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The Psychedelic Sounds

13th Floor Elevators
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 X4
 You're gonna wake  up one morning
 as the sun  greets the dawn
 You're gonna wake  up one morning
 as the sun  greets the dawn
 You're gonna look  around in your  mind, girl,
 You're gonna find  that I'm gone
You  didn't realiiiiize
 You didn't realiiiiize
 You didn't realiiiiize
 You didn't realiiiiize
 You didn't realiiiiize
 Oh  you're gonna miss  me, baby
 Oh  you're gonna miss  me, baby
 Oh  you're gonna miss  me, child,  yeah,  yeah
I  gave you the warning
 But you never heeded it
 How can you say you miss my lovin
 When you never needed it
You're  gonna wake up wonderin'
Find  yourself all alone
But  what's gonna stop  me, baby?
I'm  not comin' home
I'm  not comin' home
I'm  not comin' home
 Repeat ( E D A G ) Harmonica End
 2 - ROLLER COASTER ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 X7 )
Am
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G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----2h3-----2-----0-----0h2-------|
A|--16/0---0-0-----0-0---0-0---0-0----0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Someone  somewhere sometime ago
 His eyes were clear to see
 He put his thoughts into my mind
 And gave myself to me
He  stopped me from living so unsane
 I can be just what I want to be
Things  appear as they really are
 I can see just what I want to see
 Come on  and let it happen to you
 Come on  and let it happen to you
 You’ve got to open  up your mind
 And let everything come through
Oh  well, it starts like a roller coaster ride
 So real it takes your breath away
 It slides you through your point of view
 You look back to where you thought you’d stay
 Your ride  the changes outside you
 While inside you’re like a neon ray
 And you find  out you don’t have to search for words
 For there’s nothing you need to say
 Come on  and let it happen to you
 Come on  and let it happen to you
 You’ve got to open  up your mind
 And let everything come through
After  your trip life opens up
 You start doing what you want to do
 And you find out that the world you once knew
 Gets what it has from you
No  one can ever hurt you
 Because you know more that you thought you knew
 And you’re looking  at the world through brand new eyes
 And no one can ever spoil the view
 Come on and  let it happen to you
 Come on  and let it happen to you
 You’ve got to open  up your mind
 And let everything come through
  Repeat G - Am End
 3 - SPLASH 1 (NOW I'M HOME) --------------------------------------------------------------------
D
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B|---------------------------|---------------------------------------3--|
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D|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2--|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2----4--2---0--0--|
A|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
I've  seen your face  before
 I've known  you all  my life
And  though it's new
 Your image cuts  me like  a knife
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome,  to stay.
The  neon from  your eyes is splashing  into  mine
They´re so  familiar in  a way  I can't  define
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome,  to stay.
And  though this is awfull  speedy
We  needn't bother  sleeping
All  we might say  is understood
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome,  to stay.
The  fierceness of  our feelings rocks  me like  a roar
It's  good to know  we won't be strangers  anymore
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome.
 And now I'm hooome,  to stay.  (X2)
 
