Cassiopeia
Joanna NewsomVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
C#
e|-------------------------------------|
B|------14+------------------14+-------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|------------7+---5+---7+-------------|
A|-9+----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Feel the matress tense beneath me
like the muscle of nonsleepy;
Feathers flexing will defeat me,
and it vexes me completely.
CHORD REFERENCE (use these, not the ones UG puts as links
above the lyrics):
F#m
e|--0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0----2----2-----|
B|--0-----0-----3-----2-----2-----2----3----2-----|
G|--2-----1-----4-----2-----1-----2----2----2-----|
D|--2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----2----0----4-----|
A|--2-----2-----2-----------0-----0---------4-----|
E|--0-----0---------------------------------2-----|
And the hexes heat covertly
like a slow low-flying turkey
like a Texan drying jerky
but his meaty mitts can't hurt me
With my steely will compounded
in a mighty mound that's hounded
by the snap your steel string sounded,
just before your snores unwound it.
And in store are dreams so daring
that the night can't stop from staring.
I'll swim sweetly as a herring
through the ether, not despairing.
Go to sleep, you stunning sky;
gently creep cunning by:
A quiet hum is amplified
by your thumb, that you suck dry.
Hundred raging waters snare the lonely sigh.
Hold your breath and clasp at Cassiopiea.
Hundred raging waters snare the lonely sigh.
Hold your breath and clasp at Cassiopiea.
Cassiopeia.
Cassiopeia!
Ohhhh....Cassiopeia!
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Readable chord sheet for Cassiopeia by Joanna Newsom
[F#] [C#] [E] [B] [E] [C#]
e|-------------------------------------|
B|------14+------------------14+-------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|------------7+---5+---7+-------------|
A|-9+----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Feel the matress tense beneath me
like the muscle of nonsleepy;
Feathers flexing will defeat me,
and it vexes me completely.
CHORD REFERENCE (use these, not the ones UG puts as links
above the lyrics):
[Esus4] [E] [Bm] [Dm7] [Am7] [A] [D] [F#m]
e|--0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0----2----2-----|
B|--0-----0-----3-----2-----2-----2----3----2-----|
G|--2-----1-----4-----2-----1-----2----2----2-----|
D|--2-----2-----4-----0-----2-----2----0----4-----|
A|--2-----2-----2-----------0-----0---------4-----|
E|--0-----0---------------------------------2-----|
And the [Esus4]hexes heat cov[E]ertly
like a [Bm]slow low-flying turkey [E]
like a [Esus4]Texan drying [E]jerky
but his [Bm]meaty mitts can't hurt [E]me
With my [Esus4]steely will comp[E]ounded
in a [Bm]mighty mound that's hound[E]ed
by the [Esus4]snap your steel string [E]sounded,
just bef[Bm]ore your snores unwound [E]it.
And in [Dm7]store are dreams so [Am7]daring
that the [Bm]night can't stop from st[Am7]aring.
I'll swim [Esus4]sweetly as a [E]herring
through the [Bm]ether, not despairing.[E]
Go to [A]sleep, you stunning [E]sky;
gent[D]ly creep cunning [E]by:
A qui[F#m]et hum is amplif[E]ied
by your [D]thumb, that you suck[E] dry.
Hundred [A]raging waters [E]snare the lonel[D]y sigh. [E]
Hold your [F#m]breath and clasp at [E]Cassio[D]piea. [E]
Hundred [A]raging waters [E]snare the lonel[D]y sigh. [E]
Hold your [F#m]breath and clasp at [E]Cassio[D]piea. [E]
Cassiopei[Esus4]a. [E]
[Bm] Cassiopeia! [E] [Esus4]
Ohhh[E]h....[Bm]Cassiopeia! [E]
[D] [E] [D] [E]