June Tabor - Unicorns Chords

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"


OUTRO: Am  Dm  (4x)  Am