Crowded House

1. MEAN TO ME E A C# She came all the way from America A B Had a blind date with destiny E A C# And the sound of Te Awamutu B Had a truly sacred ring A E Now her parents are divorced G# A And her friend's committing suicide B E I could not escape A A plea from the heart D B You know what it means to me E She said don't walk away A I'm down on my knees D B So please don't be mean to me E A C# So I talked to you for an hour A B In the bar of a small town hotel E A C# You asked me what I was thinking B I was thinking of a padded cell A E With a black and white T.V. G# A To stop us from getting lonely B E I could not escape A A plea from the heart D B You know what it means to me E She said don't walk away A I'm down on my knees D B So please don't be mean to me E No, I could not escape A A plea from the heart D B Mysterious sympathy E I couldn't wait for a chance A To walk out the door D B C# A C# You know what it means to me...ahhh A C# I saw you lying in the arms of a poet...ahhh A C# I heard him tell you tanta-tantalising lies A B Whad'ya know, whad'ya know E I could not escape A You're down on the floor D B You know what it means to me E I couldn't wait for a chance A Walk out the door D B Mean....Mean Chorus 4 E I could not escape A You're down on the knees D B You know what it means E A D B What it means E A D B waa-ooh-waa-ooh-waa-oooh E A D B what it means, what it means E A D B 2. WORLD WHERE YOU LIVE Em A (2x) Em Here's someone now whose got the muscle D His steady hand could move a mountain Em Expert in bed but come on now D There must be something missing Em D That golden one leads a double life you'll find out Am G D But I don't know where you go G A D Do you climb into space Am G D To the world where you live G A Em A Em A The world where you live Em So here we lie against each other D These four walls can never hold us Em We're looking for wide open spaces D High above the kitchen Em And we're strangers here D On our way to some other place Am G D But I don't know where you go G A D Do you climb into space Am G D To the world where you live G A D The world where you live Em The world where you live A Friends come round F You might remember and be sad A F Behind their eyes is unfamiliar N.C. Am G D (4x) G A D Do you climb into space Am G D To the world where you live G A D To the world where you live, oh G A D To the world where you live, yeah G A D To the world where you live, yeah D4 D To the world where you live D To the world where you live C Em7 D To the world where you live 3. NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE Am Am Dm E7 Am It never used to be that bad Dm E7 But neither was it great Am Somewhere in the middle then Dm E7 Content and much too safe C G Oh tell me please why it takes so long Am Dm G To realise when there's something wrong C F Lay me out with your heart G Now we're getting somewhere C F Push me back to the start G Now we're getting someplace C F Take me out let me breathe G Now we're getting somewhere C F When I'm with you I don't care G Where it is I'm falling N.C. G Am There's money in the Bible Belt Dm E7 Hugs for daddy too Am Three wishes for eternity Dm E7 We've got some work to do C G Oh tell me please why it takes so long Am Dm G I believe there is something wrong C F Well lay me out with your heart G Now we're getting somewhere C F Push me back to the start G Now we're getting someplace C F Take me out let me breathe G Now we're getting somewhere C F When I'm with you I don't care G Where it is I'm falling N.C. Am Am Dm E7 (4x) C G Oh tell me please, tell me what went wrong Am Dm G Cos I believe there is something wrong C F Lay me out G Now we're getting somewhere C F Push me back G Now we're getting somewhere C F Take me out let me breathe G Now we're getting somewhere C F When I'm with you I don't care G Where it is I'm falling N.C. C F G G (2x) C When you took me to your room F G I swear I said surrender C F When you opened up your mouth G I saw the words fall out C F Though nothing much has changed G I swear I will surrender C F G There is pain in my heart C F G C F G G C F G G We can choose what we choose to believe 4. DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER Ebsus2 Ebsus2 Ebadd9 Ebadd9 Ebsus4 (2x) Ebsus2 Cm There is freedom within, there is freedom without Ab G Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup Ebsus2 Cm There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost Ab But you'll never see the end of the road G While you're travelling with me Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now don't dream it's over Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now when the world comes in Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm They come, they come to build a wall between us Ab Bb We know they won't win Ebsus2 Cm Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof Ab G My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof Ebsus2 Cm In the paper today tales