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Sing Songs is an unofficial, private site containing transcriptions and chords of songs by the Australian band The Church and other projects of the band’s members.

It currently contains 189 songs.

It was originally created by Jens Berke in 2001 and maintained by him until 2020 at singsongs.de

The songs are organized into albums, solo projects, side projects and so on, as you can see in the table of contents. There’s also an alphabetically sorted list of songs at the end of the document.

Some songs have more than one transcription.

A lot of the transcriptions here were initially copied from Brian Smith’s website "Shadow Cabinet".

News

Latest changes and additions:

24 December 2017: Completely revamped the website layout. Moreover, it is now available as a PDF, EPUB or Mobi file as well.

6 September 2017: Added Another Century from Man Woman Life Death Infinity. Thanks, Stefan.

The Church

Of Skins and Heart

For a Moment We’re Strangers

(Kilbey)

[Em]In the empty place the soul stripped bare
Of skins and heart and I come a[G]part
In your icy [Bm]hands
I forget my [Am]role, [D]as I stare into your [C]soul
[Em]In the empty place you change your mind
You change your clothes you change your [G]pose
for a perfect [Bm]fit
I forget the [Am]cast, [D]as I stare into your [C]past

{soc}
[G]For a moment we're s[C]trangers
[G]For a minute you l[C]ook away
[G]For a second or [Em]always
[F]For an instant another [Em]day
[F]Such strange things you [Em]say
{eoc}

In the empty place we dress our wounds
Collect our coats, a window gloats
Above a street
I prepare my case, as I stare into your face

{c:Chorus}

Just one me one you
The world contains a few
Is it true, is it truly new
Are we through the stolen door once more

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Chrome Injury

(Kilbey)

[D]Cut your life into the steel
Take your place behind the wheel
Watch the metal scene just peel a[A]way
[D]Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me some[A]day

[D]I was somewhere far away
But I knew I couldn't stay
German girls in an expo[A]se
[D]Sitting on an empty train
Staring at the winter rain
Going through the scene again and a[A]gain

{soc}
[Bm]Poor tormented [F#m]automan
[A]Giant pincers [E]for a hand
[Bm]Sinking slowly [F#m]in the sand [A] [E]
[Bm]Chrome injury [F#m]on his cheek
[A]Three days strong, [E]four days weak
[Bm]Listen as he [F#m]tries to speak [A] [E]
If only I could feel [D]
{eoc}

Falling down standing still
Always there's more time to kill
Flamingos startled in a shrill display
Don't forget me, don't regret me
Don't replace and don't upset me
But don't forget to come and get me some day

{c:Chorus}

If I [F]only wasn't steel

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The Unguarded Moment

(Kilbey / Parker)

So [C]hard finding inspi[F]ration
I knew you'd find me [C]crying
Tell those girls with [G]rifles for minds
That their [Em]jokes don't make me laugh
[F]They only make me feel like [C]dying
In an unguarded [F]moment [G]

So long, long between mirages
I knew you'd find me drinking
Tell those men with horses for hearts
That their jibes don't make me bleed
They only make me feel like shrinking
In an unguarded moment

{ci:Bridge, play 2 times}
[D] [A]  [D] [A]  [Bb]  [C]

So deep, deep without a meaning
I knew you'd find me leaving
Tell those friends with cameras for eyes
That their hands don't make me hang
They only make me feel like breathing
In an unguarded moment

Drew James offers tab for the bridge of this great song.

I can offer at least the bridge to The Unguarded Moment.
Here it goes: (this is the part that Peter plays (at least on
Goldfish))

E | 10-9----10-9----10-10----10----12----10
B | 10-10---10-10---11---11----11--13----11
G |  9-9-----9-9----10-----10------12----10

E | 10-9----10-9----10-------------12----10
B | 10-10---10-10---11-------------13----11
G |  9-9-----9-9----10-------------12----10

E | 10-9----10-9----10-------------12----13
B | 10-10---10-10---11-------------13----13
G |  9-9-----9-9----10-------------12----12

To get the timing right you really have to listen to the song
(duh) but you just keep playing the xxx(10)(11)(10) instead of
picking it the second and third times through.

Tab for solo transcribed by Russell Cook 25 Apr 1996:

This is my first go at tabing and I am going by memory
as I don't have the record available at the moment. At
least it's in the same key as the Chord transcription
below. Transcription is in 1/16 notes. A "." below a note
is a dotted note.

E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------2---3--2------------2----3--2-----------2--3--2----5--5-5-5-5---
A--3-------------3------3-------------3-----3-----------3--------------
E------------------3---------------------3-----------------------------
.           .
C   E   F  E  C G    C  E    F  E  C  G  C  E  F  E  C G  G G G G

Repeat as necessary :-)

Last run thru has an ritardo on the G and ends on the starting C

E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D------2---3--2------------2----3--2-----------2--3--2----5-----5----5
A--3-------------3------3-------------3-----3-----------3-------------
E------------------3---------------------3----------------------------
.           .
C  E    F  E  C  G  C  E  F  E  C G   G  C  E  F  E  C G     G    G

E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----5--------------5--------------5---------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------C------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
.

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Memories In Future Tense

(Kilbey)

[Em]Last year today seemed a long way away
And [C]ahead of me
A [Em]new face and street, people who meet you
In[C]stead of me
[B]They bring you, [A]they take you
[B]They own you, [A]they make you

[Em]Last year today you turn and you say
Here's a [C]dream for me
[Em]You close your eyes, the moon starts to rise
And you [C]scream for me
[B]I calm you, [A]I'm with you
[B]What did they [A]ever give you [D]

{soc}
[G]Memories in future tense
Memories don't make much [D]sense
{eoc}

Last year today a radio plays
Such a simple song
The music surreal and you almost could feeel
That there's nothing wrong
They bought you, they sold you
And all the things they told you

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Bel-Air

(Kilbey)

(First Lead)
E | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
B | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
G | 7----9--11-9---11-12\11-12--14\12-11\7----14--14--14\12--11-12--12--11-9--7- |
D | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
A | 5----7--9--7---9--10\9--10--12\10--9\5----12--12--12\10--9--10--10--9--7--5- |
E | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

A [D]palm tree nodded at [Em]me last night
Said [G]hey you look so [D]pale
I don't know if it was the air or the [Em]breeze in my hair
I had a [G]feeling I had [D]failed  [F#m]

(Short Riff)
E | ------------------------
B | ------------------------
G | --------------0---------
D | 7\5-5\4-4\2p0-----------
A | ------------------------
E | ------------------------

So down to the beach just out of reach
The moon was being trailed
A girl and a sailor and a hot dog trailer
That's their holy grail

The sand whispered heat and burned the feet
Of gulls landing on the shore
In the motel pool the waitress cools
She doesn't ask for more

She makes a wish she takes a risk
She opens up her door
Through human eyes she's a dolphin in disguise
It's the last night of the war

Somewhere far away there's another day
And someone's getting out of bed
She put on her face in the morning space
She doesn't know she's dead

Her [G]ruby lips can't [F]excite me any[C]more
And [Dm]pain sprawls on the [F]chair, it's always [C]there
And [Dm]he descends the [F]stairs, he doesn't [C]see
The [Dm]sunburnt landlord [F]glares, for all the [C]people [Dm]
He can [F]never be [C] [Dm]

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Is This Where You Live

(Kilbey)

[D]Oceanic lights are cleverly dim
Blueish features in the lower reaches
We raise out traffic flares to him
Fishnet, girlish the red ones spark
Holy arcs tracked in the dark
The more I see the less I look
Here's another name I took
Listen! In the early morning air
The remnants of their evening wear
Branching off, the road winds east
Deluxe locations just near completion
Come dine with wine and oyster feast
The pearls are real, have one for free
They're washed up by the foam waved sea
The more I look the less I smile
Never mind let's stay awhile
The fans blow secrets on the night
Out of mind but not out of sight
Is this where you live

[D]Broken voices the nylon choir
Nothing left to stoke that fire
[F]All they own is on their tongues
[D]They never see or wonder if
[G]Is this where you [D]live

[D]Thin dog's don't vie for bones
Why desert just to be alone
[F]All they own is on their backs
[D]They can't believe it's you I'm with
[G]Is this where you [D]live

[D]Don't blush as I brush your touch
No need for any speed or rush
[F]All you own is on the floor
[D]I'm buying all you're gonna give
[G]Is this where you [D]live

[D]Coffee stories the lying truth
Electric lights don't help my youth
[F]All I owned is on my face
[D]Urbane mirror anger myth
[G]Is this where you [D]live

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She Never Said

(Kilbey)

[Em]I'm not exact but I'm [F]not insane
I [Em]clutched at someone in the [F]dark again
[Em]It's so hard to re[F]member her name she never [Em]said

[Em]It was in a story that I [F]wanted to write
[Em]The details weren't important, the [F]plot was slight
[Em]No-one asked what [F]happened that night she never [Em]said

{soc}
[Em]Get out of bed, [D]pull on a shoe
[C]I've got a notion what we [B7]ought to do
[Em]Here's a number you can [D]try to ring
[C]I'm still thinking about [B7]all the things she never [Em]said [F]
{eoc}

I parked my car by some memories
And told my story to the laughing trees
They don't know what's wrong with me, she never said

All the letters had the wrong address
Did you notice who cleared up the mess
What the date was is anybody's guess she never said

{c:Chorus}

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Don’t Open The Door To Strangers

(Kilbey)

[G]Don't open the door to [Em]strangers
[G]Don't let them in, to your [C]heart
They only [D]want to take you [Em]far from me [D]
[C]Don't open the [D]door to[G]night

[G]Don't trust the man in the [Em]windows
[G]Don't let him buy all your [C]dreams
He only [D]wants to make them [Em]all his own [D]
[C]Don't open the [D]door to[G]night

{soc}
[Bm]See the angry sea, it's a sign for me
[C]There's another shore, what we waiting for
[Bm]Feel the wind is sad, all the things I had
[C]Blown away and falling around [D]me [C] [Bm] [Am]
{eoc}

Don't leave your thoughts unguarded
Don't let them float where they will
They never tell me what I want to know
Don't open the door tonight

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The Blurred Crusade

Almost With You

(Kilbey)

Tabbed by Andy Perks

Andy says:

I have done the solo in tablature form - it is almost the same as the solo from the other transcription down below but there are a couple of variations. It shows the double-notes towards the end of the solo and I use a slightly different set of chords - I’ve shown the chord changes where I make them when playing it. Also, during the verse, I use a G instead of one of the Em chords.

Solo:

G    C      Bm     C       F            G     Bm     Em
e |------------------------------------------------------------
B |------------------------------------------------------------
G |------------------------------------------------------------
D |---------------------------------------------------2-4-5-4--
A |-5-5---5-3-2-3-2-------2-----------2-3-2-3-2---5-----------5
E |-----------------3---5---3---1-3-5-----------3--------------

F        C     G                   G       C     Bm
e |------------------------------------------------------------
B |---------------------------------------------------3--------
G |-----------------------------------------4-4-4-2------------
D |---------------------------------2-4-5-----------5----------
A |---5-5-3-2-3-2-------------2-3-5----------------------------
E |---------------3-3---3-3-5----------------------------------

C      F              G         Bm      Em
e |------------------------------------------------------------
B |-----------------------------12-13-13-12---12-13-12---------
G |-5-5-4---------2-4-5-4-2-----12------------12-------14-12---
D |-------5---3-5-----------5----------------------------------
A |------------------------------------------------------------
E |------------------------------------------------------------
F            C        G                    D
e |---------------------------10-12-10-------------------------
B |------------------------------------13-12-10----------------
G |----15-14--------------------------------------12-11---9----
D |-15-------15-15-14-12-12---------------------------------12-
A |-15---------------------------------------------------------
E |------------------------------------------------------------

G     C      Bm      C       F           G     Bm      Em      F
C     G
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D
|---------------------------------------------------2-4-5-4--------------------
A
|-5-5---5-3-2-3-2-------2-----------2-3-2-3-2---5-----------5---5-5-3-2-3-2----
E
|-----------------3---5---3---1-3-5-----------3-----------------------------3-3

G                C       Bm    C
e
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B
|-------------------------------3-------------------------------12-13-13-12----
G
|---------------------4-4-4-2-------5-5-4---------2-4-5-4-2-----12-------------
D
|-------------2-4-5-----------5-----------5---3-5-----------5------------------
A
|-------2-3-5------------------------------------------------------------------
E
|-3-3-5------------------------------------------------------------------------

e
|--------------------------------------------10-12-10--------------------------
B
|-12-13-12--------------------------------------------13-12-10-----------------
G
|-12-------14-12------15-14--------------------------------------12-11---9-----
D
|------------------15-------15-15-14-12-12---------------------------------12--
A
|------------------15----------------------------------------------------------
E
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro:  C   G   Am7   G        C   G   Am7   G        C   G   Am7   Am7
G

G        D           Em7      D
See the chains which bind the men
C         G                D     Am          G
Can you taste their lonely arrogance, uh oh oh
D            Em7         D
It's always too late and your face is so cold
C               G       C    D
They struggled for this opulence

G       D          Em7       D
See the suns which blind the men
C       G            D          Am         G
Burnt away so long before our time, uh oh oh
D           Em7        D
Now their warmth is forgotten and gone
C        G       C       D
Pretty maids not far behind

F
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
Em
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
D
Who you tryin' to get in touch with

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G        Am7     Am7     G
I'm almost with you

G       D          Em7         D
See the dust which fills your sleep
C        G                  D            Am         G
Does it always feel this chill near the end, uh oh oh
D          Em7             D
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
C      G           C        D
This life reserved for a friend

F
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
Em
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
D
Who you tryin' to get in touch with

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G        Am7     Am7     G
I'm almost with you

Solo: G C Bm C F G Bm Em F C G
G C Bm C F G Bm Em F C G D

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G       Am7   G   C            G       Am7   G
I'm almost with you,           I'm almost with you
C            G       Am7    Am7    G
I'm almost with you

Here’s another transription:

[G]See the [D]chains which [C]bind the [G]men
[C]Can you [G]taste their lonely [D] arro [Am] gance
[G]It's always too [D]late
And your [C]face is so [G]cold
[C]They struggled [G]for this [C]opul[D]ence

[G]See the [D]suns which [C]blind the [G]men
[C]Burnt a[G]way so long [D] be [Am] fore our time
[G]Now their [D]warmth is for[C]gotten and [G]gone
[C]Pretty [G]maids not [C]far be[D]hind

{soc}
[F]Who you trying to get in touch with [Em] [D]
[C]I'm almost [G]with you
[Am]I can sense it [G]wait for me
[C]I'm almost [G]with you
[Am]Is this the taste of [G]victory
[C]I'm almost [D]with you
{eoc}

See the dust which fills your sleep
Does it always feel this chill near the end
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
This life reserved for a friend

{c:Chorus}

Solo: G Bm7 Am G  F C Bm7 Em F C G
G Em  Bm Em F G Bm7 Em F C G

Here comes yet another transcription made by Mick Anderson:

C   G   Am7   G        C   G   Am7   G        C   G   Am7   Am7   G

G        D           Em7      D    (g) (f#) (e)
See the chains which bind the men
C         Em7              D     Am          G
Can you taste their lonely arrogance, uh oh oh
D            Em7         D    (g) (f#) (e)
It's always too late and your face is so cold
C               Em7     C    D
They struggled for this opulence

G       D          Em7       D    (g) (f#) (e)
See the suns which blind the men
C       Em7          D          Am         G
Burnt away so long before our time, uh oh oh
D           Em7        D    (g) (f#) (e)
Now their warmth is forgotten and gone
C        Em7     C       D
Pretty maids not far behind

F
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
Em
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
D
Who you tryin' to get in touch with

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G        Am7     Am7     G
I'm almost with you

G       D          Em7         D    (g) (f#) (e)
See the dust which fills your sleep
C        Em7                D            Am         G
Does it always feel this chill near the end, uh oh oh
D          Em7             D    (g) (f#) (e)
I never dreamed we'd meet here once more
C      Em7         C        D
This life reserved for a friend

F
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
Em
Who you tryin' to get in touch with
D
Who you tryin' to get in touch with

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G        Am7     Am7     G
I'm almost with you

SOLO:  d   d d    d  c  b  c  b g   a  b  g    f g a b c b c  b  g d
e  f# g  f# d    d d  c  b  c  b  g g
g g a b c d e f# g    b  b b  a  g  d    c c  b  g
f g a b c b g d    b  c c  b   b c b a  g    f bb  a  f f  e  d  d
e  d  c  b  a    g f#  e d

C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G      Am7                G
I'm almost with you,  I can sense it wait for me
C            G      Am7                      G
I'm almost with you,  is this the taste of victory
C            G       Am7   G   C            G       Am7   G
I'm almost with you,           I'm almost with you
C            G       Am7    Am7    G
I'm almost with you

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When You Were Mine

(Kilbey)

[A]On a day like this[Bm], [G]a hundred [A]lifetimes ago [Bm] [G]
[A]You on a shore, [G]across the point
I [F#m]looked through my hands and you [F]drew me a [Esus4]line [E]
When you were [A]mine [Bm] [G]

On a world like this, a hunderd turns left to go
Deep in a room, which I've never seen
Outside it's so cold but I'm waiting for time
When you were mine

{soc}
[Bbm]Plenty of [Ab]islands bet[Bbm]ween now and [Ab]then
[Bbm]Rocks break the [Ab]boats of the [Bbm]painted face [Ab]men
And they [F#]drown, and they're [F]born
And they [F#]live once [F]again
[F#]And this all [Ab]happens
[F]When you were mine [A] [Bm] [G]
{eoc}

In a storm like this, a hundred kisses of snow
You with another so easily sleep
What's real and what's dreamt become close and entwine
When you were [B]mine [C#m] [A]

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Field Of Mars

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

[F9]It's a long way home from the [C]Field of Mars
[F]Distant, alone, beneath the [C]platimun stars
[G]And I turn to look, but I'm [F]never any closer
[G]Only just the rain [F]makes the skin feel colder
||:[Am]All my life seems so [G]far away:||

The air is soft in the Field of Mars
Tears and loss feed the overgrown grass
And I have to leave, but I never seem to go
Only more sad clouds where autumn winds will blow
All my dreams seem so long ago

{soc}
||:[C]Oh, [F]Field of Mars :||
{eoc}

Time is past in the Field of Mars
Grief won't last in the departing cars
And I call her name, but she never, ever hears
And I call again to the cruelty of the years
Oh my love she's so far away

{c:Chorus}

An Interlude

(Kilbey / Koppes / Willson-Piper / Ploog)

The intro is fairly simple.

E --0---0---0---0-
B -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
G 2---2---1---1---

"They're [A9]going to send you [E]away" she said
[A9]Psychic angels spread on the [E]top of her head
And [A9]in the compartments [E]of my dread
The [A9]rush hour crush travels home to [E]bed

"You never seem to hear" she smiled
Statues tiptoe for a glimpse of the child
The lawns are always lush and wild
Spacious floors bejewelled and tiled

"How are you getting home" she laughed
Mermaids drowned but I clung to the raft
It's just the water in the bath
An interlude for the busy staff

List of songs

Secret Corners

(Kilbey)

[C]Lying alone, [G]isn't that you
[F9]Drifting away
Is the [Am]only thing [G]left to do
[C]Such a sad place, [G]such a lost world
But [F9]nothing is sadder
Than the [Am]tears of a [G]make-believe [F]girl [G]

Who is this child, who is this man
Only two people
Who are doing all they can
Frost on the ground, the cruel winds of fate
Blow us forever
And I know there's just no escape

[Am]Run to the secret corners [E]of your room
I'll still be [G]waiting
I'll still be [F]waiting [C] [G] [F] [Am] [G] [F] [C]

James Dignan adds.....

|-------3-|-------3-|-------3-|---------|--------|
|-------1-|-------1-|-----1-1-|-----010-|------0-|
|-----0---|-----0---|---2-----|---------|--------| repeat ad nauseum
|---2-----|---0-----|-3-------|---------|----0---|
|-3-------|-2-------|---------|---3-----|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|-5-------|--3-----|
*

* this 1 is hammered on and off. the 5 on the bass E could be played as an
open A string. This doesn't sound "right", but the stretch is pretty hard
on the left hand otherwise...

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Just For You

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by James Dignan

D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*

D*                 G*                 A7sus4*
Sometimes when the darkness loses its hold
D*         G*           A7sus4*
I tread politely in the cold
G          A       G          A
Racking my brains, Pumping my veins
G               A                  D*
And taking the evening train from view
C               G           D*    C              G              D
But you know I never wanted to, Ah, you know I did it just for you

D*          G*              A7sus4*
And it's so easy to hurt me now
D*             G*       A7sus4*
And you've forgotten anyhow
G             A          G                   A
That certain ideas, Have changed through the years
G                 A                    D*
I purchased some tears just to see me through
C               G           D*    C              G              D
But you know I never wanted to, Ah, you know I did it just for you

A       A/Eb Em G
A       A/Eb Em G
A       A/Eb Em G
A       A/Eb Em
F G A  (play these as barre chords)
F G E
F G A
D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*

D*         G*                     A7sus4*
One day I noticed the world at my feet
D*                    G*              A7sus4*
Next day comes and it rolls into your street
G         A      G         A
Gathering speed, Paying no heed
G            A                  D*
That made me bleed until I was blue
C               G           D*    C              G              D
But you know I never wanted to, Ah, you know I did it just for you
C               G           D*    C              G              D
But you know I never wanted to, Ah, you know I did it just for you

D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*
D* G* A7sus4*

D* G*               A7sus4*
Oh..........just for you (repeat and fade)

NOW... some of the chords are marked thus*. That means there are two
different chords being alternated between quickly (listen to the track for
where the changes are):

D* is between D x00232 and Dsus4 x00233 (sometimes D+2 x00230 is thrown in
too!)

G* is between G 320033 and G6 320030

A7sus4* is between A7sus4 002033 and a different A7sus4 002030, and
sometimes good ol' A7 002020

A/Eb is played x01220 (and sounds pretty horrible! The Church play it with
Steve hitting an Eb on the bass as Marty (?) plays an A)

Two guitars share lead duty in the instrumental (A A/Eb etc) bridge

|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0-------------|
|-202-320-|-202-320-|-202-320-|-202-3232-10-0----| at the asterisk,
|---------|---------|---------|---------2--2-202-| lead changes from
|---------|---------|---------|------------------| one guitar to
|---------|---------|---------|------------------| the other guitar...
|---------|---------|---------|-------*----------|

|-0----00-4444-|-5-787-55-|
|--313---------|----------| over this last "5", the other guitarist
|--------------|----------| is doing a trill on the same (top E) string
|--------------|----------| between the 12th and 15th frets...
|--------------|----------|
|--------------|----------|

List of songs

A Fire Burns

(Kilbey)

[E]The rusty stream of [C#m]dawn comp[A]letes
[E]The scenes where cars once [C#m]crawled these [A]streets
A [E]face against the [C#m]moving [A]sky
[B]Brings back an alien hope
Just like they [A]said to me
Keep your heart inside your [E]coat [C#m] [A]

Well there's muddy shoes outside your door
Is anybody home I ask once more
A silver-plated jet comes home
But the map leads her astray
Just like they said to me
Find your heart and lose your [E]way [B]

{soc}
[E]A fire burns inside me
[D]The snow still falls in flakes
[C#m]The reins around a horse's throat
[B]Turn into a lake
[E]And people so familiar
[D]Their words are in my mind
[C#m]A fire burns inside me
[B]Dancing cool and blind
{eoc}

Beside the wall the flowers grow
And down the sticky stems I go
Watching changing skies below
Your arms so far away
Just like they said to me
Life is worth another stay

{c:Chorus}

List of songs

To Be In Your Eyes

(Kilbey)

[G]Night-time is so lonely
When you hear a sound
But it's only an empty [CM7]heart
Beating on through the night
A sad sad drum
And I'm [G]lying here listening
And the raindrops are all glistening
In my [CM7]dreams
And it seems
That the sun never comes

{soc}
And I [Am]want my sad reflection
To go [FM7]drifting through the skies
To be in your [G]eyes
{eoc}

And I'm waking to this aching
And it's breaking me in two
All the space
All the waste
All the distance between me and you
And the people with their voices
Random choices will they ever learn
To really see
Really be on fire when their spirit burns

{soc}
I want the person inside me
To be someone I'd recognise
If he was in your eyes
{eoc}

So I'm waiting, contemplating
Relocating a faded image in my thoughts
But the memories are like clouds
Try so hard
But they never can be caught
But I'm trying, yes I'm trying
But I'm only lying in the dark
So alone
On my own
No one home

{soc}
And if love was worth a fortune
Then I'd need a rise
To be in your eyes
I want these words to be the things
I hoped you'd realised
To be in your eyes
{eoc}

List of songs

You Took

(Kilbey / Koppes / Willson-Piper / Ploog)

Transcribed by Matthew Green

If any one has differences, please let me know.
I didn't spent 3 hours doing this to get it wrong... :-)

enjoy!

.mrg.

---
slides and bends are both written with \ and / characters.
listen to the song to work out which.

caret's indicate a harmonic.

the spaces between notes sorta says how the rythym goes, but
there is not really any separation except bars, and that
might even be dodgy.

rythym guitar at start.

