CROWDED HOUSE - TOGETHER ALONE ALBUM CHORDS
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KARE KARE
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Em C G
I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop
Em C G
I was lying in a cave in the solid rock
Em C G
I was feeling pretty brave 'til the lights went off
[Chorus]
Am D Am
Sleep by no means comes too soon
Em Bm
in a valley lit by the moon
[Intro]
[Verse 2]
Em C G
We left a little dust on his Persian rug
Em C G
we gathered up our clothes, got the washing done
Em C G
in a long forgotten place, who'll be the first to run?
[Chorus]
Am D Am
Sleep by no means comes too soon
Em Bm
in a valley lit by the moon
[Intro]
Em C G
I was floating on a wave, then I made the drop
Em C G
I was climbing up the walls, waiting for the band to start
C Em
you can say the magic words
C Em G
and this is the only place that I always run from
[Chorus]
Am D Am
Sleep by no means comes too soon
Em Bm
in a valley lit by the moon
[Outro]
IN MY COMMAND
[INTRO]
[Verse 1]
Cm G#
You're standing in a deep dark hole
Cm G#
beneath a sky as black as coal
Cm G#
it's just the fear of losing control
Cm G#
don't miss it when the moment comes
Cm G#
be submissive just this once
Cm G#
imagine there is something to be done
[CHORUS]
D C B A
to trouble you in your time of need
D C B A G
it's a pleasure when you're in my command
[Verse 2]
Cm G#
Juggle like a diplomat
Cm G#
struggle to hold onto your hat
Cm G#
swinging like an acrobat
{Verse 3]
Cm G#
the clock is dripping on the wall
Cm G#
listen to the rise and fall
Cm G#
close your eyes and hear the call
[Chorus]
D C B A
to trouble you in your time of need
D C B A
it's a pleasure when you're in my command
D C B A G
you're responsible for everything
A# G# F
Desolate in anger and safe in isolation
A# G# F
you're about to be the victim of a holy visitation
A# G#
by the rites that I've been given
[Chorus]
D C B A
you're responsible for everything
D C B A
to trouble you in your time of need
D C B A G C
it's a pleasure when you're in my command
D C B A
when you're in my command
D C B A
when you're in my command
[Outro]
NAILS IN MY FEET
Capo 3rd fret
[Verse 1]
Bm
you crawl through the window
E Am
slip across the floor and into the reception room
Am Bm
you enter the place of endless persuasion
E
like a knock on the door
Am
when there's ten or more things to do
[Chorus]
C F Em G
Who is that calling?
C F E
run to the water on a burning beach
Am E
and it brings me relief
[Verse 2]
E Am
circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state
E
a million points of light
Am
and a conversation I can't face
[Chorus]
C F Em G
Cast me off one day
C F Em G
to lose my inhibition
C F E
sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee
Am E Am E
wear the nails on your feet
[Verse 3]
E Am
the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!"
E Am
but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too
[Outro]
C F Em G
your touch is so tender
C F G
your skin is like water on a burning beach
C F Em G
and it brings me relief
C F Em G
and it brings me relief
C F Em G
and it brings me relief
C F G
Like a night in your mind
G
and the scenery is my floor
G
and the scenery is my floor
BLACK AND WHITE BOY
[Intro]
[Chorus]
Bb C Dm
Black and white boy
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
Bb C Dm
whatever mood I'm in
[Verse 1]
G
And you're full of the wonder of spring
Bm
it's all sweetness and lightness you bring
F# D
and a room full of people fall to your infinite charm
G
but when darkness should quickly descend
Bm
you go quietly, my miserable friend
F#
to the depths of despair you will crawl
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
[Chorus]
Bb C Dm
Black and white boy
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
Bb C Dm
whatever mood I'm in
[Verse 2]
G
When you shake off the shadows of night
Bm
and your eyes are so clear and so bright
F#
you'll make fools of the liars and creeps
G
but when demons have climbed on your back
Bm
you are vicious and quick to attack
F#
and you put on a wonderful show
F#
do you really, really think I don't know?
[Verse 3]
G
And you run like a cat to the cream
Bm
and you're acting so nice it's obscene
F#
you put on a wonderful show
F#
do you really, really think I don't know?