of war and of waste Ab G But you turn right over to the T.V. page Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now don't dream it's over Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now when the world comes in Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm They come, they come to build a wall between us Ab We know they won't win N.C. Ebsus2 Cm Ab G (2x) Ab Ebsus2 Ab Ebsus2 Ab Ebsus2 Db Ebsus2 Cm Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum Ab G And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Ebsus2 Cm Only the shadows ahead barely clearing the roof Ab G Get to know the feeling of liberation and release Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now don't dream it's over Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm Hey now, hey now when the world comes in Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm They come, they come to build a wall between us Ab We know they won't win Ab Bb Ebsus2 Cm (7x) 5. LOVE YOU 'TIL THE DAY I DIE WHOO! WHOO! WHOO! WHOO! B E (3x) B There's closets in my head where dirty things are kept E That never see the light of day B I want to drag them out, go for a walk E Just to see the look that's on your face B Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you E So forgive me if I tell a lie B Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it E I will love you 'til the day I die E G F# A E G F# A I believe in doing things backwards E G F# A E G F# A Take heed, start doing things in reverse B E Oh, here comes trouble, there's nothing wrong when I relax B I'm talking to myself you're coming with me E Teaching you how to distort the facts B Sometimes I can't be straight, I don't want to hurt you E So forgive me if I tell a lie B Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it E I will love you 'til the day I die E G F# A E G F# A I believe in doing things backwards E G F# A E G F# A Take heed, start doing things in reverse Em Frost on the window pane B The sound of pouring rain G A All makes me glad of you C B When I am far away C I am always with you N.A E G F# A (4x) Link E G F# A E G F# A Know the answer before you know the question, yeah E Pull yourself together, baby, push with all your might E F# G A I'm alone, always alone C B Though I am far away C B I am always with you 6. SOMETHING SO STRONG D D Love can make you weep Em D Can make you run for cover Bm Roots that spread so deep G D Bring life to frozen ground G D Something so strong G Bm A Could carry us away G D Something so strong G A Could carry us today D Turning in my sleep Em D Love can leave you cold D Bm A taste of jealousy G D Is like a lust for gold G D Something so strong G Bm A Could carry us away G D Something so strong G A Could carry us today G I've been D Feeling so much older Bm Frame me A And hang me on the wall G I've seen D You fall into the same trap Bm This thing A Is happening to us all N.A D Em D Bm G F# G D Something so strong G Bm A Could carry us away G D Something so strong G A Could carry us today G D Something so strong G D Something so strong G D Something so strong G D Something something so strong G D (7x) G 7. HOLE IN THE RIVER Em Em C D A G F# Em There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies C D A G F# Em From the land of the living to the air and sky C D A G F# Em Left her car by the river left her shoes beside C D Am Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was... G F# Dreaming of glory Bm Am G F# Miles above the mountains and plains Bm Am G F# Free at last C D A G F# Em We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I Em C D A G F# Em The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all Em C D A G F# Em She was coming to see him but something changed her mind Em C Drove her down to the river D A There is no return N.A C# E (7x) Em C D A G Em Em C D Am G F# Bm Am G F# C D A G F# Em There's a hole in the river where my memory lies C D A G F# Em From the land of the living to the air and sky Em C D A G F# Em She was coming to see him but something changed her mind Em C Drove her down to the river D There is no return C# E (x18) 8. CAN’T CARRY ON Bm Bm Why do I kid myself, why do I scream for pleasure G F#m A Bm It's four in the morning should know better Bm But she can weave a spell, want it to last forever G F#m A Bm Making me feel like somebody special A F#m G A Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) F#m G A Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) F#m G A Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) F Well here we go again Bm Though I look everywhere, I never seem to find it G F#m A Bm Always a shadow around a corner Bm Drown it in alcohol, stuck in the elevator G F#m A Bm Hard to remember in the morning A F#m G A Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) F#m G A Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) F#m G A Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) F Well here we go again Bm Tell you