CROWDED HOUSE - TEMPLE OF LOW MEN FULL ALBUM
Tabbed by JNPF1
Track List:
1. I Feel Possessed
2. Kill Eye
3. Into Temptation
4. Mansion In The Slums
5. When You Come
6. Never Be The Same
7. Love This Life
8. Sister Madly
9. In The Lowlands
10. Better Be Home Soon
1. I FEEL POSSESSED
[Intro]
Am Am7 Am Am7
[Verse 1]
Am Am7 Am
She said I could never do that
Fsus F7
But I know you can, you are in my dream
Am Am7 Am
We are one person not two of a kind
Fsus F7
And what was mine is now in your possession
[Verse 2]
Am Am7 Am
I could feel you underneath my skin
Fsus
As the wind rushed in,
F7
Sent the kitchen table crashing
Am E G
She said nobody move
[Chorus]
G C
Or I'll bring the house down
Em7 Am Em
I hardly know which way is up
D G
Or which way down
C
People are strange
Em7 Am
God only knows
Em D Am Am7 Am
I feel possessed when you come round
[Verse 3]
Fsus
It was one of those times
F7
Wished I had a camera on me
Am Am7 Am
Six foot off the ground
Fsus F7
Well I know how that sounds...
[Verse 4]
Am Am7 Am
Look above you and beyond me too
Fsus F7
That kind of view don't need an explanation
[Bridge]
F D
I'm not lying, not asking for anything
F G C
I just want to be there when it happens again
[Chorus]
Em7 Am Em
I hardly know which way is up
D G
Or which way down
C
People are strange
Em7 Am
God only knows
Em D G G7 E7 Am Am7
I feel possessed when you come round
[N.A.]
Am Fsus F7
Am Fsus F7
Am
[Verse 5]
N.C.
Whenever you invade my home
Everything I know flies out the window
Am Am7 Am
It's above you and beyond me too
Fsus F7
I don't want an explanation
D7 G C
But I'll be there when you bring the house down
[Chorus]
Em7 Am Em
I hardly know which way is up
D G
Or which way down
C
People are strange
Em7 Am
God only knows
Em D G
I feel possessed when you come round
C Em7 Am
People are strange
Em D F D F D
I feel possessed when you come round
F
I feel possessed
D F
I feel possessed
D
I feel possessed
2. KILL EYE
Capo 1
[Intro]
D5 (muted)
[Verse 1]
A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5
Kill eye tumbling come out of the sky
A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5
Kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars
A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5
Kill eye he came clambering over the wall
A D5 A D5 A
Kill eye halfway to hell and beyond
[Lead-in]
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[Pre-Chorus 1]
C#
I wanna be forgiven
C
I wanna laugh with children
B
Won't you ever forgive me
B
Please please forgive me
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C#
I wanna hug my mother
C
And the sky above her
B
I want the earth to open up
[Chorus]
G# A G# F#
and hold me
[Verse 2]
A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5
Kill eye shoot your way out of the bank
A D5 A D5 A D5 A D5
Kill eye watch the security guard
A D5 A D5 A
Kill eye you separate a man from his life
[Lead-in]
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[Pre-Chorus 3]
C#
I wanna be forgiven
C
I wanna laugh with children
B
I wanna ride the pony
B
be your one and only friend
C# C B
I will love you till the end
N.A.
G# A G# F#
A D5 (x6)
[Verse 3]
A
Kill eye halfway to hell and beyond
N.A.
