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Better Be Home Soon
(N. Finn)
INTRO: C G
C Am
somewhere deep inside
Em G
something's got a hold on you
C Am
and it's pushing me aside
Em G
see it stretch on forever
C C7
I know I'm right
F
for the first time in my life
G
that's why I tell you
C
you'd better be home soon
stripping back the coats
of lies and deceiption
back to nothingness
like a week in the desert
I know I'm right
for the first time in my life
that's why I tell you
C Em7/B*
you'd better be home soon
Bb D G
so don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong
Bb A7 D
cos when you get back home maybe I'll be gone
INSTR. BREAK:
C Am Em G
C Am Em F Bb7*
it would cause me pain
if we were to end it
but I could start again
you can depend on it
C C7
I know I'm right
F
for the first time in my life
G
that's why I tell you
Am7 D
you'd better be home soon
F G
that's why I tell you
you'd better be home soon
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Em7/B X20030
Bb7 X13131
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Can't Carry On
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- Another of these songs where, although I've given chords, what Neil
Finn is playing guitar-wise is a chord with different, little fills in
between the lyric lines.
Bm
Why do I kid myself
Why do I scream for pleasure
Em F# Bm
It's four in the morning should know better
But she can weave a spell
Want it to last forever
Em F# Bm
Making me feel like somebody special
CHORUS
A F# G A
Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep)
F# G A
Before it gets too late (just go to sleep)
F# G A
Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep)
F
Well here we go again
Though I look everywhere
I never seem to find it
Always a shadow around a corner
Drown it in alcohol
Stuck in the elevator
Hard to remember in the morning
Chorus
Tell you about myself
If you're in the mood to listen
Baby you don't know who you're kissing
This is a lonely world
You are a strange companion
When you get what you wanted
You want to leave
A F# G A
Honestly I want to free myself
F# G A
From the burden of inaction
F# G A
Honestly I want to raise myself
F# G A
To any plane I can imagine
Honestly I want to free myself
From the burden of inaction
Honestly I want to raise myself
To any plane I can imagine
B E B
Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep)
E B
Before it gets too late
E B
Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep)
E B
Well here we go again
E B E B
(just go to sleep) I want to free myself
E B E B
(just go to sleep) I want to raise myself
Closing:
B A G F# G A
B A G F# G B
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Don't Dream It's Over
(N. Finn)
NOTES:
-- Neil's guitar is tuned down one half-step for this song. If
you're going to try and play along, you'll have to do the same.
-- For all you bar chord haters, this is one song you won't like. Every
chord is a bar chord. of course, you don't -have- to play it that way.
the first chord is on the 7th fret, second is on the 4th, etc. if you
are having any difficulties with these chords, contact me (marck@nwu.edu).
INTRO: E(9)* E9* E7sus*
E(9) C#(9)*
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
A G#
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
E(9) C#(9)
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
A
But you'll never see the end of the road
G#
While you're traveling with me
CHORUS
A B
Hey now, hey now
E(9) C#(9)
Don't dream it's over
A B
Hey now, hey now
E(9) C#(9)
When the world comes in
A B
They come, they come
E(9) C#(9)
To build a wall between us
A B
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
In the paper today tales of war and of waste
But you turn right over to the T.V. page
CHORUS
(Chords under Hammond organ solo: E(9) C#(9) A G#)
GUITAR SOLO:
----5-7-5--------4----|----5-7-5----------------|----5-7-5--------4-|
--5--------5-----5----|--5--------5---7>9-7-----|--5--------5-----5-|
6------------4-4----4-|6------------4-------9---|6------------4-4---|
7------------6-6------|7------------6---------9-|7------------6-6---|
----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
--------------5-------------5--5>7-10----------19-|
------5---5>7-----------5>7-----------12-12>14----|
----5------------4>5-4----------------------------|
--7-----------------------------------------------|
5-------------------------------------------------|
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Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
Don't ever let them win
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
E(9) x79977
E9 x79777
E7sus x797(10)7
C#(9) x46644
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Hole in the River
(N. Finn/ E. Rayner)
NOTES:
-- For the intro, if you sit on an Em chord on the 7th fret (X79987),
you can find your way around the main melody line of the keyboard that
Eddie Rayner is playing. (The guitar part at that point is just doing
that damped string/percussive thing, so when playing it alone on an
acoustic, it helps to play around on the Em.)
-- The psychedelic instrumental break is composed entirely on C#m (a
last-minute idea from Nick Seymour that saved this song from being
scrapped.) All the fun stuff is going on in the keyboards, while the
guitar just sits on that one chord. I would suggest creating a guitar
solo for this section (which is what Neil does when it's performed
live).
INTRO: Keyboard doodling around Em
C D A Em
There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies
C D A Em
From the land of the living to the air and sky
C D A Em
Left her car by the river left her shoes beside
C D Am
Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was ...