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
Bb C Dm
black and white boy
[Outro]
FINGERS OF LOVE
Capo 3rd Fret
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Em Dsus4
Can you imagine that; an itch too sensitive to scratch,
Em
The light that falls through the cracks,
Dsus4 G
An insect too delicate to catch? I hear the endless murmur,
D A7
Every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze,
G D
And the sound that comes to carry me across the land,
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D Em Em7
And I can't look up, fingers of love move down,
Cadd9 D A7
And I can't look back, fingers of love move down
[Verse 2]
Em Dsus4
Colour is it's own reward, colour is it's own reward,
Em
The chiming of a perfect chord,
Dsus4
Let's go jumping overboard
G
Into waves of joy and clarity,
D A7
Your hands come out to rescue me,
G
And I'm playing in the shallow water,
D A7
Laughing while the mad dog sleeps
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D Em Em7
And I can't look up, fingers of love move down,
Cadd9
And I won't be helped,
D A7
Fingers of love move everywhere
[Bridge]
Cadd9 Dsus2
And there is time yet, for you to find me
Asus4 A
From the cradle to the grave, from the palace to the gutter,
Asus4 A Em
Beneath the dying rays of the sun, lie the fingers of love
[Verse 3]
G
Into waves of joy and clarity,
D A7
A fallen angel walked on the sea,
G
And I'm playing in the shallow water,
D A7
Laughing while the mad dog sleeps
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D Em Em7
And I can't look up, fingers of love move down,
Cadd9
And I won't be helped,
D A7
Fingers of love move everywhere
[Verse 4]
Cadd9 Dsus2 Em
And there is time yet, for you to find me,
Cadd9 D Em
And all at once, fingers of love move down
[Outro]
PINEAPPLE HEAD
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D G F C
Detective is flat, no longer
D G F C
It's always flat out got the number of the
D G F C
Getaway car, didn't get
[Verse 2]
D G F C
As lucid as hell, these images
D G F C
Moving so fast, like a fever
D G F C
So close to the bone. I don't feel
[Chorus]
G D
I will play you like a shark
Gm A7
and i'll clutch at your heart
G D
I'll come flying like a spark
[Verse 3]
D G F C
sleeping alone, for pleasure
D G F C
the pineapple head, it spins and it spins
D G F C
like a number I hold, don't remember
D G F C
if she was my friend, it was a long time ago
[Chorus]
G D
I will play you like a shark
Gm A7
and i'll clutch at your heart
G D
I'll come flying like a spark
[Verse 4]
D G F C
sleeping alone, for pleasure
D G F C
the pineapple head, it spins and it spins
D G F C
like a number I hold, don't remember
D G F C
if she was my friend. it was a long time ago
[Bridge]
Em A A2 A
would you come to make me pay?
[Chorus]
G D
I will play you like a shark
Gm A7
and i'll clutch at your heart
G D
i'll come flying like a spark
Gm A7
i will clutch at your heart
G D
and come flying like a spark
F E7
to inflame you...ahhhh
[Outro]
LOCKED OUT
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
A E
but I always seem to come back again
A
when you're in that room
A E
I know that I will have you in the end
[Chorus]
A E
and the birds are offering up their tunes
B A
in a shack as remote as a mansion
C#m G#
you escape into a place where nothing moves
[Verse 2]
A
And I've been locked out
E
and I know we're through
A E
but I can't begin to face up to the truth
A E
but I know that I will one day have you back
[Chorus]
A E
and they cast a shadow on my bed
A
when I look through my window
C#m
is an altarpiece I'm praying to
G#
for the living and the dead
[Bridge]
D C#
Twin valleys shine in the morning sun
D C# G#
I send a message out to my only one
[Verse 3]
A
Yet I've been locked out
E
and I know we're through
A E
but I can't begin to face up to the truth
A E
but I know that I will one day have you back (yes, I will)
[Chorus]
A E
every night I circle like the moon
C#m G#
but it can take forever when you've got something to prove
[Outro]
D C#m
And I've been locked out
D C#m
And I've been locked out
A E
I've been locked out....
