Great Unknown

Great Unknown easy guitar chords by Dar Williams

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • A

  • G

  • Em

  • Bm

    2
  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • A

  • Verse 1
    Once 
    upon 
    a time 
    there was 

    a nucle
    ar 
    family, 

    An
    d we 
    lived 
    in a fam
    ily 
    time, 

    And 
    we'd 
    unite 
    in 
    a family 
    way. 

    And 
    off 
    in 
    the ancient 
    mountain, 

    They were 
    splitting 
    every 
    nucleus. 

    They 
    said, 
    "Don't 
    be alarmed, 

    Just 
    don't 
    try 
    this at 
    home." 

    Verse 2
    And they 
    were 
    the mystery 

    that made 
    the world 
    run 

    And 
    we 
    had the 
    power, 

    'cause they 
    were 
    the sun 

    And we called 
    them 
    our heroes, 

    and the 
    fu
    ture 
    had 
    come. 

    They 
    said, 
    "Look 
    at the light 

    we're 
    giving 
    you, 

    And the 
    darkness 
    we're saving 

    you 
    from." 

    Soon 
    they were 
    bringing 
    it 
    into 
    our 
    Verse 3

    showroom, 

    And 
    they'd 
    un
    veil 
    it 
    with 
    it's title, 

    Bring 
    your fam
    ily, 
    bring 
    your family, 

    It's 
    the great 
    unknown. 

    You can 
    look, 
    but 
    you can't 
    fathom, 

    It's 
    the Great 
    Unknown. 

    Verse 4

    I'm no 
    ordinary 
    princess, 

    I was 
    born 
    in the 
    Cold 
    War, 

    And my 
    team 
    is the 
    Rockets, 

    Go 
    team, 
    it's 
    a danger
    ous 
    time 

    And 
    I dream 
    of the 
    moon 
    and 

    building 
    lunar 
    clone 
    colonies. 

    And I 
    build 
    my 
    peace 
    with strength, 

    That's 
    the best 
    weapon 
    you've got. 

    Oh, 
    am 
    the brainchild, 
    I am 
    the mortar, 

    With a 
    plastic 
    trophy 
    and 

    an eating 
    disorder, 

    And vis
    ion 
    as big 
    as 
    great 
    big wall, 


    And they tell 
    me 
    that I'll 
    move 
    forward 

    For 
    the 
    good 
    of us 
    all, 

    And 
    the 
    good 
    of nuclear 
    families 
    all. 

    Verse 5
    An
    they 
    think 
    think 
    I am 
    important. 

    know 
    never 
    was, 
    no, I 
    wasn't. 

    No, 
    I never
    and 
    how could 
    be? 

    It's 
    the great 
    unknown. 

    Now we've 
    built 
    it, 
    now 
    it's tick
    ing, 

    It's 
    the great 
    un
    known. 

    Verse 6
    And 
    I am 
    your 
    children, 
    I am 
    millions 

    And I 
    wanted 
    to sell 
    out, 
    wanted 
    to try, 

    But 
    the sky 
    got too 
    low 

    And 
    the 
    ocean 
    got 
    too high. 

    And 
    I tried 
    to take 
    God 
    into 
    my 
    own hands 

    Am 
    too 
    late? 
    Is 
    it 
    over? 

    Have 
    I sac
    rificed 
    my 
    family 
    to 

    the great 
    unknown? 

    There's 
    a war 
    between 
    my conscience 

    and 
    the great 
    unknown. 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 7
    So 
    I walked 
    out 
    into 
    the 
    gamma 
    fields 

    Out 
    in Mercury, 
    Nevada. 

    Where 
    I stood 
    in 
    circle, 

    And 
    that circle 
    started 
    to pray. 

    And 
    the 
    wind 
    at the 
    nuclear 
    test 
    sites 

    Floats 
    the data 
    of the 
    radiation. 

    From 
    the un
    der
    ground 
    testing, 

    Cross 
    the line, 

    you'll 
    get 
    arrested. 

    And we came 
    from 
    all over 

    in 
    a silent 
    appeal 

    As the drill 
    comes 
    down 
    like 

    a presidential 
    seal. 

    And 
    we 
    stand 
    for the living, 

    and we stand 
    for 
    the dead, 

    And we looked 
    out 
    to 
    see 

    your enemies, 

    And we 
    see 
    that you're 

    Verse 8
    looking 
    all 
    at 
    us instead. 

    An
    you 
    think 
    I am 
    being 
    dis
    ruptive? 

    But 
    no, 
    I'm 
    run
    ning 
    home, 

    I'm 
    running, 

    'Cause 
    I'm 
    trying 
    to 
    put 
    the 

    atom 
    back 
    togeth
    er. 

    It's 
    the great 
    unknown. 

    I'm 
    just 
    try
    ing 
    to put 
    the 

    atom 
    back 
    togeth
    er. 

    It's 
    the great 
    unknown. 

    Outro 1


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