Am/G* Am/F#*
Dreaming of glory
B Am Am/G Am/F#
Miles above the mountains and plains
B Am Am/G Am/F#
Free at last
We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I
The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all
She was coming to see him but something changed her mind
Drove her down to the river
There is no return
[INSTR. BREAK: Keyboards based around C#m chord]
Gtr. solo:
--------------|------------|--------------|---------||
--------------|------------|--------------|---------||
--------------|------------|------------8-|---------||
4--7--9-9--7--|-4--7--9----|-4--7--9-9----|-4--7--9-|| Am Am/G Am/F#
--------------|---------7--|--------------|---------||
--------------|------------|--------------|---------||
B Am Am/G Am/F#
There's a hole in the river where a memory lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky
She was coming to see him
But something changed her mind,
drove her down to the river
Am
There is no return
Instr. to fade: C#m
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Am/G 302210
Am/F# 202210
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
I Feel Possessed
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- on the verses, Neil's guitar is doing more picking than strumming, so
try to avoid strumming it.
INTRO: Am Am7 Am Am7
Am
She said I could never do that
Fsus* Fmaj7
but I know you can, you are in my dream
Am
we are one person not two of a kind
Fsus Fmaj7
and what was mine is now in your possession
Am
I could feel you underneath my skin
Fsus
as the wind rushed in,
Fmaj7
sent the kitchen table crashing
Am A11/E* A11/G*
she said nobody move
C
or I'll bring the house down
Em7/B* Am Em
I hardly know which way is up
D/F#* G
or which way down
C Em7/B Am
people are strange God only knows
Em D/F# Am
I feel possessed when you come round
Fsus
it was one of those times
Fmaj7
wished I had a camera on me
Am
six foot off the ground
Fsus Fmaj7
well I know how that sounds...
Am
look above you and beyond me too
Fsus Fmaj7
that kind of view don't need an explanation
F D F
I'm not lying, not asking for anything
G Am
I just want to be there when it happens again
I hardly know which way is up
or which way down
people are strange God only knows
Em D/F# G G7 E7 E7*
I feel possessed when you come round
Instrumental break on chords: Am Fsus Fmaj7
Am
whenever you invade my home
everything I know flies out the window
it's above you and beyond me too
Fsus Fmaj7
I don't want an explanation
D7 G
but I'll be there when you bring the house down
I hardly know which way is up
or which way down
people are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round
people are strange
Em D/F# F D F D
I feel possessed when you come round
F
I feel possessed
D
I feel possessed
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Fsus XX3410
A11/E 0X000X
A11/G 3X000X
Em7/B X20030
D/F# 200232
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
I Walk Away
(N. Finn)
NOTES:
-- the opening of this song and the verses use a lot of limited picking
of just a few strings. the best thing to do is check out the "unusual
chords" at the end of this file and, when playing, only pick the strings
that you're actually fingering.
INTRO: D* D4* (Bm)* A*
D
You came
D4
Out of this world to me
Bm
My life
A
Parted like the Red Sea
D
We flowed
D4 Bm
Easy between the rocks and stones
A
Never seemed to stop us
D
The years
D4
Ended in confusion
Bm A
Don't ask me I don't know what happened
D
But I am
D4
A man with a mission
Bm A
Must be the devil I don't know
G A
Find me marching to a different tune
G A
It's hard to let go
G
Of all that we know
Bm A
As I walk away from you
G A
Hurled from my home
G
Into the unknown
Bm A D Bm A
As I walk away from you
Reveal whatever you desire
To you it may be death defying
Black day
In the coldness of winter
Black words
Slipping off my tongue
I say forget it--it's over
As a dark cloud covered up the sun
It's hard to let go
Of all that we know
As I walk away from you
The sun always sets
With room for regrets
As I walk away from you
G A
Give it to me
G
Give it to me
Bm A
Your inspiration
G A
Give to receive
G
Find all we need
Bm Em Bm Em Bm Em
As I walk away
D G
I'm just a slave to ambition
Bm A
Tension your permanent condition
D G
So much you've always wanted
Bm A G A
Too much given' you a sore head
D G Bm
I walk away
G A D G Bm
As I walk away from you
G A D G Bm
As I walk away from you
[Repeat to fade]
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
D X577XX [these two chords should be used
D4 X557XX throughout the song]
these next two chords are only used in the intro:
(Bm) DD97XX [D= dampen this string; more for percussive feel
than for an actual tone]
(A) 5776XX
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
In The Lowlands
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- Tune your guitar down one 1/2-step to match the recording.
