somewhere deep inside
something's got a hold on you
and it's pushing me aside
see it stretch on forever
I know I'm right
for the first time in my life
that's why I tell you
you'd better be home soon
stripping back the coats
you'd better be home soon
so don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong
cos when you get back home maybe I'll be gone
it would cause me pain
if we were to end it
I know I'm right
for the first time in my life
that's why I tell you
you'd better be home soon
that's why I tell you
you'd better be home soon
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Can't Carry On
Why do I kid myself
Why do I scream for pleasure
It's four in the morning should know better
But she can weave a spell
Making me feel like somebody special
CHORUS
Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep)
Before it gets too late (just go to sleep)
Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep)
Well here we go again
Though I look everywhere
Honestly I want to free myself
From the burden of inaction
Honestly I want to raise myself
To any plane I can imagine
Honestly I want to free myself
Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep)
Before it gets too late
Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep)
Well here we go again
(just go to sleep) I want to free myself
(just go to sleep) I want to raise myself
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Don't Dream It's Over
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me
CHORUS
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
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof
E7sus x797(10)7
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Hole in the River
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
There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky
Left her car by the river left her shoes beside
Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was
Dreaming of glory
Miles above the mountains and plains
Free at last
We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I
There's a hole in the river where a memory lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky
There is no return
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
I Feel Possessed
She said I could never do that
but I know you can, you are in my dream
we are one person not two of a kind
and what was mine is now in your possession
I could feel you underneath my skin
Fsus
sent the kitchen table crashing
she said nobody move
or I'll 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
Fsus
wished I had a camera on me
six foot off the ground
well I know how that sounds
look above you and beyond me too
that kind of view don't need an explanation
I'm not lying, not asking for anything
I just want to be there when it happens again
I hardly know which way is up
I feel possessed when you come round
whenever you invade my home
everything I know flies out the window
I don't want an explanation
but I'll be there when you bring the house down
I hardly know which way is up
I feel possessed when you come round
I feel possessed
I feel possessed
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
I Walk Away
You came
Out of this world to me
My life
Parted like the Red Sea
We flowed
Easy between the rocks and stones
Never seemed to stop us
The years
Ended in confusion
Don't ask me I don't know what happened
But I am
A man with a mission
Must be the devil I don't know
Find me marching to a different tune
It's hard to let go
Of all that we know
As I walk away from you
Hurled from my home
Into the unknown
As I walk away from you
Reveal whatever you desire
Give it to me
Give it to me
Your inspiration
Give to receive
Find all we need
As I walk away
I'm just a slave to ambition
Tension your permanent condition
So much you've always wanted
Too much given' you a sore head
I walk away
As I walk away from you
As I walk away from you
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
(Bm) DD97XX [D= dampen this string; more for percussive feel
than for an actual tone]
oh hell trouble is coming
out here in panic and alarm
black shapes gather in the distance
looks like it won't take long
the first drops land on the window
the first sign that there's something wrong
light rain and a head full of thunder
which way, which way
two days till I get to you
I'll be late if I ever get through
where I go there'll be no kind welcome
coming down upon me
time will keep me warm
feel my face
now the insects swarm
in the lowlands
fear will take the place of desire
and we will fan the flames from on high
try for heavens sake
the sky fell underneath a blanket
and we will fan the flames from on high
* UNUSUAL CHORD
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Into Temptation
you opened up your door
I couldn't believe my luck
you in your new blue dress
taking away my breath
the cradle is soft and warm
couldn't do me no harm
you're showing me how to give
into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
a muddle of nervous words
could never amount to betrayal
the sentence is all my own
the price is to watch it fail
as I turn to go
you looked at me for half a second
with an open invitation
for me to go
into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
safe in the wide open arms of hell
we can go sailing in
climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
into temptation
right where you belong
the guilty get no sleep
in the last slow hours of morning
experience is cheap
I should've listened to the warning
but the cradle is soft and warm
into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into your wide open arms
no way to break the spell
break this spell
don't tell
Em 0220XX
A X022XX
D#sus XX120X [on chorus: XX1202]
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Kill Eye
kill eye tumbling come out of the sky
kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars
kill eye he came clambering over the wall
kill eye halfway to hell and beyond
D#7(4) *
won't you ever forgive me
please please forgive me
I wanna hug my mother
and the sky above her
I want the earth to open up
and hold me
kill eye shoot your way out of the bank
Tab for lead guitar on CHORUS (including lead-in)
1. 2.
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Love This Life
seal my fate
A4 * A B7(4) *
no one is wise
until they see how it lies
love this life
don't wait till the next one comes
pedal my faith
the wheels are still turning round, turn round
(G) C *
gonna love this life
gonna love this life
gonna love this life
gonna love this life
and so they threw you in jail
gonna love
there's something that you can do
even if you think that I hate you
stop your complaining, leave me defenseless
when you love this life
gotta love this life
love this life though you'll never know why
gonna love this life
gonna love
1. 2.