C# C B
[Pre-Chorus 2]
C#
I wanna hug my mother
C
and the sky above her
B
I want the earth to open up
[Outro]
B
I want the earth to open up
C# C B (x3)
3. INTO TEMPTATION
[Intro]
Em Em7 C B Em
[Verse 1]
B Em C A
You opened up your door
B Em Em7 C
I couldn't believe my luck
B Em D C
You in your new blue dress
B Em D C
Taking away my breath
B Em D C
The cradle is soft and warm
B Em B C
Couldn't do me no harm
B Em D
You're showing me how to give
[Chorus]
G
Into temptation
D Em A D
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
G D
Into temptation
[Verse 2]
B Em B C B Em
A muddle of nervous words
B Em D C
Could never amount to betrayal
B Em D C
The sentence is all my own
B Em D C
The price is to watch it fail
B Em D C
As I turn to go
B Em D C
You looked at me for half a second
B Em D C
With an open invitation
B
For me to go
[Chorus]
G
Into temptation
D Em A D
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
G
Into temptation
D B C D
Safe in the wide open arms of hell
[Bridge]
Bm A
We can go sailing in
C D Bm A
Climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
G
Into temptation
D B Em B C B
Right where you belong
N.A.
Em D C B Em B
[Verse 3]
Em B C
The guilty get no sleep
B Em B C
In the last slow hours of morning
B Em D C
Experience is cheap
B Em D C
I should've listened to the warning
B G D Em A D
But the cradle is soft and warm
[Chorus]
G
Into temptation
D Em A D
Knowing full well the earth will rebel
G D
Into your wide open arms
C D
No way to break the spell
C D
Break this spell
C D C D
Don't tell
[Outro]
A2
4. MANSION IN THE SLUMS
[Intro]
Am G D F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G F Am G D F Am G F
Than a mansion in the slums
[Verse 1]
Am G D F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G F
Than a mansion in the slums
Am G D
The taste of success only lasts you
F Am
Half an hour or less
G F
But it loves you when it comes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F
And you laugh at yourself
G Am
While you're bleeding to death
[Verse 2]
Am G D F Am
I'd much rather have a trampoline in my front room
G F
Than an isolation tank
Am G D
I wish I was a million miles away
F Am
From the manager's door
G F
There is trouble at the bank
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F
You laugh at yourself
G Am
As you go deep into debt
F
Laugh at yourself
G Am
While he's breathing down your neck
[Bridge]
Em
Who can stop me
Em
With money in my pocket
Em
Sometimes I get it free
C
The best of both worlds
Em Am Bb B C D
The best of both worlds
N.A.
Am G D F Am G F (x2)
[Verse 3]
F
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills
Am G D F
I'd much rather have a mansion ... in the hills
Am G F
Than a mansion in the slums
Am
Yeah I'd much rather...
G D F Am
What I mean is, would you mind if I had it all
G F
I'll take it when it comes
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F
And you laugh at yourself
G
While you're bleeding to death
F
And somebody else is always
G
Breathing down your neck
F
Laugh at yourself
G
While he's hanging over your head
[Outro]
G F# F C G F# F C B Bb
While he's breathing down your neck
G F# F C
Best of both worlds (it'll soon be over)
G F# F C B Bb
Best of both worlds
G F# F C
Best of both worlds (over)
G F# F C B Bb
Best of both worlds
G F# F C
soon be over
5. WHEN YOU COME
[Intro]
E Esus (x4)
[Verse 1]
E
When you come across the sea
D9
Me like a beacon guiding you to safety
The sooner the better now
[Verse 2]
E
And when you come the hills
Will breathe like a baby
D9
Pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
The sooner the better now
[Verse 3]
E
When you come to cover me with your kisses
D9
Fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
E
I'll know you by the thunderclap
D9
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
And that is why
A E
I stumble to my knees
[Chorus]
B A
And why underneath the heavens
B A
With the stars burning and exploding
B A G
I know I could never let you down
E
when you come
[Verse 4]
E
When you come like an iceberg float in darkness
D9
Smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
[Verse 5]
E
When you come your majesty to entrap me
D9
Prince of light receding
The sooner the better now
[Verse 6]
E
And when you come to cover me
D9
With your kisses hard like armour
The sooner the better now
[Verse 7]
E A
I'll know you by
B E
The thunderclap
D9
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
[Pre-Chorus]
C#m
And that is why
A E
I stumble to my knees
[Chorus]
B A
And why underneath the heavens
B A
With the stars burning and exploding
B A G E
I know I could never let you down
[Bridge]
E D9
She came out of the water
E