INTRO: A4* A Dm
Dm C Dm C
oh hell trouble is coming
Dm C F G
out here in panic and alarm
Dm C Dm C
black shapes gather in the distance
Dm C F G
looks like it won't take long
Dm C Dm G
the first drops land on the window
Dm C F G
the first sign that there's something wrong
Dm C Dm C A4 A
light rain and a head full of thunder
Dm C Dm C
which way, which way
Dm C F G Dm C Dm C
two days till I get to you
Dm C F G
I'll be late if I ever get through
Dm C Dm C
where I go there'll be no kind welcome
Dm C
coming down upon me
F C
time will keep me warm
Dm Am
feel my face
F C
now the insects swarm
G D
in the lowlands
F C Dm Am
fear will take the place of desire
F C G D
and we will fan the flames from on high
F Dm C Dm C
try for heavens sake
the sky fell underneath a blanket
the sun sank as the miles went by
sit back with your head on the pillow
when you remember it makes you cry
ghost cars on the freeway
like friends that you thought you had
one by one they are disappearing
time will keep me warm
feel my face
now the insects swarm
in the lowlands
fear will take the place of desire
F C G
and we will fan the flames from on high
D D/C* Bb A
D D/C* Bb A
D D/C* Bb A
Gm F D# Dm C
[Repeat this last line of chords under the following solo:]
--------------|--------------| |--------|---------------|
--------------|--------------| |--------|---------------|
--------------|--------------| [Repeat] |--------|---------------| [Repeat]
--------------|-------3--5---| |--------|--------3--5---|
-------6--5---|------------5-| |--------|-------------5-|
-3--4-------7-|-3--4---------| |-3----1-|-3---4---------|
-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5-|-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-8-10-8-|-11-8-11-8-11-8-11-8-11-8-|
-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
----------|--------|----------------||
----------|--------|----------------||
-------10-|--------|----------------||
-11>12----|--------|---------3--5---||
----------|--------|--------------5-||
----------|-3----1-|-3---4----------||
Gm F C Bb Am Gm
* UNUSUAL CHORD
A4 X02230
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Into Temptation
(N. Finn)
-- the reason the acoustic guitar part on the verses in this song is so
wonderful is because Neil limits the number of strings he plays to only
a few. since this is so key, i've included *all* the chords for the
verses at the end. take special note to which strings should not be
played at all (X).
INTRO: Em Em7/F# Em/G B6
Em Em7/F# Em/G A B6
you opened up your door
B Em Em7/F# C
I couldn't believe my luck
B Em Em7/F# C
you in your new blue dress
D#sus Em Em7/F# C
taking away my breath
B Em Em7/F# C
the cradle is soft and warm
D#sus Em Em7/F# C
couldn't do me no harm
B Em Em7/F#
you're showing me how to give
G
into temptation
D Em A/C#* B
knowing full well the earth will rebel
G D
into temptation
B Em Em7/F# Em/G A B6
a muddle of nervous words
B Em Em7/F# C
could never amount to betrayal
B Em Em7/F# C
the sentence is all my own
D#sus Em Em7/F# C
the price is to watch it fail
B Em Em7/F#
as I turn to go
C D#sus Em Em7/F# C
you looked at me for half a second
D#sus Em Em7/F# C
with an open invitation
B
for me to go
G
into temptation
D Em A/C# D
knowing full well the earth will rebel
G
into temptation
D D#sus C D
safe in the wide open arms of hell
Bm A/C#
we can go sailing in
C D Bm A
climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
G
into temptation
D D#sus Em Em7/F# C D
right where you belong
Em Em7/F# C D#sus
Em Em7/F# Em/G B6
the guilty get no sleep
B Em Em7/F# C
in the last slow hours of morning
B Em Em7/F# C
experience is cheap
D#sus Em Em7/F# C
I should've listened to the warning
B G D A/C# D
but the cradle is soft and warm
G
into temptation
D D#sus Em A/C# D
knowing full well the earth will rebel
G D
into your wide open arms
D#sus C D
no way to break the spell
C D
break this spell
C D A2*
don't tell
ALL CHORDS FOR VERSE:
Em 0220XX
Em7/F# 2200XX
Em/G 3220XX
A X022XX
B6 X254XX
B X244XX
D#sus XX120X [on chorus: XX1202]
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
A/C# X42220
A2 X02200
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Kill Eye
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- tune all strings down one 1/2-step to match the recording.
Bm* E7* Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm E7
kill eye tumbling come out of the sky
Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm E7
kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars
Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm E7
kill eye he came clambering over the wall
Bm E7 Bm E7 Bm
kill eye halfway to hell and beyond
LEAD-IN TO CHORUS:
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----------------||
----------------|| [see below for tab for lead gtr. on chorus]
----------------||
---2-4-5-4-2-4--||
-4--------------||
D#7(4)*
I wanna be forgiven
D7(4)*
I wanna laugh with children
C#7(4)
won't you ever forgive me
please please forgive me
D#7(4)
I wanna hug my mother
D7(4)
and the sky above her
C#7(4)
I want the earth to open up
G# A G# F#
and hold me
kill eye shoot your way out of the bank
kill eye watch the security guard
kill eye you separate a man from his life
I wanna be forgiven
I wanna laugh with children
I wanna ride the pony
be your one and only friend
I will love you till the end
SOLO:
-------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-----------7>9--7--------------------|
-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-7>9-9-9-9>7-|------7>9--7>9--7--------------------|
-9-------9---|-9-------9---|-7>9--7>9----------------------------|
-------------|-------------|-7>9---------------9>8>7>6-----------|
-------------|-------------|---------------------------10>9>8>7--|
|_______________|
(actually a keybd. part)
-----------------------|--------||
--9-9--7-7---9-9--7-7--|-7>>>>>-||
--9-9--7-7---9-9--7-7--|-7>>>>>-||
-9---------------------|--------||
-----------------------|--------||
-----------------------|--------||
kill eye halfway to hell and beyond
I wanna hug my mother
and the sky above her
I want the earth to open up
I want the earth to open up
D#7(4) D7(4) C#7(4)
D#7(4) D7(4) C#7(4)
D#7(4) D7(4) C#7(4)
Tab for lead guitar on CHORUS (including lead-in)
---------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
---------------|---------------8---|---------------7----|---------------6---|
---------------|-----6---6>7>6---6-|-----5---5>6>5----5-|-----4---4>5>4---4-|
---------------|---5---------------|---4----------------|---3---------------|
---2-4-5-4-2-4-|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
-4-------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
[R] [R] [R]
__________________ _________________
|1. |2.
