Nobody Knew She Was There Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Dm][D][G][D][Dm][D]
[G][D][G][A][D][G][A][D]
[Dm]She walk[A]s in the

[Verse 1]
[D]
cold dark [A]hour before [G]the morning[D][Dm][D]
The hour when [Dm]wounded night
begins [A]to bleed[D]
Stands at the back of the patient [Dm]queue
The [G]silent [Dm]almost sweeping [G]queue[D]
Seein' no- [A]one an[D]d not
[G]being seen
[A][D]

[Verse 2]
Working shoes are wrapped
in working apron
[G]Rolled [D]in an oilcloth bag [Dm]across her [D]knees[A]
[G]The swaying[D] tremor soaks the morning
[G]Blue [D]grey steely day is [G]dawning[D]
[A]Draining [D]the last few dregs
of [G]sleep [D]away

[Verse 3]
Over [D]the bridge and the
writhing foul black water
[G]Down [D]through empty cor[Dm]ridors of sto[D]ne
[G]Each of the [D]blind [Dm]glass walls she passes
[G]Shows her twin in sud[D]den flashes[G]
[A]Which is the mirror image,
[D]which is rea[A]l?[Asus4][D][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[A]Crouching [G]hooded gods of
[D]word and num[A]ber?
Ac[D]cept her bent- backed
[Dm]homage as their [D]due
[Asus4]The buckets steam[D] like
in[Dm]cense [D]coils
Around the endless floor she [Bm]toils[D]
Cleaning the same white
[Asus4]sweep eac[D]h day an[G]ew[D]
[A]Glistening

[Verse 5]
sheen [Dm]of new-
washed [D]floors is fading
There where office clocks
are marking time
[G]Night's black [D]tide [Dm]has ebbed away
[D]By cliffs of glass awash with day
She hurries from her labours
[A]sti[D]ll unseen[G][Dm][A]

[Verse 6]
[D]He who lies bes[G]ides her[D]
does not see [Dm]her
[D]Nor does the chi[Dm]ld who once
lay at her [A]breast[Asus4]
[D]The shroud of self- denial [Dm]covers[G]
Eager girl and [D]tender [G]lover
[A]Only the faded [D]ser[A]vant [D]now is [A]left[Dm]
[D]How cou[Dm]ld it be that no- one

[Verse 7]
[D]
saw her drowning
How did we [Dm]come to be so
un[A]aware[Asus4]
[G]At what [D]point did [Dm]she cease to be her
[Bb]When did we [D]cease to look
and see [Dm]her
How is it no- [A]one knew she [A]was there
[Dm]