 4 - REVERBERATION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(X2)
Am
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B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------5b-----------7/9---7/5--------|
D|------5h7-------5h7------------------7---|
A|-7/0-----0----0-----0-0-----0------0-----|
E|-----------------------------------------|
 You finally  find your helpless  mind,
 is trapped  inside your skin.
 You want  to leave, but you  believe
 you won't  get back again.
 You only  know, you have  to go but still  you can't get out.
 You try  and try, you die  and die. You're stopped  by your own doubt.
Reverberation,
 reverberation.
 You find  no peace, it doesn't  cease,
 it's deadly  irritation.
 It keeps  you blind, it's there  behind,
 your every  hesitation.
 It holds  your thought, your mind  is caught,
 your fixed  with fascination.
 You think  you'll die, within  the lie,
 it's backward  elevation!
Reverberation,
 reverberation.
 You see  reverberation,
is  your latest incarnation,
You  think it's  a sensation,
 Intro X2
 but it's just reverberation.
 You start  to swerve, the downward  curve,
 that catches  up your fears.
 Each thing  you do, comes home  to you,
 and pounds  inside your ears.
 Your start  to fight against  the night,
 that screams  inside your mind.
 When something  black it answers  back,
 and grabs  you from behind!
Reverberation,
 echoing through your brain.
 Reverberation,
 driving your mind insane.
 Reverberation,
 causing your blood to drain,
   X4
 leaving just charred remains. End
 5 - DON'T FALL DOWN -------------------------------------------------------------
E|---1/3--3--1/3--3---0--0-0----| X2
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e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------9------------ 7-------------5---------------7------|
D|---0h10---10----0--0h9---9----0--0h7---7------0--0h9---9----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 Don't  fall  doooown  (Backing Vocals) X8
 When you see her, ease up by her side
 When you're near her, if your voice is tied
 Don't deceive her, tell her what you feel
 She'll receive you if your voice is real
Every  time you need her, she  is there
 to ease  the pain that fogs  you
And  when you don't need her calm  her stare,
 she says  she's needing you
 Don't  fall  doooown  (Backing Vocals) X8
 As you love her, she loves only you
 As you lift her, she believes in you
 From beside her keep behind her eyes
 They're behind you past the thought of lies
If  you want to rise you  must place
 someone  else where you are standing
Everything  she learns  is on her face,
 your strength  is all she's demanding
 Don't  fall  doooown  (Backing Vocals) X8
 Do you feel it? Feel it! Feel it! (Backing Vocals) X8
 When you leave her give her promises
 When you greet her give her all your kisses
 As you warm her never disapoint her
 As you hold her do all that you told her
Every  time you need her, she  is there
 to ease  the pain that fogs  you
And  when you don't need her calm  her stare,
 she says  she's needing you
 6 - FIRE ENGINE------------------------------------------------------------------
Em B7 (Blues  Structure  12-bar)
 Let  me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
 Let  me take you to the empty place in my  fire engine
 It  can drive you out of your mind
 Climb  the ladder of your own design in my fire  engine.
Don't  tell it to go slow  or stop
You're  got to work it right up  to the top
A  piercing bolt of neon  red
 Explodes  on fire inside your head
Let  me take you to the empty place on my fire engine
Let  me take you to the empty place in my  fire engine
Blow  it in rhythms making you
Round  in the corner you can feel the ring on my fire  engine
Close  your eyes and you  will raise
Your  image you no longer  taste
A  fiery flood engulfs  your brain
 And  drowns your partner (?)
Let  me take you to the empty place on my fire engine
Let  me take you to the empty place on my  fire engine
It  can drive you out of your mind
Climb  the ladder of your own design in my  fire engine.
 7 - Thru The Rhythm -----------------------------------------------------------
B
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B|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|
G|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|
D|---4--4-----4--4-----4---------4--4-----4--4-----4----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Through  the rhythm of darkened  time
Painted  black by knowledge  crimes
 And repetitions  pointless  mine
 Instilling  values the sick  define
 That weaves  the fabric that keeps  you blind
 And ties  your hands and cloaks  your mind
 But on  my stilts I´m  above slime
 Come  on up if you can make  the climb but
 Who am  I!  Who  Am I!  Who  Am I!
 I've smelt  the stench from the fumes  that rise
 From the books  that rehash the same  old lies
 I felt  the panic that they  disguise
 In the forms  of laws of every  size
 I've heard  the teachers whine and make you drop  off like flies
 But you know  they're teaching nonsense, 'cause they catch  you on your eyes
 I have seen  the fool's gold they pawn off  as their prize
 To the average  standard the norm  supplies but
 Where  Am I!  Where  Am I!  Where  Am I!
 You gobble  all the blessings they tossed  you to digest
 They may  be hard to swallow, but they keep  your tongue depressed
 Your scattered  whims were born  depressed
 So when  something slams  your chest
 You flutter  about your sleep  distressed
 And then  you stop to ease  your breast
 A scattered  rim leaves you  obsessed
 While solid  thoughts are soon  suppressed
 But Where Are  You?  Where Are  You?  Where Are  You? REPEAT
 (END)
 8 - YOU DON'T KNOW -------------------------------------------------------------
D|---5--5--5/3--3---3/7--7--7/5---0---|
   X1
 There  you are again  standing  down below  me
 Honestly  believe  that there is something  you can show  me
 While deep  within your mind  just what you give  to even know  me
 And you  don´t  know
 You  don´t  know
 You  don't know  how young  you are
 Your eyes  are filled with coral  snakes and liquid  plastic castles
 Your daily  life revolves  around a thousand  petty hassles
 Corney  dots and window  panes and pink  and silver dazzles
 And you  don´t  know
 You  don´t  know
 You  don´t  know how  young  you are
If  I knew what´s  right for you  you would not be  without it
 And if  I knew the truth  for you I’d surely  stand and shout  it
 There´s  better things that  you can be, there  is no doubt  about it
 And you  don´t  know
 You  don´t  know
 You  don´t  know how  young  you are
You  don't know (You die young) Repeat
 
