Cassandra

First release 1982

(VERSE)
C                            
Down in the street they're all 
   F          C
singing and shouting
        G/B              Am      
Staying alive though the city is 
G
dead
G/F          C/E          G7     
Hiding their shame behind hollow 
C
laughter
      C/E     F      D7/F#        
While you are crying alone on your 
 G
bed

C                   F      C
Pity Cassandra that no one believed 
you
         G/B            Am        
But then again you were lost from 
    G
the start
G/F         C/E        F/A      
Now we must suffer and sell our 
C/G
secrets
F6       G       Am     Dm7    
Bargain, playing smart, aching 
G      C
in our hearts

(Chorus)
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
                    C
Now the last day is dawning
                      G7
Some of us wanted but none of us 
could
                   C
Listen to words of warning
                      E
But on the darkest of nights
       Am          E
Nobody knew how to fight
                          Am
And we were caught in our sleep
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
                   C
You really had the power
                 G7
I only saw it as dreams you would 
weave
                C
Until the final hour

(VERSE)
C                      F         
So in the morning your ship will 
   C
be sailing
              G/B        Am       
Now that your father and sister 
  G
are gone
G/F         C/E        G7     C
There is no reason for you to linger
      C/E       F        D7/F#   
You're grieving deeply but still 
       G
moving on

C                      F         
You know the future is casting a 
C
shadow
            G/B         Am     
No one else sees it but you know 
         G
you're fate
G/F         C/E          F/A     
Packing your bags, being slow and
 C/G
 thorough
F6       G             Am        
Knowing, though you're late, that
 Dm7     G       C
 ship is sure to wait

(Chorus)
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
                    C
Now the last day is dawning
                      G7
Some of us wanted but none of us 
could
                   C
Listen to words of warning
                      E
But on the darkest of nights
       Am          E
Nobody knew how to fight
                          Am
And we were caught in our sleep
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
                   C
You really had the power
                 G7
I only saw it as dreams you would 
weave
                C
Until the final hour

(VERSE)
C                          F     
I watched the ship leaving 
     C
harbour at sunrise
             G/B          Am 
Sails almost slack in the cool 
          G
morning rain
G/F          C/E          
She stood on deck, just a tiny 
F/A   C/G
figure
F6    G           Am   Dm7      
Rigid and restrained, blue eyes 
 G           C
filled with pain

(Chorus)
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I misunderstood
                    C
Now the last day is dawning
                      G7
Some of us wanted but none of us 
could
                   C
Listen to words of warning
                      E
But on the darkest of nights
       Am          E
Nobody knew how to fight
                          Am
And we were caught in our sleep
                  G7
Sorry Cassandra I didn't believe
                   C
You really had the power
                 G7
I only saw it as dreams you would 
weave
                C
Until the final hour

G7
I'm sorry Cassandra
I'm sorry Cassandra
C
I'm sorry Cassandra
I'm sorry Cassandra

( E - Am - E - Am - G7 - C - G7 - C
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