Into my horizon
D9
Like a cumulonimbus
E
Coming in from a distance
D9
Burning and exploding
E
Burning and exploding
D9
Like a slow volcano
[Outro]
E D9
When you come when you come
Cover the ground cover the ground
E D9 E
With ashes with ashes
D9 E D9
Baby when you come
E D9
Nothing changes, when you come
E D9
Burning and exploding, when you come
E
When you come
6. NEVER BE THE SAME
[Intro]
C Am G Am (x3)
C F Am G
Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm G Dm G
Don't stand around like friends at a funeral
Dm G Gsus G
Eyes to the ground
Am Am7
It could have been you
[Verse 2]
Dm G Gsus G
Why do you weep
Dm G Gsus G
For the passing of ages
Dm
You slip with the back of your hand
G
You're taking it out on the one you love
Dm G
I couldn't believe it
[Chorus]
F C
But we might still survive
G Am Am7
And rise up through the maze
F C
If you could change your life
G Am Dm G Dm G
And never be the same
[Verse 3]
Dm G Gsus G
How long must I wait
Dm G Gsus G
For you to release me
Dm G Gsus G
I pay for each mistake
Am Am7
While you suffer in silence
[Verse 4]
Dm G Gsus G
I could still have an easy life
Dm G Gsus G
But the life ain't worth living
C D
Once more will I hear you say
[Chorus 1]
F C
But we might still survive
G Am Am7
And rise up through the maze
F C
If you could change your life
G Am Am7 Am D F
And never be the same
N.A.
G
[Verse 4]
Dm G Gsus G Dm G Gsus G
Don't stand around like friends at a funeral
Dm G
Eyes to the ground
Am Am7
Don't suffer in silence
[Chorus]
N.C.
'Cause we might still survive
N.C.
And rise up through the maze
N.C.
If you could change your life
And never be the same
[Chorus 2]
N.C.
And everytime I hear you
N.C.
Never be the same
And everytime I mess up
G Am F C G D
Never be-eee the same
F C G
Never be-eee the same
[Outro]
G
Never be the same
G
And every time I hear you
G
And every time I mess up
G
Never be, never be, never be, never be the same
7. LOVE THIS LIFE
Capo 4
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em
Seal my fate
A B7
I get your tongue in the mail
Em
No one is wise
A B7
Until they see how it lies
[Verse 2]
E
Love this life
C D
Don't wait till the next one comes
E
Pedal my faith
C B7 G
The wheels are still turning round, turn round
[Chorua]
C
And maybe the day will come
C9
When you'll never have to feel no pain
After all my complaining
D
Gonna love this life
C
Gonna love this life
D
Gonna love this life
Em
Gonna love this life ...
[Verse 3]
A B7
And so they threw you in jail
Em
whatever you've done
A B7
It was a million to one
[Verse 4]
E
And don't you just love this life
C D
When it's holding you down
E
Gonna pedal my faith
C B A G
The wheels are still turning round, turn round
[Chorus]
C
And maybe the day will come
C9
When you'll never have to feel no pain
After all my complaining
D
Gonna love this life
C
Gonna love this life
D
Gonna love this life
C
Gonna love this life
Em
Gonna love
N.A.
C Em C Em C Em
D G
[Bridge]
C
There's something that you can do
G
Even if you think that I hate you
C
Stop your complaining, leave me defenseless
[Chorus]
D
When you love this life
C
Gotta love this life
D A7 Am7
Love this life though you'll never know why
D
Gonna love this life
E C D E C D E
Gonna love
8. SISTER MADLEY
[Intro]
Em A Em C
[Verse 1]
Em A
Now you're heading down to get someone
Em C
Should've done what he had to do years ago
Em A
The position is coming through
Em C
All the people that you're standing on
Em A
All the people that you're standing on
[Verse 2]
Em C
Now you're heading down to be someone
Em A
Someone that you've seen in a magazine
Em C
Your premonition is coming true
Em A
Oh baby you're not so green
Em C
No baby you're not so green
Em A
No baby you're not so
[Chorus]
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am D G D
You're systematically stepping on my head
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am B7 E
You're systematically stepping on my head
[Verse 3]
Em A
Now you're heading down to find something
Em C
Something that you buried in your back yard
Em A
The position is coming through
Em C
From all the dirt that you're digging up
Em A
From all the dirt that you're digging up
[Verse 4]
Em C
Now you're heading down to be somewhere
Em A
Somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream
Em C
The opposition is coming through
Em A
From all the people that you're standing on
Em C
From all the people that you're standing on
Em A
Now you better you'd better take a firm hand
[Chorus]
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am D G D
You're systematically stepping on my head
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am B7 Em
You're systematically stepping on my head
N.A.