 9 - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN -----------------------------------------------------------
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D||----2-------------0h2-0-------|----2-------------0h2-0----------|
A||----2--------------------2-0--|----2---------------------2-0----|
E||----0-------------------------|----0----------------------------|
Here  you are at my  place within  your glistening eyes
 I´m  watching your  reactions as  the thing within  you cries
 And I´m  bringing you this  message
 'cause I think  it´s time  you knew
 That the kingdom  of heaven  is within  you
 The incense  and the candles  and the colors  on the wall
 Your image  stands reflected  as a princess  come to call
 Your suspicions  I´m  confirming as  you find them all quite  true
 And the kingdom  of heaven  is within  you
 Em x 4
 Through the stained  glass windows  moonlight flashes  on the choir
 And splashes  on the altar  in glows  of liquid fire
 Then it bathes  you with its glory  and you begin  life anew
 And the kingdom  of heaven  is within  you
 10 - MONKEY ISLAND -------------------------------------------------------------
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D||---------7--5-----7--------|
A||---5-----------------------|
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 Living  home on  monkey island,  baby
 Right  in the middle  of a zoo
 Living  home on  monkey island,  baby
 Pretend  to be a monkey, too
 Well,  here I am on monkey  island
Hiding  behind a rock
 I'm all  dressed up with my monkey  suit
 Pretending  to be something I'm not
 (Chorus)
 Well there's  one thing about these monkeys,  baby
 They  don't know I'm around
 But  that's pretty good, 'cause if  they knew
 They'll probably  come and put me  down
 (Chorus)
 With my paisley  tie and my one  button suit
 I'm about  as close as I can  get
 I guess  I must be doing  okay
 'Cause they  haven't come and got me  yet
 (Chorus)
 
 11 - TRIED TO HIDE --------------------------------------------------------------
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A||--14/2--------------2-----2----2-----2-----0h2----|
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 You think  you´re strong when you´re all restraining
 You think  you have when you´re only claiming
 When I got near  all I saw was fear
 And I know that you tried  to hide and you cried ´cause you lied  about it
 You knew  that you had when you tried to tell it
 You thought  that you were when you tried to sell it
 And when I got near  all I saw was fear
 And I know that you tried  to hide and you cried ´cause you lied  about it
 You used  the words but you´re only guessing
 And you know  I saw it was your brand new dressing
 Well, you know the song,  but you live it all wrong
 And I know that you tried  to hide and you cried ´cause you lied  about it
 
  By xarlee_650

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Readable chord sheet for The Psychedelic Sounds by 13th Floor Elevators

[E]  [D]  [A]  [G]    X4

You're gonna w[E]ake up one mo[D]rning  [A]
as the s[G]un greets the d[E]awn  [D]       [G]           [A]
You're gonna w[E]ake up one mo[D]rning  [A]
as the s[G]un greets the d[E]awn  [D]       [G]           [A]
You're gonna l[E]ook around in y[D]our mind, gi[A]rl,
You're gonna f[G]ind that I'm g[E]one   [D]