PRIVATE UNIVERSE
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
No time, no place, to talk about the weather
Am Am11 Am Am11 F C
The promise of love is hard to ignore
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Am Am11 Am Am11 F C
The labour of love is ours to endure
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
Highest branch on the apple tree
Am Am11 Am Am11 F C
It was my favourite place to be
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
I could hear them breaking free
Am G F C
But they could not see me
[Chorus]
F G C Am
I will run for shelter, endless summer lift the curse
F G C Am F
It feels like nothing matters in our private universe
[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
I have all I want, is that simple enough?
Am Am11 Am F C
A whole lot more I'm thinking of
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
Every night about six o'clock
Am Am11 Am F C
Birds come back to the pond to talk
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am
Talk to me, birds talk to me
Am Am11 Am F C
If I go down on my knees
[Chorus]
F G C Am
I will run for shelter, endless summer lift the curse
F G C Am
It feels like nothing matters in our private universe
F G C Am
It feels like nothing matters in our private universe
[Bridge]
C D
And it's a pleasure that I have known
C D
And it's a treasure that I have gained
C D5
And it's a pleasure that I have known
[Verse 3]
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C
It's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C
Time is on the table and the dinner's cold
[Chorus]
F G C Am
I will run for shelter, endless summer lift the curse
F G C Am F
It feels like nothing matters in our private universe
G C Am F
I will run for shelter, endless summer lift the curse
G C Am
It feels like nothing matters in our private universe
[Outro]
WALKING ON THE SPOT
[Intro]
[VERSE 1]
D Bm
At odd times we slip
Bb F
Slither down the dark hole
D Bm
Fingers point from old windows
Bb F
An eerie shadow falls
Bb F
To show that I'm alive
D Bm
Moving every bone in my body
[Chorus]
C6 Dm
Will we be in our minds when the
C6 Dm
Can we look the milkman in the
C6 Dm
The world is somehow different, we have
[Verse 2]
D Bm
Walk around your home
Bb F
And pour yourself a drink
D Bm
Fire one more torpedo baby
Bb F
Watch the kitchen sink
D Bm
Lounging on the sofa maybe
Bb F
See the living room die
D Bm
Dishes are unwashed and broken
[Chorus]
C6 Dm
Will we be in our minds when the
C6 Dm
Can we look the milkman in the
C6 Dm
The world is somehow different, we have
[Verse 3]
D Bm
Dishes are unwashed and broken
[Chorus]
C6 Dm
Will we be in our minds when the
C6 Dm
Can we look the milkman in the
C6 Dm
The world is somehow different, we have
Bb Am D
Before my very eyes
N.C.
DISTANT SUN
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
D G
Tell me all the things you would change
D G
I don't pretend to know what you want
Bm E
When you come around and spin my top
G F#
Time and again, time and again
[Verse 2]
D G
No fire where I lit my spark
D G
I am not afraid of the dark
Bm E
Where your words devour my heart
G G
And put me to shame, put me to shame
[Chorus]
A Em
Your seven worlds collide
G A D
Whenever I am by your side
A Em
Dust from a distant sun
G A D G D G
Will shower over everyone
[Verse 3]
D G
You're still so young to travel so far
D G
Old enough to know who you are
Bm E
Wise enough to carry the scars
G F#
Without any blame, there's no-one to blame
[Verse 4]
D G
It's easy to forget what you learnt
D G
Waiting for the thrill to return
Bm E
Feeling your desire burn
G G
And drawn to the flame
[Chorus]
A Em
Your seven worlds collide
G A D
Whenever I am by your side
A Em
Dust from a distant sun
G A D
Will shower over everyone
A Em
Dust from a distant sun
G A D
Will shower over everyone
[Bridge]
Bm A G A Bm
And I'm lying on the table washed out in a flood
A G A
Like a Christian fearing vengeance from above
Bm A G
I don't pretend to know what you want
[Chorus]
A Em
Seven worlds will collide
G A D
Whenever I am by your side
A Em
Dust from a distant sun
G A D F# G
Will shower over everyone
[Outro]
Bm F# G
As time slips by ...
CATHERINE WHEELS
[Verse 1]
Am6 Em
No night to stay in,
Am6 Em
A bad moon is rising again,
Am6 G
Dice rolls and you burn,
Cadd9 B7
Come down I fear,
E Am7
As that cold wheel turns.