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

repeat

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

then the little interlude at the start gives:

repeat

E  | ---5--5--5--5--5-------- | ---8--8--8--8--8-------- |
B  | ----5--5--5--5--5------- | ----8--8--8--8--8------- |
G  | --6--6--6--6--6--------- | --9--9--9--9--9--------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ---3--3--3--3--3-------- | ---5--5--5--5--5-------- |
B  | ----3--3--3--3--3------- | ----5--5--5--5--5------- |
G  | --4--4--4--4--4--------- | --6--6--6--6--6--------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

repeat until end of guitar solo.  tacit.

lead guitar:

E  ---- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  ---- | --10-9------------------ | --10-9----------9------- |
G  -9-- | --------9------------9-- | --------9---------9-9--- |
D  ---- | ----------11------------ | ----------11------------ |
A  ---- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  ---- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | -----------------9------ |
G  | ---------9-------------- | ---------9-----9---{-9-} | { first time only }
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | --9-11-9----12-----12--- | --9-11-9----12---------- |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

repeat.

E  | --9-910-109-9-10-10-9-9- | --9-910-109-9-10-10-9-9- |
B  | --10101010101010-10-1010 | --10101010101010-10-1010 |
G  | --9-99--9-9-9-9--9--9-9- | --9-99--9-9-9-9--9--9-9- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | --4-45--54--4-5--5--4-4- | --4-45--54--4-5--5--4-4- |
B  | --5-55--55--5-5--5--5-5- | --5-55--55--5-5--5--5-5- |
G  | --4-44--44--4-4--4--4-4- | --4-44--44--4-4--4--4-4- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | --9--------------------- | ------------------------ |
B  | --10-------------------- | ------------------------ |
G  | --9--------------------- | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | --/7-------------2-4---- | --5---------------2-0--- |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | -------------8/(10)\8/-- |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |
A  | -------------3-2-------- | ------------------------ |
E  | ---------------------3-- | --0--\\\---------------- |

E  | ------------------------ | ---------------7-8-7---- |
B  | --(10)---(10)--------7-- | --8---------10---------- |
G  | -------------------9---- | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | --7--------------------- | ------------------------ |
G  | -----------------9-7---- | --9-----\\\------------- |
D  | ---------------------9-- | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ---------15-15-15-15---- | --15-------------------- |
B  | --15/(17)-(17-17-17-17~) | ----(17-17-17-17)---15-- |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | --15----------13-12----- | ------------------------ |
G  | --------------------12-- | --14-------------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

tacit.

base guitar at intro.

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | --------------12^------- |
A  | ------------------------ | -----------------12^---- |
E  | ------------------------ | --------------------12^- |

HERE:

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | --------------12^------- | --------------12^------- |
A  | --0---0----------12^---- | --0---0----------12^---- |
E  | --------------------12^- | --------------------12^- |

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | --------------12^------- | ---------------7^------- |
A  | --0---0----------12^---- | --0---0-----------7^---- |
E  | --------------------12^- | ---------------------7^- |

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ---------------7^------- | ---------------7^------- |
A  | ------------------7^---- | ------------------7^---- |
E  | --0---0--------------7^- | --0---0--------------7^- |

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ---------------7^------- | --------------12^------- |
A  | ------------------7^---- | -----------------12^---- |
E  | --0---0--------------7^- | --0---0-------------12^- |

repeat from HERE: a couple of times.

base does something with `A C G A' for a while at intro
interlude, evenutally going to a:

G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | --12^0-12^0-12^0-12^0--- | --12^0-12^0-12^0-12^0--- |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

like pattern with `A A A A D A D A E D A A' for each verse... ie,

A                            A
you took a piece of my heart
A                            A
you took a piece of my heart
D                    A
and i don't know why
D                    A
no, i don't know why
E
it was clear in coming here
D                                    A
i must have put the horse before the cart
A
before the cart

repeat for verses.

guitar 1:  (starts at `E' above)

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | --3--------------------- |
G  | --1--------------------- | --2--------------------- |
D  | --2--------------------- | --0--------------------- |
A  | --2--------------------- | ------------------------ |
E  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |

it was clear in coming here i must have put the horse before the

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ----2------------------- | ------------------------ |
G  | ----2------------------- | ------------------------ |
D  | ----2------------------- | ------------------------ |
A  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
cart,                      before the cart.

guitar 1:

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

guitar 2:

E ----  | --17-------------------- | ------------------------ |
B -14-  | ------------------------ | --------------------14-- |
G ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E ----  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
B ----  | ----------10------------ | ----------10------------ |
G ----  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
D ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E ----  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
you took the lead from the start

guitar 1:

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

guitar 2:

E  | --17-------------------- | --------------------17-- |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
B  | ----------10------------ | ----------10------------ |
G  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
you took the lead from the start

guitar 1:

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

guitar 2:

E  | ------------------------ | --17-------------------- |
B  | --15----------------14-- | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E  | ----------10------------ | ----------9------------- |
B  | ----------10------------ | ----------10------------ |
G  | ----------11------------ | ----------9------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
and i           don't know why

guitar 1:

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

guitar 2:

E  | ------------------------ | --17----------------12-- |
B  | --15----------------14-- | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E  | ----------10------------ | ----------9------------- |
B  | ----------10------------ | ----------10------------ |
G  | ----------11------------ | ----------9------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
no i,           don't know why

guitar 1:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | --3--------------------- |
G  | --1--------------------- | --2--------------------- |
D  | --2--------------------- | --0--------------------- |
A  | --2--------------------- | ------------------------ |
E  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |

guitar 2:

E  | --------------------10-- | ------------------------ |
B  | --12-------------------- | --10----------------14-- |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E  | ----------12------------ | ----------10------------ |
B  | ----------12------------ | ----------10------------ |
G  | ----------13------------ | ----------11------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
it was clear in coming here i must have put the skin before the

guitar 1:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ----2----------------0-- | --3------2-------------- |
G  | ----2------------------- | -------------------0---- |
D  | ----2------------------- | -----------------4------ |
A  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 2:

E  | --17-------------------- | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 3:

E  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
B  | ----------10------------ | ----------10------------ |
G  | ----------9------------- | ----------9------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
heart,                      before the heart.

base goes on G for while, then to A.  repeat.

lead guitar:

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

lead guitar:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | --2--------------------- |
G  | ------------------------ | --2--------------------- |
D  | --5\-------------------- | --2--------------------- |
A  | ------------------------ | --0--------------------- |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

rythym guitar:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | --2---3---5---3-2------- |
G  | ---------------------2-- | ----2---2---2--------2-- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ |
B  | --2---3---5---3-2------- |
G  | ----2---2---2----------- |
D  | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ |

lead guitar:

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

E  | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ |
D  | --5\-------------------- |
A  | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ |

{ verse }

guitar 1 as before

guitar 2:

E  | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- |
B  | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
G  | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
you          took the rest of the day

E  | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- |
B  | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
G  | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
you          took the rest of the day             and

E  | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- |
B  | --3---3--3---3---3--3--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
G  | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
i                  don't know why                  no

E  | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- |
B  | --3---3--3---3---3--3--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
G  | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
i                  don't know why

E  | --4---4--5---4---4--5--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
B  | --5---5--5---5---5--5--- | --3---3--3---3---3--3--- |
G  | --4---4--4---4---4--4--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
now that's it's all over   now there's just some coldness in my

E  | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- | --0---0--0---0---0--0--- |
B  | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- | --2---2--3---2---2--3--- |
G  | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- | --2---2--2---2---2--2--- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
way               it's in my way

{ repeat refrain }

{ back to first verse guitar }

guitar 1:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ---------------------9-- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 1:

E  | --10----9--------------- | ------------------------ |
B  | -----------------8------ | ------------------------ |
G  | --------------9--------- | ---------------------9-- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 2:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ----2---3---5----------- |
G  | ------------------------ | --2---2---2------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 1:

E  | --10----9--------------- | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------8----- | ------------------------ |
G  | ---------------9-------- | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

guitar 2:

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ----5---3---2----------- |
G  | ------------------------ | --2---2---2------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

repeats.

other lead guitar bits before last verse:

lead guitar:

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

E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | -------------3---2------ |
G  | --0---4/(5)--------2-0-- | --2-------2------------- |
D  | ------------------------ | --------------------4--- |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------------------ | ------------10--9------- |
B  | ------------------------ | --8----------------10--- |
G  | --0--------------------- | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | ------------10--9------- | ------------10--9--10--- |
B  | --8----------------10--- | --8--------------------- |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

E  | --12-------------------- | ------------------------ |
B  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
G  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
D  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
A  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |
E  | ------------------------ | ------------------------ |

that's about it.  the end...well, just go spastic .. ;-)

it goes out on an A ..

.mrg.

this transcription copyright (c) 1995 matthew green.  this
maybe be reproduced electronically, but physical copies are
limited to one per person for personal use only.  oh, and
only if this copyright remains attached.

lyrics reproduced without permission.

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Don’t Look Back

(Kilbey)

[E]Sometime up here[Esus4], watching a [E]cloud [Esus4]
[E]Funny how they shape your [Esus4]thoughts
Right out [E]loud [Esus4]
Some days you [A]laugh
[Am]Some days you [E]cry [Esus4]
So [G]deep in a night
It [D]leaves you stranded high and [E]dry [Esus4]

[E]Keep to yourself,[Esus4] keep it in [E]case [Esus4]
[E]Keep it when you need it for a pretty [Esus4]smile
For your [E]face [Esus4]
Walk out in the [A]sun
[Am]Walk out in the [E]rain [Esus4]
[G]Keep on walking
And [D]don't look back here [E]again [Esus4]

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Sing-Songs

A Different Man

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by James Dignan

(Brian Smith put the E minor into the verse)

D  D/C#  GMaj7/B  G *

Gmaj7/B can also be called Bmsus4, played x20032

*on this intro and the chorus, the lead guitar just alternates between D
and G, but I think there's also rhythm (or just a "feel", using the bass
somehow, of a progression through D, Asus, Bm and G. See the Tab (!) below.

[A]Inside himself, He [Em]runs to look in the [G]mirror
[A]And the face that stares right back has [Em]never been any [G]clearer
[A]But look at the doubt in his eyes [Bm]He's not the one to [C]blame

D                  D/C#                    GMaj7/B
It was a different man, no he's never been here
G                   D
You can be so close, you can be so near
D/C#                   GMaj7/B
It was a different man, playing different cards
G                   D (overlaps start of verse)
You can be so soft, you can be so hard

Inside himself, He follows the wrong directions
Perfect English words all right But with the wrong inflections
But look at the dust at his feet He's not the one she loves

It was a different man, no he's never been found
You can be so up, you can be so down
It was a different man, no he's never been there
You can be halfway, you can be all there (repeat first chorus)

Instrumental bit
D   D/C#  G/B  G
G   Em    C    D
Em  F     G
G   G/F#  CMaj7/E   C

(NB:this last line is simply the intro transposed one key flat around the
chord cycle. I'm not sure of the Em in the second line, but I can't think
what else it might be)

Inside himself, He thinks that he looks the same
And the mind that thinks it all out Never noticed any change
But look at the doubt in his eyes He's not the one to blame

And here's the guitar tab for the intro etc...

|-----3-2-|-0---3-2-|-----3-2-|-3-333320---|
|-3-3-----|--3-3----|-3-3-----|---------3--|
|--2-2-2--|---2--2--|--2-2-2--|------------|
|---------|---------|---------|------------|
|---------|---------|---------|------------|
|---------|---------|---------|------------|

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The Night Is Very Soft

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Noel

C       01023X
G/B     33002X
Aminor  01220X
Aminor7 01020X
Fmajor7 01230X

Intro

Aminor//  Aminor7___let ring (x4)

Aminor_____
Tiny drops of water glistened on her black fur
Aminor_____
Taillights in earshot, headlights shine through her
Fmajor7
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
Fmajor7
Sat next to nothing as she looked right through me, and on
Aminor
Inside the car sat a sulky blonde
Aminor
And on her lap, the road went on and on
Fmajor7
As she dresses, I look to the ground
Fmajor7
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on
Aminor// Aminor7____(x2)

Chorus
C------------G/B-------------Aminor
Outside, the night is very soft, but where does it end?
C-----------------------------------G/B---------------------Aminor
We pile into the Buick, but you've got to have money for that

Aminor
92 people take it way too fast
Aminor
They never notice where their lines are cast, and on
Fmajor7
Legs crossed on the red surge settee
Fmajor7
Sat next to nothing, and she looked right through me, and on
Aminor
I've got a milk-white electric guitar
Aminor
Walked in the shop and I peeled off the notes, oh yeah
Fmajor7
As she dresses, I look to the ground
Fmajor7
Perhaps I know where the place can be found, and on

Chorus

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Seance

Fly

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Anders Ekberg

Corrections by Jens Berke

Em     022000
G      320003
A7sus4 x02030
Cadd9  x32030

[Em]Baby smiled like a [G]tiny child
[Em]She talks her head off, and the [G]land lies wild
[Em]Tossed and turned on a [G]teardrop sea
[Em]And all the dark clowns who are [G]following me

Chorus:
And they [Cadd9]fly, [Am7sus4] she pointed up into the [Cadd9]sky
[Am7sus4]And you can't touch them if you [Cadd9]try
[Am7sus4]And they [Cadd9]fly  [Am7sus4]

Baby left as she lost her breath
Hastens off to some unknown death
Trapped inside her painted eyes
Takes herself into a new sunrise

(Chorus)

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One Day

(Kilbey)

[D]Tell me, [Em]is everything unplanned?
[G]It's all so unexpected that I [D]just can't understand
We [D]run so hard and always end up [em]in the same place
[G]"Glad that went so smoothly" well that [D]never is the case

[G]One day - [D]doubtless, cloudless, bright
[G]We'll shake away the shadows [D]of eternal night
[C]It's just the storm before the calm
[G]Like the life held in your palm - it's [Asus4]clay, one [D]day

And you stand there, with ashes blowing past
Dipping into gilt-edged love that will be made at last
And the gold you spend and the hastening end
That you throw into the sea
Coming back a hundredfold, there's no guarantee

{c:Chorus}

We'll walk and be like giants, we'll all be honest men
I go back to my blindness so that I may see again
A woman standing on a hill is gazing out to sea
Dreaming of a new age waiting there for me

I call her from a distance and she smiles into the sun
And men and gods begin their dance, for their time has begun
And holy wars extended and battlefields of pain
Washed away, forgotten in the perfect rain
Princes, kings and humble things are well-worn and content
Messengers come everywhere, envoys have been sent
(Na na na .... a palm tree nodded at me last night he said,
"Hey you look so pale")

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Electric

(Kilbey)

[A]Alone, at the end of the [Amaj7]day
As I stand before the [em6]relics
Of what used to [C]be you and [G]me

You turn with the tears in your eyes
Not understanding
that you are free, free of me

Like songs, our warmth fades away
Turns into coldness
Like the words that we say, today

{soc}
[D]And as the city [F]glows, electric [D]people nobody [F]knows
Electric [D]dreams, nobody [F]knows
[em]When you touch my skin, the feeling is [A]electric
{eoc}

I hoped that our destiny sloped
Ever upwards,
Now it curves away and falls

Like rain and the windows of children
I see the future,
just sliding away, and false

{c:Chorus}

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It’s No Reason

(Kilbey)

[G]Crocodile skin [bm]water, [C]city shadows [D]wait
[G]Put your head in[f#m]to your hands, the [em]ending is so [D]great
[G]Take a ride to [bm]sundown, [C]buy a ticket [D]home
Take [G]all the things I've [f#m]bought you, leave [em]all the rest a[C]lone [G]

Marble skins turn human, people fade to gray
Put your head into my hands we'll make them go away
As you're crying softly, you won't ever be disturbed
Red on pink, the sun will sink, have you even heard?

{soc}
[D]And the [em]colors take me [C]down
[D]It's no [em]reason to be [C]sad
[D]And you [em]leave without a [C]sound
[D]It's no [em]reason to be [F]glad
{eoc}

Instrumental break is Em C D

Salty tears are wasted, children lie awake
Put your head into my hands, don't let your spirit break
Black smoke from the chimneys, white smoke from the hills
Everything is moving, but we're standing still

{c:Chorus}

Celebrations fading, boats upon the waves
Put your head into my hands, trying to be brave
The carnival has packed up, the storm has left us peace
Poppies sleep undamaged, we drive into the east

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Disappear?

(Kilbey)

(Lift on and off B-string 2nd fret on the A and Dmaj7 chords)

[A]Like a womb, night was all [Dmaj7/F#]around
[A]Someone, somewhere must have talked some sense
I could [Dmaj7/F#]feel it moving underground
[G]So many things I still don't under[E]stand

The [A]dream I was having took on an ugly [Dmaj7/F#]face
I don't [A]know if I was walking through heaven
It could have been [Dmaj7/F#]any place
[G]Skipping 'cross the water, wading through the [Esus4] sand [E]
A[Dmaj/F#]wake to find you gone, emptiness is where you [A]lay
I just [Dmaj7/F#]had to smile for all the things you'll never [E]hear me say

[C]Oh, I know, I could never get that [G]near
[Dmaj7/F#]What do you expect me to do, disap[A]pear? [G]

{soc}
[G]You and [C]me, [em]we're as [D]free as we can [G]be
Can't you [C]see, [em]like the [D]trees so obviously[am]... [A]
{eoc}

The message disturbs me so I throw it to the wind
And after all the hellos goodbyes etc etc
We can't start this thing again
It's like the fog you walk towards, but never seem to reach
Every morning now I hear that same old song
And though the singer is long dead, his voice goes on and on
Ugliness you have to learn, but beauty you can't teach

F#m                                          A
Awake to find you gone, a note pinned to my sleeve
F#m
It wasn't just the things you took
E
It was the things you had to leave
C                           G
Now it seems you were never here
DMaj7                          A
What do you expect me to do, disappear?

{c:Chorus}

Some of this transcription was extracted from James Dignan's version.

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Electric Lash

(Kilbey)

Additions by Jason Roberts

The [D]electric lash of [G]trees in the studio
[D]Fills my head with [G]light
[D]Only the voice of the [G]girl on the radio
Falling [A]from a [D]height

I turn to leave as if in a cameo
It doesn't feel quite right
Only one thing you ever really know
If it's day or night

{soc}
Our [G]eyes meet and I [D]love her
[G]I suspect she already [D]knows
[G]How those eyes see me so [D]very very clearly
[G]Even [A]when they're [D]closed
{eoc}

The electric lash of trees in the studio
A bite then a caress
Only the voice of the girl on the radio
Drifting from the west

I turn to leave as if in a cameo
A moon, a knot, a guess
Only one thing you ever really know
You might curse before you bless

{c:Chorus}

Bridge:

immediately after second chorus:

D    G    Asus4    G

D    G    Asus4    G

F

(single strum, crank the reverb/echo):

D    G    Asus4    G

fade back in on main riff:

D    G    D    G

D    G    D    G

G    A    D

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Now I Wonder Why

(Kilbey)

In a [D]moment of triumph, I find defeat uncon[C]trolled
In the [D]second of honor, a despair sharp and [C]old
She [hm]gives me a t[C]aste, [hm]please show me some [C]etiquette
I [hm]wasn't looking for [C]you and I [F]don't want to find you [em]yet

At an uncurtained window, in a street full of rooms
Watching the gardens, and pursuing the blooms
This world is so white, they never see me anymore
But i trusted you then, and I'm trusting you still
It's just that I'm not quite sure

{soc}
[A]Now I wonder [em7]why, I [A]thought I could ever [em7]lose
But the [A]gain is hardly what I'd [em7]choose
[Bb]Now I wonder [D]why
{eoc}

It was somebody, a woman, it was a delicate crime
And I've been waiting for ages, yes I've been here all the time
There was this greed in my blood, she let me take the easy way
She helps me hide the vagabond, that was myself yesterday
And after the acting, I found that I couldn't sleep
And during my drifting, I found that I was too deep
By the virtue of faith
I knew that I could be lost
Beyond this dark place
Unprepared to pay the cost

{c:Chorus}

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Dropping Names

(Kilbey)

[F#]I want to break to be [E]beautiful
[F#]Seven long nights to [E]think
A [F#]handful of words, a [E]sleeveful of birds
[F#]Casually left on the [E]sink
[B]Crimson beads, cut [A]out your needs
[B]Leave you feeling more in the [A]pink[F#]Seven long nights at a [E]pre-announced site
A [F#]head on my shoulders and I [E]feel all right

{soc}
[C#]Alter the [B]courses, [C#]stand near my [B]flames
[C#]Questionable [B]sources, [A]only dropping names
Dropping [F#]names
{eoc}

I taught her how to be hard or soft
She never really needed to learn
A trip into town, defenses are down
I never ever need to return
She holds me by the stars, says look at these scars
Feel my longing burn
Seven long days but I can't change my ways
Look over my shoulder and I say hey hey

{c:Chorus}

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It Doesn’t Change

(Kilbey)

[A]Sinking silk, and [Bmsus4/A]burning gold
[C#m/A]Touch you as the [D/A]air is turning [A]cold

Another place I look for you
The heights above an almost perfect view

Seeing things just rest a while
As the tide sweeps out another mile

Inside the man, the pleasure dome
This is the world that I once called home

Strangers in their naked skin
Waiting for their sweet oblivion

Close to you, hear all you say
Even though you're continents away

The perfumed air, the taste of fear
Shrug your shoulders and they disappear

Take this gift and let it grow
Let it be all the hope you know
It doesn't change   [E]

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Remote Luxury

Constant In Opal

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Deiby

Em - Cadd9 - D/A - Cadd9

Cadd9 is

E - X
A - 3
D - 2
G - 0
B - 3
E - 0

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No Explanation

(Kilbey)

D F#m G (x2) Em Bm7 G A G
D G A (x2)

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Into My Hands

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by James Dignan

Here's one that's simple enough for even the most novice of guitarists

Gsus is played as 330003

G             Gsus  G      G               Gsus  G
I take love into my hands, journey back to winterland
G              Gsus    G     G               Gsus    G
Cut my losses, grow my hair, see some man to take me there
C          G                C             G
As it gets so uncertain, when the girl gets too near
C             G                C        G
It's never as good as I hoped or as bad as I feared

G                   Gsus       G       G                  Gsus     G
Some seek sleek and slithering charms, out of reach their grasping arms
G                   Gsus      G           G            Gsus  G
Our skin like milk, our breath of words, like happy, awful and absurd
C          G                C             G
As it gets so uncertain, when the girl gets too near

It's never as good as I hoped or as bad as I feared

F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G
G  Gsus  G  Gsus  G Gsus  G  Gsus

G               Gsus  G      G            Gsus       G
You know it's always out here in my head, stupid bloody things get said
G             Gsus   G      G              Gsus     G
Then drifting on a summer pond I notice that my love has gone
C          G                C             G
As it gets so uncertain, when the girl gets too near

It's never as good as I hoped or as bad as I feared

F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G  F  C  G

G             Gsus  G      G               Gsus  G
I take love into my hands, journey back to winterland

G  Gsus  G  Gsus

G             Gsus  G      G               Gsus  G
I take love into my hands, journey back to winterland

G  Gsus  G  Gsus

G             Gsus  G      G               Gsus  G
I take love into my hands, journey back to winterland

G  Gsus  G  Gsus

For the more proficient :), there are several picking parts, notably the
intro/ending, where there are two guitars:

|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|---0---0---0---0--|---0---0---0---0--|
|--0---0-0-0---0-0-|--0---0-0-0---0-0-|
|-----2---3---2----|-----2---3--------|
|-3----------------|-3-----------3----|

and

|-----0-------3----|-----0------------|
|-013--310-13------|-013--310-13------|
|------------------|-------------0----|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|

Then the bridge part, (chords F C G) which has a slidey part ( an equals
sign here means slide to the second note...Frets are numbered in
hexadecimal, so A=10, B=11 etc)

|-3=A-9=A-9=A-3-|-3=5-3=5--------|
|---------------|---------5=8----|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|

Then back to the G, Gsus pattern for a frightening lead part (done on
12-string, so this is only approximate)

|----------03-7----|-CA8A87-ZZZ-3=F---|
|-------013---8----|----------------h-|
|-----02------9----|----------------h-|
|---02-------------|------------------|
|-23---------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|

ZZZ is a trill played on the 10th, 8th and 7th frets somehow, possibly with
the 2nd and 3rd strings in there too. The slide goes up from the 3rd to the
15th fret, and is followed by 5th fret harmonics on the 2nd and 3rd
strings. OK, I admit it MWP is a bloody good 12-string player! Good luck!!!