[A]You didn't [G]real[E]iii[D]iiz[A]e
You didn't [G]real[E]iii[D]iiz[A]e
You didn't [G]real[E]iii[D]iiz[A]e
You didn't [G]real[E]iii[D]iiz[A]e
You didn't [G]real[E]iii[D]iiz[A]e

O[G]h you're gonna m[E]iss me, [D]baby [A]
O[G]h you're gonna m[E]iss me, [D]baby [A]
O[G]h you're gonna m[E]iss me, ch[D]ild, y[A]eah, y[G]eah

[D]I gave you the warning
But you never heeded it
How can you say you miss my lovin
When you never needed it

[C]You're gonna wake up w[Bb]onderin'
[Ab]Find yourself all a[Bb]lone
[C]But what's gonna s[Bb]top me, baby?
[F]I'm not comin' h[D]ome
[F]I'm not comin' h[D]ome
[F]I'm not comin' h[D]ome

Repeat ( E   D  A   G )   Harmonica     End

2 - ROLLER COASTER ---------------------------------------------------------------------

X7 )

      [Am]
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B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----2h3-----2-----0-----0h2-------|
A|--16/0---0-0-----0-0---0-0---0-0----0-0-0--|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Am]Someone somewhere sometime ago
His eyes were clear to see
He put his thoughts into my mind
And gave myself to me
[Dm]He stopped me from living so unsane
I can be just what I want to be
[Am]Things appear as they really are
I can see just what I want to see

Come [Em]on and let it happen to [Dm]you
Come [Em]on and let it happen to [Dm]you
You’ve got to o[Am]pen up your mind
And let everything come through  [G]      [Am]             [G]                 [Am]

[Am]Oh well, it starts like a roller coaster ride
So real it takes your breath away
It slides you through your point of view
You look back to where you thought you’d stay
Your r[Dm]ide the changes outside you
While inside you’re like a neon ray
And you f[Am]ind out you don’t have to search for words
For there’s nothing you need to say

Come [Em]on and let it happen to [Dm]you
Come [Em]on and let it happen to [Dm]you
You’ve got to o[Am]pen up your mind
And let everything come through

[G]   [Am]    [G]   [Am]

[Am]After your trip life opens up
You start doing what you want to do
And you find out that the world you once knew
Gets what it has from you
[Dm]No one can ever hurt you
Because you know more that you thought you knew
And you’re lo[Am]oking at the world through brand new eyes
And no one can ever spoil the view

Come on an[Em]d let it happen to you  [Dm]
Come [Em]on and let it happen to [Dm]you
You’ve got to o[Am]pen up your mind
And let everything come through

 Repeat   G - Am                End

3 - SPLASH 1 (NOW I'M HOME) --------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                     [D]
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D|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2--|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2----4--2---0--0--|
A|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|

[D]   [Dsus4]   [D]   [Dsus4]

[G]I've seen your f[D]ace before
I've k[F]nown you a[C]ll my l[D]ife  [Dsus2]         [Dsus4]
[G]And though it's n[D]ew
Your image c[F]uts me l[C]ike a kn[D]ife  [Dsus2]         [Dsus4]

And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e, to st[G]ay.

[G]The neon f[D]rom your eyes is spl[F]ashing i[C]nto m[D]ine
[G]They´re [D]so familiar [F]in a w[C]ay I can[D]'t define

And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e, to st[G]ay.

[A]And though this is [D]awfull speedy
[A]We needn't b[D]other sleeping
[A]All we might s[D]ay is underst[E]ood     [G]

[G]    [D]    [F]  [C]  [D]

And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e, to st[G]ay.

[G]The fierceness o[D]f our feelings r[F]ocks me l[C]ike a r[D]oar
[G]It's good to k[D]now we won't be st[F]rangers a[C]nym[D]ore

And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e.
And now I'm [F]hoo[C]om[D]e, to st[G]ay.      (X2)

 [End]

4 - REVERBERATION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

(X2)
    [Am]
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G|-----------5b-----------7/9---7/5--------|
D|------5h7-------5h7------------------7---|
A|-7/0-----0----0-----0-0-----0------0-----|
E|-----------------------------------------|

You f[Am]inally find your he[G]lpless mind,
is tr[Am]apped inside your s[C]kin.
You w[Am]ant to leave, but y[G]ou believe
you w[Am]on't get back ag[C]ain.
You [Am]only know, you h[C]ave to go but s[D]till you can't get [C]out.
You t[Am]ry and try, you d[C]ie and die. You're st[D]opped by your own d[Am]oubt.

