Cassandra

First release 1982

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

C                   F      C
Pity Cassandra that no one believed you
         G/B            Am            G
But then again you were lost from the start
G/F         C/E        F/A      C/G
Now we must suffer and sell our secrets
F6       G       Am     Dm7    G      C
Bargain, playing smart, aching 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            C
So in the morning your ship will be sailing
              G/B        Am         G
Now that your father and sister are gone
G/F         C/E        G7     C
There is no reason for you to linger
      C/E       F        D7/F#          G
You're grieving deeply but still moving on

C                      F         C
You know the future is casting a shadow
            G/B         Am              G
No one else sees it but you know you're fate
G/F         C/E          F/A      C/G
Packing your bags, being slow and thorough
F6       G             Am         Dm7     G       C
Knowing, though you're late, that 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          C
I watched the ship leaving harbour at sunrise
             G/B          Am           G
Sails almost slack in the cool morning rain
G/F          C/E          F/A   C/G
She stood on deck, just a tiny figure
F6    G           Am   Dm7       G           C
Rigid and restrained, blue eyes 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 )