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A Month Of Sundays

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by James Dignan

Additions by Jens Berke

D        xx0232
Am7add6  x02012
Em7      022030
G        320003
A7       x02020

If you've a friend who wants to play along with you, get them to play this in the followuing frets:

D CHORD                    Am7add6 CHORD
-10-                        -0-
-10-                       -10-
-11-                       -11-
-0-                       -10-
-0-                        -0-
-0-                        -0-

D Am7add6 D Am7add6

D
Badman's woman with that look in her eye
Am7add6
You stop to wonder as she passes by
D
Something inside you is never the same
Am7add6
Something outside you is always to blame
D
Follow her home where she lives with some friends
Am7add6
They have some good things to add to the blend
D
The games expanded, invaded the place
Am7add6
You're the only one who's forgotten his face

Chorus:

Em7   G         D        G
You're saying no no no I must be on my way
Em7        G                D    A7
But it really has been a pleasant night
Em7   G                 D         G
And you go so slow hope they'll ask you to stay
Em7          G            D
And indifference gives you a fright

The same pattern continues for the other verses:

Walking outside you come to a door
You go inside and you wonder what for
At least it's good to be out of the wind
You turn around and the clocks all begin

Just like the winter your memory thaws
Just like the ocean your memory pours
So many pieces to match or to find
So many doubts to have in one mind

It's hard to see how the tables have turned
It's hard to see how the people have learned
It's hard to watch the past drizzling past
It's hard to watch them picking the cast

And it stacks up badly that it never makes sense
You sense that sensation is who's paying the rent
And she beckons to you with her fingers and lies
She says: can't you slice the price of your paradise

The sliding lead break in the second and third verses is:

|-----------------|
|-3=>5------------|
|------2=>4-------|  repeated
|-----------4-2-0-|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

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Heyday

Myrrh

(The Church)

[Am]Emerald haunt in [G]overdrive
[Am]Nightmare descent into [G]Jericho city
[Am]Camel dust heralds our arrival
[Am]New Christ beneath the [G]drumkit moon
[Fmaj7]Oh Lord we are [G]threatened again
In the [Fmaj7]slipstream pull of the [G]federal men
[Fmaj7]Plummet in some [G]seamless night
Down [Fmaj7]here to earth it's [G]hopeless then

Apache gunman in the boiling crowd
Who never got to meet you last time
We're interrupted by the telephone
You didn't think they were invented then
Oh Lord we need miracles
We need more wine and gold
We need slaves and roads and personal favors
We need microphones and manifolds

{soc}
[F#m]How can you be so in[E]visible
[F#m]Give me the nerves to [E]see
[A]Privilege on [D]privilege
[F#m]An unwanted [E]discovery
{eoc}

So now we're cruising down this shuddering highway
With a dead sun shining on my back
And we talk about the way people treat us back there
Their hollow laughter, the pain in their eyes
Oh Lord I trust your intentions
But money strangles our love
Struggling like a fool with my junk and my jewels
You would have thought I'd had enough

{c:Chorus}

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Tristesse

(The Church)

6th August 97 - Brian Smith

Here's my interpretation of this song.  It's a bit more complex
than the chord-based one which follows it.

There seems to be a lot of ways to play this song.  When I've seen Steve
play it live he goes for a simplified version of the following arrangment,
which sounds much like the acoustic performances he and Marty do when
sharing the stage.

Chords (strings numbered from low E to high E)

D        - 000232
D9       - 000230
G6       - 320000
Em7      - 022030
D9/F#    - 200230
A7sus4   - X02030 (try and avoid the low E, but no probs if you can't)
F#m      - 244222 (like Em, barre second fret)
F#m/A    - X04222 This one's a bit awkward to play - avoid the low E
Fmaj7    - X03210
Em/A     - X05430 Just slide up two frets from Fmaj7

"Here in this desert"...
D G6 (repeat till chorus)
OR      D Em7 D9/F# G6

"A gunfight in Dodge City..."
F#m G F#m/A (if you can, otherwise repeat the first chord)

"All my life spent searching..."
Fmaj7 Em/A D   - For that second chord just slide up two frets from the
first.  Let the A string ring if, or block it if you
don't like the sound.

Here’s a simpler, chord-based version.

[D]Here in this [Em7]desert, be[F#m ?]neath the sun and [G]stars
Still troubled by the rumblings of a million distant cars
Please be good to me tonight, let me find my way
The air has some command in it I cannot disobey

[F#m]A gunfight in Dodge [G]City, a [D]murder in Bom[G]bay
[F#m]All these deeds and [G]worldly needs I [D]must shrug off to[G]day
[Fmaj7]All my life spent [Em7]searching for pro[D]wess
[Fmaj7]Left me lying [Em7]here with you, tris[D]tesse

I was working in an orchard that grew the strangest fruit
It wasn't Mother Nature that made those trees take root

Your children cannot hear you, they only want your loot
You hold on to their essence like a parachute
They never believed you were in distress
Now you've gone and left them with tristesse

[D]Oh, [G]waters in[A]flamed [G]
[D]Ah, [G]fires burning [A]out [G]
[D]Ah, [G]ice melting [A]down [G]
[D]Ah, [G]fires burnt [A]out [G]

[F#m]A hotel suite in a [G]rich man's town, a [D]hut in Botany [G]Bay
A [F#m]prisoner by my [G]own device, a [D]mountain in my [G]way

I'm [Fmaj7]gonna have to [Em7]alter my add[D]ress
Cause [Fmaj7]I can't stay much [Em7]longer with [D]tristesse
[Fmaj7]And they call this [Em7]carnival prog[D]ress
In[Fmaj7]vited by our [Em7]queen tonight, tris[D]tesse

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Already Yesterday

(The Church)

[C]It's already [Em]yesterday, [Fmaj7]we're off the [Am]calen[G]dar
[C]I heard the [Em]sirens play [Fmaj7]just like an [Am]orche[G]stra
[C]Mechanical [Em]bird of prey [Fmaj7]sing for your [Am]empe[G]ror
[C]Last broken [Em]flash of love [Fmaj7]still in the [Am]came[G]ra

{soc}
[D]We don't [A/B]feel those locks and [G]chains
We won't [D]listen to the [G]lizard part of our [D]brains
[Em7]Giving the [A]orders
[D]Another [A/B]morning we'll be [G]gone
I start the [D]car for Ten Mile [G]Beach
And maybe [D]Avalon, [Em7]across the [A]water
{eoc}

It's already yesterday and nobody's answering
Disconncted, drift away, nobody's questioning
Head silver, feet of clay, who is surrendering
They fall in our heyday, I am remembering

{soc}
We can't feel those aches and pains
We won't listen to the voices in the city rain
Giving the orders
Another morning I'll be gone
I start the car for Violet Town
And then to Babylon, over the border
{eoc}

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Columbus

(The Church)

The [Em]king had something [C]changed within him
I [Am]should have told him no
[Em]Oh Co[C]lombus, I [Am]never should have let you go
Now [Em]aching wires, [C]midnight fires
[Am]Things I could not know
[Em]Oh Co[C]lombus, I [Am]never should have let you go
[Am]You [G]don't suppose there'd
[Fmaj7]Be room in here some[D7]where for me
[Am]I [G]think I just need
[Fmaj7]Someones words to [D7]reassure me
[C]I don't blame [D]any of you, [Fmaj7]and I don't blame my[G]self

Waiting for my small reward
It's going to come somehow
Oh Colombus, I wish that you could see us now
We don't posess a single empty tear
Or furrowed browOh Colombus, I wish that you could see us now
You don't suppose there'd
Be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need
Someone's words to reassure me
I can't change any of you, I can't change myself

The man had something strange about him
He should have let me know
Oh Columbus, I wish I'd never let you go
You don't suppose there'd
Be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need
Someones words to reassure me
I don't blame any of you, and I don't blame myself
Colombus

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Tantalized

(The Church)

Transcribed by Anders Ekberg

[A]God I've [G]been a[A]sleep so [G]long, I've been [A]away [G] [A] [G]
[A]Back from [G]software [A]limbo the [G]natives call [A]today [G] [A] [G]
I let their [A]promises [G]bind me [A] [G]
I let se[A]ductive l[G]ogic blind [A]me [G]
I em[A]braced a ma[G]chine, I went [A]through the rou[G]tine
And I [A]hid from the [G]people who were [A]trying to [G]find me

{soc}
[Am]Till the day comes when you [FM7]realize
[C]Otherwise you never [E7]care
Pan[Am]dora's box reveals a [FM7]new surprise
Can't wait to [C]see your eyes, now you've been [E7]tantalized
{eoc}

For a hundred and one voluptuous days I broke the law
The labyrinth was closing so we panicked up a door
I let their wanton flesh obsess me
I felt their dreams and drugs assess me
I was hired and fired yet never inspired
Flattering, chattering words to impress me

{soc}
All that glittered had me mesmerized
Otherwise I would have dared
Guess the nature of our enterprise
Can't stop to sympathize, how you've been tantalized
{eoc}

I turned up in some harsh doomed city on another plane
I couldn't believe the room I got or the guests I entertained
I felt the dirty streets surround me
I let the buzzing swarm confound me
I gave money to ghosts, I insulted my hosts
I could never get off the stuff that spellbound me

{c:Chorus 1 and 2}

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Disenchanted

(The Church)

Transcribed by Mick Anderson

C      F       G    C             F                G
Well look at you, hands full of money you always wanted to have
C            F         G
Saying sweet life is a downright drag
C           F         G                          Em          G
Down to the very last seed in the bag, as if it's never gonna end

C          F         G      C             F               G
And the scene is through, summer slipped under in this neighbourhood
C           F       G
I'd like to hold onto it if I could
C             F       G              Em             G
But now I'm gonna have to let you go for good, my disenchanted friend

C                G            Em            F   G
They say that character you play is rising fast
C                     G                      Em                F   G
So you get drunk, make a half-second jump and experience it as the past
Am              Em                  F
But this is it, the closer you get, the deeper you go
C                     G
The tighter the net looks to me

C          F       G          C                F                G
Do you enjoy the view, they say it makes you dizzy your first time up there
C       F                 G
Till you get used to breathing rarefied air
C                 F       G                      Em               G
Auditioning for the part of Mister Despair, well I know him personally

C          F         G        C              F                G
And this hotel's a zoo, you gotta be some creature to get a room in here
C           F           G
You can live like a king on a throne of tears
C           F           G                       Em            G
It's a mighty long way from the innocent years, and it waits inevitably

C                G            Em            F   G
They say that character you play is rising fast
C                     G                      Em                F   G
So you get drunk, make a half-second jump and experience it as the past
Am              Em                  F
But this is it, the closer you get, the deeper you go
C                     G   /  /  /
The tighter the net looks to me

Am  /  Em  /  F  /  C  G            G  /  /  /
[                          ]  x3

C   F   G  /            Em  /  G  /
[              ]  x4

C        F       G            C            F           G
And I'm asking you, if you think that success is its own reward
C               F                G
Now then go and see what your persistence has scored
C         F              G
The voice is a-calling and it can't be ignored
C              F               G
You might be underground but you're over insured
C             F               G
You used to be unknown now you're mapped and explored
C             F                 G
You like to be untouched now you're handled and pawed
Em          G
And it's never gonna end

C                G            Em            F   G
They say that character you play is rising fast
C                     G                      Em                F   G
So you get drunk, make a half-second jump and experience it as the past
Am              Em                  F
But this is it, the closer you get, the deeper you go
C                     G   /  /  /   C
The tighter the net looks to me

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Night Of Light

(The Church)

Transcribed by Anders Ekberg

[A]Dishwater cafe in a torn paper street
A rundown future let me down now everything's complete
Uncurling human tragedy apparently a parody
Send my love upstairs to me she used to be a symphony

{soc}
[FM7]I [Em]let her [FM7]go [Em]into the [FM7]night
[Em]Night of light, [FM7]satellite, [Em]quite a sight to [A]see
{eoc}

Dream importer's underling who answers to the boss
Can't afford a breakage, I'll pay for any loss
Uncurling human tragedy there's definately a remedy
Let her come and look for me she used to be the enemy

{c:Chorus}

Seaside town in winter, I'm trying to write my book
She's broken down, it's raining, I said I'd have a look
Uncurling human tragedy appropriately a mystery
She tells my story back to me she said I'll live this chapter till eternity

{c:Chorus}

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Youth Worshipper

(The Church)

Transcribed by Mick Anderson

D   C(add D)  Em   A7
Youth worshipp--er, goddess of ruin
D   C(add D)  Em            A7
Youth worshipp--er, like you know what you're doing
G           Am           G                Bm          Bb               A
I bet the sun and rain never touch your face again, race against the time

D   C(add D)  Em            A7
Youth worshipp--er, hope you know what you're worth now
D   C(add D)  Em               A7
Youth worshipp--er, like you're paying the earth now
G               Am        G           Bm          Bb                  A
You want the child back want an aphrodisiac, to fill the crack with time

F#m
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones gonna stitch you up when you come unsewn
F#m
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones gonna stitch you up when you come unsewn

D   C(add D)  Em   A7
Youth worshipp--er
D   C(add D)  Em   A7
Youth worshipp--er
D   C(add D)  Em              A7
Youth worshipp--er, wrapped in blue fox and ermine
D   C(add D)  Em          A7
Youth worshipp--er, got no pity for vermin
G             Am             G                    Bm
Your engines and machines drink your fuels and steal your scenes
Bb              A
They come between in time

F#m
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones gonna stitch you up when you come unsewn
F#m
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones gonna stitch you up when you come unsewn

G#  / / /   / / / /   / / / /   A  / / /

D   C(add D)  Em   A7
Youth worshipp--er, goddess of ruin
D   C(add D)  Em            A7
Youth worshipp--er, like you know what you're doing
G           Am           G                Bm          Bb               A
I bet the sun and rain never touch your face again, race against the time

F#m
Hooves and horns and teeth and bones gonna stitch you up when you come unsewn
=============================================================================

I play the C(add D) in YW as: X32030

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As You Will

(Peter Koppes)

Transcribed by Pierpaolo Vezzaro

Verse:

Em
You wake up late, day is still dawning
You set out on the road
You meet up with a man, his face well worn in
He's carrying a load
D     C    Em
On the way to paradise

Chorus:

Em
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
D             C
On the way to paradise
Em
Ornamental, or warm and gentle
D             C
On the way to paradise
D                 C
As you will some day

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Hindsight

Tear It All Away

(Kilbey)

Tabbed by Mick Anderson

D(f# f# f# e f# f# e f# | f# f# g f# g f# e f#)  (notes added to D chord)
People say to see is to believe
Then they just believe in that they can perceive
What they see is not the total view
Filtered between the me and you

G                  F#m                       G
But I'm trying so hard, just to tell you I care

F#m                    Em                C
And I've wanted so long, to tear it all away, tear it all away

D(f# f# f# e f# f# e f# | f# f# g f# g f# e f#)  (notes added to D chord)
People say well you just had to be there
And all the time you know they've never been there
And it makes me sad to sit and think
All those empty souls are nearly at the brink

G                  F#m                    G
But I'm trying so hard, just to open my eyes

F#m                       Em                C
To seeing some things, that tear it all away, tear it all away

D(f# f# f# e f# f# e f# | f# f# g f# g f# e f#)  (notes added to D chord)
People grow up and learn to drive some car
But I did that and it doesn't get you far
The things you want are never to be found
And in the end it's all some running round

G                  F#m                      G
But I'm trying so hard, just to keep to myself

F#m                      Em                C
The things that I hope, will tear it all away, tear it all away

G / /  D7 / /  G / /  Em / /  G / /  D7 / /  G / /  D7 / /  G / /

Em                      D                         C     D
I thought you would know, I thought you would know

D(f# f# f# e f# f# e f# | f# f# g f# g f# e f#)  (notes added to D chord)
People say they think that they are sure
But then they turn away and don't go back no more
What they saw was not the perfect sight
Just their own face reflected in the night

G                  F#m                          G
But I'm trying so hard, just to tell you it's now

F#m                      Em                C
And I'm gonna keep on trying, to tear it all away, tear it all away

D(f# f# f# e f# f# e f# | f# f# g f# g f# e f#)
[                                               ]   Repeat and fade

Here’s a short one:

Two chords between ` and ' marks means they're played in the same bar.
They're half notes, where the others are whole notes.

Verse: D Em7 (rpt) G Bm G `Bm7 D' Em C

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Starfish

Under The Milky Way

(Kilbey / Jansson)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

This is the most well-known Church song and (as luck would have it) one of
the easiest to play.

Am7sus4 is played as follows
E 0
B 3
G 0
D 2
A 0
E X

Verse: Am Am7sus4 Fmaj7 G
Chorus: G Fmaj7
Bridge/Solo: C G Am

Extra Credit:
If you have a friend with a capo, get them to put it on the fifth fret and play:
Verse: Em Em7sus4 Cmaj7 D
Chorus: D Cmaj7
Bridge/Solo: G D Em

That will really thicken the sound up.  Vary your respective rhythms for even
more effect.

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North South East and West

(The Church)

Here's the tab for the opening.
E--2-2-2--3----3--0-----
B--3-3-3--3----3--3-----
G--0-0-0--0----0--0-----
D--2-2-2--2----2--2-----
A------------3----3---0-
E0----------------------

That last "A" leaves you holding an Am7sus4 (or A7sus4, whatever you want to
call it.) Play each note in a Church-y manner, then repeat once more.  Then
cue Marty going bonkers on his Rickenbacker playing a descending Em pentatonic

Verse: Em D C9
Chorus: Em9 C9 Am7sus4
Bridge: G Dm rpt.  On last pair, play G D

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Spark

(The Church)

Tabbed by Trent Paton

I don't have the intro but here's some of the chords.
Some of the words are wrong and maybe even the chord names.
There's also a few parts that i'm missing that i'll update
soon when i get around to it.

G  D  C  Am  Amsus2  Em  Em7   Dsus2  Dsus4  Bsus4  Cmaj7
---3--2--0--0-----0------0---0------0------3------0----0--------
---3--3--1--1-----0------0---3------3------3------0----0--------
---0--2--0--2-----2------0---0------2------2------8----0--------
---0--0--2--2-----2------2---2------0------0------9----10--------
---2-----3--0-----0------2---2--------------------9----10--------
---3---------------------0---0--------------------7----8--------
G   D C G
G   D C G
I'm saturated
G   D C G
I'm wet with ya tears
G   D C G
You spill so easily
Am              Amsus2 Am
In reflection
Em              Em7 Em
I see you again
Am           C       Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2
Approach me, slowly
Bsus4         Cmaj7
Fight, fight, breathe

That's all i have right now. I think the next part goes G5 D/F E5 C5
but i'm not too sure. When i work it out i'll update this.

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Antenna

(The Church)

Transcribed by John Hicks

1.     Dm, G, C, F, C
2.     repeat
3.     G, D,C, Bm,C,Bm
4.     repeat
5.     A, G, F#m, E
6      repeat

lines 1 & 2:
play G at 3rd fret with pinky adding 1st string A note.
Mix in hitting the C with the 1st string G note then pull off

lines 3 & 4:
hammer on & pull off notes as appropriate. walk down from D to C.

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Reptile

(The Church)

Transcribed by Phil Grant 1994

NOTATION
========
(3)     sustained note

/....\
2       bend note, hold then release

0h2     hammer on

14\
\    slide

GUITAR 1 RIFF A
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11----|----11-10-11---|----11-10-11---||
|-12----------10-|-10-------------|---------------|--------------.||
|----------------|----------------|-13---------13-|-13-----------.||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||

GUITAR 2
(with RIFF A by GUITAR 1)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--/...........\-|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-2--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-5-------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|-----5~--------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

1. Too  dan-ger-ous  to  keep
2.3. (see additional lyrics)
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5--------------|-----5--3-------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|-----------5~---|--3------------|-(3)-----------|

Too  fee-ble  to  let  go
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|------------/---|---------------|----------/----|
|-14-------------|----------14----|-12------------|-(12)----7-----|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

And you want to bite the hand
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)------------|-(7)-----7--5---|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------8-|--5------------|-(5)-----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

Shoulda stopped this long ago
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---/...........\|---------15-----|---------------|---------------|
|-14-------------|------------12--|-(12)----------|-(12)----------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|

BOTH GUITARS
(CHORUS)
Go now, you've been set free  Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

With       your       lovely         smile
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
|-----------------10--------|------------------10-------|
|------------8---------8----|---------8---------------8-|
|-----10-----------------10-|-(10)---------10-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

your flickering tounge and your rattling scales
/........\
|-----------------10----------|------------10----------|
|-------------8--------8------|------------------------|
|------10------------------10-|-(10)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|

Like   a   real         reptile________________
/........\
|------10--------|-------10-------|------10-------|---------10----------|
|----8----8------|-----8--------8-|----8----8-----|---------------------|
|-10----------10-|-(10)------10---|-10---------10-|-(10)----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|

SOLO
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--/-0---------------|
|-0----------/---------|--/------/------|------/-----0-|-3------/\----------|
|-0--0-0-0--2----2---0-|-2---0--2--0----|-0---2--------|-------2--2-0-------|
|----------------------|--------------0-|--------------|----------------0h2-|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------------|

|----------------------|--/---------------|------/----------|---------------|
|-0-------12---/-----0-|-3---0-0----------|-----2/----------|---------------|
|-0-12-14----14--14\---|---------2/\--0---|-0---2-----------|-2--0--------0-|
|-------------------\--|----------------0-|-----------------|--------2------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|

OUTRO (repeat to fade)
|----10----10-------|----8----8--8----8|-10------10----|-10----10-------|
|-11----11----13-11-|-10---10------10--|---11-13----13-|----13------13--|
|-------------------|------------------|---12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12---12-.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------.|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|

LYRICS
1.
Too dangerous to keep
Too feeble to let go
And you want to bite the hand
Shoulda stopped this long ago

Chorus
Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your tail
Your flickering tounge and your rattling scales
Like a real reptile

2.
Had you coiled around my arm
How could you ever know
How I loved your diamond eyes
But that was long ago

Chorus

Solo

3.
And I should have believed Eve
She said we had to blow
She was the apple of my eye
It wasn't long ago

Chorus

Here’s another transcription by Enrique Zamudio:

Use a delay time of about 350 milliseconds for the first part.

There are two guitars in the song. The first one goes with the delay,
while the second one has a light distortion.

Guitar 1

!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!--12---15--14--15---------15--14--15-----15--14--15--------15--14--15--!
!-------------------15--15-------------13------------13--13-------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!
!-----------------------------------------------------------------------!

Guitar 2

!--
!--
!--
!--
!--
!--

Chorus (with a light distorsion):

!---------10-----------10---------------10-----------10>11--10--!
!------8-----8------8---------8------8-----8------8-------------!
!--10-----------10---------10----10-----------10----------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!

!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!
!--------------------------------------------------------9--7---!
!--5----7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5----7>8--7--5---------!
!-----------------------------7---------------------------------!
!---------------------------------------------------------------!

!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!
!--9--7-------------------------------------------------------!
!---------7----5--7>8--7----5--8--7--5-----5--5----5--7>8--7--!
!---------------------------------------7---------------------!
!-------------------------------------------------------------!

(Let ring, there's a strong feedback here)

!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!
!--5--8--7--5-----5--5---------------------------------------!
!--------------7---------------------------------------------!
!------------------------------------------------------------!

And here are the bass tabs:

Verse:

G--------------------------------------------------
D------------------10-12-12-12-10---10-12----------
A------10---10-12------------------13-------10-----
E--------------------------------------------------

The last note of the run, G(10th fret A string), sometimes does a small slide downward.

Chorus is just a G - F - Eb progression that can be played
10th fret 8th fret 6th fret on the A string
or 5th fret 3rd fret 1st fret on the D string.

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Hotel Womb

(Kilbey)

This is a great song to play solo

Opening strum: D Em7 C9 rpt
Verse: D Am7sus4 C9 (X4)
Chorus: Em C9 G
Bridge: My favourite part.  Make the shape of Fmaj7 (F chord with open high E)
Then move your hand up the neck so your index finger is on the fifth fret.  This
is an open A chord.  The chords you'll play are: A C/A D9/A Bbaug4/A.  But they're
all the same chord shape, with the index finger on these frets: 5, then 8
then 10 then 6.  Get it ?

The bridge section gets repeated a few times, so start softly, then build in
volume and complexity so that by the last time your hand is a blur and the amp
is screeching !

Gold Afternoon Fix

Metropolis

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

Verse:E A9 Bsus4/E (rpt)

Chorus:C#m7 F#m A E

Bridge: A C#m F#m C#m A C#m A E

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Monday Morning

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

1st transcription by Mick Anderson

d   d e f# c#   c# d e b   b c# d c#   c# d e

d   d e f# c#   c# d e b   b c# d c# d e   d e

D    A          G             A
Beyond this city, and evening dust

D       A        G            A
Dreams and thunder, rattle the rust

Em7                    A
You had an idea, that you won't have again
She's forgotten your name, now it's nearly the same
Started with ash, but end with a flame

G
Burning you, turning you

D      A           G              A
There was a lifetime, spent in the sun

D      A           G            A
Hundreds of chances, blew every one

D         A           G                   A
Dice rolled double six, double six double six

D   A           G                  A
Owner of trouble, flesh blood and bricks

Em7                    A
You had an idea, that you won't have again
She's forgotten your name, now it's nearly the same
Started with ash, but end with a flame

G
Turning you, burning you

F#m       Em7    F#m                         Em7
Oh monday morning,  the cracks become quite clear

F#m       Em7     G
Oh monday morning, take me back, leave me here

d   d e f# c#   c# d e b   b c# d c#   c# d e

d   d e f# c#   c# d e b   b c# d c# d e   d e

D    A          G             A
Beyond this city, and evening dust

D       A        G            A
Dreams and thunder, rattle the rust

Em7                    A
You had an idea, that you won't have again
She's forgotten your name, now it's nearly the same
Started with ash, but end with a flame

G                            D
Burning you, turning you around

Here’s another short one:

D A G A (x2) Em A (x3) G

Last bit: Bm7 A Bm7 G Bm7 Em G

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Russian Autumn Heart

(Willson-Piper / Kilbey / Koppes / Ploog)

A G D (rpt)

Bm G (x2) C G

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Essence

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

Verse: A

Chorus: C9 Bm7 C Bb

Middle: Eb A

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Laughing

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

Verse: D G F#m G

Chorus: C F

Bridge: A5 Dm (I understood before I knew)

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Grind

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

Result of transcriptions by Jens Berke and Scott Jobson

The intro is Dm picked in the following way

---1---0---1---3-1-
----3---3---3------
--2---2---2---2----
-0---0---0---0-----
-------------------
-------------------

Verse:

From Scott:

verses: Dm Dm/C A#maj7 Am
choruses: Gm Am A# C

if you are playing this song by yourself (as so many of us bedroom
performers do) you might want to play the full chords as listed for the
chorus. for the pedants,  you will notice that on the recording, these
are played as simple power chords.

Dm     xx0231
Dm/C   x30231
A#maj7 x13231 or x1323x (if yr lazy like me)
Am     x02210

Brian also suggests playing Asus4 for the first two beats of the Am
chord...and it works for me, so here's the chord along with my thanks
to Brian for the corrections.