[Am]Reverberation,
reverberation.

You f[Am]ind no peace, it do[G]esn't cease,
it's de[Am]adly irrit[C]ation.
It k[Am]eeps you blind, it's th[G]ere behind,
your e[Am]very hesit[C]ation.
It h[Am]olds your thought, your m[C]ind is caught,
your fi[D]xed with fascin[C]ation.
You t[Am]hink you'll die, wit[C]hin the lie,
it's b[D]ackward ele[Am]vation!

[Am]Reverberation,
reverberation.

You [Am]see r[D]everberation,
[Am]is your latest [D]incarnation,
[Am]You think it[D]'s a sensation,
[G]            [E7]                [Am]    Intro X2
but it's just reverberation.

You [Am]start to swerve, the do[G]wnward curve,
that c[Am]atches up your f[C]ears.
Each t[Am]hing you do, comes h[G]ome to you,
and p[Am]ounds inside your e[C]ars.
Your s[Am]tart to fight aga[C]inst the night,
that scr[D]eams inside your m[C]ind.
When so[An]mething black it a[C]nswers back,
and gr[D]abs you from beh[Am]ind!

[Am]Reverberation,
echoing through your brain.
Reverberation,
driving your mind insane.
Reverberation,
causing your blood to drain,
                        [Am]   [G]   X4
leaving just charred remains.            End

5 - DON'T FALL DOWN -------------------------------------------------------------

E|---1/3--3--1/3--3---0--0-0----| X2

        [C]              [G]             [F]              [G]
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G|--------9------------  7-------------5---------------7------|
D|---0h10---10----0--0h9---9----0--0h7---7------0--0h9---9----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

D[C]on't f[G]all d[F]ooo[G]own (Backing Vocals) X8

When you see her, ease up by her side
When you're near her, if your voice is tied
Don't deceive her, tell her what you feel
She'll receive you if your voice is real

[D]Every time you need her, s[F#m]he is there
to e[G]ase the pain that f[Em]ogs you
[D]And when you don't need her [F#m]calm her stare,
she s[G]ays she's needing y[A]ou

D[C]on't f[G]all d[F]ooo[G]own (Backing Vocals) X8

As you love her, she loves only you
As you lift her, she believes in you
From beside her keep behind her eyes
They're behind you past the thought of lies

[D]If you want to rise y[F#m]ou must place
someon[G]e else where you are st[Em]anding
[D]Everything she l[F#m]earns is on her face,
your st[G]rength is all she's dem[A]anding

D[C]on't f[G]all d[F]ooo[G]own (Backing Vocals) X8
Do you feel it? Feel it! Feel it! (Backing Vocals) X8

When you leave her give her promises
When you greet her give her all your kisses
As you warm her never disapoint her
As you hold her do all that you told her

[D]Every time you need her, s[F#m]he is there
to e[G]ase the pain that f[Em]ogs you
[D]And when you don't need her [F#m]calm her stare,
she s[G]ays she's needing y[A]ou   [D]

6 - FIRE ENGINE------------------------------------------------------------------

[Em]Em [Em]B7 [Am](Bl[Em]ues[B7] St[Am]ructure 12-bar)

L[Em]et me take you to the empty place in my fire engine
L[Am]et me take you to the empty place in my[Em] fire engine
I[B7]t can drive you out of your mind
C[Am]limb the ladder of your own design in my [Em]fire engine.   [B7]

[Am]Don't tell it to go sl[D]ow or stop
[Am]You're got to work it right [D]up to the top
[Am]A piercing bolt of [D]neon red
E[B7]xplodes on fire inside your [C#m]head