------------------|----------------|
--------------6---|----------------|
----4---4>5>4---4-|----6-8-9>8-6-5-| G# .... [follow chords from here]
--3---------------|--6-------------|
------------------|----------------|
------------------|----------------|
[R] |[R]
[R] = rest for first 1/8th-beat of the measure
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Bm 799777
E7 X79797
D#7(4) X6568X
D7(4) X5457X
C#7(4) X4346X
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Love This Life
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- Guitar must be tuned up 2 whole steps, or capo on IV, to match
recording.
INTRO:
---------0-------------|---------0----------------||
------0------------0---|------0-------------0-----||
----0------------0-----|----0-------------0-------||
-4---------4--2------0-|-4----------4--2-------0--||
-----------------------|--------------------------||
-----------------------|--------------------------||
Em
seal my fate
A4* A B7(4)*
I get your tongue in the mail
Em
no one is wise
A4 A B7(4)
until they see how it lies
E
love this life
C D
don't wait till the next one comes
E
pedal my faith
C B7(4) G
the wheels are still turning round, turn round
(G) C*
and maybe the day will come
C9*
when you'll never have to feel no pain
after all my complaining
D
gonna love this life
C
gonna love this life
D
gonna love this life
Em
gonna love this life ...
and so they threw you in jail
whatever you've done
it was a million to one
and don't you just love this life
when it's holding you down
pedal my faith
the wheels are still turning round, turn round
and maybe the day will come
when you'll never have to feel no pain
after all my complaining
gonna love this life
gonna love this life ...
Em
gonna love
-0--2-2-|-2--2>0--2-2-|-2>0--2-2-|-2--2>0--2-2-|-0--0--2-2--2-2-|-2--0-2-2-|
-0--1-1-|-1--1>0--0-0-|---0--1-1-|-1--1----0-0-|-0--0--1-1--1-1-|-1--0-0-0-|
----0---|-------------|----------|-------------|-0--0-----------|----------|
--------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------|
--------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------|
--------|-------------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------|
Emaj7/D#* G
C
there's something that you can do
G
even if you think that I hate you
C
stop your complaining, leave me defenseless
D
when you love this life
C
gotta love this life
D A7(4)* Am7
love this life though you'll never know why
D
gonna love this life
E C D E C D E
gonna love
TAB for final guitar lick:
________ ____________________
|1. |2.
-4--4-2-0-|-4--4-2-0-|-3--3-2-0-|-2-2-0---|-------------------||
----------|----------|----------|-------3-|-3--3---0----------||
----------|----------|----------|---------|------------2----1-||
----------|----------|----------|---------|-------------------||
----------|----------|----------|---------|-------------------||
----------|----------|----------|---------|-------------------||
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
B7(4) X2120X
A(4) X02230
A7(4) X02030
C X32013 [special C, just for the chorus]
C9 X32033
Emaj7/D# X6544X
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Love You 'Til the Day I Die
(N. Finn)
NOTES:
-- Listening to this song, the guitar work sounds very complex. I
was pleasantly surprised to find out that the verses are constructed
on two chords. However, Neil is adding a lot of other little licks
and "side chords" in between to make things interesting. (for exam-
ple, one of his faves is an Em form like this: X7978[10].) I would
suggest you do your own goofing around and figure out what works.
-- The bridge ("Frost on the window pane...") is particularly tricky
in this song, but once you get the fingerings down, it flows beauti-
fully.
INTRO: B7* Em* B7 Em B7 Em
B7
There's closets in my head where dirty things are kept
Em
That never see the light of day
B7
I want to drag them out, go for a walk
Em
Just to see the look that's on your face
B7
Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you
Em
So forgive me if I tell a lie
B7
Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it
Em
I will love you till the day I die
[*** NOTE: See below for guitar tab for this chorus]
Em G F#m A Em G F#m A
I believe in doing things backwards
Em G F#m A Em G F#m A
Take heed, start doing things in reverse
Here comes trouble, there's nothing wrong when I relax
I'm talking to myself you're coming with me
Teaching you how to distort the facts
Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you
So forgive me if I tell a lie
Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it
I will love you till the day I die
I believe in doing things backwards
Take heed, start doing things in reverse
Em B*
Frost on the window pane, the sound of pouring rain
G/B* G(11)/B*
All makes me glad of you
C B C Em G F#m A
Though I am far away I am always with you
Em G F#m A
Know the answer before you know the question
Em
Pull yourself together, baby, push with all your might
Em B G/B G(11)/B
I'm all alone, always alone
C B
Though I am far away
C B(VII)
I am always with you
*** Guitar tab for first chorus
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|1.
