Together Alone

Em C G (x 2) 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 Am D Am Sleep by no means comes too soon Em Bm in a valley lit by the moon Em C G 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? Am D Am Sleep by no means comes too soon Em Bm in a valley lit by the moon Em C G (2x) 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 G I've got my senses on C Em G and this is the only place that I always run from Am D Am Sleep by no means comes too soon Em Bm in a valley lit by the moon Em C G IN MY COMMAND C G# (2x) 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 A# Fm you know so well 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 A# Fm some truth to tell G C I would love D C B A to trouble you in your time of need G C lose your way D C B A G it's a pleasure when you're in my command Cm G# Juggle like a diplomat Cm G# struggle to hold onto your hat Cm G# swinging like an acrobat A# Fm but time will tell 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 A# Fm you know so well G C I would love D C B A to trouble you in your time of need G C lose your way D C B A it's a pleasure when you're in my command G C put on your wings D C B A G you're responsible for everything Cm G# 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 G C D C B A G C put on your wings D C B A you're responsible for everything G C I would love D C B A to trouble you in your time of need G C lose your way 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 G C you're in my command D C B A when you're in my command G C you're in my command G C D C B A (3x) NAILS IN MY FEET Capo 3rd fret Am My life is a house 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 C F Em G Who is that calling? C F Em G you my companion C F E run to the water on a burning beach Am E and it brings me relief Am Pass through the walls Bm to find my intentions E Am circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state Am I look into space Bm there is no connection E a million points of light Am and a conversation I can't face 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 Am E (4x) Am I woke up the house Bm stumbled in sideways E Am the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!" Am the savage review Bm it left me gasping E Am but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too C F Em G Total surrender 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 Em G (2x) C F G Like a night in your mind G it brings me relief G in the back door G under the stars G and the scenery is my floor G in the back room G under the stars G and the scenery is my floor BLACK AND WHITE BOY Bb C Dm (x 4) Bb C Dm Black and white boy Bb C Dm black and white boy G you're so extreme Bm you're so confused Bb C Dm color me in Bb C Dm whatever mood I'm in G I could be still Bm in touch with you 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 Bb C Dm Black and white boy Bb C Dm black and white boy G you're so extreme Bm you're so confused Bb C Dm color me in Bb C Dm whatever mood I'm in G I could be still Bm in touch with you 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 D put a rose in my cheeks 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? D F# black and white boy D F# black and white boy 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 Bb C Dm (3x) D FINGERS OF LOVE Capo 3rd Fret Em Dsus4 (2x) 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, A7 And over the sea 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 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 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 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 Em Dsus4 (2x) 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 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 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 Em Dsus4 (5x) PINEAPPLE HEAD Capo 3rd fret D G F C (2x) 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 D G D D Very far 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 D G D D Too well Em Em7 and if you choose A2 A To take that path 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 F E7 To inflame you D G F C (2x) 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 D G D Em Em7 and if you choose A2 A To take that path 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 F E7 To inflame you D G F C (3x) D Dsus4 D Dsus4 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 D G D Em Em7 and if you choose A2 A to take that path Em A A2 A would you come to make me pay? 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 F E7 to inflame you G D Gm A7 i will clutch at your heart G D and come flying like a spark F E7 to inflame you...ahhhh D G F C (3x) D LOCKED OUT A E (4x) A I've been locked out E I've been locked in A E but I always seem to come back again A when you're in that room E what do you do? A E I know that I will have you in the end B And the clouds A they're crying on you 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 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 I waited so long E for the walls to crack A E but I know that I will one day have you back B And the hills A are as soft as a pillow A E and they cast a shadow on my bed B and the view A when I look through my window C#m is an altarpiece I'm praying to G# for the living and the dead A E (4x) D C# Twin valleys shine in the morning sun D C# G# I send a message out to my only one 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 I waited so long E for the walls to crack A E but I know that I will one day have you back (yes, I will) B And I work A like bees in the honey A E every night I circle like the moon B it's an act A of simple devotion C#m G# but it can take forever when you've got something to prove 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.... A E (7x) PRIVATE UNIVERSE Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C 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 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 Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am F C 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 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 Am C D And it's a pleasure that I have known Fmaj7 Oooooh... C D And it's a treasure that I have gained Fmaj7 Oooooh... C D5 And it's a pleasure that I have known Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C 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 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 Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C Am Fmaj7 Am11 Am Am Am11 Am Am11 F C Am WALKING ON THE SPOT D Bm Bb F (2x) 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 D Bm Walking on the spot Bb F To show that I'm alive D Bm Moving every bone in my body Bb F From side to side C6 Dm Will we be in our minds when the Dm7 Dm6 Dawn breaks C6 Dm Can we look the milkman in the Dm7 Dm6 Eye C6 Dm The world is somehow different, we have Dm7 Dm6 All been changed Bb Am Before my very eyes D Bm Bb F 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 Bb F All you do is cry C6 Dm Will we be in our minds when the Dm7 Dm6 Dawn breaks C6 Dm Can we look the milkman in the Dm7 Dm6 Eye C6 Dm The world is somehow different, we have Dm7 Dm6 All been changed Bb Am Before my very eyes D Bm7 Bb F (3x) D Bm Dishes are unwashed and broken Bb F All you do is cry C6 Dm Will we be in our minds when the Dm7 Dm6 Dawn breaks C6 Dm Can we look the milkman in the Dm7 Dm6 Eye C6 Dm The world is somehow different, we have Dm7 Dm6 All been changed Bb Am D Before my very eyes N.C. DISTANT SUN Capo 1st fret D G (4x) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 A But I offer love A Em G A D (2x) 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 Bm F# G As time slips by ... D F# G Bm F# G D F# G Bm F# G CATHERINE WHEELS 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. 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. 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. 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, G Cadd9 D Catherine Wheels, G Cadd9 D Catherine Wheels, G Cadd9 D Catherine Wheels, G Cadd9 D (5x) D Dsus4 Dsus2 D (4x) D 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. 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. Am Am6 Am7 SKIN FEELING G (x12) 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 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 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 D C with this hungry girl 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 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 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 D C with this hungry girl D C B 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 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 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 D C with this hungry girl A C D C It's the truth my child A C D C let me hold you high G (And I like to get up in the sky) G (I like to look down) G (I like to fly) G (I like to fly, in the sky real high) G (I like to run in the sand like a horse) G (That's what I like) G (I like to swim in the ocean like a fish) G (I like to fly high) TOGETHER ALONE C 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 Cmaj7 C G Together alone 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) 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 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 C