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Kill Eye

Crowded House
Tab

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Song

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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:

e|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|----------------||   [see below for tab for lead gtr. on chorus]
D|----------------||
A|---2-4-5-4-2-4--||
E|-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:

e|-------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-7-9-9-9-9-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-7-|-----------7-9--7--------------------|
G|-7-9-9-9-9-7-|-7-9-9-9-9-7-|------7-9--7-9--7--------------------|
D|-9-------9---|-9-------9---|-7-9--7-9----------------------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-7-9---------------9-8-7-6-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|---------------------------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)

e|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|---------------|---------------8---|---------------7----|---------------6---|
G|---------------|-----6---6-7-6---6-|-----5---5-6-5----5-|-----4---4-5-4---4-|
D|---------------|---5---------------|---4----------------|---3---------------|
A|---2-4-5-4-2-4-|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E|-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)

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