows closed
  G         D
Outside the yard is crawling
   G       D Dsus4 D
The heavy branches bow

VERSE 6:

  D    G    D/F# A
In heat the world remembers
   G          D
when all rushed with the sea
  G         D
In heat the old waves rise again
   G           A
to claim what has crawled free

INTERLUDE:

A/G A/F# A/E

CHORUS:

    G       A       D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G   A      G        D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls
    G       A       D Dsus4 D
Don't listen, don't listen to the call
    G   A      G        D
Turn away, away, from the one beneath the falls

OUTRO:

D G D/F# A G D G D G A

FADE:

G A D



TRACK 6 - The Sea Rose

INTRO:

G

VERSE 1:

 G       D       G
Wrapped in the weeds of the shallows
C             G
  In the moon's drifting light
 C        G
Calling from the cold, wet rocks,
      D      G
the sea ro-ose of the low tides

VERSE 2:

  G    D       G
A passing ship along the coast
C          G
  heard her sadly calling
   C        G F#/G Em
and turned its sails to the sound,
    G     D    G
of the rose, the sea rose calling

REFRAIN:

    Em     D      G
In the waves, the waves she's calling

CHORUS:

 D          C    G
Lonely, lonely, my heart is dark
C    G        D
  the rocks lie cold beneath me
    C       G F#/G Em
Come closer, closer darling one
    G D     G
We'll marry in the seaweed

SOLO:

G D G C G

C G F#/G Em G D G

VERSE 3:

G        D       G
On the passing ship, a sailor boy,
C             G
  he heard the sea rose calling
   C       G F#/G Em
and from the bow he dove on down
    G     D     G
to the waves, the waves are falling

REFRAIN:

   Em     C     G
The waves, the waves were falling

VERSE 4:

 G   D        G
Come, come my darling boy
C         G
  into my arms awaiting
 C         G  F#/G Em
Down, down in the cold, dark sea
   G D      G
I'm waiting here to love you

CHORUS:

D         C   G
To her arms, her lovely arms,
C    G           D
  the currents pulled him splashing,
 C        G  F#/G   Em
but her body was only foaming waves
     G  D       G
and her voice  just water rushing

OUTRO:

    Em    C    G
In the waves the sea rose falling
    Em     D     G
In the waves, the waves, my darling
   Em     D    C   G
The waves, the sea rose calling



TRACK 7 - The Red Door

INTRO:

C Dm Em Dm C

VERSE 1:

C            Dm
You appeared upon the white shore
Em  Dm        C
on a dark and moonless eve
C            Dm
I led you through the stone gate,
Em    Dm     C     C/B Am
torches spitting in the breeze

CHORUS:

Am           Em   Eb
All around our palace glistened,
Dm              Am  Em
splashed with waves from the sea,
  Dm           C
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
     G    C
in your gown of ivory

VERSE 2:

C          Dm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
Em  Dm       C
as I comb your white-gold hair
C               Dm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
Em    Dm      C     C/B Am
the red door beneath the stairs

CHORUS:

Am       Em       Eb
The red door under the stairs,
Dm            Am  Em
the red door under the stairs
Dm            C
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
     G  G7      C
There's nothing to see in there

INTERLUDE:

C Dm Em Dm C (x2)

VERSE 3:

C             Dm
Why do you stand so many hours
Em   Dm     C
staring out across the sea?
C               Dm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
Em     Dm       C  C/B Am
when I pretend that I'm asleep?

CHORUS:

Am        Em   Eb
And even in the bright sun
Dm             Am Em
as we walk the bone-white beach
Dm            C
You put your ear to the whispering shells
   G  G7      C
and turned away from me

VERSE 4:

C          Dm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
Em   Dm         C
a red flash in your roving eye
C            Dm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
Em   Dm     C    C/B Am
when I pull you to my side?

