• Song:

    The Carpet Crawlers

  • Artist:

    Genesis

  • Album:

    The Lamb Lies Down on B...

INTRO:
 	Emaj7 (021100@1)	Amaj7/E            Emaj7 (021100@1)    Amaj7/E     
 	There is 	lambswool under my naked feet.	 
 	F#m6 (2x4242@1)	The wool is soft and warm,
 	        C# (x43121@1)       gives 	off some kind of heat.
  C#m (x13321@4)Dmaj7/C#x4 (040222@1)              
Asala (x02220@1)mander scurries into flame to be destroyed.
 	Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)D6 (xx04xx@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  D6 (xx04xx@1)       Amaj7/E                  Emaj7Amaj7/E (021100@1)x2
 	Imaginary creatures are 	trapped in birth on celluloid.

F#m6
    The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
 	C# (x43121@1)	Hoping they'll find peace.
 	C#m (x13321@4)name="chord_040222@1">Dmaj7/C# x4
   Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid.
        Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)D6 (xx04xx@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)  D6 (xx04xx@1)       Theres no hiding in my memory.
 	        D (xx0232@1) Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)       Theres 	no room      to avoid.

VERSE:

D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)The crawlers cover the 	floor in the red ochre corridor.
 		        Em (022000@1)                                  DFor (xx0232@1)my second sight of 	people, they've more lifeblood than before.
 	          Em (022000@1)                DThey're (xx0232@1)moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
 	                  EmWhere (022000@1)the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor.

CHORUS:
 	    F#m7 (131141@2)               
 	The carpet crawlers heed their callers: 	
Asus4 (x02230@1)       A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)       We've got to get in to get out    	
A (x02220@1)                                   G (320003@1)D/F# (200232@1)        We've got to get in to get out    	
 	      D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)     Em/B (012000@1)D (xx0232@1)       We've got to get in to get out.

Em (022000@1)                        DVerse (xx0232@1)  There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
 	                   Em (022000@1)                                D (xx0232@1)        It's upward to the ceiling, where the chambers said to be.
 	                          Em (022000@1)                               D (xx0232@1)       Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
 	                          Em (022000@1)       They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free.

(CHORUS)
 	D (xx0232@1)                        Em (022000@1)        Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
  	        D (xx0232@1)                                        Em (022000@1)       And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
 	D (xx0232@1)                         Em (022000@1)	Through adoor (x02210@1)aharvest (x02210@1)feast is lit by candlelight;
 		 D (xx0232@1)                        Em (022000@1)       It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.
(CHORUS)
        D (xx0232@1)                         Em (022000@1)       The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
 	    D (xx0232@1)                              Em (022000@1)       The eager pack lift up their pitchers, they carry all they lack.
 	    D (xx0232@1)                             Em (022000@1)       The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
 	        D (xx0232@1)                               Em (022000@1)       And the tickler takes his stickle back.

(CHORUS)
OUTRO (x4): 	D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
(CHORUS)
FADING CHORUS Repeat
D (xx0232@1)                  Emgot (022000@1)to get in to get out   (got to get in to get out)


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