about myself, if you're in the mood to listen G F# A Bm Baby you don't know who you're kissing Bm This is a lonely world, you are a strange companion G F# A Bm When you get what you wanted, you want to leave A F#m G A Honestly I want to free myself F#m G A From the burden of inaction F#m G A Honestly I want to raise myself F#m G A To any plain I can imagine F#m G A Honestly I want to free myself F#m G A From the burden of inaction F#m G A Honestly I want to raise myself F#m G To any plain I can imagine B E A B Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) E A B Before it gets too late (yeah) E A B Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) E A B Well here we go again E A B E A B (Just go to sleep) I want to free myself E A B E A B (Just go to sleep) I want to raise myself Bm A G F# Bm A G F# A B 9. TOMBSTONE Bm G Look at all the plans I made Bm G D Falling down like scraps of paper Bm G Em I will leave them where they lie to remind me Bm G From the past a rumour comes Bm G D Don't let it keep draggin' you down Bm G Throw the memory in an open fire Em You'll be free D A Roll back the tombstone D A Let the saints appear D A Roll back the tombstone G Em Make a new man out of me Bm G Beware the passenger Bm G D The train already left the station Bm G We are neither at home nor at work Em We are moving Bm G Listen to the howling of steel Bm G D A face betraying no emotion Bm G Like you never had a chance to be Em Wild and free - yeah D A Roll back the tombstone D A Let the saints appear D A Roll back the tombstone G Em Till the Lone Ranger rides again G A D7 Rides again in your mind D7 Rode across the open plain D7 All the way and back again N.C. Bm G Bm G D Bm G Em Bm G Listen to the howling of steel Bm G D A face betraying no emotion Bm G Like you never had a chance to be Em Wild and free D A Roll back the tombstone D A Let the saints appear D A Roll back the tombstone G Em Till the Lone Ranger rides again G A D Rides again in your mind D A Roll back the tombstone D A Let the saints appear D A Roll back the tombstone G Em Make a new man out of me G A Out of me D A (6x) to fade 10. THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE G G D D4 D D4 Em7 Em7 G D Em Em7 E7 A7 Em Em7 E7 A7 Wo-oh--oh--ooh--ooh Em7 You take away my air Em7 E7 You make my lungs collapse A7 I die tonight E7 I die tonight C7 B7 Feeling devastated Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Livin' in your memory Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Tired and deflated Em7 That's what I call love E7 B7 Em Em7 I tidy up your room E7 A7 You tidy up my life Em7 Show me the door, I'm abandoned here, I'm warm to the core E7 A7 I can feel Em Em7 E7 A7 Wo-oh--oh--ooh--ooh Em7 You sink I swim, we never got in that deep, you bend I break E7 A7 I die tonight C7 B7 Feeling devastated Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Hangin' on and fallin' over Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Tired and deflated Em7 C7 B7 Em7 That's what I call love N.C. Em Em7 E7 A7 (4x) Em F# G F# Em Em Em7 E7 A7 (2x) Em Em7 E7 A7 Wo-oh--oh--ooh--ooh Em7 I got a little room E7 The air's still pretty bad A7 I die tonight C7 B7 Feeling devastated Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Hangin' on and fallin' over Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Tired and deflated Em7 C7 B7 Em7 That's what I call C7 B7 Em7 Feeling devastated (That's) C7 B7 Em7 Livin' with a vacuum cleaner (What) C7 B7 Em7 Sweepin' up your memory (I) C7 B7 Em F# G F# Em call Love 11. I WALK AWAY (Crowded House international version) D G Bm Bm A D G Bm A You came out of the world to me my life parted like the red sea D G Bm A We float easy between the rocks and stones never seemed to stop us D G Bm A The years ended in confusion don't ask me I don't know what happened D G Bm A But I am a man with a mission must be the devil I don't know? G A Find me marching to a different tune Em A Em Bm A It's hard to let go all that we know as I walk away from you Em A Em Bm A D Bm A I'm herled from my home to the unknown as I walk away from you D G Bm A You feel whatever you desire to you it may be death defying D G Bm A That day in the coldness of winter like words slipping off my tongue D G Bm A G A I say forget it it's over cause there's a dark cloud covering up the sun A You know that it's Em A Em Bm A It's hard to let go all that we know as I walk away from you Em A Em Bm A The sun always sets no room for regrets as I walk away from you Em A Em Bm A Give it to me give it to me your inspira - tion Em A Em Bm Em Bm Get to me see find all we need as I walk away, as I walk away... N.C. Em Bm Em D G Bm A I'm just a slave to ambition tension, your permanent condition D G Bm A G A So much you've always wanted too much giving you a sore head D G Bm G A as I walk away as I walk away from you D G Bm G A as I walk away from you... D G Bm G A as I walk away from you... D G Bm G A A7 as I walk away, away, away, from you...