Asus4  x02230

Jens has a similar suggestion for the verse:

Dm           [xx0231]
Dm4          [xx0233]
Dsus2/A#     [x10230]
A7sus4       [x02030]
Cadd9        [x32030]

Dm        Dm4   Cadd9          Dsus2/A#
The wine in your hand is worth
A7sus4  Cadd9
two at the bar

And so on. It sounds much better if you do some picking with these chords.

Chorus:

Gm (full chord) 355333 or G5 (power chord)  355xxx
Am (full chord) x02210 or A5 (power chord)  x022xx
A# (full chord) x13331 or A#5 (power chord) x13300
C  (full chord) x32010 or C5 (power chord)  x355xx

LEAD RIFF

|--5--6-----5----------------------------------------------------
|--------8----6--8--5--6-----5-----------------------------------
|-------------------------7-----7--5-----------5-----------------
|-------------------------------------7--8--7-----7--7--8--7--5--
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--8--7--5----5--7--8--7--7--8--7--5-----5--7--8--7--7--8--7--5--
|----------------------------------------------------------------

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|--5--7--8--7--7--8--7--5----------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------

SOLO

this solo isn't too hard, just alot of work to transcribe, so just
try noodling around in the key of D minor... Marty seems to use
alot of descending runs in this solo (which also features a delay,
or echo, effect throughout).

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A Quick Smoke At Spot’s

The Feast

(Kilbey / Jansson / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Ploog)

Verse: D (add variations to spice it up)
Chorus: D6 G D (x2) A C9 (x3) G

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Priest = Aura

Aura

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Daugherty)

It goes Gm A# F Gm all the way through the song:

Gm
We all came back from the war
A#
I wish somebody would tell me the score
F
We raked old Poseidon over the coals
Gm
Shook his shells, shaked his shoals

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Ripple

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Daugherty)

Transcribed by Kev

P=A is my fave album ever, and in my eyes the strongest Church lineup
as well.  "Ripple" was the final indication to me that The Church is too
smart for the pop audience--it's a brilliant song.  Here it is, sans all the
detail work (if you want it bad enough, you'll figure it out).  There's some
good use of half-step modulations between the verse and
chorus--enhances the eerie effect.  Also, it's a good display of how
Peter's presence enhances a song. To me, this song is like a fine wine:
rich, dark and bitter.  I encourage all bands to try this.

[Am]Tiny baby, [C]so naive
[Dm] I can't believe what [F or Fmaj9] you believe
[Am]You were [C]once so [Dm]happy here [F or Fmaj9]
It may not be Eden or summer in Greece
You may not even find the Golden Fleece
In the drag of this atmosphere

Now I don't want to bring up a delicate matter
No I'd much rather bribe or flatter you
Cause flattery gets me everywhere
But you punctured my tires, you crossed all my wires
I brand your acolytes as a pack of liars
And the fire's singing everywhere

[D#m] (Ripple...)
[F#] Buckle like a wreck in the cold green sea
[D#m]...
[F#] Like you were a ripple in my memory

I lent you some collateral to buy new clothes
It went out the window and up your nose
And that's the end of the honeymoon
Yeah we walk down the aisle for another mile
I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles
And you can have all the money soon

(Chorus)

(solo 1) [F#m] [A] [G#m] [B]

You're so deluxe, you're so divine
You're so fifty light years ahead of your time
You're a metal, you're a ripple
You're a human sacrifice to the goddess of vice
Your hairdo is full of diamonds and lice
And you're hardly off the nipple

(Chorus)
Another little glitch in continuity
Like you were a ripple in my memory
(Various stuff with the same chords & solo 2)

NOW FOR YOU BASS PLAYERS:

Simple eighth-note feel most of the time.  Things are complicated slightly
by Kilbey's use of a Fender VI bass, but if you stick to the main notes
and ignore the open strings, it sounds fine (otherwise just crank up your
treble).  This can work on 2nd guitar, too.

Verse:
AAAAAGEG (on E string, strumming open A string too)
AAAAAGEG (same as above)
DDDDDCAC (on A string, with strummed open D)
DE(D)CD(C) (same as above, but hold the parenthetical notes rather than
play them - quarter notes)

Chorus:
D#D#D#D#D#C#D#(F)(D#)C#D#C# (again, the parenthesis means hold
that note longer)
F#...

The bass part during the verses lends a strong Am-Dm feel to them, so
you can eliminate the C and F on guitar there if you want, though not if
you want to be faithful.   Thanks to Matthew and Mick for their careful
observance of my errors.  And if you can find the CD single of this, get it,
Nightmare and Fog are great...

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Paradox

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Daugherty)

Transcribed by James Dignan

Am Gm  Am Gm  Am Gm  Am Gm

F         Dm         F    Dm
You are a paradox to me, a senseless maze
F       Dm     F    Dm
I run around, I'm looking for you all of my days
Am                     Bb
The more that you want it, the more that you need it
Am              Bb
The less that it does
Am                     Bb
Run out it's rough, too much is enough
Am    Bb
And that's what it was

I cannot bear to share you, we can't be alone
You make me drift up and float, and fall like a stone
The more that I see you, the more that I miss you
The less that I care
I know I should try to kiss you goodbye, but
You're never there

(instrumental one verse)

I've got a nickname for you, I call you weakness
I get a little strength out too, or is it meekness
The more that you want it, the more that you need it
The less that it does
Run out it's rough, too much is enough
And that's what it was

You are a paradox to me, a contradiction
You're a predicament for me, and a prediction
The more that I see you, the more that I miss you
The less that I care
I know I should try to kiss you goodbye, but
You're never there
etc.

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Feel

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes / Daugherty)

Transcribed by Mick Anderson

Ab  /  Gb  /  Db  /  Eb  /
[                            ]  x4

Ab  Gb   Db  Eb  Ab          Gb             Db    Eb
For all time,   looking for something to remind me

Ab                Gb          Db   Eb
Something out the corner of my eye

Gb           Fm       E           Ebm
Why can't I feel it, why should I try

Ab    Gb      Db   Eb            Ab          Gb        Db   Eb
Bump into a stranger, but that stranger is strangely familiar

Ab         Gb           Db   Eb
How could I let her slip by

Gb           Fm       E              Ebm
Why can't I feel it, can you tell me why

Ab                Gb                Ab                 Gb
When I nearly had the connection sussed it slips right off my tongue

Ab                        Gb             Ab                  Gb
And timing is off things get jumbled up in a fever when you are young

Db                 Eb                     Ab    [6 bars]
But I know who's in there behind those eyes

Gb  /  /  /  Fm  /  /  /  E  /  /  /  Ebm  /  /  /
Why.................

Ab  Gb     Db  Eb  Ab      Gb          Db    Eb
So say goodbye,  there can never be an ending

Ab     Gb               Db   Eb
We are endless like the sky

Gb           Fm      E            Ebm
Why can't I feel it, is it just a lie

Ab  /  Gb  /  Db  /  Eb  /
[                            ]  x3

Gb           Fm  /  /  /  E  /  /  /  Ebm  /  /  /
Why can't I feel it

Ab  /  Gb  /  Db  /  Eb  /

Ab  Gb   Db  /  Eb  /  Ab  /  Gb  /  Db  /  Eb  /
For all time

Gb       Fm  /  /  /  E  /  /  /  Ebm  /  /  /
For all time

Ab  /  Gb  /  Db  /  Eb  /
[                            ]    Repeat

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Mistress

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Koppes)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Am      x02210
Em      022000
Fmaj7   xx3210
G       320003

Am
You're shivering again

After all that we've been through
Fmaj7       Em
Is that all you can do
Am
I didn't wanna come here

Now I don't wanna go
Fmaj7
Is there some trick involved with this
Em
As if you would tell me so

Chorus:

Fmaj7         Em
Everything is going wrong

Fmaj7            Em
All my songs are coming true

G                Am
And another thing, that halo you wear on your head

Fmaj7
I haven't seen one of those for years

Em
Where have you been in bed, all day

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Sometime Anywhere / Somewhere Else

My Little Problem

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

Transcription by Mick Anderson

Bb  /  Bb(add E)  Bb  F  /  Fmaj7  F         C  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
[                                      ] x3
Bb                           F
You must have heard about my little problem
Bb           F
Oh come on, you must have heard about it
Bb         F               C
It's no ordinary problem, look in my eyes there can be no doubt about it
Bb                  F                 Bb                F
And of course it gets worse at night, it gets late, things start to change
Bb                       F
Clock has stopped thermometer is bulging
C
Hot late night bound to make us estranged
Bb                  F                 Bb                     F
Soft and new, all over her shoulders, cold shadow in the glare of the glow
Bb                       F
Factory billboards on outskirts of city
C
Shine down new attractions to the traffic below
Dm               C                  Dm
Remember this day, remember this room
C                           Gm          Bb  Dm          Bb
Remember the singer singing I remember you, a sudden flash, a sudden light
C
Abandoning the afternoon as it sinks into night
Bb  /  Bb(add E)  Bb  F  /  Fmaj7  F         C  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
[                                      ] x3
Bb                                 F
Fluorescent bedroom flicker starts to teach me to wonder
Bb                  F
I hear a mandolin, in the springs
Bb                             F
Out the wardrobe floats the hint of a rumour
C
Dressed in your beloved's finest things
Bb                                F
Can you hear the voices that are constantly talking
Bb                   F
Am I only one to succumb to their roar
Bb                  F                C
Well I know, the form it is taking, it's not making sense anymore
Bb                      F
The way you say, you just want to help me
Bb                           F
The way your clinging is slinging me under
Bb                       F              C
The strength I need already denied me, your big ideas and your little
wonder
Dm               C                  Dm
Remember this day, remember this room
C                           Gm          Bb  Dm          Bb
Remember the singer singing I remember you, a sudden flash, a sudden light
C
Abandoning the afternoon as it sinks into night
Bb  /  Bb(add E)  Bb  F  /  Fmaj7  F         C  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
[                                      ] x3
Bb                        F
Some people don't come over because of the problem
Bb                             F
I heard the tough guy won't answer his phone
Bb                        F                   C
I wonder if he has the same kind of problem, a little difficulty of his
own
Bb                          F                 Bb                      F
So take this plastic and rent me some wheels, or maybe I'll try to fly
Bb                      F
No reservations I'll see how it feels
C
When I'm over your house, up in the sky
Bb                       F                        Bb                  F
And when the sun is squeezing through the blinds, you will be far away
Bb                           F
Deep afternoon seeing the moon will have shined
C
Deep in your dream, I hear you say, say
Bb                      F               Bb                     F
Have you heard about my little problem, I just know that it isn't a secret
Bb                  F
It's just a very ordinary problem
C
The secret doesn't matter if you keep it or leak it
Bb  /  /  /  F  /  /  /         C  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
[                         ] x3                               Repeat and
fade

Some notes about MLP:

Bb(add E) is played as a regular Bb barred on fret 1 without the barre:

xx||||
||||||
||ooo|

Also, if you want to play along with the CD you might find a problem. Some of the tracks on my "Sometime Anywhere" CD are not in perfect pitch. For MLP, I had to tune the guitar down about 1/3 of a semi-tone. You’ll see what I mean if you try and get your guitar in tune with the song. As for you piano players … my commiserations. :)

But for any of you wanting to do TABs or CRDs for the SA album keep in mind to make sure the song is in tune. On a couple of the songs I had to tune down about 1/2 a semitone. Other songs were in perfect tune, so I don’t know what was going on in that studio at the time. Brian Adds: When I saw The Church play this song live it was down a fourth from the recording. It looked much easier to play too - the opening chords are Fmaj7 and C. On each one lift your first finger off the C, then back on. I’m sure you get the idea!

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The Maven

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

C#m  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  A  /  /  /  F#m  /  /  /
[  ]  x2

C#m
Here comes the maven he's coming around
A
He's such a connoisseur he's such an autograph hound, yeah
F#m
He's got 60 yes men and they tend to agree

There's a lawman built without any eyes
He's got my number, but he's got your size, yeah
And if you measure up a short trip could be wise

E                                           Gm
Just turn the light off when you go
E    Gm
Just tell the jury all you know
Am Bm    C   Cm
He'll send a sign to you over the sea

There goes the maven sowing his seed
One for the rock one for the hand that feeds, yeah
He reaps the harvest with a sleight of hand

Just say the magic word he's at your side
Beware his tender touch his plans are chilly and wide, yeah
Sleeps through the winter in a wide quiet land

Just turn the light off when you go
Just tell the jury all you know
He'll send a sign to you over the sea

C#m  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  A  /  /  /  F#m  /  /  /
[  ]  x2

Here is the maven draining the cup
He takes your arm then he eats you up, yeah
There is a surfeit of everything you crave

Here is the maven signing the cheque
He bought us dinner so what the fucking heck, yeah
There is a surplus of everything you save

Just turn the light off when you go
Just tell the jury all you know
He'll send a sign to you over the sea

C#m  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  A  /  /  /  F#m  /  /  /
[  ]  Repeat and fade

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Lullaby

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

Transcription by Mick Anderson

d   d   g f# g   b   a     d   d   g f# g   b   a

D
We come to pay homage to the golden one

We share and bare the message of your newborn son

A
We follow paths of falling stars, in and out of mangers, other bars

D
Opportunity knocked you up I guess

Gave you your little baby's success

A
You've got potential, you have the gift

You have the chance to heal a million rifts

F       Bb                  F           Bb
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you

F    Bb                  F           Bb
We've been sent to sing a lullaby

D
We've brought oils golden wine and bread

Dreaming pillow for his divine head

A
Astrologers all we plot the charts

And wise men we can look into people's hearts

D
A doom is on this child that I can see

He don't belong in this time of you and me

A
His life will not be very long, before you know it he will be gone

F    Bb                  F           Bb
We've been sent to sing a lullaby for you

F    Bb                  F           Bb
We've been sent to sing a lullaby

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Business Woman

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

Transcription by Mick Anderson

F  Bb  F  F  Bb  Bb  F    Bbsus4    Bb
[                                         ]  x2

F                          Gm                                 Am
Imagine her, all of her wealth, and in the arms of somebody else

C
I imagine her in bed

F                         Gm                                Am
With her communication skills, cabinet full of creams and pills

C
Paying the bills, being well read

Dm7        C          Dm7                  C            Bb
You'll never understand, the wonderful mind of the woman
Am            C
Powerful beauty in her eyes

E                             D
Look at that business woman, she's got a head on her shoulders
E                                               C
Look at that business woman, she's not that much older than you

And she reveals inner soul, stopped like the flutters in death's robes
When she reveals her secret life
All of the gifts come dear and swift, promise her anything only if
You're gonna have to leave your wife

She'll never understand, the wonderful mind of the woman
Beautiful power in her eyes

Look at that business woman, she's got a head on her shoulders
Look at that business woman, she's not that much older than you

F  Bb  F  F  Bb  Bb  F    Bbsus4    Bb
[                                         ]  x2

E  /  /  /  D  /  /  /  E  /  /  /  C  /  /  /

And when she comes the stars explode, exquisite results in input mode
Just when she comes she's suddenly gone
Maybe you'll find her maybe you won't, maybe she loves you baby she don't
Maybe you'll find you are alone

You'll never comprehend, all of her means all of her ends
Business woman in her eyes

Look at that business woman, she's got a head on her shoulders
Look at that business woman, she's not that much older than you

(repeat)

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Authority

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

Mick Anderson transcribing again :)

C        Fmaj7
She says it's ok
G                                  Am           Fmaj7
The rent just went in entertainment, but  who's gonna say
C         Fmaj7
It's just not my day
G                                      Am             Fmaj7
She's got enough stuff to get real tough and she's not gonna play

C                                          Fmaj7
The holiday is over, the honeymoon is over, the garden's overgrown
G                                           Am           Fmaj7
The trust is rusted, the rake's been busted, the seeds are sown
C                                     Fmaj7
The sounds of my breath, what do you expect, echo in the hall
G                                         Am             Fmaj7
The ghost of a picture still haunts the master bedroom mirrored wall

Dm7                      Em7               Fmaj7               G
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me, oh but she has authority

C       Fmaj7
It used to be fine
G                                        Am            Fmaj7
Days full of music, nights full of music, music all the time
C      Fmaj7
Invisible light
G                                  Am           Fmaj7
I try my best but I transgressed it  used to be fine

C                                       Fmaj7
The chances are used up, the finances used up, energy is low
G                                          Am              Fmaj7
Letters are returned, lovers are spurned, delivered quite a blow
C                                            Fmaj7
The signs of disaster, I wouldn't put it past her, daggers in the dark
G                             Am          Fmaj7
The stale perfume in her old room, heart of the shark

Dm7                      Em7                Fmaj7            G
I suppose you'd say she made a slave of me, oh but she has authority

C      Fmaj7
I guess that that's all
G                                           Am            Fmaj7
The curtain comes down, the circus leaves town, leaves begin to fall
C      Fmaj7
I guess that that's it
G
The world keeps spinning, people keep sinning
Am                   Fmaj7
All the rest is just bullshit

C
The shadow's getting longer, the widow's getting younger
Fmaj7
The cup doth overflow
G                                       Am          Fmaj7
The luxury of pity, babe this wasn't pretty, on with the show
C                                           Fmaj7
Life is a tangle, a one night triangle, some tangle of life limps
G                                     Am          Fmaj7
You sleep like a baby, precious as a ruby, goodbye everything

Dm7                      Em7               Fmaj7            G
I suppose you'd say she made a fool of me, oh but she has authority

C  /  /  /  Fmaj7  /  /  /  G  /  /  /  Am  /  Fmaj7  /

C
Words were all spoken, promises are broken
Fmaj7
Sleepers are awoken, frogs are a-croakin'
G                                        Am      Fmaj7      C
Fires are a-smokin', gifts just a token of  authority

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The Dead Man’s Dream

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper)

Tabs by O.C.Odorn

Acoustic Guitar Solo

D   chord
1     +    2      +     3     +    4     +
---2--------------2----3---------2----2--------
---3---------3-------------------------3--------
---2----2------------------------------2--------
---0------------------------------------0-------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------

Bass Riff

This is the Bass Riff for the whole song

1                2     + a       3            4
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
---(5)----------------5-7-----------------------
------------------------------(5)----------------

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Magician Among The Spirits

Comedown

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Jens Berke

Cadd9     x32033
G         320033
G5/F      2x0033
D         xx0232
Am        x02210
Em        022000
C         x32010

Cadd9         G                 G5/F  D
You should decide what you want to believe in

...

Em                    Am
And I just can't help wondering
D                    C
It's such a waste of time

These chords are for the chorus ("That's the blues man..."):

G5        355xxx
G5/F#     255xxx
G5/E      055xxx
E5        022xxx
F#5       244xxx
C5        x355xx

They are played in this order:

G5  -  G5/F#  -  E5  -  F#5  -  G5/E  -    G5/F#   -   G5  -  C5
(play these 3 chords fast)

The lines from the chorus are sung during the C5 chord.

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Ritz

(Steve Harley)

Transcription by Brian Hutton

Em/E Strum 12 String               Em
|--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
|X-X-X-4-4--4-4-0-0----playing the 4 adds b -closer to the 12 string sound
|2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2------------------------------------------------|
|2-----------2-2-2-2----etc-----------------------------------------|
|0-----------0-0-0-0------------------------------------------------|
Hark to Roualt's white insanity        Clowns in drag concealing vani

Asus2 (Am with c to b)              C                               Em
|0-----------------------------------0------------------------------|
|0---------------------------------0-1------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------0-2------------------------------|
|2---------------------------------0-0------------------------------|
|0-----------------------------------3------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
ity         This is hardly Paradise  We're still in search of petty
scorn......

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Ladyboy

(Kilbey / Willson-Piper / Powles)

Transcription by Jens Berke

I haven't figured out all of the song, but here's
what I've done so far.

Verse:

----------
---3--3---
--2--0----
-0--------
----3-----
----------

Bridge 1:   F#   E

Bridge 2 (before the start of the chorus):
I haven't worked out that, but the third and fourth chords
are these ones (any votes for a name?):

x 0 10 9  8  10
x 0 12 11 10 12

The last one of this bridge is C5:

x 3 2 0 1 3

Chorus:
Am (5th fret)]     G
Hold me closer ladyboy
Am (5th fret)
There's a rope that's dragging you out of this world
G
It doesn't care if you're heavy girl ...

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White Star Line / Gypsy Stomp

Gypsy Stomp

(The Church)

Transcribed by Glynnis Johns

Starts with violin Dm

Dm A# F (2x)
According to my calculations
It ought to be around here somewhere
Despite all human limitation
My estimation is it's out there

Gm A# (2x)
And don't get cute with me
It's matching you to me

Dm A# F (2x)
Here is the object
Here is the logic
This is the subject
Is that what you wanted?

Amaj
Listen to me
I'll do what you want

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Hologram Of Baal

Anaesthesia

(The Church)

Transcribed by John Hicks

*     E, Dm,E
*     E, Dm,E
*     Am,G,F,E
*     Eb, Db, Dm, G, Bb, F, Bb, F, Dm

Additional remarks by Jens Berke:
If you play the D and the second E-chord in the verse with the
following position, I find the song even more interesting to play:

D(2)  xx0230
E(2)  7x9900

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Louisiana

(The Church)

Transcribed by Fred

[C]Empty [Fmaj7]birdcage in her [Am]room
[C]Curtains [Fmaj7]pulled against the [Am]moon
[C]Follow her down to Lou[Fmaj7]isiana
[Am]Hotel room with the bedside manner
[C]God I've [Fmaj7]got to get back [Am]soon
[Bb]She wriggles like a fish in a [C]net
[Bb]Details you can never for[C]get
[Bb]One thing or another
[C]Never anybody [Bb]considering the re[C]gret [Bb] [F] [C]

That's my story [Bb] [F] [C]
Cost a fortune [Bb] [F] [C]
Louisiana Dm / / / G / / / Dm / / / G F Em Dm C

Jason Roberts added a capo’d version that compliments the tabs above:

Capo'd on 5th:

G       Cmaj7   Em x4

F       G x5

F       C       G x3

Am      D       Am      D       C Bm Am G

"Also sounds rather lovely on the mandolin!"

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Buffalo

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Fmaj7/C       [x33210]
G5            [3X0033]
Dsus4/F       [2x0233]
D             [xx0232]
Dsus2         [xx0230]
Em            [022000]
Em7           [022033]
C9            [X32033]
C             [X32010]
Am            [X02210]

Intro
G5 Em7 Dsus4/F# C9 (X 2)

Verse
G5 Em7 Dsus4/F# C9

Chorus
Am                    G5
Days of sickly summer packed up and gone,

Em            Dsus2           C
nothing helps when nothing is wrong.

Am                            D
She's got the where with all, she's got the knowledge,

C               (No Chord)
it's wonderful, we should get going.

Fmaj7/C       C
Sleeping the winter

Am      G5
down in Buffalo.

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A Box Of Birds

The Faith Healer

(Alex Harvey / Hugh McKenna)

Transcription by Brian Hutton.

Chug away using G until this riff comes in
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|5---3-----------|5---3-----------|
|3---------------|5---3-----------|5---3-----------|
|3---------------|5-5-3-----------|--5-------------|
|----------------|--5-------------|--5-------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Chorus
Bb               A                G
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
|3---------------|2---------------|----------3h5p3-|---------3h5p3--|
|1---------------|0---------------|3h5-3h5-5------5|3h5-3h5-5------5|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The faith healer The faith healer

The Oh oh oh bit seems to be G A Bb A Bb C Bb A G

Then                              with previous two bars
|----------------|----------------|6b-5-3---6b-5-3-|6b-5-3---6b-5-3-|
|----------------|----------------|-------4-------4|-------4-------4|
|3b-2-0---3b-2-0-|3b-2-0---3b-2-0-|----------------|----------------|
|-------1-------1|-------1-------1|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

The end is G A Bb C Bb A G A Bb

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The Porpoise Song

(Gerry Goffin / Carole King)

Taken from a thread at Hotelwomb.

Transcription by Altres.

Intro:

E E7/D A/C# G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
A F# B Bmaj7 [hold 4 bars]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

(piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):

E
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

E C D A
My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away
E (organ fill: E A/E E7(no3) A/E)
There's so much to say
E C D A
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
E
And it cannot rejoice

A /G D/F# Esus4
Wanting to be, to hear and to see
A /G D/F#
Crying to the sky
E E7/D A/C# D
But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye
G D [vocals imply Dsus2]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Break: (bass, doubled w/strings)

D
v v v v
-9-7---4-2-------
-----------4-2-0-
-----------------
-----------------

Verse 2:

Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
Is all right for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style

Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Coda
G D
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
G Bm
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

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All The Young Dudes

(David Bowie)

Transcription by Brian Hutton.

If playing these chords in the open position then
instead of the A6/C# you can play F#m7 and strum from the C#

Intro X 2 Second Time LOUDER

|2-----2-02020---|----------------|----------------|------------2~--|
|--3-----------2-/3-----3-23232-0-|2-2-2-2-1-0-----|2-2-2-2-0-------|
|----2-----------|--4------------2|------------2~--|----------2-----|
|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|triplets--------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Well Billy
Verse
D       A6/C#    Bm      D/A      F#m              A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7--------5------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|7--------6------|7--------7------|2---------------|6---------------|
|7--------7------|9--------7------|4---------------|7---------------|
|5--------4------|9--------5------|4---------------|7---------------|
|----------------|7--------5------|2---------------|5---------------|
rapped.. suicide kick it.. twenty speed jive..        When you're 25  and
Wendy's unlocked Fredies  ripping face                boat race.  The

Em               F#7         B F  G       D        Asus4   A        A
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------
|----------------|----------------|--------7-------|----------------|-------
|0---------------|3---------------|4-------7-------|7-------6-------|-------
|2---------------|2-----------4---|5-------7-------|7-------7-------|-------
|2---------------|4-----------2-4-|5-------5-------|7-------7-------|-------
|0---------------|2-------------2-|3---------------|5-------5-------|-------
television man  juvenile wrecks oh man   TV           T. Rex     oh
brother..