Am6 Em
I know what I know,
Am6 Em
Sad Claude's been sleeping around,
Am6 G
To stroke the right nerve,
Cadd9 B7
Who's needs do I serve?
E Am7 Am6
As Catherine's Wheel Turns.
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 D
She was always the first to say gone,
G Cadd9 D
She's got her Catherine Wheels on,
G Cadd9 Am6 Em
Always the first to say gone.
[Verse 2]
Am6 Em
Go kindly with him,
Am6 Em
To his blind apparition,
Am6 G
Whose face creases up,
Cadd9 B7
With age gone grey,
E Am7 Am6
We'll be back here one day.
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 D
She was always the first to say gone,
G Cadd9 D
She's got her Catherine Wheels on,
G Cadd9 D
Always the first to say gone,
G Cadd9 B7
She's got her Catherine Wheels on, Wheels on,
[Verse 3]
D G
She's gone vanished in the night,
C D
Broke off the logic of life,
G
He woke tore the covers back,
C D
Found he was empty inside,
G
So they were told when the moon would rise,
C D
The best time to leave with your soul,
G
She's gone, up towards the light,
C D Dm
Watching her whole life unfold, ohh
Cadd9 Gm D
Bruises come up dark.
[Verse 4]
D G
So strong was his hold on her,
C D
Regarded by some as his slave,
G
He spoke as in a strangers tongue,
C D Dm
To scare us and drive you away, eh
Cadd9 Gm
Bruises come up dark.
[Outro]
SKIN FEELING
G (x12)
[Verse 1]
G F
I like the smell of that shop
C
I like the way it serves me
G F
I like the pigment in your skin
C
I like the way it moves me
[Verse 2]
G F
I like kids when they're asleep
C
their little arms around you
G F
I like the way we play games
C
don't lose that skin feeling
[Chorus]
A C
I'm looking old, I'm feeling young
D C
it's the truth my child
A C
My second life has just begun
[Verse 3]
G F
I like black and I like red
C
and I like that orange circle
G F
I like the things that you said
C
when you were misbehaving
[Verse 4]
G F
I like the people on TV
C
But no-one looks like me
G F
I love you and you love me
C
don't lose that skin feeling
[Chorus]
A C
I'm looking old, I'm feeling young
D C
it's the truth my child
A C
My second life has just begun
[Verse 5]
G F
I love the pigment in your skin
C
I love the way it moves me
G F
I like the smell of that shop
C
I like the way it serves me
[Verse 6]
G F
I like the things that you said (said)
C
when you were misbehaving
G F
I love you and you love me
C
don't lose that skin feeling
[Chorus]
A C
I'm looking old, I'm feeling young
D C
it's the truth my child
A C
My second life has just begun
A C D C
It's the truth my child
A C D C
let me hold you high
[Outro]
G
(And I like to get up in the sky)
G
(I like to fly, in the sky real high)
G
(I like to run in the sand like a horse)
G
(I like to swim in the ocean like a fish)
TOGETHER ALONE
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
C
Together alone, above and beneath
D G Bm C
We were as close as anyone can be
D Bb6 Cm D
Now you are gone far away from me
C D6 Em
As is once will always be
[Chorus]
G C
Anei ra maua e piri tahi nei (Here we are together in a very close embrace)
Em G C
E noha tahi nei ko maua aneke (Being together, just us alone)
D Am C
Kei runga a Rangi ko Papa kai raro (Rangi the sky-father is above, Papa the earth-mother below)
C G
E mau tonu nei kai mau tonu ra tonu ra (Our love for one another is ever-lasting)
[Verse 2]
F
Together alone, shallow and deep
G C Em F
Holding our breath, paying death no heed
G Eb6 Fm G
I'm still your friend when you are in need
F G6 Am
As is once will always be
Fmaj7 F G6 G
Earth and sky, moon and sea
[Chorus]
C F
Anei ra maua e piri tahi nei (Here we are together in a very close embrace)
Am C F
E noha tahi nei ko maua aneke (Being together, just us alone)
G Dm F
Kei runga a Rangi ko Papa kai raro (Rangi the sky-father is above, Papa the earth-mother below)
F C
E mau tonu nei kai mau tonu ra tonu ra (Our love for one another is ever-lasting)
F C
E mau tonu nei kai mau tonua ra tonu ra
[Outro]