Great Unknown chords and lyrics - DAR WILLIAMS

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[Verse 1]
[G]Once upon a time there was
a nucle[Em]ar family,
[Bm]An d we li[C]ved in a famil[D]y time,
[C]And [D]we'd [Bm]unite in a family [D]way.
And [G]off in the ancient mountain,
They were splitting every nucleus.
They said, [C]"Don't be alarmed,
[D]Just don't [Bm]try t[C]his at home."

[Verse 2]
And they [C]were the mystery
that made the world run
And [Bm]we had the p[G]ower,
'cause they were the sun
And we called [Am]them our heroes,
and the [G]fu ture had come.
They said, [C]"Look at the light
we're giving you,
And the [D]darkness we're saving
you [G]from."
Soon they were [D]bringing it into our

[Verse 3]
[Em]
showroom,
And they'd un[C]veil it with it's title,
Bring your fam[A]ily, bring your family,
It's the great [C]unknown.
You can [A]look, but you can't fathom,
It's [C]the Great Unknown.
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[Verse 4]
[G]
I'm no ordinary princess,
I was [Em]born in the Cold War,
And my [C]team is the Rockets,
Go [Bm]team, it's a danger[D]ous time
And [G]I dream of the moon and
building [Em]lunar clone colonies.
And I build [C]my peace with strength,
That's [Bm]the best weapon you've got.
Oh, I [C]am the brainchild, I am the mortar,
With a [Em]plastic trophy and
an eating disorder,
And vis[Am]ion as big as a g[Bm]reat big wall,
And they tell [C]me that I'll move forward
For the [D]good of us all,
And the good of nuclear families all.

[Verse 5]
An[G]d they think I[D] think I am im[Em]portant.
I know I [C]never was, no, I wasn't.
No, I never[A], and how could I be?
[C]It's the great [A]unknown.
Now we've built it, now it's tick[C]ing,
It's the great un[A]known.

[Verse 6]
[C]And I am your chi[G]ldren, I a[Em]m millions
And I wanted to sell [C]out, I wanted to try,
[D]But [C]the sky got too low
And the [D]ocean got too high.
[G]And I tried to take [D]God into my [Em]own hands
Am I too [C]late? Is it over?
Have I sac[A]rificed my family to
[C]the great unknown?
There's [A]a war between my conscience
and [C]the great unknown.

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[Verse 7]
[G]So I walked out into the gamma fields
Out [Em]in Mercury, [Bm]Neva[Em]da.
Where [C]I stood in circle,
[D]And [Bm]that circle started [D]to pray.
And the [G]wind at the nuclear test sites
Floats [Em]the data of the [Bm]radiation.
From the un[C]der[D]ground testing,
Cross the line,
you'll [C]get arrested.
And we came from all over
in a silent appeal
[Em]As the drill comes [G]down like
a presidential seal.
And we [Am]stand for the living,
and we stand [Em]for the dead,
And we looked [C]out to see
your enemies,
And we [D]see that you're

[Verse 8]
looking all at us instead.
[G]An d you think [D]I am being dis[Em]ruptive?
But no, I'm [C]running home,
I'm running,
'Cause I'm [A]trying to put the
atom back togeth[C]er.
It's [A]the great unknown.
I'm just try[C]ing to put the
atom back togeth[A]er.
It's the great [C]unknown.

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