Chorus - repeat
D       A6/C#    Bm7      D/A     Am      G        F      C/E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------
|---------5------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------*
|7--------6------|7--------7------|5-------4-------|2-------5-------|------7
|7--------7------|7--------7------|7-------5-------|3-------5-------|4-5-6-7
|5--------4------|9--------5------|7-------5-------|3-------3-------|2-3-4-5
|----------------|7--------5------|5-------3-------|1-------0-------|------
All dudes..       carry  news    boo-ga dudes      carry

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After Everything, Now This

Numbers

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Intro:
F#m A

Verse and Chorus always have these two chords:
Bm   D

Oh yeah
Your one and only lie
Ripped from the earth with these bare hands
You dare
Question the ritual
Despite continual
Threats of "gonna get you all"

1 law for the officers
1 for the gentlemen
2 bad you 3 know what it's 4
5 for this awful die
6 for the genetics
7 for the lucky pricks who went into heaven

Bridge 1:
G A Bm G

Nightmare
We ride for miles and miles
Following the howling of our prey
Out there
We load our yellow rigs
Scrambling for shelter
Dig, avoid decay

1 for the flaming sun
2 for the location
3 for the martyrs and the stars
4 for the wind and sand
5 so you understand
6 for the slips twixt the cup and the lips

Bridge 2:
G A Bm G Bm G Bm A
Fm# A F# A

1 for the cockpit blues
2 for the bands and groups
3 for the vast and molten sky
4 for the failed talks
5 for the knives and forks
6 for forbidden kicks
all the others in the sticks

Purple Pagoda added the following riff:

Right Handed: F#-Db
A-Db

I start on the 'D' string, 4th fret with my first finger on the F# and my
third finger on the 'G' string hitting the Db. Then I move to the 7th fret
with my 2nd finger on the 'A' position and my first finger on the 6th fret
playing the Db.

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The Awful Ache

(The Church)

Tabbed by Andy Perks and Purple Pagoda

Intro: Am  F  G  E7

G          A                   D
Esmerelda falls in love every Saturday

G              A                        D
And on Sunday morning don't remember a thing

G                        A             D
And the gringos are all saints of the latter day, that's the way

G              A               D
And it takes a little pain out of the sting

G     Em              D
Holy water tastes as sweet as wine

G     Em                    D
Holy wine tastes just like blood

F#m                                 B
She's drinking for loss, for the man on the cross

G                            A
She says no more, the awful ache

G           A                 D
And in her bedroom there's a mirror there

G             A               D
Sometimes it don't reflect a thing

G             A                  D
And from the street he sees her silhouette, and he can't forget

G         Em            D
That her kisses are as sweet as wine

G        Em                D
And her kisses taste like myrrh

F#m                           B
Her love is lost, like the man on the cross

G                       A
And no more, the awful ache

Middle: Am  F  G  E7

G          A                    D
Esmerelda walks on down to the cemet'ry

G         A                      D
And he's waiting for her in the shade

G                        A              D
With the angels and the sad old trees, patiently

G        A                    D
But she walks right past his grave

F#m                             B
She's crying for loss, for the man on the cross

G                            A
She says no more, the awful ache

F#m                             B
She's crying for loss, and the man on the cross

G                            A
She says no more, the awful ache

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Song For The Asking

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

(I am a sailor on the water, did not find me through the dark)

Am           C                                     Am
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know where you go
C
I don't know, I don't know why I loved you so
F
You said it was alright
Em
It stayed with me all night

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care where you are
I don't care, (I don't care), I don't care, I don't care who you are
You said it was too hard
You took out your trump card

F
Song for the asking
G                    Am
Song for you obviously
F
Song for the singer
G                 Am
Song for the B movie
F
Song for the asking
G                 Am
Song for you and me

Chromium

(The Church)

Transcriptions by Brian Smith and Stefan Horlitz

This is Brian’s version:

Verse: Em D C D
(The last D is just two beats to move back into the Em. It varies a little,
so don't always play it)
Chorus: C D Em

"All these colors": Am Am/C

After singing the last "all those colours bring me down" you start from a E5
"power chord"

0
0
9
9
7
0

You're then going to move that basic shape down the fret board. Taking the start
position as "7", it goes

7, 5, 3, 2, 5, 3, 2, 0 which corresponds to playing (roughly)
E, D, C, B, D, C, B, A

then end with an E minor, which takes you back into the verse.

And this is Stefan’s version:

In case you want to do a piper and play the full jingle jangle (that makes the
chords a bit different):

---------3------|-----2----------|---------0------|---------0------
-------------3--|---------3------|-----3-------3--|-----3-------3--
-----0----------|-------------0--|----------------|----------------
----------------|-0--------------|-2--------------|----------------
----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------
-0--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

I'm doing my takamine-12 solo version with the following chords; this is quite
different from Brian's version:

e7/10 - D - e7 - C9

TABBED:

e---3----2----0----(0/3)
B---3----3----3----3------
G---0----2----0----0------
D---2----0----2----2------
A---2----0----2----3------
E---0---------0-----------

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Radiance

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke, with additons made by Purple Pagoda

Bm     x24432
E      022100
C      x32013
A      x02220
G      320003
F      133211

The following chords are for the chorus. I play these chords on the higher
frets because to me it sounds closer to the song:

C (2)  8 10 10 9 8 8
A#     688766
Am7    575555
C7     335363

Intro and instrumental part after chorus:

Bm E
S

Verse:
C            Bm             A                G
When a cloudy morning rain touched our little town
C                 Bm            A              G
Three small sisters and a friend walking in the fields

C       Bm                   A            G
A strange light in the sky blotting out the sun

C         Bm           A            G
Whatever happens next changes all our live

Bridge to Chorus:
F

Chorus:
C (2)       A#                Am7               C7
And the children ran home sobbing and half blind
C (2)        A#         Am7              C7
Said our lady has a message for mankind
C (2)          A#                  Am7          C7
Frightened and bewildered, not making any sense
C (2)       A#               Am7
Dazzled by the virgin's..............

Bm               E
Radiance

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Forget Yourself

Sealine

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

Verse: Bm D Em Fmaj7 C G Am (rpt)
Chorus: E D C Bm A G D/F# E (rpt)

Fairly straightforward, but I'm particularly impressed by the chorus' chords
(that first E is actually an E5 "power chord"first time round on the record,
with no minor OR major 3rd being played, but acoustically they play it as
E major). Look at those chords - it's a descending "reverse alphabetical order"
run of chords until the second last one. The bass appears to just play the root
note of each chord, except the second D in the chorus.

Song in Space

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

Opening: F#m D
Rest of the Song: A D9 (change on "they SAY..."),
F#m (on "CAN'T spend..") D

(D9 = D with the high E string left open)

You can hear that even while that loooong A chord is being played, that wonderfully
ragged bass-line keeping popping down to G. Simulate that by lifting two fingers
off the A chord (I think it sounds best when the 3rd and 4th strings are let go,
and the 2nd string's C# remains held).

Stefan Horlitz adds:
Analogically, you can rev up the D9 chord by making it oscillate between D7 and D9.
Do D7 but leave out the F# on the E-string - just with index and middle & use the
ring to do the D9. just in case you haven't a second guitarist to play those
wonderfully out-of-metrum high notes.

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The Theatre and its Double

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Bm
Em (7th fret)

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Telepath

(The Church)

Contributors to this transcription: Jens Berke, Brian Smith

This songs uses the same 4 chords all the way through the song:

Bm D D/F# G

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Don’t You Fall

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Verse:
F Am C E

Chorus:
Am Em

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Nothing Seeker

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Little addition by Jens Berke

OK. This actually works on e-guitar only. this is one of those ultimatetextured
e guitar songs, and you will have to improv a little to make it work on acoustic
guitar. the main trick is to let ring and accidentally, randomly hit some
of the open strings

intro riff - something like e minor with the F played...you can randomly add
the open G, B and e for a little more chordal blubber.

e------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------
g------------------------------------------------
d-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2------2------2
a-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2------2------2
E---1---1-------1---1-------0---0------0------0--

the stinging, devilish descending riff is very simple:

e--12----10--8--7----5--3--
b--12----10--8--7----5--3--
g---9-----7--5--4----2--0--
d---9-----7--5--4----2--0--
a--------------------------
E--------------------------

If you play solo, why not hit the deep E in between, to fake a bass
note, the G also works!

now for the "verses" (this song has no verse-chorus structure), i.e.
the singing bits, your best choice might be the classic power chords.
bang bang chugg chugg!! think smells like teen spirit and play
really really angry!!

e-------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------------
d--2-2-2-2-2----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--
a--2-2-2-2-2----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9----7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--
E--0-0-0-0-0----5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3--

This is it, enjoy!

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Beside Yourself

Crash/Ride

(The Church)

Transcribed by Allen Rendel

intro:  Bb

Cm                      Bb
Everything is something else these days
I'm dedicated to neutrality
I am the lord of all I survey
This stuff is top quality

Every day is somewhere else this time
I'm driving in a film down a French boulevard
I'm waiting in a cafe on old South Head Road
I'm chopping up guitars with Nic Hard

Dm                                Bb
Fighting against the nods and the hopeless sods
Everything before the crash ride it out
Drumming up a little crowd, we played and bowed

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El Momento Descuidado

All I Know

(The Church)

Transcribed by Erik Eklund and Brian Avery

Verse:
Am   ... all I know.....
A    ... could be written....

Chorus:

F           Em         C
Just like you I am a wanderer wandering, wondering
F            Em              Am
Outrunning all my previous lives
F              Em             C
So cleave to me just like a tiny storm
C/B
A raining and a thundering
F        Em                Am
Coming out of clear blue skies

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Till The Cows Come Home

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Avery

A
Well I'm walking through town as the evening comes down
D                        A
And it's easy to hope that you're here
A
In my fine linen suit and my smouldering cheroot
D                       A
Well disposed to a night of good cheer
D                         A
The candles and lamps and the losers and champs
D                     A
Horses all covered in foam
E                        Bm
If you don't show then I just do not know
G                       A
If I'll wait till the cows come home

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Back With Two Beasts

Snowfaller

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

The actual "chords" of Snowfaller only come to life through the
masterful arrangement - guitar ostinato, varying bass notes, guitar
solo playing and "chords" only here and there. It's a great example
for "Sum of the parts". First, I will provide a kind of chordal
framework, so you can play it on your acoustic.

Capo 5th fret

Verse: G  Gmaj Cmaj9 D#dim

2--2--2--0
3--3--3--3
2--4--2--3
0--0--x--0
x--4--x--1
x--x--3--x

G                          Gmaj
Ice is forming 'round this heart of mine

Cmaj9                              D#dim
I seen a lot of damage baby, but I won't get hurt this time

Descending Bit

0--1--1--0
1--3--3--0
2--2--2--3
2--0--0--3
0--0--0--3
x--3--1--3

Chorus

0--1--0--0
1--1--0--0
2--2--2--1
2--0--2--0
0--0--2--2
x--1--0--0

dm  gm7/B  Asus4  A7

0--1--0--0
1--1--0--0
2--2--2--0
2--0--2--2
0--0--2--2
x100

dm  gm7/B  Asus4  am(!)

It's absolutely vital to play that last a minor chord...
it's such a nice and yearning twist

I'm doing all kinds of double-guitar imitations when I'm playing
this one, juxtaposing the stuff on the upper strings against the bass
drones, like this for the intro:

2-3-2-3-5-3-5-3
3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x   etc.

Make sure to dissolve the descending bits into jangly notes/arpeggi
(just listen to the CD)

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Uninvited, Like The Clouds

Block

(The Church)

The chords go along that way for the whole song:

Dm Gm A#

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Unified Field

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke, corrections by Brian Smith

Bm (open) x24430

Verse
G Bm D Em

I'm not sure about the Bm (open) in the chorus, but to me it sounds more
interesting:

Chorus
C D Em Bm(open)
C D Em
C D Em D
C D G

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Space Needle

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

Cm C#

"Where oblivion is beckoning"
Am Dm (or D5 or D9) (rpt)

Sometimes the Cm and Dm are played as C5 and D5, that is, the
minor 3rd is not played and you just have C and G (c5) and D
and A (D5). Do that if the Cm or Dm sounds too insistent and
out of place.

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Overview

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

A G

In the chorus you can lift the lower two fingers off the A so you
get a transition from the A major to G major

A -> "just the C# on the second string" -> G (just like the stories...)

Try different transitions between the two chords for effect, like
A9, A6 etc.

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Easy

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

D G D G A (street at night)  G F#m (in the) G (broad moonlight)

The "you don't have to be like that" where the bass puts it into
a minor feel doesn't affect the guitars, it's just the bass doing
it. So to fake it with just a guitar you'd need to play a fast

Bm A Em G...G G D <- back into main pattern

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She’ll Come Back For You Tomorrow

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

verse Am Em (rpt)
chorus  G Dm Am (play F instead of Am when going to bridge)
bridge (used at end too): E Am Dm C G Am

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Pure Chance

(The Church)

Transcribed by Brian Smith

Amaj7 (release 2nd string (b) for effect and also the F# on the
top string is nice too)

Fmaj7 Esus4 Amaj7

"my wife was soft..."
Gm Gm/C (335333)

If you're brave you can try transitioning from the Esus4 to Amaj7
via the Bb on your A-string (1st fret) - that's the one-step shift
they do at this point, as best I can tell.

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Day 5

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Pretty simple actually, if you just wanna strum the chords:
it's all just D, C and G.

D
Eventually
C                             D
We came to a chasm dark and wide
C
And drifted in silence through endless anemones
D
In shallow dreams
C                              D
Life was beginning to take a shape
C
Water was warm as it hastened our enemies

D  G  C
This kind of world will start a little colony
D  G  C
This kind of earth will eat a little energy
D  G  C
This kind of thing needs a little secrecy

The D and C in the verse can be played a bit more interesting,
like shown below (though it's not exactly the way the guitar is
played on the album - however, it's a bit closer to the live acoustic
versions): strum the D, let it ring while descending note by note
from the E-string to the G-string. Then shortly play chord - whatever
its name is - right before the C, and then the C itself. Additionally,
you can let the C chord ring and play around on the B string.

--2--3--2--0--------x--0------------------
--3-----------3-----3--1---3---1--0---1---
--2--------------2--0--0------------------
--0-----------------0--2------------------
--x-----------------2--3------------------
--x-----------------x--x------------------

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Untitled #23

Cobalt Blueprint

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Bm - F - C#m - G - Fm (8th fret) - C4 (8th fret) - D#m (6th fret) - A# (6th fret)

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Pangaea

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Dust off the chitarronne again, it's Church Time!
Capo on the 7th fret, to get that mandoline-like sound. The rest is
a walk in the sun again. Your children could play it. Though anyone
who has seen Peter's and Marty's hands remembers the extraordinary
size of the gentlemen's fingers. I wonder how they can play that
stuff (or it's Tim or Steve on guitar here...but the solo sounds
ultra-martysh)...

So, grab a guitar, fix the capo on the 7th fret. Song eez een e minor,
and you really need mostly standard chords:

verse goes like this:

e minor, D6, b minor, Cmaj7

b----0----0----0----0
f#---1----0----0----1
d----2----0----0----2
A----2----0----2----3
E----0----x----2----0
B----x----3----0----x

chorus goes like this:

D major, E7/D, Cmaj7, G6add9 (no 5th)

b----3----0----0----0
f#---0----2----1----1
d----0----0----2----2
A----0----2----3----0
E----x----0----0----x
B----3----3----x----x (<-or any other variant of the D shape chord)

..........^grab this with thumb, it's the Harrison chord!!

The chords during the solo are all the same, just slightly reordered.
That's your homework, mates!

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Happenstance

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Friends, this song is strikingly easy to play. Anyone can play it!
There is a whopping 7 chords to learn, 2 of them are derivates. And
woohoo, once you mastered "Happenstance", you can also play "Disappointment"!

So, first thing we have to do is to capo our guitar at the 5th fret.
Yes, just like in "Under The Milky Way"

The tabs of the chords in order:

d a Fmaj7 Dmaj7 g7 a7 E7

a--0---0--|--0---0--|--1---0--|--2---
e--1---0--|--0---3--|--1---0--|--4---
c--2---0--|--0---2--|--2---0--|--2---
G--2---2--|--2---3--|--0---0--|--4---
D--0---2--|--3---0--|--0---2--|--2---
A------0--|--0------|------0--|--X---

Strum every chord one bar, the little vertical bars indicate "repeat
this two times", ...and encore un fois!!

Let's have a look at what we need -
There's d minor, the key of the song, and a minor, the minor dominant.
This is what "Disappointment" is made of. Then things get interesting.
Fmaj7-->Dmaj7 - a slightly bossanovey chord progression wrapped into
that Churchy Australian romanticism...neat! and then Marty's darker
part...then to E7 and that turnaround back to d -

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Space Saviour

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Incredible song which is based on these four chords all the way through:

E A E B

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Sunken Sun

(The Church)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

A beautiful tune in the spirit of Maya, Paradox and My Little Problem.

D#maj7: x68786
A#maj7: x13231
Fmaj7:  x33210 (one of the stars of Church chords)
F9:     xx3213 (you'll also find this in some Secret Corners)

Verse: C F9

Chorus: G Fmaj7 C

Bridge and ending: D#maj7 A#maj7 Am Gm

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Anchorage

(The Church)

Transcribed by Christopher

Em G D C

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Lunar

(The Church)

Transcribed (partly so far) by Jens Berke

The first half of the song goes along pretty simple. Start each
chord at the high E string and go down to the low E string a little,
and do it a little bit slower than you usually strum chords:

G           Fmaj7     Em
All that it was was a fine-toothed comb

G    Fmaj7     Em
Only in on the night

etc.

The second half of the song starts with the "heavy" part which is
simpy a D minor.

Then... I'm lost, still have to figure out the "cinematic" part
and the ending...

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Operetta

(The Church)

Transcribed (partly so far) by Jens Berke

Each verse goes like this (the "Bm" sounds closer to the song if you
leave the high E string open):

C               Bm
A song about you

Am            G
Your inner song

F#m                Em
Are you good or evil

D                   C
Or just right or wrong

The other parts ("Where's the boys all dressed in green...") seem to go
along a simple C, but I'm, not sure here...

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Further/Deeper

Pride Before a Fall

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Dark intro (power chords)
F | B | Bb| Eb|

C | C/B  | Fsus2/A | C | C/B | Fsus2

D | Fmaj7/C | D | Fmaj7

Dark part returns

Verse returns

Chorus returns, keeps on playing when Tim starts singing

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Laurel Canyon

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

Verse

D  em7  D/G  G  A
D  em7  G    f#m

Chorus

em7  bm  f#m  G  A
em7  D   f#m  G

Bridge

|: Cmaj7  bm :|

Final Chord

cmaj7

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Miami

(The Church)

Transcribed by by Daniel Marcantonio

Verse
Riff 1
These riffs loop under the verse, listen to the song to get a
feel for the rhythm.

E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|22222222|22222222|02020202|02020202|
D|22222222|22222222|22222222|22222222|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Riff 2
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--7-87--|
G|--------|--------|--------|-7-7--7-|
D|--------|--------|--------|-------7|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Bass Riff
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|7-------|--------|--------|-9997-5-|
A|--------|--------|--------|------- |
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Riff 1 starts on the "am" of "Miami"

I'm moving back to Miami
And you'll be able to see me
I'm living down by the sea babe
Now you'll be able to see me (any time you like)

Pre-Chorus

F          G
And if you walk way
F           G
Nothing will change
F                 G
I think that it's strange

Chorus
Badd4
I think that it's easy
B/D#
It's easy for you
E
Asleep in the darkness
D
After what you went through
Badd4
My curtains are open
B/D#
Fog confuses the light
E
Some distant reflection
D
Some elusive night
G
Alright

***Because of the many layers of instruments
(multiple guitars, bass and keyboard) in this song, its
hard to pick out a single way to voice the chords. However,
I find that these chord positions work well.

Badd4    B/D#     E        D
E|--------|2-------|0-------|x-------|
B|4-------|4-------|0-------|3-------|
G|4-------|4-------|1-------|2-------|
D|4-------|4-------|2-------|0-------|
A|2-------|2-------|2-------|0-------|
E|0-------|x-------|0-------|2-------|

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Man Woman Life Death Infinity

Another Century

(The Church)

Transcribed by Stefan Horlitz

|: fm | Bb | bbm | C :|
|: G | E :| (3x)
|: f#m | Dmaj7 | E :|

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Steve Kilbey

Unearthed

Out Of This World

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Jeff Kendrick

Intro:

C        A#
e|13 13  13 13

This is played throughout the verses:

C                                A#
e|1-1-1 0-0-0
B|            3-3-3 1-1-1     1-3-1     3-1
G|                        3-3       3-3     3-3

C                                    A#
Almost polite, they point a finger
Trace the muslin design
Almost as blind, shrug your shoulder
Look what you're leaving behind

Chorus:
G#
On the way out, out of this world
F#
On a day out, out of this world
eoc

Almost apart, I'm divided
With control dots
Almost divine, she takes her time
And she go out of her mind
(Chorus)

Bridge:

C#                                       F#
Hey there, please come and stay with me now
C#
Beneath the arches of our sky
F#
Beneath the curse that sucks you dry

Almost a prize, I can't believe it
Right between the eyes
Almost a man, almost master
Almost also-ran
Look what you're leaving behind

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Pretty Ugly Pretty Sad

(Kilbey)

Verse:Em9 C9 (twice) A C G Em9 (then repeat all)
Chorus:Em D6 Am G

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Nothing Inside

(Kilbey)

1st transcription by Jens Berke

Play with capo on 2nd fret

D            x00232
em           022000
em7          022030
A            x02220
C            x32010
G            320001

In the  verse play these two chords between the D-chords
by pulling one finger on and off the high e-string:

A7sus4       x02030
A7sus4add6   x02032

Verse:

D        A7sus4  A7sus4add6  A7sus4  D
Hey, get out     of          my      way

A7sus4  A7sus4add6  A7sus4   D
I       can         not      stay

A7sus4  A7sus4add6  A7sus4       em em7 em     A
I       can         not      a - doooooooore   you

...

Chorus:

C                        G
You lied, there's nothing inside

C                       G
Say the river Jordan is chilly and wide

em7               A
Once I told you I nearly tried

...

Here’s another transcription:

(Play this on the eighth fret, using the appropriate barre chords)
E Bsus4 (x3) F#m B
Chorus: D A (x3)F#m B

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Othertime

(Kilbey)

Taken from a thread at Hotelwomb

Transcription by Noel and Stefan Horlitz

the chords are played as follows, written starting
at the low E (E,A,D,G,B,e):

C9            X32030
C             X32010
Fmajor7       X03210
Eminor7       X22030
G             320003
F             X33211
Aminor        X02210
D7sus4        XX0213

intro: C9 C Fmaj7 Emin7 G

C9                C
You arrive here unexplained
Fmaj7
I can't believe the chance you took
Emin7     G
I can't believe you're back again
C9                       C
Sister, come in from the rain
Fmaj7
Those images are faded now
Emin7   G
We shouldn't bring them back again
Fmaj7            G                    Amin
In the othertime, in a bargain basement
G
You were recognized
Fmaj7                  G                    Amin
Then from time to time, much to my amazement
G
With each ensuing episode
D7sus4
Your elegance, it really showed
C9                     C
Buildings blossom into view
Fmaj7
Landscapes change and people blur
Emin7      G
I can't believe this interests you
C9                       C
I read that bedtime interview
Fmaj7
I wish they wouldn't print those things
Emin7      G
It only makes it hard for you
Fmmaj7              G
In the othertime....

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The Slow Crack

Fireman

(Kilbey)

Chorus and Verse: A D E

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Woman With Reason

(Smith / Smith)

Intro: D Dsus4
Verse: A D (rpt)

'Cos she's a [G]woman, woman with a [A]reason. She's got [D9]reason[Dm][D]

On the choruses like "She lives in the day and she waits for the
night", play Em Bm7 G A

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Something That Means Something

(Kilbey)

D G A9 G

From "What do you want me to want", play
D G A D D G A G C

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Like A Ghost

(Kilbey)

Taken from a thread at Hotelwomb

Transcription by Noel

The chord progression is constant throughout, and is
fairly simple. Play it palm-muted, with a steady right
hand (think power chords).

The chords are:

G#          4665xx
F#          2443xx
Fminor      1331xx
C#(sus2[?]) x4664x

Just repeat those four chords throughout.
It is very easy to follow the recording.

Surrealist Woman Blues

(Kilbey)

(Amaug7 = Aminor with a G# in it x02110

Verse:Am Amaug7 Am7 D Dm E Am (x2)
Chorus:Fmaj7 G6 (x3) Am (rpt all)

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Remindlessness

Vanishing Act

(Kilbey)

Verse: A D

Chorus: A C D F

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Life’s Little Luxuries

(Kilbey)

A C (rpt) E G D

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She Counts Up The Days

(R. Kilbey / P. Maher)

Em Bm7 (x3) C Bm7 D

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Goliath

(Kilbey)

Verse: Em Em9 Bm7

Chorus: G Bb A C (x2) Bsus4 B

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Gloriana

(Kilbey)

Intro: Em Fmaj7

Theme1: A E/A D E

Theme2: D E A D D E D A

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Danielle

(Kilbey / Koppes)

Am Am7/G Fmaj7 G E

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No Such Thing

(Kilbey)

G F#m (rpt)
A D C D (sometimes A A C D)

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Random Pan

(Kilbey)

Verse: D (plucky picky)
Chorus: Fmaj7 C Em

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Narcosis + More

Limbo

(Kilbey)

Taken from a thread at Hotelwomb

Transcription by Noel

To play along with the CD, you must CAPO at the fifth fret.
All chords are relative to the capo, although transposition
isn't too difficult on this one.