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------------3------2----------|------------3------2----10----10----||
--------------------------11--|------------------------------------||
----11----------------0-0-----|----11------------------------------||
0-0-----3-3----2-2------------|0-0-----3-3----2-2------------------||
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|2.
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-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||
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[WWWW = use whammy bar]
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
B7 797877
Em X79987
B XX9877
G/B XX9787
G(11)/B XX9687
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Mansion in the Slums
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- The main guitar riff in this song focuses mainly on the top four strings
on your guitar (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th). focus on just playing those strings
most of the way through, and minimize the use of the two highest strings.
INTRO:
Am G D/F#* F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G F Am G D/F# F Am G F
than a mansion in the slums
Am G D/F#* F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G F
than a mansion in the slums
Am G D/F#
the taste of success only lasts you
F Am
half an hour or less
G F
but it loves you when it comes
F
and you laugh at yourself
G Am
while you're bleeding to death
I'd much rather have a trampoline in my front room
than an isolation tank
I wish I was a million miles away
from the manager's door
there is trouble at the bank
F
you laugh at yourself
G
as you go deep into debt
G
laugh at yourself
G Am
while he's breathing down your neck
Em
who can stop me
with money in my pocket
sometimes I get it free
C
the best of both worlds
Em Am Bbm Bm C D
the best of both worlds
[Instr. break uses chords from the verse]
F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G D/F# F
I'd much rather have a mansion ... in the hills
Am G F
than a mansion in the slums
Am
yeah I'd much rather...
G D/F# F Am
what I mean is, would you mind if I had it all
G F
I'll take it when it comes
F
and you laugh at yourself
G
while you're bleeding to death
F
and somebody else is always
G
breathing down your neck
F
laugh at yourself
G
while he's hanging over your head
G F# F C [See tab below for
G F# F exact guitar part]
C B A# [Repeat]
G F# F C
best of both worlds (it'll soon be over)
G F# F C B A#
best of both worlds
G F# F C
best of both worlds (over)
G F# F C B A#
best of both worlds
G F# F C
soon be over
TAB for last guitar break:
-----8----7---6---4---4---|-----8---7--6----9---8---7--||
-7>8----7---6---6---6---6-|-6>8---7--6---10---9---8----||
--------------------------|----------------------------|| [repeat to end]
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* UNUSUAL CHORD
D/F# 200232
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Mean To Me
(N. Finn)
E A C#m
She came all the way from America
A Bsus B
Had a blind date with destiny
E A C#m
And the sound of Te Awamutu
Bsus B
Had a truly sacred ring
A E
Now her parents are divorced
G# A
And her friend's committing suicide
B E
I could not escape
A
A plea from the heart
D B
You know what it means to me
E
She said don't walk away
A
I'm down on my knees
D B
So please don't be mean to me
So I talked to you for an hour
In the bar of a small town hotel
You asked me what I was thinking
I was thinking of a padded cell
With a black and white T.V.
To stop us from getting lonely
I could not escape
A plea from the heart
You know what it means to me
She said don't walk away
I'm down on my knees
So please don't be mean to me
No, I could not escape
A plea from the heart
Mysterious sympathy
I couldn't wait for a chance
To walk out the door
D B C#m
You know what it means to me
A C#m
I saw you lying in the arms of a poet
A C#m
I heard him tell you t...tantalizing lies (about me)
A B
Well whad'd'ya know, whad'd'ya know
I could not escape
You're down on the floor
You know what it means to me
I couldn't wait for a chance
To walk out the door
Mean ...
