Transcribed by August McAllister
Running Time: 8:15
Standard tuning - Key of E flat minor (Ebm )
INTRO
B5
B5 A5
I got sunshine in my stomach
G5 B5
Like I just rocked my baby to sleep.
B5 A5
I got sunshine in my stomach
G5 A5 G5 A5
But I can't keep me from creeping sleep,
G5 A5 B5
Sleep, deep in the deep.
B5 - Hold
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VERSE INTRO
Eb5 Bb5 B5 C#5
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VERSE
Eb5 Bb5 - 2x
Eb5
Rockface moves to press my skin
Bb5
White liquid turn sour within
Eb5
Turn fast - turn sour
Bb5
Turn sweat - turn sour.
Eb5
Must tell myself that I'm not here.
Bb5
I'm drowning in a liquid fear.
Eb5
Bottled in a strong compression,
Bb5
My distortion shows obsession
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BRIDGE
Eb5 Bb5
In the cave
Eb5 Bb5
Get me out of this cave!
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CHORUS
Eb5 Ab5
If I keep my self-control,
Eb5 Ab5
I'll be safe in my soul.
Eb5 Ab5
And the childhood belief
Eb5 Ab5
Brings a moment's relief,
C#5
But my cynic soon returns
Ab5
And the lifeboat burns.
C#5 A5 F#5
My spirit just never learns.
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VERSE
Eb5
Stalactites, stalagmites
Bb5
Shut me in, lock me tight.
Eb5
Lips are dry, throat is dry.
Bb5
Feel like burning, stomach churning,
Eb5
I'm dressed up in a white costume
Bb5
Padding out leftover room.
Eb5 Bb5
Body stretching, feel the wretching
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BRIDGE
Eb5 Bb5
In the cage
Eb5 Bb5
Get me out of the cage!
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CHORUS
Eb5 Ab5
In the glare of a light,
Eb5 Ab5
I see a strange kind of sight;
Eb5 Ab5
Of cages joined to form a star
Eb5 Ab5
Each person can't go very far;
C#5
All tied to their things
Ab5
They're netted by their strings,
C#5 A5 F#5
Free to flutter in memories of their wasted wings.
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SOLO
(Bear with me here. I'll try to space the chords depending
on timing, but ultimately you'll have to listen to the
song to figure it out.)
Eb(no5) - 4x
Eb5 F5 F5
Eb5 F5
Eb5 F5 Bb5
Eb5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5
Bb5
Eb5 Ab5 - 7x
Eb5 Ab5
E5 A5
Ab5 Db5
Ab5 Db5
B5 F#5
Eb5 Ab5 Db5
Bb5 Ab5 Bb5
D?(7) Eb5 - 2x
D?(7) Eb5
Hold Eb note
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VAMP
Ab5 Eb5
Bb5 Ab5
C#5 Eb5
F5 D5
Outside the cage I see my Brother John,
Eb5
He turns his head so slowly round.
Bb5
I cry out Help! before he can be gone,
Eb5 Bb5
And he looks at me without a sound.
D5
And I shout out 'John please help me!'
Eb5 Bb5
But he does not even want to try to speak.
Eb5 Bb5
I'm helpless in my violent rage
Ab5 Eb5 Fm7(no5) Eb5
And a silent tear of blood dribbles down his cheek,
Ab5 Bb5 Eb5
And I watch him turn away and leave the cage.
Bb5
My little runaway.
Eb5 Ab5 Eb5 Ab5
Bb5
Eb5 Ab5 - fade into verse.
(HOLD Eb note.)
Raindrops keep falling on my head, they keep falling on my...
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VERSE
Eb5 Bb5
Eb5
In a trap, feel a strap
Bb5
Holding still. Pinned for kill.
Eb5
Chances narrow that I'll make it,
Bb5
In the cushioned straight-jacket.
Eb5
Just like 22nd Street,
Bb5
They got me by my neck and feet.
Eb5
Pressures building, can't take more.
Eb5
My headaches charge, earaches roar.
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BRIDGE
Eb5 Bb5
In this pain,
Eb5 Bb5
Get me out of this pain!
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CHORUS
Eb5 Ab5
If I could change to liquid,
Eb5 Ab5
I could fill the cracks up in the rocks.
Eb5 Ab5
I know that I am solid
Eb5 Ab5
And I am my own bad luck.
C#5 Ab5
Outside John disappears, my cage dissolves,
C#5 A5 F#5
without any reason my body revolves.
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ENDING
Eb5 Bb5
Keep on turning,
Eb5 Bb5
Keep on turning,
Eb5 Bb5
Turning around,
Eb5 Bb5
spinning around.
Eb5 Bb5 - repeatedly.
End on Eb5 .