Limbo Capo Fret 5

Verse 1 (cool upstrokes on the Em)
Em                  Em
Ate up the prophets, corrupted the saints
Em                  Em
Exhausted resources, made us ashamed

Chorus
Em             C
Hollywood won't touch you with a pole
D5                      Am
Jesus doesn't love you, Lucipher does not
Am          (Em)
want your soul
Em             C
Made a mistake, no one will forgive you
D5                               Am
The servants you love to dismiss all will outlive you

Verse 2
Em                         Em
Set us against each other, thought it was clever
Em             Em
What a fiasco, well I never

Chorus

Verse 3
Em                Em
Such a good baby, such an old man
Em                         Em
Thanks for the memories, now why don't you scram

Chorus

I enjoy this song as it is recorded, but there is alot more
electronic sounds than guitar. Hearing Kilbey play it live
on guitar only convinced me that it was originally composed
on/for the guitar. The chords are all played first position.
On the D5, the bass and keyboards imply a minor tone, but I
believe the guitar simply plays the D5:

---------0--
---------3--
---------2--
---------0--
---------0--
---------x--

Also, on the E-minor in the chorus, the other instruments imply
a seventh tone, but the guitar plays E-minor only. I hope someone
can find interest in playing this song, it is classic Kilbey

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The Egyptian

Transcribed by Brian Smith

Chords used:

G5        : 320033
C9+5      : 032033 - weird name, simple concept. Just move two fingers down from the G5 chord.
Eb Thingy : X65066

The C9 chord moved up by three frets - no barre.  Let the G string ring clearly and
BLOCK THAT LOW E!! Steve didn't do so at a concert and stopped the song half way
through because something sounded *really* ... ummm.... "discordant".  The low E
ringing through the chorus was the cause.

Db Thing: X43044

Same as the previous chord but down two frets.  The G is still ringing clearly and that
nasty low E should be blocked.

OK, after that lot the song is fairly simple.

Verse:

G C9 (repeat)

Chorus:

Eb Thingy   Db Thingy C9

The only tweak I can suggest is when you switch from G to C9 in the chorus try
and sometimes hit the 2nd fret on the G string. This adds an "A" to the chord and lets
you hint at what the bassline is doing in the recording.

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Linda Wong

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Noel

Capo 1st Fret (all chords are relative to capo)

F   X33211
C   X32010
A7  X02020
Bb  XX3331

Intro

F, C, A7, Bb, F, C, F, C

VERSE

F          C               A7       Bb
In a room in Hong Kong, out of a Cantonese song
F           C               F                C
I met Miss Linda Wong, she was looking for me
F               C
She led me to her bedroom
A7            Bb
Wonderful things she said
F                 C       C7
Too much for my head, like I'm all at sea

CHORUS

Bb                 F
Her bones shone through her skin
Bb                  F
Her eyes were green and tin [PINNED?]
Amin       Dmin
She floated in the wind,
Bb            C
the wind from the sea
Bb              F
Her arms were thin and scarred,
Bb              F
Her face was young and hard
Amin        Dmin        Bb       C
But her mind was a garden, open for me

VERSE

F              C
If I stay here too much longer
A7                    Bb
must have needed something stronger
F              C
I never would belong, her
F               C
world was not mine
F                C
Together we'd float and drift
A7               Bb
on what we smoked and sniffed
F                C       C7
press a button on the lift, for Cloud 9

CHORUS

Bb                 F
Her bones shone through her skin
Bb                 F
her eyes were green and tin
Amin      Dmin
she floated in the wind
Bb          C
the wind from the sea
Bb          F
her pale chinese cheeks
Bb          F
ain't seen the sun for weeks,
Amin        Dmin
that ain't the life she seeks
B        C
looking for me

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English Kiss

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Noel

Here is English Kiss from Narcosis +.  It is basically a two chord song,
though there seems to be a passing G tone between the Fmaj7 and Amin.  The
guitar tracks on the album feature quite a bit of wah pedal rocking back and
forth (very tasty).  The keyboard fill in the intro can be played on the
guitar using the Harmonic Minor scale.  Something like this:

e………………………………………………………….
B………………………………………………………….
G…………………………………………………….5…..
D………………………………………5………7……….
A……………………5……7…..8……………………….
E…5……7…..8…………………………………………..

The chords are A minor
0
1
2
2
0
X

F major 7 (though Fmaj7/C can be substituted: from high E > 01233X)
5
5
5
7
8
5

Amin
Do you remember the story
Fmaj7
Of the bloody chamber
Amin
About the mad tiger
Fmaj7
He licks the skin off the women.
Amin
I tell you Samantha
////              Fmaj7
I could wear those stripes for you.
Amin
Have you prayed, have you chanted
Fmaj7
With the symbols and incense
Amin
To both Krishna and Buddha
Fmaj7
And the Goddess of Fortune
Amin
For an Indian lover
///
To wake Kundalini
Fmaj7
Your beautiful Yonni
///
But also Iscariot
Amin
Who comes to betray us
Fmaj7
With just one English Kiss.
Amin
Deep in the autumn
Fmaj7
I lie in my bedroom
Amin
Just one more long shadow
Fmaj7
Fall into the corners
Amin
I reach for a woman
Fmaj7
Who harbors in darkness
Amin
She lands on a mountain
///
Sways for a moment
Fmaj7
Crashes in pieces all over my eyes.
Amin
All over my eyes
Chord progression remains the same throughout
And when you get tired
Of fake little evenings
Slip through your fingers
And don't keep their promise
Such a sad vision
It breaks up my daydream
Such a sad vision, breaks up my daydream

Look up that sleeve, where is the rabbit
Already secreted along with the dove
Where is the passion, already depleted
Just like the love.

Can you imagine what I can manage
With your permission, with your consent.
I know what you're thinking
Hear what you're saying, How could I ever?
I know what you like.
I think I know what you like.
I'm sure I know what you like.
You should give it attention
You should give it attention
You should give it some thought
You should give me a night
You should give me a night
I know what you like

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Dabble

Keeper

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Pierpaolo Vezzaro

Am G Fmaj7 G

Full chords

On chorus I just play soft downstrokes.
I don't hit the B and high e strings and alternate one/two strokes of the regular chord with
one/two of a suspended chord embellishment with low 2nd or 4th added and no 3rd played

Am/Am4  G/G2  Fmaj7/F2

Am4 (suspended) G2 (suspended)    F2 (susp)
-----           ------        -----
-----           ------        -----
-2---           -0----        --0--
-0---           -0----        --3--
-0---           -0----        --3--
-----           -3----        -(1)-

Highly recommended a 12-string acoustic ;)

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Untitled Too

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Jens Berke

Lyrics taken from Mike Fulmer’s lyrics page

What a fantastic song!! I love it.
The chords are always going in this scheme: em C  D  em G em
with one exception: a hm in the next to last verse

em
The day we left for January
C
The maelstroms lashed outside/our side [0:45]
D
Tore us away from the glass world obeyed/of faith [0:50]
em      G       em
Where the impulse engines died

We scrambled up the crow's nest
Could not believe our luck
Our terrified cries vibrated through the sky
Lightning and thunder struck

Down and down and down
Drowning in yourself
Down and down and down

The sargeant was a drunkard
The wing commander bent
We crashed one night on the other side
Just past the Duke of Kent

Passengers were a lethal lot
Hanging the loud in the nets
They dreamed and screamed as we picked up steam
In the mouth of the rivulet

The mutineers were scabby darks [2:50]
Howling for our blood
Behind her whip [2:56] up and down the ship
We hurled into the flood

The enemy ??? [3:05]
Lays here like a saw
We shudder in her wake like a damaged snake
We didn't get too far

The sea was a vast mosaic
Fallen to disrepair
The sky was aglow like the chaos below

-- here comes the exception, just one line --
hm
As the first shots filled the air

The charge swept off our captain's leg
So they put him in a barrel of graphite
Commanding from the fray as his blood ran away
His soul fled to the light

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Miscellaneous (Singles, B-Sides, etc)

Never Come Back

(Kilbey)

Verse: G D G C G D C G

Chorus C D Am G

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Nonapology

(Kilbey)

Verse:D C9 G (rpt) C A5 Em C9

Chorus: D C9 G (rpt) C ("Now is that so unreasonable")

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September 13

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Jens Berke

Em          [022000]
Em6         [022020]
Em7         [022030]
Fmaj7/C     [x33210]

[Em]You never should have [Em6]used [Em7]magic [Em6]
[Em]To summon me, [Em6]back [Em7]here [Em6]
[Em]The conse[Em6]quences [Em7]could be rather [Em6]tragic
[Em]Yeah that's a [Em6]real good trick my [Em7]dear [Em6]

[Fmaj7]And all the while I was under the impression
[Am]Falling on the [C]border like an [Fmaj7]ace
[Fmaj7]You almost smile, assured of my disgression
[Am]Lost into the [C]desert of your [Fmaj7]face
[Fmaj7]Just the other side of dis[Em]grace

Don't you always get what you ask for
Don't you always ask for what you get
I thought you read the lable before you laid the table
You got no cause for regret

And all the time I'm under the delussion
That it's me whose calling out the script
But you jump, up to your conclusion
Your anecdotes all come forth unripped
But who gave you the sweat that you drip[Em]ped

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Shell

(Kilbey)

Verse: G F (rpt) C F C G

Chorus: Am G Am F

This Asphalt Eden

(Kilbey)

Transcription by Jens Berke

When I jammed along my guitar I suddenly played a chord
that sounded familiar to me. After an hour of thinking and
jamming on I remembered it being from a live recording of
This Asphalt Eden, from which I then made this transcription.

Em7/A          [x09780]
Fmaj7/A        [x07560]
E/A            [x06450]
Dadd9/A        [x04230]
E5             [x02450]
Cadd4/F        [xx3560]
Asus2          [x02200]

Verse:

Em7/A    Fmaj7/A  Em7/A               Fmaj7/A
I walk alone,     this asphalt eden I must have outgrown

Em7/A          Fmaj7/A  Em7/A             Fmaj7/A
Just flesh and bone,    no indication, no way to get home

Em7/A          Fmaj7/A
Now feel their hands,

Em7/A          Fmaj7/A
and their demands

Em7/A      Fmaj7/A                E/A
and understand    the way that it could have been

Chorus:
Dadd9/A           E5
I remember myself as I wanted to be
Dadd9/A                     E5
When you walk past my cage I'm gonna set myself free
Dadd9/A                E5
If it was obvious then well it's just history

Cadd4/F        E5          Asus2
It's too late, it's too dark to see

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Peter Koppes

Water Rites

Arabia

(Koppes)

Extracted from a chords tutorial written by Brian Smith.

Em (1)      022000
Emsus4      024000
Em (2)      025000
Emsus4      022200
Am7add9/G   302000
D6add9/F#   200200
B           224442
Bsus4/C     23445X
Cmaj7#4     032002
G           320003
F#sus4

Intro and Verse:
Em (1) Emadd2 Em (2) Emsus4 Am Am7add9/G (no third) D6add9/F# Em (1)

Chorus:
B  Bsus4/C  B  Cmaj7#4   G  F#sus4

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Marty Willson-Piper

In Reflection

I Know I Won’t

(Willson-Piper)

Verse: D A C G (x4) on last play A7, not G
Chorus: D G (rpt) Em A D

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Velvet Fuselage

(Willson-Piper)

Verse D C9 G D (X2)
Chorus D G Bb A (X2)

"She tries" D Bm7 G F#

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How Come They Don’t Touch The Ground

(Willson-Piper)

Verse: A D A E F#m D C#m Bm
Chorus: C#m G (rpt.) F A

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Art Attack

Water

(Willson-Piper / Carlberger)

1st transcription by Neol, 2nd transcription by Josh Ronsen.

Transcription by Noel (taken from a thread at Hotelwomb).

The chord positions are relative to the capo in order
to avoid the horror of transposition.

D         D        Gsus   Amin7sus4
----2---------0---------3--------0-----
----3---------3---------3--------3-----
----2---------2---------0--------0-----
----0---------0---------0--------2-----
------------------------2--------------
------------------------3--------------
F         G         Bb
----5---------7---------10-----
----6---------8---------11-----
----5---------7---------10-----
----0---------0---------0------

Intro
----D----D5----D----Gsus----Amin7sus4----D---

continuing into verses:

D      D5   D      Gsus
The sudden rush of temptation
Amin7sus4     D
Of drizzle on my window
D  D5  D   Gsus
To go out and swim in the
Amin7sus4   D  D5 D
Streets with you
F                  G
To turn the world into Venice
Bb
To let the water shrink me
D    D5    D  Gsus
Let me float in my umbrella
Amin7sus4  D  D5 D
Boat with you

It continues in the same fashion and progression. The lead and
accompaniment parts are not too terribly hard to approximate.
Keep a tight right hand.

Elegantly simple, brilliant song.
The line 'stampeding stallions of foam...' seems to be a tip of the
hat to a brief scene in the old animated version of Tolkien's Lord
of the Rings, in which one of the magicians had added frothy white
horse figures to a spell of a rushing wave of water, as a personal
touch. I haven't seen that film since I was just a kid, I don't
recall too much about it......

I hope someone can use this song; I have never transcribed a song
online before, so please forgive any glaring mistakes.
cheers, Noel

Transcibed by Josh Ronsen.

main progression:

D  G  Em7  D
2  3   0   2(3)
3  3   3   3
2  0   0   2
0  0   2   0
X
3

("The sudden rush of temptation...")

chorus progression:

F G Bb
5 7 10
6 8 11
5 7 10
0 0 0

flute/synth solo:
D      G              Emin7    D
e-----------------------14-12---------
B----15--14-15-14-------------15------
G-14--------------14-14----------14---
D-------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------

D         G        Emin7    D
e----------------------------------
B-------------14-15-14-15-17-15----
G-------14-16----------------------
D-16-17----------------------------
A----------------------------------
E----------------------------------

gtr solo (over main progression):
D   Emin7        G           D      D       Emin7  G     D
e--------------------------------------------------9-10-12-14-15b(17)~~~
B-------------------------------------------9-10-12----------------------
G-7-7-6-7-6-4------4-6-7-6-4----------10-12------------------------------
D-0-0---------7~~~-----------7-4~~~--------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------

D                         Emin7
e-15-14-12------------------15-14-12------------------
B----------15-14-12------------------15-14-12---------
G--------------------14-12---------------------14-12--
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

G                      D     D        Emin7     G     D
e-15-14-12--------------------------------------------------------------
B----------15-14-12------------------12-----------12----15b(17)r(15)~~~~
G--------------------14-12~~~~-12-14--------12-14-----------------------
D---------------------------------------14------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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She’s King

(Willson-Piper)

G    C          D
An unbelievable time
I would rush to find
Even if I thought that it might threaten me.

A thousand things to do
To follow them all through
Things to learn and see and they will better me.

Am C          G       D
I would rush to find

Am             C             G     D
Thumping hard, banging in my mind

Am            C       G    D
It's so easy, easy to fly,

Am          C      D
If you try. If you try ...

GCD
She's King

GCD
Sheeeeeee 's

GCD
Kiiing ...

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You Whisper

(Willson-Piper)

Transribed by Fenton.

One of the songs that I had wanted to figure out (on guitar) more than
anything was You Whisper, off of MWP's Art Attack.  For the longest time
(2 years or so) I couldn't.  This made me less than pleased.  [Fast
forward to present.]  I've been playing around with a riff that faintly
reminded me of something I've heard before, but couldn't quite place it.
Then it struck me: You Whisper (okay, so you saw that coming--I didn't).
I threw the CD in and figured it out in about  six minutes (many of those
minutes spent figuring out that he uses a capo (:  ).  Anyway, I was very
happy.  Here it is:

*capo 2nd fret

C (walk down)

--3---3---2---2---0---0---3---3---------0-------0-------0-------0---
----3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------1-------1-------1-------1-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------2-------0-------0-------0-----
--------------------------------2---3-------2-------0---------------
------------------------------------------------------------3-------

D (walk down)

------2-------2-------2-------2-----3-------2-------0-------3------
--------3-------3-------3-------3-----3---3---3---3---3---3--------
----2-------2-------2-------2-----------0-------0-------0----------
--0----------------------------------------------------------------
----------3-------2-------0----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
repeat

chorus:

Am      G/B     C       C/G  (x32013)

G

I'm not 100% on the arpeggiations, but i believe that the chords and the
walk-downs are right.  I was happy to figure it out.

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Listen / Space

(Willson-Piper)

Am G (rpt until "Just listen")
C  F (X2), then back to Am G...

"And I won't be afraid"
Dm Dm/C G

"The quality of being"
C Am G F

"Everything is in space"
Dm G F G C

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Frightened Just Because Of You

(Marty Willson-Piper)

Verse: G D
Chorus: F C G (on last time play D, not G)

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Word

(Willson-Piper)

C G Am Em F Am G C

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Rhyme

Melancholy God

(Willson-Piper)

First:Dm Am Dm Am E Am Dm E A

Second: D Dmaj7 G A (x2) G A D Em G A Dm

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Melody of The Rain

(Willson-Piper)

Verse: G D Em Bm7 D (x2)

Chorus: Em Bm7 G C (x2) Em Am

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Questions Without Answers

(Willson-Piper)

Verse: Em D (x2) Bm7 G (x2) Em Bm7 G D

Chorus: G D

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Say

(Willson-Piper)

Verse: G C (rpt)

Chorus: Dm7 C G

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Time Is Imaginary

Em G Fmaj7 Cmaj7 G (repeat.  Sing like Marty; be creative :-) )

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To Where I Am Now

(Willson-Piper)

Transcribed by Jens Berke.

E          [022100]
Esus4      [022200]
B7sus4/C#  [x44200]  (I get these weird chord-names from a program which I just
tell the finger positions - and to this one it suggested about
40 different names! I just chose one, hoping that it's right
somehow)
A          [x02220]
G#m        [466444]
F#m        [244222]
Bsus4      [x24400]

E                             B7sus4/C#
In sleep I'm spending so much time
E          Esus4
It must be good there

E                  B7sus4/C#
When I awake I start to explore
E      B7sus4/C#
Explode through the door
E
My skill more and more
B7sus4/C#
Then rich direct this full shell
E                                    B7sus4/C#
Is brimming, burning, brimming, burning

E        F#m G#m F#m (these 3 chords are eighth at the end of one bar)
To where I am now

F#m (1 bar)

In time I'll slot this active breath
My mouth is moisture
Now I'm talking listening you're speaking
Reach what you're seeking
I patched what was leaking
Now sure stampeding, stumbling
Clawing, bleeding, clawing, bleeding

To where I am now

Bridge:

A G#m F#m E
A G#m F#m Bsus4

I'm a coin that won't stop spinning
Can't tell if I'm winning
Exposed by the commitments of choosing
When winning's losing
It's so confusing
The climax to the last hot moment
Spinning, singing, turning, burning, growing, flowing
I'm spinning
I'm singing
I'm turning
I'm burning

To where I am now

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Spirit Level

Will I Start To Bleed

(Marty Willson-Piper)

1st transcription by Brian Smith.

2nd transcription by Al Fasoli.

3rd transcription by Steve Barfield.

This song will be easier to play if your hand if your fingers start each figure
in the right position, as shown below.
I will also write in the tab what "chord" your hand should be playing.
Much of this song just requires your hand ready to play a certain chord, but you
pick out a melody instead.  I'll put the chord in single quotes. e.g 'Am'

First Bar      Second Bar (C Chord)             Third Bar (D add 5)
----2-3-----------------0--------------------------5---(little finger)---------
------3-----------------1--------------------------3---(middle finger)---------
------0-----------------0--------------------------2---(index finger)----------
------2-----------------2--------------------------0---------------------------
------------------------3------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the actual tab.

FIGURE 1
1st      2nd     3rd
(Play Fig. 1 twice)
|3-2-----0---3---------5-3-2---------------------------------------------------
|----3-----------3---3-------5-3-----------------------------------------------
|------4---0---0---2-----------------------------------------------------------
|2---------------0-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------3---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

("And I wonder")  'C'            'Am'           'D'               'C9'
8---7--10-----10--0---2---3---5----------0---3--2-------2-3-2-0----0--0--0-----
10--8--10-----8------------------1---3------------3---3---------3---3--3--3----
-----------0--------0---0---0------0---0---2--------2----------------0--0------
------------------3----------------------2---2--2-------2----------------------
---------------------------------0---------------------------------3-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

'A'             'D' (repeat D & C9 bars above)
--------0---3---2--------------------------------------------------------------
2---3--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2---2---2---2----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
0---0---0---0------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What I haven't written out is the bridge section and the lead-in to it.  The
reason is that it is played just by playing the following chords, but one
note at a time, etc, nothing that needs explicit note-for-note transcription.

So, you've played the two verses, here comes the bridge.

(This is the end of last verse...)

A               D     D  C9   D  G  Gsus4
Will I start to bleed ?

Em       B7                Em
Magnetic field around your heart

B7               Em
I'm sure I felt the engines start

B7                C
But what if all the fuel runs out ?

Lyrics:
Silence floats into the room
Whispers to me out of tune
And I wonder if these deadly
Awkward moments stay
Stabbing their spikes in me
Will I start to bleed ?

Raise your eyes until they're mine
Lift yourself towards the light
Your face looks like a
Waterfall to me
If I concede, what is it gonna mean ?
Will I start to bleed ?

(Bridge as written above)

Glad I didn't stay with you
So much more for me to do
I am free like Matthieu in the
Age of reason
But somethin' is missing
Will I start to bleed ?

Here’s Al Fasoli’s version of the song:

CHORDS:
open D
D2    = xxx032
Dsus2 = xx0230
Dsus4 = xx0233
D6    = xx0202
open E-
Asus2 = xx2200

INTRO:
C, D, Dsus4, Dsus2, Dsus4(x2)
D, Dsus4, Dsus2, D2, D6, D2, D
D, D2, D2, D, D2, D, D, D2, D2, D, D2, D

*MIDDLE:
E-, Dsus4, Asus2(x2)
E-, Dsus4, Asus2, Dsus2 (for last phrase)

[C]Silence[D]floats into[Dsus4]the[Dsus2]room[Dsus4].
[C]Whispers[D]to me [Dsus4]out of[Dsus2]tune[Dsus4].
[D]And I[Dsus4]wonder[Dsus2]if these[D2]deadly[D6]awkward[D2] moments[D]stay.
[D2]Stabbing their spikes in[D2]me. [D2]Will I[D]start to[D2]bleed[D].

Raise your eyes untill they're mine. Lift yourself towards
the light. Your face looks like a waterfall to me. If I concede.
What is it going to mean. Will I start to bleed.

*[E-]Magnetic field[Dsus4]around your[Asus2]heart.
[E-]I'm sure I[Dsus4] felt the engine[Asus2]start.
[E-]But what if[Dsus4]all the fuel runs[Asus2]out[Dsus2].

INTRO
Glad I didn't stay with you. So much more for me to do.
I'm free like Mathieu. In the Age of Reason.
But something is missing. Will I start to bleed.

ALL PARTS ARE LIKE THE FIRST WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE ONE THAT BEARS THE STAR.

Here’s Steve Barfield’s version of the song (copied from goony.nl).

Guitar is tuned E A D G B E (low to high)

Intro
-----

|-3p2---------3-----5---5--3p2-0----------------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3----------3--------------------|
|-------4-5---------------------------PLAYED----------|
|-------------------------------------TWICE-----------|
|-2-------3-------5-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-12--10--5--3---0---2---3---5-----------0---3-2---2--|
|-13--12--7--5-----1---1---1-----1---3----------------|
|----------------------------------2---2---2-----2---2|
|----------------------------------------------0------|
|----------------3-------3-------0-------0------------|
|-12--10--5--3----------------------------------------|

|-2-2h3p2-0-----0---3-0-----------------3-2---2---2---|
|-----------3-----3-----3-----2---3---5---------------|
|-------------------------0-----2---2-------2---2-----|
|---0-------------------------------------0-----------|
|---------------3-----3-------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-2h3p2-0-----0---3-0------0---3-0---3--0---3-0-------|
|---------3-----3-----3------3-----3------3-----3-----|
|-----------------------0-------------------------0---|
|-0---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3------3------------3-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

Middle section
--------------

|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--1-1-1----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2--1-1-1----|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-0-0-2--2-2-2--0-0-0----|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-2-2-0------------------|

|-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2------|
|-1-1-1---0-0-0-0--1-1-1--1-1-1---0-0-0-0--1-1-1------|
|-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2------|
|-1-1-1---2-2-2-2--1-1-1--1-1-1---2-2-2-2--1-1-1------|
|---------2-2-2-2--0-0-0----------2-2-2-2--0-0-0------|
|-2-2-2-------------------2-2-2-----------------------|

|-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--3-0-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--0-0------then to------------------|
|-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-------intro-------------------|
|--------3-3-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|

Symbols
-------
h = hammer on
p = pull off

NOTES:

This tab is from the version that appears on the Fairy Light Nights album
(I've heard a few live versions and they all seem to be slightly different).
I've worked it out on a 6 string although the version on the album is played
on a 12 string. Hopefully the sound difference between the two hasn't caused
any glaring errors.