You know what it means
In the arms of a poet
You know what it means
* UNUSUAL CHORD
Bsus x24452
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Never Be the Same
(N. Finn)
INTRO: C G C G C G C F Am G
D2* Dm* Am* G D2 Dm Am G
don't stand around like friends at a funeral
D2 Dm Am G
eyes to the ground
Am Am/G*
it could have been you
D2 Dm Am G
why do you weep
D2 Dm Am G
for the passing of ages
D2 Dm Am
you slip with the back of your hand
G
you're taking it out on the one you love
D2 Dm A G
I couldn't believe it
F C
but we might still survive
G Am Am/G#* Am/G
and rise up through the maze
F C
if you could change your life
G Am
and never be the same
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-5--5--6--6--8--8--10--10-|-5--5--6--6--8-||
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how long must I wait
for you to release me
I pay for each mistake
while you suffer in silence
I could still have an easy life
but the life ain't worth living
C D
once more will i hear you say
we might still survive
and rise up through the maze
if you could change your life
G F Am F D
and never be the same
[Instr. break on G]
D2 G
don't stand around
D2 G
like friends at a funeral
D2 Dm Am G
eyes to the ground
Am Am/G
don't suffer in silence
F C
'cause we might still survive
G Am
and rise up through the maze
F C
if you could change your life
G Am
and never be the same
F C
everytime I hear you
G Am
never be the same
F C
and everytime I mess up
G
never be the same
Chords under guitar solo (to end of song):
F C G D F C G [<-- Stay on G for rest of song]
TAB FOR SOLO:
---------|------0----|---------|-------------|---------|---------|
---1--1--|---1-------|---0--1--|-------------|---1--1--|---0--1--|
---------|--------0--|---------|----7----7---|---------|---0--0--|
-3-------|-2---------|-3-------|-4----4----4-|-3-------|-2-------|
---------|-----------|---------|-------------|---------|---------|
---------|-----------|---------|-------------|---------|---------|
-------------------|-1>>>>>10-----10----10--------------------|
-------------------|-3>>>>>12--12----12-----------------------|
-------------------|-----------------------12--10---------10--|
-------------------|-------------------------------10-12------|
-------------------|------------------------------------------|
-3--(7)--(7)--(7)--|------------------------------------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
--------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
------4-|--(5)^4---(5)^4--2-0--|----(5)^4-------(5)^4------(5)^4-| G chord
-3-5----|----------------------|---------------------------------|
--------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
--------|----------------------|-3-------------------------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
D2 X57755
Dm X57765
Am 577555
Am/G 302210
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Now We're Getting Somewhere
(N. Finn)
NOTES:
-- Chords in Intro should be damped with heel of hand. when verse starts,
go ahead and let them sustain.
-- The lead-in to the second verse is also used during the rideout section
when Neil's not soloing (starting with "When you took me to your room ...").
INTRO: C#m F#m G#7
C#m
It never used to be that bad
F#m G#7
But neither was it great
C#m
Somewhere in the middle than
F#m G#7
Content and much too safe
E
Ooh tell me please
Bsus B
Why it takes so long
C#m F#m B
To realize when there's something wrong
CHORUS
E A
Lay me out with your heart
B
Now we're gettin' somewhere
E A
Push me back to the start
B
Now we're gettin' somewhere
E A
Take me out let me breathe
B
Now we're gettin' somewhere
E A
When I'm with you I don't care
B
Where it is I'm falling
Lead-in to second verse:
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---2-----2------2-----2----|
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-2---------0--2---------0--|
-----0>2----------0>2------|
There's money in the Bible Belt
Hugs for daddy too
Three wishes for eternity
We've got some work to do
Ooh tell me please, tell me what went wrong
Cos I believe there is something wrong
CHORUS
1st SOLO: (Entire solo, including first and second endings is repeated;
Chords underneath are: C#m F#m G#7)
______________
| 1.
---------------------------------------------|-------------||
--5--5--7--7--9--9--9--9---10---10---10---10-|--9--9--7--7-||
6--6--8--8--9--9--9--9--11---11---11---11----|9--9--8--8---||
---------------------------------------------|-------------||
---------------------------------------------|-------------||
---------------------------------------------|-------------||
_____________________
|2.
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---13---13---13---13-||
13---13---13---13----||
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E A
When you took me to your room
B
I swear I said surrender
E A
When you opened up your mouth
B
I saw the words fall out
E A
Though nothing much has changed
B
I swear I will surrender
E A B
There is pain in my heart
E A B
We can choose what we choose to believe
2nd SOLO: (Solo is repeated; Chords underneath are: E A B)
2>>>7-----2-2-2-----7---5-4--2-2-2-||
4>>>9-----4-5-4-----9---5-5--4-5-4-||
4>>>9-----4-4-4-----9---6-6--4-4-4-||
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(Transcription by Mark Schnitzius & Marck Bailey)
Sister Madly
(N. Finn)
NOTES:
-- to play this the way it was originally played, all chords on the
verses are bar chords: Em on the 7th fret, A on the 5th fret, and
C on the 8th fret.
-- in the tab of the Richard Thompson solo, the notation "11^" means to
play the 11th fret but bend the note up (not necessarily all the way up
to the tone of the 12th fret--just a quick, ornamental bend. you know,
Thompson is famous for this kind of thing.)