CHORUS:

Am           Em  Eb
The red door and what's inside,
Dm            Am  Em
the red door and all it hides
Dm          C
Stare away across the ocean waves,
    G G7         C
but I know what you've seen tonight

OUTRO:

C Dm Em Dm C



TRACK 8 - Gentlemen

INTRO:

Em F#/D G Am C G

CHORUS:

G    D       G C G
Gentlemen, I tell you now,
C       G
I swear the truth
  Em D/F# G   Am    C    G D G D/F#
I saw the table rise, the teacup flew

VERSE 1:

   Bm               G
From tempered glass I built the apparatus
   Bm              G
to alight in the presence of phantasmus
 Am             Em
Filaments within detect a change,
  Am             Em  D
in aero-pressure, barometric waves

CHORUS:

G    D     G
Gentlemen, in the name of science!
C           G
Gentlemen, I now can prove:
  Em D/F# G     Am    C    G  D G D/F#
the unseen world is close, it pushes through

INTERLUDE:

Bm G Bm G Am Em Am Em D

CHORUS:

G    D    G
Gentlemen, the lights blew out!
C            G
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
  Em D/F# G    Am     C    G  D G D/F#
A world of light resides just past our view

VERSE 2:

  Bm            G
Within the crooks of vacuum tubes
  Bm             G
a caged spirit lit aglow the room
 Am               Em
Burst forth from the shattered tube
   Am                 Em D
It thinned my blood, burnt me, ravaged cruel

CHORUS:

G    D    G
Gentlemen, the lights do flicker!
C           G
Gentlemen, the air it cools!
    Em D/F# G   Am    C    G  D G
Who's with me here, listening in this room?

OUTRO:

N.C.
Gentlemen, the world grows dark!
N.C.
Gentlemen, the curtains moved!
N.C.
Who's with me here, whispering in this room?



TRACK 9 - King of Dust

INTRO:

N.C.

VERSE 1:

  C         F C   G          C  C7
I dreamed that I was flying above the glittering world,
    F       C        G     C
but I woke up in the bar ditch, car ready to explode
 F       C      F        C
Hanging upside down in the front seat of my truck
    F        C     G     C C7
The scream of grinding metal, 40 cars piling up

CHORUS:

 F          C      E        Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
 F           C     G          C  C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
   F         C     G              Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
      F  Fm    C
when you stared into the sun

INTERLUDE:

C

VERSE 2:

C             F C   G          C C7
Ancient oceans have been lost  beneath this shifting clay
     F       C       G         C
where conquistadors in silver hunted Cibola across the plains,
      F       C       F        C
but there are no golden cities, only trailer parks and dust,
  F      C         G       C C7
and angels only fly here when you drive into the sun

CHORUS:

 F          C      E        Am G
Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts
 F           C     G          C  C7
Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones
   F         C     G              Am G
Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw
      F  Fm    C
when you stared into the sun

OUTRO:

C



TRACK 10 - GREEN WILLOW VALLEY

INTRO:

C

VERSE 1:

     C     F    C
Like the moon pulls on the water
     F        C
and the water pulls the sand
    Dm        Am
Like starlight drifts a billion years
   F      C
to flicker once above your head

VERSE 2:

    C  F    C
The cicadas in the oak trees
   F       C
are singing to the sky
  Dm      Am
and I am calling out to you
  F     G   C
across this silent night

CHORUS:
 F        C
Come back to the valley,
     Am     F
to the green willow valley
    Fm     C
In the cool of the evening,
   F    G    C
I'm waiting here for you

VERSE 3:

     C    F    C
Can you feel the wings of birds
 F         C
whisper 'cross the sky?
 Dm        Am
Can you hear the blades of grass
 F       C
calling to the light?

VERSE 4:

      C   F   C
There are rivers underground
 F        C
rushing cold and wild
  Dm      Am
and I am calling out to you
  F    G   C
across the lonely night

CHORUS:

 F        C
Come back to the valley,
     Am     F
to the green willow valley
    Fm     C
In the cool of the evening,
   F    G    C
I'm waiting here for you

INTERLUDE:

C F C F C Dm Am F G C

BRIDGE:

    Am      Em
We'll lie under the willows
   F       C
in a bed of fallen leaves
Am        Em
I will bring you apples
   F        C  G G7
and water from the stream

VERSE 5:

C    F     C
I will pull the thorns
F          C
from your blistered feet
Dm         Am
Can't you hear me calling
     F   G    C
in the whisper of the trees?

CHORUS:

 F        C
Come back to the valley,
     Am     F
to the green willow valley
    Fm     C
In the cool of the evening,
   F    G    C
I'm waiting here for you
    Fm     C
In the cool of the evening,
   F    G    C
I'm waiting here for you

OUTRO:

F G C