Even Though You Are My Friend

(Marty Willson-Piper)

Transcribed by Al Fasoli.

CHORDS:
A      = xx14141412
D      = xx0232
Dsus2  = xx0230
Dsus4  = xx0233
openE
F      = 133211
F      = xx1010108
openG
G      = xx12121210
G      = 355433
G/D    = xx0033

VERSE:
openD, Dsus2, Dsus4, G/D

BRIDGE:
G, D, Dsus4 & G/D

CHORUS:
E, F on1st & G on 3rd

ENDING SOLO:
F on8th, G on10th & A on12th

INTRO:
D, Dsus2(x2), D, Dsus2, Dsus4 & G/D(x2)

[D]In the distance there's a hill. [Dsus2]There's a house upon the hill.
[D]On this side it's dark. [Dsus2]On the other side is green.
[D]I bite my nails,[Dsus2]I touch my face[Dsus4,G/D].
[D]How long before,[Dsus2]I reach that place[Dsus4,G/D].

BRIDGE..........

The sky is pressing down. And it tears me from my sleep.
I fall onto the ground. And the goarse rips at my skin.
I scratch my eyes and open wide.
How long before,the other side.

BRIDGE..........

CHORUS
[E]Even though you are my[F]friend. [G]This is the[F]end,[G]this is the[F]end.
[E]Even though you cannot[F]see. [G]It's up to[F]you,[G]it's not up to[F]me.

The dizzy spell has gone. The tablet dissolved.
The ache has left its mark. A not forgotten scar.
I try the door,again it's locked.
And time stands still,on the broken clock.

BRIDGE..........

In the hallway where I stand. I see pictures on the wall.
They're all places that I've been. And I loved.
The back door and the front door are exactly the same.
The floors they are the ceiling and the walls the window pane.

BRIDGE...........

rep. CHORUS
Even.........
Even.........

ENDING SOLO
(to be played randomly but sustaining the F at start).

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Adelle Yvonne

(Marty Willson-Piper / Mason)

1st transcription by Al Fasoli.

CHORDS:
D     = xx0232
Dsus2 = xx0230
F#/C# = xxxx22
F#    = 244322 or xx4322 (during chorus)
G/D   = xxxx33
G     = 355433
Ab    = 466544
A     = xx2220
Bb    = 688766 or xx3331

INTRO
D, Dsus2, G/D, F#/C#(x2).

[D]Lazy like[Dsus2]a sleepy panther[G/D]. Adelle Yvonne,I can't trust your[F#/C#]answer.
[D]The folly of[Dsus2]the crippled dancer[G/D]...Tricked[F#/C#]me.

[D]Casual as[A]black commanders[G]. Winning wars[F#]the ghosts of Flanders.
[D]Shudder as[A]their death enhances[G]...Quickly[F#].

CHORUS
[F#]Adelle Yvonne. [Bb]Long Wide Moments.
[F#]Adelle Yvonne...[Bb]Half closed eyes. [F#]At shelter in Calais.

BRIDGE
D, Dsus2, G, F#(x2).

[D]Put up priests to[A]complicate you[G]. Put up sheets to dust[F#]protect you.
[D]Slipped your mind[A]the words to warn you[G]...Tell[F#]me.

[D]Can't expect to[A]test your valour[G]. After all there's only[F#]horror.
[D]Still there's roads[A]you shouldn't follow[G]...Guide[F#]me.

rep.CHORUS

MIDDLE
[F#]Tell[Ab]me...[F#]Why her skirts are finer[Ab]linen.
[F#]Is[Ab]she...[F#]Suffering the anguish[Ab]found in[F#]cowards.

BRIDGE(x4).

rep.CHORUS.

Here’s another short one:

Verse:Bm D G5 F# (second time don't play F#)

Chorus:Ebm F# Bbm (rpt) Db7 (At shelter in Calais)

Bridge:Ab Ab7 C#m F# (Tell me why her skirts)

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Hanging Out In Heaven

Goodbye

(Marty Willson-Piper)

Transcribed by Al Fasoli

CHORDS:
open C
D=xx0232
D2= 032
D6=xx0202.
Dsus2=xx0230
G=355433
A-=577555
Asus4=xx2230

SOLO'S SECTIONS:xxxxx7,xxxxx8,xxxxx10,xxxx10x,
and progressively play this other one:xxxx10x,xxxxx9,
xxxxx10,xxxxx9
the actual solo's notes will then have
be inverted at the ending's part.

INTRO/VERSE:D6,D,D2,D6/D6,D2,D6(to play alternatively).
BRIDGE:Dsus2,Asus4,D(emphasize the last chord).
CHORUS:G,A-,C.

INTRO(x3).

[D6]Sky[D]fell on[D2]your[D6]face. Smothered[D2]you in[D6]blue.
[D6]And[D]when you[D2]shook it[D6]off. Your[D2]history fell[D6]through.

[D6]Another[D]chapter[D2]gone[D6]. Your[D2]character's[D6]alive.
[D6]They live[D]inside[D2]your[D6]head. They[D2]make you[D6] laugh and....
[Dsus2]Time has[Asus4]come[D]. [Dsus2]Upon the sinking[Asus4]of the[D] sun.

CHORUS(x3)
[G]Good[A-]bye[C].

INTRO(x3).

[D6]Blushing[D]in the[D2]wind[D6]. Roasting[D2]by the[D6]fire.
[D6]Lying[D]in your[D2]bed[D6]. As[D2]solitude[D6]conspires.

[D6]Shakes[D]you till[D2]you sleep[D6]. Doesn't[D2]leave you[D6]long.
[D6]Pretends[D]to be[D2]your[D6] friend. When[D2]suddenly[D6]you're
[Dsus2]Falling[Asus4]hands[D]. [Dsus2]Shifting secrets[Asus4]of the[D]sand.

CHORUS(x3)

INTRO(x3 playing the inverted solo's parts).

[Dsus2]Time[Asus4]has come[D]. [Dsus2]Upon the[Asus4]sinking of the[D] sun.
CHORUS(x5)

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You Bring Your Love To Me

(Marty Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Michael Longworth.

Chords used :
-------------
Em: 0 2 2 0 0 0
C*: x 3 2 0 0 0
D:  x x 0 2 3 2
C:  x 3 2 0 1 0
Am: x 0 2 2 1 0

Intro :
-------
Em - C* - Em - C* - Em - C* - Em - C* - C

Verse 1 :
---------
Em                C*
Diamonds and snow and     crystals that grow
Em            C*            D
A    tune in the trees that    hangs on the breeze
C        D        C        C
And you bring my     love to me,    you bring my    love to me

Verse 2 :
---------
Em            C*
If    I had the choice of an angels voice
Em            C*            D
If    I could empower for    one single hour
C        D                C
Then you'd bring your    love to me,        you'd bring your     love to me

Chorus :
--------
Am        C        C
And we'd    kiss and    entwine
N/C        Em    C*    Em    C    C
For all time

Verse 3 :
---------
Em                C*
Garlands and flowers and    sweet springtime showers
Em                C*            D
Your    hair in the clouds, your    tresses unwound
C        D        C        C
And you bring your     love to me,    you bring your love to me

Verse 4 :
---------
Em                C*
The     patterns and shapes that     fall into place
Em                C*            D
The    light of the moon that        shows me your face
C        D        C        C
And you bring my    love to me,    you bring my love to me

Chorus :
--------
Am        C
And we'd    kiss and    entwine
Am        C    N/C        Em - C* - Em - C* - Em - C - Em
For all time     For all time        For all time

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All About Eve

Touched By Jesus

Farewell Mr. Sorrow

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Doron Sayar.

Part 1: Intro solo

D2                 A/C#             C2            ^  G/B
E|--5-23230-2-2323|0-2-----0-------|--5-23230-2-0-2-|----------------|
B|3---------------|----3-----3---3-|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|------2-----2---|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A/C# means that you play an A chord with the bass is C#.
The ^ sign means stretching the string up (listen to the song.)
Also the playing of the 2323 parts is faster and is actually off beat.
The backing is the same as in the verse.

Part 2: Verse

Six o'clock.. closing shops.. ..rainbows on..     pavement of a
D2                 A/C#             C2               G/B
E|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|
B|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3---3-|
G|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|
D|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|4---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Here we manage to play the second guitar as well !

Sleepy           town
D2                 A/C#             C2
G/B           D2
E|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-------|----5-------0---|3---2---0-0---0-|
B|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3---3-|------3---3---3-|--0---0---3---3-|
G|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|--2-----2-------|----------0---2-|
D|0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
A|----------------|4---------------|3---------------|2---------2-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Then the first half of the verse is repeated twice with the exception
that the last chord leading to the next part is an F and not G/B.

Part 3: Intro to chorus

Do you   remember walking    out the day it   rained forever
C                G                Am               F
E|0---------------|3---------------|0---------------|1---------------|
B|1---------------|3---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D|2---------------|0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|
A|3---------------|2---------------|0---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|1---------------|

You were      wondering if     I had dreams of  wedding rings, well...
C                G/D              Am/E             F
E|0---------------|3---------------|0---------------|1---------------|
B|1---------------|3---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D|2---------------|0---------------|2---------------|3---------------|
A|3---------------|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|
E|----------------|x---------------|x---------------|x---------------|

In the second half of this section, although the chords remain the same,
the bass goes C,D,E,F - to emphesize that we play the last 4 strings of
the chords only - it makes the difference !

Part 4: Chorus - It's the same as the intro. You can play it like this:

D2               A/C#             C2               G/B
E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
B|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
G|2---------------|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|
D|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|4---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Part 5: The REAl reason why we gathered here... THE GUITAR SOLO!
Well, sit tight, and don't try this at home! (no, try!)
I personally manage somehow to survive the first part of the solo,
but the second one - I can only write it! (even working it out was not
a bed of roses!)

O.K here we go:

Am      G        F#m     F        Em      C        Em      A#
E----|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|--------1-------|
B----|----------------|----------------|0-------1-------|--------3-------|
G2420|2---24200---2420|----2420----2420|0-------0-------|--------3---2420|
D----|----------------|4-------3-------|2-------2-------|23202-3-3-------|
A----|----------------|----------------|2-------3-------|--------1-------|
E----|----------------|----------------|0-------x-------|----------------|

Am       G       F#m     F        Em      C        Em      A#
E|----------------|------------010-|0-------0-------|010-0-1---------|
B|----------------|---------------3|--------1-------|---3----3-------|
G|2---45404---5750|5---79707-------|--------0-------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

So       this is how judas            kisses...
Am      Bm       C       D2       Em      C       Em      A#       F
E|0-------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------1-------|1---
B|1-------3-------|1-------3-------|0-------1-------|0-------3-------|1--
G|2-------4-------|0-------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------3-------|2---
D|2-------4-------|2-------0-------|2-------2-------|2-------3-------|3---
A|0-------2-------|3-------x-------|2-------3-------|2-------1-------|3---
E|x-------x-------|x-------x-------|0-------x-------|0-------x-------|1---

Now let's stretch the last two bars for the REALLY difficult part of
the guitar solo:

Em        C            Em           A#          F
E13|1-0-------------------|------------------------|-
B--|----3-5-131-0---0---0-|------------------------|-
G--|--------------2---0---|--0---------------------|-
D--|----------------------|3---2-3-0-2---0---------|-
A--|----------------------|------------3---2-3-0-2-|-
E--|----------------------|------------------------|1

VERY DIFFICULT!!!!
Playing the chords only might be good enough!

Song Structure:

D2                   A/C#
Six o'clock, all the closing shops
C             G/B
And the rainbows on the pavements
D2           A/C#     C      G/B
Of a sleepy       town.

D2                  A/C#
October leaves were wept from the trees
C                           G/B
In tears of grief and strange relief
D2    A/C#    C      F
And sympathy.... all for me.

C          G             Am
Do you remember walking out
F
The day it rained forever
C            G/D
And you were wondering
Am/E                 F
If I held dreams of wedding rings

D2  A/C#    C       G/B
Well, farewell Mr. Sorrow
D2   A/C#    C
Farewell Mr. Sorrow
G/B
Tomorrow is my own.

(...Jumping to middle section)

Am G F#m F Em C Em Bb   x2

Am   Bm            C     D2
So this is how a Judas kisses

Em    C    Em  Bb

F
Well, this is my kiss.

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Touched By Jesus

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcribed by Wayne Ellis.

The guitars are tuned as follows: E A D G B E  (from low to high)

Intro (Guitar 1)
----------------

|--Bass-Drums-and--|-'Noise'----------|------------------|------------------|

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

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

V   V   V V        V   V   V  V  .... etc
E-[CD-Time-00:38]--|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------5-----|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|-7---6---4--------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Verse 1 (Guitar 1)
------------------
V   V   V V          V   V   V  V  .... etc (Throughout)
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------5-----|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|-7---6---4--------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|------------------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Have you ever               About your  Behaviour
wondered much at all

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|------------------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Or worried about         Grey against  The scenery             Black
the role you play

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|------------------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Cloud calls by    Black Cloud blue sky    Bird your words      Dark to fly
Black           too

E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G-7---6---4--------|------------------|-7---6---4--------|-4----------------|
D-----------6------|------------------|------------6-----|----6-------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Reason starts to    I want to take     A gun to you
fade and fall away

Chorus 1 (Guitar 1, Guitar 2)
-----------------------------

Guitar 1
E            A            Dsus2          A
E-----0-----0------|-----0------0-----|-----0------0-----|---------------0--|
B-------------0----|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2---|
G--------------1---|---2------2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2------2-------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 2      |             |            |           |
E5          | A5             |    D5        | A5         X  X  |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------D--U--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------7--7--|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------5--5--|
Ohh         Rain   Another day While  Move as angels      Gather up your
we              blues and clear
the way

E-----0-----0------|-----0------0-----|-----0------0-----|------------------|
B-------------0----|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2-0-|
G--------------1---|---2------2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2------2-------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|             |            |           |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------------|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------------|
Ohh         Hate   The games you play Touched by Jesus   Gather up your
while we're              blues and get out
of the way

Verse 2 (Guitar 1)
------------------

(The Guitar part for Verse 2 is exactly the same as Verse 1)

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

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Sand invades your  Desert Its nothing To die about
shoes like a

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
And our heels are  The lizard Take    And shake it out
enough to crush        'em off

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
The sting    in   The tail        Is destined      To fail

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Our skin        Takes in         No poison

Chorus 2 (Guitar 1, Guitar 2)
-----------------------------

(The Guitar parts for Chorus 2 are exactly the same as Chorus 1)

|-E----------------|-A----------------|-Dsus2------------|-A----------------|

Ooh         Rain   Another day While  Move as angels      Gather up your
we              blues and clear
the way

|-E----------------|-A----------------|-Dsus2------------|-A----------------|

Ooh         Hate   The games you play Touched by Jesus   Gather up your
while we're              blues and get out
of the way

Stratospheric Preaching (Guitar 1, Guitar 2)
--------------------------------------------
Guitar 1
E (rake)                E (no 5th)      A5
E-0----------------|------------------|-0[0]-------------|-0-[0-]-----------|
B-0----------------|------------------|-9[9]-------------|-10[10]-----------|
G-1----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-2----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-2----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Guitar 1
E-0[0]-------------|-0-[0-]-----------|-0[0]-------------|-0-[0-]-----------|
B-9[9]-------------|-10[10]-----------|-9[9]-------------|-10[10]-----------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
So the next time   Across my little    And we know we're  Grace. And we know
you're out        my little piece    in a state of      we're in a state of
stumbling        of sky

Guitar 1
E            A            Dsus2          A
E-----0-----0------|-----0------0-----|-----0------0-----|------------------|
B-------------0----|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2-0-|
G--------------1---|---2------2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D---------------2--|----------------2-|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2------2-------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 2      |             |            |           |
E5          | A5             |    D5        | A5         X  X  |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------D--U--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------7--7--|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------5--5--|
Mind. And we know  Of the state of    And all we really  Is free
we're part        art        want to be

E-----0-----0------|-----0------0-----|-----0------0-----|---------------0--|
B-------------0----|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2---|
G--------------1---|---2------2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D---------------2--|------------------|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2------2-------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|             |            |         X  X  |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------D--U--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------7--7--|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------5--5--|
You've got to        You've got to    You've got to      And she says
recieve        recieve what the    believe what the
spirit says    spirit says

Chorus 3 (Guitar 1)
-------------------

D          D U  etc ...
E-0------------0-0-|-0----------0--0--|-0----------0--0--|-0----------------|
B-9------------9-9-|-10---------10-10-|-15---------12-10-|-10---------12-10-|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ohh        Rain    Another day  As we Move as angels      Gather up your
views and clear
the way

E-0------------0-0-|-0----------0--0--|-0----------0--0--|-0----------0--0--|
B-9------------9-9-|-10---------10-10-|-15---------12-10-|-10---------12-10-|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ooh         Hate   The games you play Touched by Jesus   Gather up your
while we're              blues and get out
of the way

Guitar Solo 1 (Guitar 1, Guitar 2, Guitar 3)
---------------------------------------------
Guitar 1
E            A            E          A
E------0-----------|------0-----------|------0-----------|------0-----------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|---2--------------|------------------|---2--------------|
D---2--------------|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|
A------------------|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
Guitar 3      |              |             |           |
E------------------|------------------|--------12--0-----|----------12------|
B------------------|------------------|------------9--10-|--------------10--|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ohh ......

E------0-----------|------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|
B------------------|----------0---0---|----------0---0---|----------0---0---|
G------------------|---2----2-------2-|--------2-------2-|---2----2------2--|
D---2--------------|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|
A------------------|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
|             |            |           |
E-------------12---|----12---------12-|-------------12---|----12--------12--|
B9/10\9-----9----9-|9/10---------10---|10\9-------9----9-|9/10------9/10--10|
G------9---9-------|------------------|----9-------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

E------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|
B----------0---0---|----------0---0---|----------0---0---|----------0---0---|
G--------2-------2-|---2----2-------2-|--------2-------2-|---2----2------2--|
D---2--------------|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|
A------------------|-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
|             |            |           |
E-------------12---|----12-------12---|--------12---12---|-------12-----12--|
B10\9-------9----9-|9/10-----1010--10-|10\9-9----99----9-|9/10-----9/10---10|
G----9-------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ohh ......
Guitar 1
E------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|------0-----0-----|------------------|
B----------0---0---|----------0---0---|----------0---0---|------------------|
G--------2-------2-|---2----2-------2-|--------2---------|------------------|
D---2--------------|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|
A------------------|-0----------------|------------------|------------------|
E-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|
Guitar 2      |             |            |rake           |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G---9--------------|------------------|------------------|-9----------------|
D-9-9--------------|------------------|-9-9--------------|-9----------------|
A-7----------------|------------------|-7-7--------------|-7----------------|
E-0----------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
Guitar 3      |             |            |           |
E--------12---12---|-------12---------|-------0----------|--9-------9-------|
B10\9-9-----9----9-|9/10-----10-1010--|10\9-9-9-9-9-99-99|12-1212-12-1212109|
G------------------|-----------9----9-|-----9------------|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Ohh ......        Ohh ......        Ohh ......

Chorus 4 (Guitar1, Guitar 2)
----------------------------

(The Guitar parts for Chorus 4 are exactly the same as Chorus 1)

|-E----------------|-A----------------|-Dsus2------------|-A----------------|

Ohh         Rain   Another day While  Move as angels      Gather up your
we              blues and clear
the way

|-E----------------|-A----------------|-Dsus2------------|-A----------------|

Ohh         Hate   The games you play Touched by Jesus   Gather up your
while we're              blues and get out
of the way

Backing for Guitar Solo 2 (Guitar 1, Guitar 2)
----------------------------------------------

The guitar solo is too large to fit in the normal stave width so I've included
it in its own section underneath. The bar lines in the solo correspond to those
shown in the backing section.

Guitar 1
E            A            Dsus2          A
E-----0-------0----|-----0-----0------|-----0------0-----|---------------0--|
B-----------0--0---|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2---|
G----------1----1--|---2------2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2--------------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Guitar 2      |             |            |           |
E5          | A5             |    D5        | A5         X  X  |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------D--U--|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------7--7--|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------5--5--|

Out of    The way            Ohhh ..        Blues and get
out of the

E-----0-----0------|---0--------0-----|-----0------0-----|------------------|
B----------0---0---|--------------2---|--------------3---|-----2--2---3-2-0-|
G---------------1--|-----2----2----2--|---2------2----2--|------------------|
D------------------|------------------|-0------0-------0-|---2--------------|
A---2--------------|-0------0---------|------------------|-0----------------|
E-0------0---------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|             |            |           |
E------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D-9----------------|------------------|-7----------------|------------------|
A-7----------------|-7----------------|-5----------------|-7----------------|
E------------------|-5----------------|------------------|-5----------------|

Way            Ohhh ..              Ohhh .......

Guitar 2
E (rake)
E------------------|
B------------------|
G-9----------------|
D-9----------------|
A-7----------------|
E-0----------------|

Guitar Solo 2 (Guitar 3)
-------------------------
E              A
E---10----10----10----10-|--12---12------12----12-|
B1212--1212-12-12--1212--|12---12-1212-12-12--12--|
G------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------|

Dsus2              A
E-151515-151515-15-15----|---------------------12-|
B--------------------12--|1212-12--1212-12--12----|
G------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------|

E              A
E----12----------12------|----12------------12----|
B-12----12----12----12---|-12----12-12-12-12-12(0)|
G------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------|

Dsus2              A              ~~~~
E----14-12------12-------|---------------0-15b17--|
B1212------1212---12-1212|1212-12--12-12----------|
G------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|
A------------------------|------------------------|
E------------------------|------------------------|

Tab Key:

YbZ - bend the note at fret Y to the same pitch
as the note found at fret Z
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
X  - mute with palm of picking hand
U  - upstroke
D  - downstroke
V  - volume swell
() - incidental note
[] - echo note
~  - hold note
rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord
(but not enough for it to be an arpeggio)

Notes:

In the intro and verses Guitar 1 uses a volume pedal to swell all the notes.

There are alot of 'noise' effects in the intro and background of the verses. The same noise track is used for both verses. If you want to recreate this,its going to be down to your own experimentation - as results will depend on what equipment you own.

In choruses 1, 2 and 4 Guitar 1 plays notes based on E, A and Dsus2 chord shapes. This part can be heard clearest in the left hand side stereo channel. Guitar 2 plays the powerchords, sounding clearest in the right hand side stereo channel. Chorus 3 differs in that it uses diads, as in the 'Stratospheric Preaching' section.

The 'Stratospheric Preaching' section uses diads for the first 8 bars. The last 8-bars are similar to a standard chorus.

In Guitar solo 1, the right hand stereo channel has the clean guitar. In the left hand channel the solo has delay/echo added. The backing for the solo is most prominant in the left hand channel - It can be tricky to pick out as it blends in with the delayed solo guitar signal. The backing track played by Guitar 1 is based around a 3-octave pattern, using the root note of the implied backing chord. For the last 4-bars Guitar 2 is present.

Guitar solo 2 is difficult to hear, as Guitar 3 is low in the mix. This solo is based on the E-minor pentatonic scale. The backing for the solo is similar to a standard chorus.

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Share it With Me

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Jürgen Castan.

Part 1: (Intro and bridge to chorus)

Chords played by keyboard are noted above
G                Em               Bm               C
E|--------5-------|--------5-------|--------5-------|--------5-------|
B|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|
G|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Just before start of chorus, Bar 4 of part 1 is played like this for introduction of G-chord
G
E|--------5-------|
B|----3-------3---|
G|--4---4---4-----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|--------------02|

Part 2: (Chorus)
Guitar 1 (Every chord is strummed once per bar, as noted)
G                C
E|3---------------|0---------------|
B|0---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|
D|0---------------|2---------------|
A|2---------------|3---------------|
E|3---------------|x---------------|

Guitar 2 (see notes)
G                C
E|x---------------|x---------------|
B|3---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|
D|0---------------|2---------------|
A|x---------------|x---------------|
E|x---------------|x---------------|

Part 2: Variation 1
Guitar 1 (Every chord is strummed once per bar, as noted)
G                C
E|3---------------|0---------------|
B|0---------------|1---------------|
G|0---------------|0---------------|
D|0---------------|2---------------|
A|2---------------|3---------------|
E|3---------------|x-------------02|

Guitar 2 (as for normal version)

Part 3: (Verses)
D   D9  D11 D    G       C
E|2---0---3---2---|3-------0-------|
B|3---3---3---3---|0-------1-------|
G|2---2---2---2---|0-------0-------|
D|x---x---x---x---|0-------2-------|
A|x---x---x---x---|2-------3-------|
E|x---x---x---x---|3-------x-------|

Part 4: (Middle part after second chorus)
C                D       D
E|x---------------|10------x-------|
B|8---------------|7-------10------|
G|5---------------|7-------7-------|
D|5---------------|x-------7-------|
A|x---------------|x-------x-------|
E|x---------------|x-------x-------|

Part 4, Variation 1 (introducing chorus)
C                D       D
E|x---------------|10------x-------|
B|8---------------|7-------10------|
G|5---------------|7-------7-------|
D|5---------------|x-------7-------|
A|x---------------|x-------x-------|
E|x---------------|x-------x-----02|

Song Structure:

Intro:
1 x Part 1 (note that a chorus follows, so use special bar 4)

Chorus:
2 x Part 2
1 x Part 2 Variation 1
1 x Part 2

1. Verse:
4 x Part 3
D         D9          D11     D
Madeleine hears the bohemians say
G
She's selfish and crazy
Am                     D      D9  D11
Which isn't so far from the truth,
D           G
She's the essence of youth,
Am                  D     D9  D11  D
The flower you place on eternity's grave.
G                   Am
The romantic who isn't afraid
D    D9
Of the beat of her heart,
D11       D            G
She raises a glass to your art
Am
And when she gets drunk she says...