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Love You 'Til the Day I Die
There's closets in my head where dirty things are kept
That never see the light of day
I want to drag them out, go for a walk
Just to see the look that's on your face
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
Here comes trouble, there's nothing wrong when I relax
All makes me glad of you
Though I am far away I am always with you
Know the answer before you know the question
Pull yourself together, baby, push with all your might
I'm all alone, always alone
Though I am far away
I am always with you
* * * Guitar tab for first chorus
Em X79987
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Mansion in the Slums
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
than a mansion in the slums
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
than a mansion in the slums
the taste of success only lasts you
half an hour or less
but it loves you when it comes
and you laugh at yourself
while you're bleeding to death
I'd much rather have a trampoline in my front room
you laugh at yourself
as you go deep into debt
laugh at yourself
while he's breathing down your neck
who can stop me
with money in my pocket
the best of both worlds
the best of both worlds
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
I'd much rather have a mansion in the hills
than a mansion in the slums
yeah I'd much rather
what I mean is, would you mind if I had it all
I'll take it when it comes
and you laugh at yourself
while you're bleeding to death
and somebody else is always
breathing down your neck
laugh at yourself
while he's hanging over your head
best of both worlds (it'll soon be over)
best of both worlds
best of both worlds (over)
best of both worlds
soon be over
* UNUSUAL CHORD
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Mean To Me
She came all the way from America
Had a blind date with destiny
And the sound of Te Awamutu
Had a truly sacred ring
Now her parents are divorced
And her friend's committing suicide
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
So I talked to you for an hour
You know what it means to me
I saw you lying in the arms of a poet
I heard him tell you t tantalizing lies (about me)
Well whad'd'ya know, whad'd'ya know
I could not escape
don't stand around like friends at a funeral
eyes to the ground
it could have been you
why do you weep
for the passing of ages
you slip with the back of your hand
you're taking it out on the one you love
I couldn't believe it
but we might still survive
and rise up through the maze
if you could change your life
and never be the same
how long must I wait
once more will i hear you say
we might still survive
and never be the same
don't stand around
like friends at a funeral
eyes to the ground
don't suffer in silence
'cause we might still survive
and rise up through the maze
if you could change your life
and never be the same
everytime I hear you
never be the same
and everytime I mess up
never be the same
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Now We're Getting Somewhere
It never used to be that bad
But neither was it great
Somewhere in the middle than
Content and much too safe
Ooh tell me please
Why it takes so long
To realize when there's something wrong
CHORUS
Lay me out with your heart
Now we're gettin' somewhere
Push me back to the start
Now we're gettin' somewhere
Take me out let me breathe
Now we're gettin' somewhere
When I'm with you I don't care
Where it is I'm falling
There's money in the Bible Belt
When you took me to your room
I swear I said surrender
When you opened up your mouth
I saw the words fall out
Though nothing much has changed
I swear I will surrender
There is pain in my heart
We can choose what we choose to believe
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- 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
now you're heading down to get someone
should've done what he had to do years ago
the position is coming through
all the people that you're standing on
all the people that you're standing on
now you're heading down to be someone
someone that you've seen in a magazine
your premonition is coming true
oh baby you're not so green
no baby you're not so green
no baby you're nutso
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
now you're heading down to find something
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Something So Strong
Love can make you weep
Can make you run for cover
Roots that spread so deep
Bring life to frozen ground
CHORUS
Something so strong
Could carry us away
Something so strong
Could carry us today
Turning in my sleep
I've been feeling so much older
Frame me and hang me on the wall
I've seen you fall into the same trap
This thing is happening to us all
SOLO: (Chords underneath solo are from verse)
(Transcription by Marck Bailey and Mark Schnitzius)
That's What I Call Love
That's what I call
Livin' in your memory
That's what I call
Tired and deflated
That's what I call
Love
I tidy up your room
I got a little room
The air's still pretty bad
Sweepin' up your memory (I)
call Love
* UNUSUAL CHORDS
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
Tombstone
Look at all the plans I made
Falling down like scraps of paper
I will leave them where they lie to remind me
From the past a rumour comes
Don't let it keep draggin' you down
Throw the memory in an open fire
You'll be free
Roll back the tombstone
Let the saints appear
Roll back the tombstone
Make a new man out of me
Beware the passenger
Rides again in your mind
Rode across the open plain
All the way
Listen to the howling of steel
A face betraying no emotion
Like you never had a chance to be
Wild and free
Chorus
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
When You Come (N. Finn)
when you come across the sea
D(9) *
and when you come the hills
will breathe like a baby
pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
the sooner the better now
when you come to cover me with your kisses
fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
I'll know you by the thunderclap
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
when you come
when you come like an iceberg float in darkness
smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
when you come your majesty to entrap me
prince of light receding
the sooner the better now
and when you come to cover me
with your kisses hard like armour
the sooner the better now
I'll know you by
the thunderclap
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
and that is why
she came out of the water
into my horizon
like a cumulo nimbus
coming in from a distance
burning and exploding
burning and exploding
like a slow volcano
when you come
cover the ground with ashes
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)
World Where You Live
a little bit of work you should be able to find it, but if you
have problems, don't hesitate to ask ( *).
Here's someone now whose got the muscle
His steady hand could move a mountain
Expert in bed but come on now
There must be something missing
That golden one leads a double life
You'll find out
But I don't know where you go
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
The world where you live
So here we lie against each other
The world where you live
The world where you live
A Asus *
You might remember and be sad
Behind their eyes is unfamiliar
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
To the world where you live, oh
To the world where you live, yeah
To the world where you live, oh
To the world where you live
To the world where you live
To the world where you live
Asus X02230
Dsus XX0233
(Transcription by Marck Bailey)