Transcription by:
Tamar
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Date: October 1998
(G) Once upon a time there was a (Em) nuclear family,
And we (Am) lived in a family time,
And we'd (C) unite in a family (D) way.
And (G) off the ancient mountain,
They were (Em) splitting every nucleus.
They said (Am) "don't be alarmed,
Just (C) don't try this at home."
And (Am) they were the mystery that made the world run
And (C) we had the power, 'cause they were the sun
And we (Am) called them our heroes, and the future had come.
They said, (C) "look at the light we're giving you,
And the (Am) darkness we're (D) saving you from."
(G) Soon they were bringing it into our (Em) showroom,
And they'd (Am) unveil it with it's title,
Bring your (C) family, bring your family,
It's the (Am) Great Unknown.
You can (C) look, but you can't fathom,
It's the (Am) Great Unknown. (G/C/G/C/G/C/G)
I'm no ordinary princess, I was (Em) born in the cold war,
And my (Am) team is the Rockets.
Go (C) team, it's a dangerous (D) time.
And I (G) dream of the moon and building (Em) lunar clone colonies.
And I (Am) build my peace with strength, that's the (C) best weapon you've
got.
Oh, (Am) I am the brainchild, I am the mortar,
With a (C) plastic trophy and an eating disorder,
And (Am) vision as big as a great big wall,
And they (C) tell me that I'll move forward for the (Am) good of us all,
And the (C) good of nuclear (D) families all.
(G) And they think I think I am (Em) important.
I know I (Am) never was, no I wasn't.
No I (C) never, and how could I be?
(Am) It's the Great Unknown.
Now we've (C) built it, now it's ticking,
It's the (Am) Great Unknown.
And I am your (G) children, I am (Em) millions.
And I wanted to (Am) sell out, I wanted to try,
But you know the (C) sky got too low, and the (D) ocean got too high.
(G) And I tried to take God into my (Em) own hands.
Am I too (Am) late? Is it over?
Have I (C) sacrificed my family to the (Am) Great Unknown?
There's a war between my conscience and the (C) Great Unknown. (G/C/G/C/G/C/G)
So I walked out into the Gamma fields
Out in (Em) Mercury, Nevada.
Where I (Am) stood in circle and that (C) circle started to (D) pray.
And the (G) wind at the nuclear test sights floats the (Em) data at the
radiation.
From the underground (Am) testing,
Cross the (C) line, you'll get arrested.
And we (Am) came from all over in a silent appeal
As the (C) drill comes down like a presidential seal.
And we (Am) stand for the living, and we stand for the dead,
And we (C) looked out to see your enemies,
And we (Am) see that you're looking (D) all at us instead.
(G) And you think I am being (Em) disruptive?
But no I'm (Am) running home, I'm running,
'Cause I'm (C) trying to put the atom back (Am) together.
It's the (C) Great Unknown.
I'm just (Am) trying to put the atom back (C) together.
It's the (Am) Great Unknown.
(G/C/G/C/G/C/G)
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