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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

for the first time in my life

that's why I tell you

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

for the first time in my life

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.

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)

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

But you'll never see the end of the road

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:

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:

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

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

She said I could never do that

Fsus* Fmaj7

but I know you can, you are in my dream

we are one person not two of a kind

Fsus Fmaj7

and what was mine is now in your possession

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

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

six foot off the ground

Fsus Fmaj7

well I know how that sounds...

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

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

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*

You came

Out of this world to me

My life

Parted like the Red Sea

We flowed

D4 Bm

Easy between the rocks and stones

Never seemed to stop us

The years

Ended in confusion

Bm A

Don't ask me I don't know what happened

But I am

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

Of all that we know

Bm A

As I walk away from you

G A

Hurled from my home

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

Bm A

Your inspiration

G A

Give to receive

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

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

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

for me to go

into temptation

D Em A/C# D

knowing full well the earth will rebel

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

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

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

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--||
-----------------------|--------------------------||
-----------------------|--------------------------||

seal my fate

A4* A B7(4)*

I get your tongue in the mail

no one is wise

A4 A B7(4)

until they see how it lies

love this life

C D

don't wait till the next one comes

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

gonna love this life

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 ...

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

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

D A7(4)* Am7

love this life though you'll never know why

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

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

[*** 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

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

______________________________________

|1.

------------------------------|---------------------------------10-||
------------------------------|---------------------------11-------||
------------3------2----------|------------3------2----10----10----||
--------------------------11--|------------------------------------||
----11----------------0-0-----|----11------------------------------||
0-0-----3-3----2-2------------|0-0-----3-3----2-2------------------||

_________________________________________________

|2.

------------------------------------------------||
-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-||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

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

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

you laugh at yourself

as you go deep into debt

laugh at yourself

G Am

while he's breathing down your neck

who can stop me

with money in my pocket

sometimes I get it free

the best of both worlds

Em Am Bbm Bm C D

the best of both worlds

Instr. break uses chords from the verse

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

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

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

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]

--------------------------|----------------------------||
--------------------------|----------------------------||
--------------------------|----------------------------||

* 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 plea from the heart

D B

You know what it means to me

She said don't walk away

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

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

--------------------------|---------------||
-5--5--6--6--8--8--10--10-|-5--5--6--6--8-||
--------------------------|---------------||
--------------------------|---------------||
--------------------------|---------------||
--------------------------|---------------||

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

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

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

Now we're gettin' somewhere

E A

Push me back to the start

Now we're gettin' somewhere

E A

Take me out let me breathe

Now we're gettin' somewhere

E A

When I'm with you I don't care

Where it is I'm falling

Lead-in to second verse:

---------------------------|
---------------------------|
---2-----2------2-----2----|
---------------------------|
-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.

---------------------||
---13---13---13---13-||
13---13---13---13----||
---------------------||
---------------------||
---------------------||

E A

When you took me to your room

I swear I said surrender

E A

When you opened up your mouth

I saw the words fall out

E A

Though nothing much has changed

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-||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||
-----------------------------------||

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

(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

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

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*
---------------------|
---------------------|

* 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)

Love can make you weep

Em D

Can make you run for cover

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---------|------||
------------------------------|------||
------------------------------|------||
------------------------------|------||

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

C7* B7*

Feeling devastated

That's what I call

C7 B7

Livin' in your memory

That's what I call

C7 B7

Tired and deflated

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

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

Like you never had a chance to be

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

when you come across the sea

D(9)*

me like a beacon guiding you to safety

the sooner the better now

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

when you come to cover me with your kisses

D(9)

fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den

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

when you come

-7---7--5--7---7---7---5--7---7---7----5--4---2-||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
------------------------------------------------||

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

when you come your majesty to entrap me

D(9)

prince of light receding

the sooner the better now

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-||
---------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------------------||
---------------------------------------------------------------||

^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^

E D(9)

she came out of the water

into my horizon

D(9)

like a cumulo nimbus

coming in from a distance

D(9)

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)

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

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#

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)

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