[C#m] [F#m] [C#m] [A7] [B7] [Em] [B7]

[Em]Let me take you to the empty place on my fire engine
[Am]Let me take you to the empty place in my[Em] fire engine
[B7]Blow it in rhythms making you
[Am]Round in the corner you can feel the ring on my [Em]fire engine  [B7]

[Am]Close your eyes and yo[D]u will raise
[Am]Your image you no lo[D]nger taste
[Am]A fiery flood eng[D]ulfs your brain
A[B7]nd drowns your partner (?)[C#m]

[C#m] [F#m] [C#m] [A7] [B7] [Em] [B7]

[Em]Let me take you to the empty place on my fire engine
[Am]Let me take you to the empty place on my[Em] fire engine
[B7]It can drive you out of your mind
[Am]Climb the ladder of your own design in my[Em] fire engine.  [B7]

[Em]        [End]

7 - Thru The Rhythm -----------------------------------------------------------

     [F#m]                         [B]
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|
G|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|
D|---4--4-----4--4-----4---------4--4-----4--4-----4----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

[F#m]Through the rhythm of d[B]arkened time
[F#m]Painted black by kn[B]owledge crimes
And [F#m]repetitions p[B]ointless mine
Ins[F#m]tilling values the s[B]ick define
That w[F#m]eaves the fabric that k[B]eeps you blind
And [F#m]ties your hands and cl[B]oaks your mind
But [F#m]on my stilts I&acu[B]te;m above slime
C[F#m]ome on up if you can m[B]ake the climb but
Who [F#m]am I! [B]    Who[F#m] Am I! [B]    Who[F#m] Am I!

I've s[F#m]melt the stench from the f[B]umes that rise
From the b[F#m]ooks that rehash the s[B]ame old lies
I [F#m]felt the panic that t[B]hey disguise
In the f[F#m]orms of laws of ev[B]ery size
I've h[F#m]eard the teachers whine and make you d[B]rop off like flies
But you k[F#m]now they're teaching nonsense, 'cause they c[B]atch you on your eyes
I have s[F#m]een the fool's gold they pawn off[B] as their prize
To the [F#m]average standard the n[B]orm supplies but
Where[F#m] Am I![B]    Where[F#m] Am I![B]    Where[F#m] Am I!  [B]

[Abm]    [C#]

You g[Abm]obble all the blessings they t[C#]ossed you to digest
They [Abm]may be hard to swallow, but they k[C#]eep your tongue depressed
Your [Abm]scattered whims were bo[C#]rn depressed
So [Abm]when something sl[C#]ams your chest
You f[Abm]lutter about your s[C#]leep distressed
And t[Abm]hen you stop to ea[C#]se your breast
A sc[Abm]attered rim leaves yo[C#]u obsessed
While [Abm]solid thoughts are s[C#]oon suppressed
But Where [Abm]Are You?[C#]   Where [Abm]Are You?[C#]   Where [Abm]Are You?    REPEAT

(END)

8 - YOU DON'T KNOW -------------------------------------------------------------

[Bm]  [Em]  [Em] [Am]   [Am/G]   [G]  [Em]

D|---5--5--5/3--3---3/7--7--7/5---0---|

              [D]   [C]   [G]   [Am]   X1

T[D]here you are a[C]gain sta[G]nding down be[Am]low me
H[D]onestly bel[C]ieve that there is so[G]mething you can s[Am]how me
While d[D]eep within your mi[C]nd just what you g[G]ive to even k[Am]now me

And y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don't k[A]now how y[G]oung you [E]are

Your ey[D]es are filled with co[C]ral snakes and li[G]quid plastic c[Am]astles
Your da[D]ily life rev[C]olves around a tho[G]usand petty h[Am]assles
Co[D]rney dots and wi[C]ndow panes and p[G]ink and silver d[Am]azzles

And y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know [G]how young[E] you are

[D]If I knew what&acut[C]e;s right for you[G] you would not b[Am]e without it
And i[D]f I knew the tr[C]uth for you I’d s[G]urely stand and s[Am]hout it
There&acut[D]e;s better things [C]that you can be, [G]there is no d[Am]oubt about it