INTRO: Em A Em C
Em A
now you're heading down to get someone
Em C
should've done what he had to do years ago
Em A
the position is coming through
Em C
all the people that you're standing on
Em A
all the people that you're standing on
Em C
now you're heading down to be someone
Em A
someone that you've seen in a magazine
Em C
your premonition is coming true
Em A
oh baby you're not so green
Em C
no baby you're not so green
Em A
no baby you're nutso
Am D G D
sister madly waking up the dead
Am D G D
you're systematically stepping on my head
Am D G D
sister madly waking up the dead
Am B7 E
you're systematically stepping on my head
now you're heading down to find something
something that you buried in your back yard
the position is coming through
from all the dirt that you're digging up
from all the dirt that you're digging up
now you're heading down to be somewhere
somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream
the opposition is coming through
from all the people that you're standing on
from all the people that you're standing on
now you better you'd better take a firm hand
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
SOLO:
-0---0---0-|-2-3-2-3-2-3---7--7--7-|----------------------|
-5---0---5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4---8--8--8-|-7----7---------------|
-----------|---------------9--9--9-|----9---9-------------|
-----------|-----------------------|----------9--7-5----4-|
-----------|-----------------------|-----------------7----|
-----------|-----------------------|----------------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-----------------------|---7----11^----12----13-----13^-----13^14-|
-----7--7--5-7-8>7>5-7-|-5----9------9-----9-----11------12-------|
---4-------------------|------------------------------------------|
-5---------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
now you're heading down to get someone
14---------------12----------8---------7--------------------------------- |
12---------------12----------8---------8--------------------------------- |
-----------------------------------------| <----------------------------- | solo underneath this line
-----------------------------------------| -- |
-----------------------------------------| -- |
-----------------------------------------| -- |
someone that you should've had years ago <----------------------------- |
the position is coming through
Em A
all the people that you're standing on
Em C
all the people that you're standing on
Em A
you're hard to get a hand on
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
------0--------------|
-1-0-----------------|
--------2>4>2--------|
--------------2--0-2-| F9*
---------------------|
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* UNUSUAL CHORD
F9 XX988(11)
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Something So Strong
(N. Finn/M. Froom)
INTRO:
-2-2--2--2-2----------|
-3-3--3--3-3----------|
-2-2--2--2-2----------|
-0-0--0--0-0-----0----|
-------------0-2---2--|
----------------------|
(D)
D
Love can make you weep
Em D
Can make you run for cover
Bm
Roots that spread so deep
G D
Bring life to frozen ground
CHORUS
G D
Something so strong
G B A
Could carry us away
G D
Something so strong
G A
Could carry us today
Turning in my sleep
Love can leave you cold
Taste of jealousy
Is like a lust for gold
Chorus
G* D/F# D D/C#
I've been feeling so much older
G D/F# A
Frame me and hang me on the wall
G D/F# D D/C#
I've seen you fall into the same trap
G D/F# A
This thing is happening to us all
SOLO: (Chords underneath solo are from verse)
-----------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
-------------3---|--------0-------3-----3---|---3--7-5-3-----3--7-5-3---|
-------4---------|---0------------2---0---0-|------------0------7-6-4-0-|
0-4--7---4-------|-----0----0>2-5-----------|-4------------4------------|
---------------0-|-2------------------------|---------------------------|
-----------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------6---9-9-9-8-|-7--7-||
8-8-8-7-8-7-8-7-7-----7-7-7-7-|-8--8-||
9-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-----6---------|------||
------------------------------|------||
------------------------------|------||
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Chorus
Chords to fade: G D G D .... etc.
(Transcription by Marck Bailey and Mark Schnitzius)
That's What I Call Love
(P. Hester/N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- The tablature that appears on the second line of the Intro is
the same style as used on the verses.
INTRO:
________________ ____________
|1. |2.
------------|--------------|----------------||-7--7--10--||
------------|--------------|-7-7-8----7-7-8-||-8--8---8--||
7--7-7--7-7-|-7---7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7----7-7-7-||-----------||
5--5-5--5-5-|-5---5-5--5-5-|-7-7-7----7-7-7-||-----------||
------------|--------------|----------------||-----------||
------------|--------------|----------------||-----------||
------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------|
7--7-7--7-7-|-7--7-7--7-7-|----7----7---|-6--6-6------|
5--5-5--5-5-|-5--5-5--5-5-|----5----5---|-5--5-5------|
--------------------------|-7----7----7-|-7--7-7------|
------------------------------------------------------|
Emaj7*
You take away my air
E7*
You make my lungs collapse
I die tonight
I die tonight
C7* B7*
Feeling devastated
Em
That's what I call
C7 B7
Livin' in your memory
Em
That's what I call
C7 B7
Tired and deflated
Em
That's what I call
E7 B7 Em
Love
I tidy up your room
You tidy up my life
Show me the door
I'm abandoned here
I'm warm to the core
I can feel
You sink I swim
We never got in that deep
You bend I break
I die tonight
Feeling devastated
That's what I call
Hangin' on and fallin' over
That's what I call
Tired and deflated
That's what I call
Love
-----------|------------|------------|------------||
---8---8---|----8---8---|----8---8---|----8---8---||
7----7---7-|-7----7---7-|-7----7---7-|-6----6---6-|| Repeat
9----9-----|-9----9-----|-9----9-----|-7----7---7-||
-----------|------------|------------|------------||