Em A Em A Em
[Verse 5]
N.C.
Now you're heading down to get someone
N.C.
Someone you should've had years ago
N.C.
Position is coming through
N.C.
From all the people that you're standing on
N.C.
From all the people that you're standing on
N.C.
All the people that you're standing on
Now it's hard to get a hand on
[Chorus]
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am D G D
You're systematically stepping on my head
Am D G D
Sister madly waking up the dead
Am B7 E
You're systematically stepping on my head
[Outro]
Em (12th fret)
9. IN THE LOWLANDS
Capo 1
[INTRO]
G# G C
[Verse 1]
C G C G
Oh hell trouble is coming
C G F
Out here in panic and alarm
C G C G
Black shapes gather in the distance
C G F
Looks like it won't take long
C G C G
The first drops land on the window
C G F
The first sign that there's something wrong
C G C G G# G
Light rain and a head full of thunder
C G C G
Which way, which way
[Verse 2]
C G F C G C G
Two days till I get to you
C G F
I'll be late if I ever get through
C G C G
Where I go there'll be no kind welcome
C G C
Coming down upon me
[Chorus]
D# Bb
Time will keep me warm
C G
Feel my face
D# Bb
Now the insects swarm
G C
In the lowlands
D# Bb C G
Fear will take the place of desire
D# Bb G C
And we will fan the flames from on high
D# C G C G
Try for heavens sake
[Verse 3]
C G C G
The sky fell underneath a blanket
C G F
The sun sank as the miles went by
C G C G
Sit back with your head on the pillow
C G F
When you remember it makes you cry
C G C G
Ghost cars on the freeway
C G F
Like friends that you thought you had
C G C
One by one they are disappearing
[Chorus]
D# Bb
Time will keep me warm
C G
Feel my face
D# Bb
Now the insects swarm
G C
In the lowlands
D# Bb C G
Fear will take the place of desire
D# Bb F
And we will fan the flames from on high
[Outro]
C Bb G# G C Bb G# G C Bb G# G F
C# G# G F C# G# G F D# Bb G# G F
D# Bb G# G F D# C# G# G F
D# Bb G# G F D# Bb G# G F
10. BETTER BE HOME SOON
[Intro]
C Cadd11
[Verse 1]
C Am
somewhere deep inside
Em G F
something's got a hold on you
C Am
and it's pushing me aside
Em G
see it stretch on forever
[Chorus]
C C7
I know I'm right
F
for the first time in my life
G
that's why I tell you
C G
you'd better be home soon
[Verse 2]
C Am
stripping back the coats
Em G F
of lies and deception
C Am
back to nothingness
Em G
like a week in the desert
[Chorus]
C C7
I know I'm right
F
for the first time in my life
G
that's why I tell you
C Em7
you'd better be home soon
[Bridge]
Bb D G
so don't say no, don't say nothing's wrong
Bb A7 D
cos when you get back home maybe I'll be gone
N.A.
C Am Em G
C Am Em F Bb C
[Verse 3]
N.C.
it would cause me pain
N.C.
if we were to end it
N.C.
but I could start again
you can depend on it
[Chorus]
C C7
I know I'm right
F
for the first time in my life
G
that's why I tell you
Am7 D
you'd better be home soon, ooh
F G
that's why I tell you
you'd better be home soon