Bridge to chorus:
2 x Part 1 (second time introduces chorus with different bar 4)

G               Em                  Bm
Oh, give me the autumn, give me the trees,
C
Gather up everything I ever wanted
G
And give it me, please
Em                 Bm
Give me the ocean, give me the sea
C
Gather up everything I ever wanted

Chorus:
2 x Part 2
1 x Part 2 Variation 1
1 x Part 2
G   C
And share it with me
G  C
Share it with me
G  C
Share it with me
G  C

2. Verse
4 x Part 3

Bridge
2 x Part 1

Chorus
2 x Part 2

Middle Part
7 x Part 4
1 x Part 4 Variation 1

Chorus
2 x Part 2
1 x Part 2 Variation 1
1 x Part 2

Bridge
3 x Part 1

Chorus
2 x Part 2
2 x Part 2 Variation 1
Last chord is G (surprise, surprise...)

Notes:

Part 1:

Harmonically, for the first three bars, everything is quite ok, but bar 4 seems somewhat strange since none of the notes picked by guitar are part of the C-Major chord, although they all fit into C-Major scale and into G-Major scale (song is in G-major). Hmm, seems strange, but works somehow…

If you like to play along on your own (without keyboard or CD/MC/LP running in background), here’s what I used for part 1 when I did some acoustic gigs or when I play on my own :

G
E|------5-----|------5-----|------5-----|------5-----|
B|---3-----3--|--03-0--03-0|---3-----3--|---3-0--03--|
G|--4--4--4--4|------------|--4--4--4--3|--0---------|
D|-5----------|-2----------|-4----------|-2----------|
A|------------|------------|2-----------|3-----------|
E|3-----------|0-----------|------------|------------|

Part 2:

It’s not noted here how the chords are strummed for guitar 2, since this would be too complicated. Just listen to the record and try to catch up with MWP, which isn’t that easy at first (at least it wasn’t for me, especially in verses). It’s a good right hand training…

If you play on your own without a second guitarist (and which one of us has one at hand if he needs him/her), just use the part of guitar 2, add the introduction notes for G-Chord of guitar 2 and strum all 6 string at the beginning of a bar (the missing frets of muted strings should be quite clear…)

Part 3:

Sorry if the names of the different D-chords aren’t correct… my musical-theory knowledge got stuck in a traffic jam and couldn’t drop by when I was doing this transcription. Noting the strumming would have been to complicated here, as for Part 2.

Part 4:

Noting the strumming would have been to complicated here, as for Parts 2 and 3 Note that these are neither minor nor major chords, so the chord names noted above aren’t correct. Nevertheless, concerning the harmonic of the song, they are major chords are the right choice.

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Rhythm Of Life

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Doron Sayar.

Part 1: Intro

Am                 G                Am              G        F7
E|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
B|----0-1---1-0-1-|----0-1---1-0-1-|----0-1---1-0-1-|----0-1-1-1-0-1-|
G|--2-------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|--0-----2-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|
A|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|

Am      C        G       F7       Am      C        G       F7
E|0---0-0-0---0-0-|3---3-3-0---0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-|3---3-3-0-------|
B|1---0-1-1-2-0-1-|0---0-1-1-1-0-1-|1---0-1-1-2-0-1-|0---0-1-1-------|
G|2-2-2-2-0---0-0-|0-0-0-0-2---2-2-|2-2-2-2-0---0-0-|0-0-0-0-2-------|
D|2---2-2-2---2-2-|0---0-0-3---3-3-|2---2-2-2---2-2-|0---0-0-3-------|
A|0-------3-------|2---------------|0-------3-------|2---------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|

The nice thing here is that we can actually play both the lead and the
backing chords at the same time - this really sounds genuine!
Once in every chord shift, the second bit is a single note and the rest
are chords, which gives the mixed feeling.

Part 2: Verse

I'm no where...    ever been     I'm no one I can't remember me     make it all
Em               C                Em               C
E|----0-------0---|----3--5-3-5-3--|----0-------0---|----3--5-3-5-3--|
B|----0-------0---|----3-----3---3-|----0-------0---|----3-----3---3-|
G|----0-------0---|----5-----------|----0-------0---|----5-----------|
D|----2--22-2-2---|----5-----------|----2--22-2-2---|----5-----------|
A|-------22-2-----|3---------------|-------22-2-----|3---------------|
E|0------00-0-----|----------------|0------00-0-----|----------------|

go.. showing me heaven...door    closed...
A                D       D#       Em
E|0---------------|5-------6-------|----------------|----------------|
B|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|----------------|
G|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|----------------|
D|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|----------------|
A|0---------------|5-------6-------|----------------|----------------|
E|x---------------|x-------x-------|----------------|----------------|

Like the church doors.. ..need a little      ..outside his...
Em               C                Em               C
E|----0-------3232|----3--5-3-5-3--|----0-------3232|----3--5-3-5-3--|
B|----0-------0000|----3-----3---3-|----0-------0000|----3-----3---3-|
G|----0-------0000|----5-----------|----0-------0000|----5-----------|
D|----2--22-2-----|----5-----------|----2--22-2-----|----5-----------|
A|-------22-2-----|3---------------|-------22-2-----|3---------------|
E|0------00-0-----|----------------|0------00-0-----|----------------|

know...  where were... needed ..to hold...
A                D       D#       Am
E|0---------------|5-------6-------|----------------|
B|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|
G|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|
D|2---------------|7-------8-------|----------------|
A|0---------------|5-------6-------|----------------|
E|x---------------|x-------x-------|----------------|

The only difference between the 2 halves of the verse is
the insertion of the second guitar on the Em. I know -
it's easier typed than played! But even if you get somehow
close to it then it's probably enough .

Part 3: Chorus - exactly like the second half of the intro!

Part 4: Middle section

Simply playing the following sequence of chords 4 times :

Em      G        F#      F
E|0-------3-------|2-------1-------|
B|0-------3-------|2-------1-------|
G|0-------4-------|3-------2-------|
D|2-------5-------|4-------3-------|
A|2-------5-------|4-------3-------|
E|0-------3-------|2-------1-------|

The guitar solo is also based on the intro/chorus chords, and since
it is somewhat blurred I can't think of any special notes for it.

Basic Song Chords:

Am     C     G        F
INTRO
Am     C    G        F
INTRO

Em                C
I'm no where that I've ever been
Em                C
I'm no-one I can't remember me
A
make it all go
D
You're showing me heaven
D#
Your door is always
Em               C
Closed, like the church doors
Em                                   C
When you need a little Jesus, ooh outside his business hours you know
A     D               D#
Where were you when I needed you to
Am    C  G                          F
Hold me, give a little beat of your heart to me you've got to
Am    C  G            F
Hold me, the rythm of life to me, you've got to
Am            C            G                          F
(hold on now, hold on now) give a little beat of your heart to me
Am            C            G             F
(hold on now, hold on now), the rythm of life...
Em
to me...

And on...

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Are You Lonely

(Cousin / Livesey / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Jürgen Castan.

Part 1: (Verse & Chorus)

Em7                      D        C                        D
E --------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
B ----3-----3---3-|----3-------3---|----1-----1---1-|----1-------3---|
G --0---0-----0---|--0---0---2---2-|--0---0-----0---|--0---0---2---2-|
D ----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|
A ----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E 0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|

Part 2: (Verse)

Am               D
E ----------------|--------2-------|
B --------1-------|----3-----3---3-|
G ----2-----2---2-|--2---2-----2---|
D --2---2-----2---|0---------------|
A 0---------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|

Part 3: (Middle-Part)

(The first line of chords is the last repetition of the chorus,
which ends with an C here because of following F-Chord)

Em7                      D        C
E --------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
B ----3-----3---3-|----3-------3---|----1-----1---1-|----1-------3---|
G --0---------0---|--0---0---2---2-|--0---------0---|--0-------2---2-|
D 2-----2---------|2-------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|
A ----------------|----------------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Begin of middle part)

F                C                  Dm               A#
E --------1-1-----|--------0H3P0-----|--------3-1-----|----------------|
B ------1-----1---|----1---------3---|----3-------3---|6-3---------3---|
G ----2---------2-|------0---------2-|--2---2-------2-|----3---------3-|
D --3-------------|--2---------------|0---------------|------3---3-----|
A 3---------------|3-----------------|----------------|--------5-------|
E ----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|

(Distorted guitar during middle part)
E ----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
D 3-----------x-x-|2-----------------|----------------|3---------------|
A ----------------|--------------5-3-|5---------------|1---------------|
E ----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|

Note: H stands for a hammer-on, P for a pull-off

Song structure:

Intro: (2 times Part 1, beginning at 00:15 of track on CD)

1.Verse: (4x Part 1)
Em7    D         C                D    Em7
Do you feel so small, on a sunday afternoon
D        C              D     Em7
In your loveless house, full of empty rooms
D       C           D     Em7
Once a place of life, once upon a time
D     C                 D
Flames are dying out, while ghosts move in

1. Verse (3x Part 2)
Am  D                 Am      D              Am
Crossing on the stair, asleep in empty chairs
D
So tell me are you

Chorus: (2x Part 1)
Em7     D   C   D
Lonely         Are you
Em7     D   C   D
Lonely

2. Verse (same as first verse, 4x 1 Part, 3x 2. Part)

Chorus (2x Part 1, C is played instead of last D for introduction of middle part)

Middle part: (3x Part 3)
F                 C               Dm                 A#
while love lives, while suns set, while snowmoons rise in november skies
F                C               Dm                 A#
while ties bind, while souls cry, while oceans ride in an endless tide
F                  C                Dm                      A#         Em7 (first chord of chorus)
while love grows, while blood flows, while truth is real you need never feel alone

Chorus (2x Part 1)

3. Verse (3x Part 2)

Repeat Chorus (4x Part 1)

Notes:

This song is surprisingly simple although it kicks you right between the eyes when you first hear it. Almost only simple major and minor chords are used, except one minor seven, which, in my opinion, gives the song what is so special about it (in combination with the vast use of strings, the incredible melody-line and the arrangement, which begins very calm and ends in a explosion of sounds).

The first part is used for verses as well as chorus, which also includes some piano/keyboard. The second part is the one between the verses and chorus and uses almost the same picking scheme as the first part, only the chords differ.

Since the chords of part 3 are not played by guitar (strings are used here), I tried to figure out the correct chords and added a guitar-picking of my own, which I hope is somewhat ok. I also noted what I think the distorted guitar plays during this part (This is somewhat hard to figure out since it is not clear which part is strings and which is guitar…)

Ultraviolet

Some Finer Day

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Jacques Côté.

Tuning : E A D G B E     Time Signature 4/4

Intro:
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0-----------0------------------|-0-----------0---------------|
|-1-----------1------------------|-3-----------3---------------|
|-2-----------2------------------|-4-----------4---------------|
|-2-----------2------------------|-4-----------4---------------| 2x
|-0-----------0------------------|-0-----------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|

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|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-4-------------------------------| 4x
|-2------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-2------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-5-------------------------------| 2x
|-0------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-4-------------------------------| 2x
|-2------------------------------|-4-------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Chorus
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-2-2-2--------------------------|-2-2-2---------------------------|
|-3-3-3--------------------------|-3-3-3---------------------------|
|-2-2-2--------------------------|-2-2-2---------------------------| 4x
|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bridge
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|

|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4x
|-2------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Verse:
Ride on the storm I made
I glide on the ashes of the sky
My blue raincoat makes me say "No today"
Hey, when does weather ever change?

Chorus:
Some finer day (some finer day)
Say things go my way
Some finer day (some finer day)
I'll play your sunshiny girl

Verse:
Ride the mercury with me
See how unpredictable it feels
Red-bus shelter where we fell to the ground
Found out that weather never changed

Chorus:
Some finer day (some finer day)
Say things go my way
Some finer day (some finer day)
I'll be your sunshiny girl

Bridge:
And brighten up my world
With sunflowers and book I have burned
And see what you want me to see
I'll be what you want me to be

Chorus:
Some finer day (some finer day)
Say things go my way
Some finer day (some finer day)

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Outshine the Sun

(Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper)

These tabs have been copied from goony.nl.

Transcription by Jacques Côté.

Tuning : E A D G B E     Time Signature 4/4

Intro : (Strumming)
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-2-----------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0-----------------------------|
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-0------------------------------|-0---------------0-------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0---------------3-------------|
|-0------------------------------|-0---------------2-------------|
|-2------------------------------|-2---------------0-------------|
|-3------------------------------|-3-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Main Riff :
|       |       |       |
|--------------------------------|
|--------------0-----------------|
|-4^5r4---2--------0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------4---4---2---2--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

(Mr. Scott Mikusko's suggestion of the main riff.)
|-----------------0--------------|
|---------------0---0-------0----|
|-4/5--2--2---0-------0---0---0--|
|-----------------------4--------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

(I'm loosing the feeling...)
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|-2------------------------------|-1----------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|-3----------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-2----------------------------|2x
|-0------------------------------|-0----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|

(He shines so bright...)
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-4------------------------------|
|-2------------------------------|-4------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------|

|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------|-7------------------------------|4x
|-5------------------------------|-7------------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|-5------------------------------|

|       |       |       |
|-0---------------------------|Outshine the sun...
|-0---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|
|-2---------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|

Marty's great solo is played over these chords :
|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9------------------------------|-9-----------------------------|
|-9------------------------------|-9-----------------------------|
|-7------------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|       |       |       |        |       |       |       |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5------------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-5------------------------------|-5-----------------------------|
|-3------------------------------|-3-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

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Hex

Hex

Diviner

(Kilbey/Thayer)

Transribed by Jonathan Cridford.

Just the basic chords for "Diviner" - the keyboard notes are easy; they pedal
between the D and G strings. During the chorus, an electric six string plays arpeggiated
versions of the chords below.

This is the chorus/main keyboard riff, transcribed for guitar: Live, I use a Boss CE-5 chorus
with a Mooer Analogue Echo pedal to really draw out the sound of each note.

E|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----0-----0----|-0-----0---0----0-|-----0-----0----|-0-----0---0----|
D|-9----10----9--|---10----9---10---|-12----10----9--|---10----5---7--|
A|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
E|---------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|

D     G         C
High, after the summer
D            G               C
Find all the wells are drunk dry
D         G        C
Miles and miles of starburn
D              G           C
Branded on the hide of the night

G   Fsus2*
Diviner

D    G          C
Low, before the winter
D            G           C
Loser, these vessels are full
D        G           C
Drop between drop of moonshine
D               G              C
Slipping on the surface of our day

G   Fsus2
Diviner (Water underground)
G   Fsus2
Diviner (Rock ceiling fossil pool)
G   Fsus2
Diviner (Blind transparent fish)
G   Fsus2
Diviner (Seek the liquid dark)

*Fsus2 chord: I usually fret the base "F" note with my thumb, using my index finger
to bar the first fret of the E and B strings. It is essentially an F major chord with the G
string A note removed.

E|-1---|
B|-1---|
G|-0---|
D|-3---|
A|-3---|
E|-1---|

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Hermaphrodite

(Kilbey)

A                          C#m
Gotta see there'e no more use in calling,

F#m                        D
the past is over and the dark are falling.

A                          C#m
Hold me closer than you did today,

F#m                        D
see all misunderstandings evaporate away

E                    D              F#m
If you knew how I tried, so deep inside,

E
there's just one and I'll give this to you.

E                       D
If you think that's no good then you should

F#m                    E
disappear fast, what else could you do?

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Silvermine

(Kilbey)

Transcribed by Fenton.

(my apologies- it's been a while since I've listened to this much, so I
don't know very many of the words offhand)

The chords for the verse are:  C Am Em G
The chorus is:

F           C
I led him down to it,

G           D
can't get around to it,

F           C           G
I led him down to it, too.

F           C
I let him loose in it,

G           D
can't get used to it,

F           C           G
I let him loose in it, too.

As always, readers are encouraged to make corrections/improvements to the
lyrics/chords.

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Isidore

Isidore

Refused On Temple St

(Kilbey/Cain)

Transcribed by Pierpaolo Vezzaro, with a few corrections by Jens Berke.

Pierpaolo writes: There is a video on Youtube of a guy playin a great version
of this, he's been greeted by Mr.SK in person!! He's using as capo; my version
is pretty different, I use open positions on a 12 stringer, and I keep a droning
F# on the high e string during the main chord progression by using a E-add9
instead of the regular Em. The F# drone is just dropped during the bridge, this
adds a cool emphasis on it IMHO.

Bm  F#m  Em(add9)   D

Chorus: G  Bm D  F#m
G  D  F# F#7

Bridge part 1: Em(add9) D (before "Beware the cinder.." part)

Bridge part 2: Am G F# F#7 ("Beware the cinder".. part)

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Transmigration

(Kilbey/Cain)

Transcribed by Pierpaolo Vezzaro.

C9 Dsus2
C9 Dsus2
C9 Dsus2
Em7

C9 D

Break:
Fmaj7  Am
Fmaj7  G

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Jack Frost

Civil War Lament

(Kilbey / McLennan)

Transcribed by Jens Berke.

Play with capo at the 3rd fret.
The chords are named as if they were played without capo.
The song has two different times:
* 4/4 in the chorus
* 3/4 in the verse, but with the one bar after the Gadd6-chord played 4/4 again

C      x32010
F/D    xx0565
Gadd6  320030
Fmaj7  x33210
Am     x02210

C                    F/D  C           F/D  C
They packed us up in bo-  xes, wooden bo-  xes
Gadd6     C
And sent us home
F/D   C             F/D   C
Underneath the wil-  low, near the ri-   ver
Gadd6  C
By my headstone

If you do some picking like  this, you get
quite close to how it is played:

C         F/D    C          F/D   C       Gdd6     C   (do some picking stuff)
|0---------5-----|0----------5----|0---------------|0---------------|
|---1------------|---1------------|---1-----3------|----------------|
|--0-------------|--0-------------|--0-------------|----------------|
|-2--------0-----|-2---------0----|-2--------------|----------------|
|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------3------|3---------------|

Chorus:

Am             Fmaj7       C
And all you do is carry on

play the "carry on"-part like this:

C                Am
|0---------------|0---------------|
|1----0-1 3 1 ---|1---------------|
|0---------------|2---------------|
|2---------------|2---------------|
|3---------------|0---------------|
|----------------|----------------|
..on..             ...when all you do

It's snowing now it's winter, river's frozen
And still you come
I can almost see you, and touch you
My pretty one

When all you do is carry on

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Providence

(Kilbey / McLennan)

Transcribed by Jens Berke.

When Steve plays this song live it is a bit different than
the original song on the Jack Frost album. Here are the chords
for the album version:

It's just two groups of chords, changed quickly - meaning that
you only have to pull one finger on and off one string:

D5         xx0235
Dsus4      xx0233

Em9/A      x02032
Em7/A      x02030

D-chords        Em-chords
Remember when I told you

D-chords        Em-chords
You were pretty lost

On Steve's Acoustic & Intimate, there are a few more chords, and Steve
plays the D-chords in the verse a bit different:

Dsus2  xx0230  (instead of D5)
Em7/D  xx0030  (instead of Dsus4)

Steve plays the end of the chorus sometimes like this:

Em7/G      3x0030
Em7/F#     2x0030
Em7        02x030

Dsus2..           Em7/G
All I have, all I need

Em7/F#   Em7
All I got is   providence

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Didn’t Know Where I Was

(Kilbey / McLennan)

That's a song for real beginners: the chords are just G F C

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Unseen Music Unheard Words

Eyes Ahead

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey / Meers)

F Bm D#

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My Will Be Yours

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: Em F G
Chorus: Am G F

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Stretch Into The Stars

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: Am
Chorus: G Am G F

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Maybe Soon

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: C Am F
Chorus: Am G F

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Thought Of Leaving

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: Em D
Chorus: Em D C

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Another Place

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: D Am G D
Chorus: C G D Am
Bridge: F C G D

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All Is One

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: Dm Am C G
Chorus: Em Am F C
Outro: C F Am F

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Love Increased

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: F Am
Chorus: C G

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The Other Place

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey)

Verse: D Bm G
Chorus: D C Bm A

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Naked As A Star

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey / Hall)

Dm C A# Am

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Friends Are Gone

(Kilbey / Kennedy / Kilbey / Roydhouse)

Verse: C F
Chorus: G C
Guitar in the middle:  C F C G C F Am C F C Am C G C G C G C G

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All chords above have been taken from the following setlist which was released by Martin Kennedy in his blog (for their "Live at the Toff in Town" gig 2010, if I remember correctly):

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Mae Moore

Bohemia

Fall With You

(Kilbey / Moore)

Verse:D D7+6/A G D (rpt)
Chorus:G Em D Adim Em C A7 D

D7+6/A is actually very simple.  Play A minor but leave the fourth string (D)
open. Avoid the low E string.

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Noctorum

Sparks Lane

High As A Kite

(Willson-Piper / Mason)

Transcribed by Brian Smith.

Verse:
D Dmaj7 D7 G A (repeat)

(Whoah, oh I)....
Em A

Chorus:
D Dmaj7 G G/F# Em D A

The four bar bit at the end with "High as a kite/try as I might..." is D C
G, then it fades out on another verse.

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Another Century
Another Place
Antenna
Arabia
Are You Lonely
As You Will
Aura
Authority
Bel-Air
Block
Buffalo
Business Woman
Chrome Injury
Chromium
Civil War Lament
Columbus
Cobalt Blueprint
Comedown
Constant In Opal
Crash/Ride
Danielle
Day 5
Didn’t Know Where I Was
Disappear?
Disenchanted
Diviner
Don’t Look Back
Don’t Open The Door To Strangers
Don’t You Fall
Dropping Names
Easy
Electric
Electric Lash
English Kiss
Essence
Even Though You Are My Friend
Eyes Ahead
Fall With You
Farewell Mr. Sorrow
Feel
Field Of Mars
Fireman
Fly
For a Moment We’re Strangers
Friends Are Gone
Frightened Just Because Of You
Gloriana
Goliath
Goodbye
Grind
Gypsy Stomp
Happenstance
Hermaphrodite
High As A Kite
Hotel Womb
How Come They Don’t Touch The Ground
I Know I Won’t
Into My Hands
Is This Where You Live
It Doesn’t Change
It’s No Reason
Just For You
Keeper
Ladyboy
Laughing
Laurel Canyon
Life’s Little Luxuries
Like A Ghost
Limbo
Linda Wong
Listen / Space
Louisiana
Love Increased
Lullaby
Lunar
Maybe Soon
Melancholy God
Melody of The Rain
Memories In Future Tense
Metropolis
Miami
Mistress
Monday Morning
My Little Problem
Myrrh
My Will Be Yours
Naked As A Star
Never Come Back
Night Of Light
Nonapology
No Explanation
North South East and West
No Such Thing
Nothing Inside
Nothing Seeker
Now I Wonder Why
Numbers
One Day
Operetta
Othertime
Overview
Out Of This World
Outshine the Sun
Pangaea
Paradox
Pretty Ugly Pretty Sad
Pride Before a Fall
Providence
Pure Chance
Questions Without Answers
Radiance
Random Pan
Refused On Temple St
Reptile
Rhythm Of Life
Ripple
Ritz
Russian Autumn Heart
Say
Sealine
Secret Corners
September 13
Share it With Me
She Counts Up The Days
She Never Said
Shell
She’ll Come Back For You Tomorrow
She’s King
Silvermine
Snowfaller
Some Finer Day
Something That Means Something
Song For The Asking
Song in Space
Space Needle
Space Saviour
Spark
Sunken Sun
Stretch Into The Stars
Surrealist Woman Blues
Tantalized
Tear It All Away
Telepath
Till The Cows Come Home
The Awful Ache
The Dead Man’s Dream
The Egyptian
The Faith Healer
The Feast
The Maven
The Night Is Very Soft
The Other Place
The Porpoise Song
The Theatre and its Double
The Unguarded Moment
This Asphalt Eden
Thought Of Leaving
Time Is Imaginary
To Be In Your Eyes
To Where I Am Now
Touched By Jesus
Transmigration
Tristesse
Untitled Too
Under The Milky Way
Unified Field
Vanishing Act
Velvet Fuselage
Water
When You Were Mine
Will I Start To Bleed
Woman With Reason
Word
You Bring Your Love To Me
You Took
You Whisper
Youth Worshipper

FAQ

Which status do the tabs and chords have?

Many of the songs are just transcribed as a series of chords. This is definitely an oversimplification of the song and is only intended to be a rough guide; something to get you started. Some of the songs are incomplete; parts with missing chords will be marked.

What about the lyrics?

All lyrics mentioned here have not been checked and might be flawed. They are only intended to give you an imagination of how to play along the songs and are often incomplete. Songs with a simple chords progression will often not have any lyrics. For a good collection of lyrics go to Mike Fulmer’s lyric’s page.

Links

Official sites

The band’s homepage
Facebook
Soundcloud
Instagram
YouTube
Twitter

The Time Being (Steve Kilbey)
Peter Koppes
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty & Olivia Willson-Piper
Marty’s In Deep Music Archive

Kilbey Kennedy

Collaborative information sites

Wikipedia
Discogs

Fan sites

Discography
Violet Town
Lyrics
Concert chronicle
Hotel Womb (discussion forum)
Shadow Cabinet (news, interviews, articles, images, etc.)

Facebook groups and pages

Séance group
The Church Band Fans group
The Church (Music Band) group
Violet Town

How to create this document

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