-----------|------------|------------|------------||
______________ ______________
|1. |2. [Chords]
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3--3-3-|-2--2-2--2-2-||
-0--0-0--2-4-|-0--0-0--2-4-|-0--0-0--2-4-|-0--0-0--2-4-|| C B
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
Em F#m G F#m Em
Emaj7 E7
I got a little room
The air's still pretty bad
I die tonight
Feeling devastated
That's what I call
Hangin' on and fallin' over
That's what I call
Tired and deflated
That's what I call
Feeling devastated (That's)
Livin' with a vacuum cleaner (What)
C7 B7
Sweepin' up your memory (I)
Em F#m G F#m Em
call Love
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Emaj7 X757XX
E7 X756XX
C7 8(10)8988
B7 797877
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Tombstone
(N. Finn)
Bm G
Look at all the plans I made
Bm G D
Falling down like scraps of paper
Bm G Em
I will leave them where they lie to remind me
Bm G
From the past a rumour comes
Bm G D
Don't let it keep draggin' you down
Bm G
Throw the memory in an open fire
Em
You'll be free
D Asus* A
Roll back the tombstone
D Asus A
Let the saints appear
D Asus A
Roll back the tombstone
G Em
Make a new man out of me
Beware the passenger
The train already left the station
We are neither at home nor at work
We are moving
Listen to the howling of steel
A face betraying no emotion
Like you never had a chance to be
Wild and free
Roll back the tombstone
Let the saints appear
Roll back the tombstone
Till the Lone Ranger rides again
G A D7sus4*
Rides again in your mind
D7sus4
Rode across the open plain
All the way
and back again
SOLO:
------------|----------------|-------------|-----------|------------||
------------|----------------|-------------|-----------|------------||
------------|----------------|-------------|-4---------|------------||
--------0---|---------0-5->4-|---------0---|-----------|------------||
2---2-4-----|-2---2-4--------|-2---2-4-----|----6-8-6--|-4^5^4---2--||
----------3-|----------------|-----------3-|-----------|------------||
Bm G
Listen to the howling of steel
Bm G D
A face betraying no emotion
Bm
Like you never had a chance to be
Em
Wild and free
Chorus
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
D7sus4 X57585
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
When You Come (N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- Oh, go ahead. try it with a 12-string. i lost my head when i did.
INTRO: E Esus* E Esus
E
when you come across the sea
D(9)*
me like a beacon guiding you to safety
the sooner the better now
E
and when you come the hills
will breathe like a baby
D(9)
pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
the sooner the better now
E
when you come to cover me with your kisses
D(9)
fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
E
I'll know you by the thunderclap
D(9)
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
C#m
and that is why
B E
I stumble to my knees
B A
and why underneath the heavens
B A
with the stars burning and exploding
B A G
I know I could never let you down
E
when you come
-7---7--5--7---7---7---5--7---7---7----5--4---2-||
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E
when you come like an iceberg float in darkness
D(9)
smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
E
when you come your majesty to entrap me
D(9)
prince of light receding
the sooner the better now
E
and when you come to cover me
D(9)
with your kisses hard like armour
the sooner the better now
E A B E
I'll know you by
the thunderclap
D(9)
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
and that is why
I stumble to my knees
and why underneath the heavens
with the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down
-0--0-----0--0------0--0--0------0--0----0----0----0--0--0---0-||
10>12----10>12-----12-10-12-----10>12----5----7----8--7--5---5-||
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^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^
E D(9)
she came out of the water
E
into my horizon
D(9)
like a cumulo nimbus
E
coming in from a distance
D(9)
burning and exploding
E
burning and exploding
D(9)
like a slow volcano
E D(9) [etc. ... ]
when you come
cover the ground with ashes
when you come
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
Esus 022200
D(9) XX0230
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
World Where You Live
(N. Finn)
NOTE:
-- The opening is, obviously, a keyboard part, which is easily
reproduced on guitar using both the Em9, Em, and A(9) chords. with
a little bit of work you should be able to find it, but if you
have problems, don't hesitate to ask (marck@nwu.edu).
INTRO: Em9* A(9)* Em9 A(9)
Em
Here's someone now whose got the muscle
D
His steady hand could move a mountain
Em
Expert in bed but come on now
D
There must be something missing
Em D
That golden one leads a double life
You'll find out
Am Am/G* D/F#*
But I don't know where you go
G A D
Do you climb into space
Am Am/G D/F#
To the world where you live
G A Em9 A(9) Em9 A(9)
The world where you live
So here we lie against each other
These four walls can never hold us
We're looking for wide open spaces
High above the kitchen
And we're strangers here
On our way to some other place
But I don't know where you go
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
G A D
The world where you live
Em Em/F#* Em/G*
The world where you live
A Asus*
When friends come round
A(9) F
You might remember and be sad
A Asus A(9) F
Behind their eyes is unfamiliar
INSTR. BREAK (Gtr. chords under keybd. solo):
Am Am/G Am/F#*
Am Am/G Am/F#
Am Am/G Am/F#
Am Am/G Am/F#
G A D
Do you climb into space
Am Am/G Am/F#
To the world where you live
G A D
To the world where you live, oh
G A D
To the world where you live, yeah
G A D
To the world where you live, oh
D4* D
To the world where you live
C C7*
To the world where you live
C(9)* Em7/B* D
To the world where you live
* UNUSUAL CHORDS:
Em9 022002
A(9) X02200
Am/G 302210
D/F# 200232
Em/F# 222XXX
Em/G 3220XX
Asus X02230
Am/F# 202210
Dsus XX0233
C7 X24222
C(9) X24422
Em7/B X20030
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Artist: Crowded House
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