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