The Carpet Crawlers Chords & Tabs
Genesis Chords & Tabs
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The Carpet Crawlers Chords
INTRO:
Emaj7 Amaj7/E Emaj7 Amaj7/E
There is lambswool under my naked feet.
F#m6
The wool is soft and warm,
C#
gives off some kind of heat.
C#m Dmaj7/C# x4
A sala mander scurries into flame to be destroyed.
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6 Amaj7/E Emaj7 Amaj7/E x2
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid.
F#m6
The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
C#
Hoping they'll find peace.
C#m Dmaj7/C# x4
Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid.
Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6
Theres no hiding in my memory.
D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
Theres no room to avoid.
VERSE:
D Em D
The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
Em D
For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before.
Em D
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
Em
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor.
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CHORUS:
F#m7
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
Asus4 A G A
We've got to get in to get out
A G D/F#
We've got to get in to get out
D C Em/B D
We've got to get in to get out.
Em D
Verse There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
Em D
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chambers said to be.
Em D
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
Em
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free.
(CHORUS)
D Em
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
D Em
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
D Em
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
D Em
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.
(CHORUS)
D Em
The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
D Em
The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack.
D Em
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
D Em
And the tickler takes his stickle back.
(CHORUS)
OUTRO (x4): D Em
(CHORUS)
FADING CHORUS Repeat
D Em
got to get in to get out (got to get in to get out)