And y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know
Y[G]ou don&acu[A]te;t know [G]how young[E] you are

[Em]You don't know    (You die young)       Repeat

 [End]

9 - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN -----------------------------------------------------------

E||----0----0--------------------|----0----0-----------------------|
B||----0------0------------------|----0------0---------------------|
G||----0--------3----------------|----0--------3-------------------|
D||----2-------------0h2-0-------|----2-------------0h2-0----------|
A||----2--------------------2-0--|----2---------------------2-0----|
E||----0-------------------------|----0----------------------------|

[F]Here you are at [Em]my place with[F]in your glistening [Em]eyes
I&acu[F]te;m watching y[Em]our reactions as[Dm] the thing within[G] you cries
And I&acut[Am]e;m bringing you [Em]this message
'cause I t[Am]hink it´s time[B7] you knew
That the k[Em]ingdom of h[Am]eaven is wit[Em]hin you

The i[F]ncense and the c[Em]andles and the c[F]olors on the w[Em]all
Your i[F]mage stands ref[Em]lected as a p[Dm]rincess come to c[G]all
Your sus[Am]picions I&acute[Em];m confirming as[Am] you find them all [B7]quite true
And the k[Em]ingdom of h[Am]eaven is wit[Em]hin you

Em x 4

Through the [F]stained glass [Em]windows moonlight f[F]lashes on the c[Em]hoir
And spl[F]ashes on the [Em]altar in gl[Dm]ows of liquid f[G]ire
Then it b[Am]athes you with its g[Em]lory and you b[Am]egin life a[B7]new
And the k[Em]ingdom of h[Am]eaven is wit[Em]hin you

[Em]    [End]

10 - MONKEY ISLAND -------------------------------------------------------------

     [D]         [G]
E||---------------------------|
B||---------------------------|
G||---------------------------|
D||---------7--5-----7--------|
A||---5-----------------------|
E||---------------------------|

L[D]iving home [G]on monkey i[D]sland, ba[G]by
R[D]ight in the m[G]iddle of a z[D]oo       [G]
L[D]iving home [G]on monkey i[D]sland, ba[G]by
Pre[C]tend to be a monkey, t[A7]oo

Well,[G] here I am on m[Bb]onkey island
[G]Hiding behind a rock[Bb]
I'm [G]all dressed up with my [Bb]monkey suit
Pret[C]ending to be something I'm [A7]not

(Chorus)

Well th[G]ere's one thing about these [Bb]monkeys, baby
T[G]hey don't know I'm ar[Bb]ound
B[G]ut that's pretty good, 'cause i[Bb]f they knew
They'll [C]probably come and put me[A7] down

(Chorus)

With my [G]paisley tie and my o[Bb]ne button suit
I'm ab[G]out as close as I can[Bb] get
I gu[G]ess I must be do[Bb]ing okay
'Cause they[G] haven't come and got m[Bb]e yet

(Chorus)

 [End]

11 - TRIED TO HIDE --------------------------------------------------------------

B||-----------------------4--------------------------|
G||--------4-----2--4-----------4----2-----4---------|
D||-----------4--------------------------------------|
A||--14/2--------------2-----2----2-----2-----0h2----|
E||--------------------------------------------------|

You t[B5]hink you´re strong when you´re all restraining
You t[B5]hink you have when you´re only claiming
When I got n[F#7]ear all I saw was f[E7]ear
And I know that you t[B5]ried to hide and you cried ´cause you l[Bm]ied about it

You kn[B5]ew that you had when you tried to tell it
You tho[B5]ught that you were when you tried to sell it
And when I got n[F#7]ear all I saw was f[E7]ear
And I know that you t[B5]ried to hide and you cried ´cause you l[Bm]ied about it

You u[B5]sed the words but you´re only guessing
And you k[B5]now I saw it was your brand new dressing
Well, you know the [F#7]song, but you live it all wr[E7]ong
And I know that you t[B5]ried to hide and you cried ´cause you l[Bm]ied about it

 [End]

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