Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Parts I - II from www.hammill.ru Edited by me. Parts III - VI Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com) July 2010 I just wrote out the sax line for The Clot Thickens, play some power chords if you want, or feel free to complete it for me. (Eyewitness) DmStill (xx0231@1)wait ing for my sav-iour, storms tear me limb from limb C (x32010@1) Dmmy (xx0231@1)fingers feel like seaweed. I'm so far out I'm too far in. DmI (xx0231@1)am a lonely man, my solitude is true, C (x32010@1) Dmmy (xx0231@1)eyes have borne stark witness and now my nights are numbered, too. C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) BmI've (x24432@1)seen the smiles on dead hands, Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Amthe (x02210@1)stars shine, but they're not for me. Dm (xx0231@1) I prophesy disaster and then I count the cost... C (x32010@1) DmI (xx0231@1)shine but, shining, dying, I know that I am almost lost. DmOn (xx0231@1)the table lies blank paper and my tower is built on stone; C (x32010@1) DmI (xx0231@1)only have blunt scissors, I only have the bluntest home. C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) BmI've (x24432@1)been the witness and the seal of death Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Amlingers (x02210@1)in the molten wax that is my head. Dm (xx0231@1) When you see the skeletons Bbof (x1333x@1)sailing-ship spars sinking low AbYou'll (xx1114@1)begin to wonder if the points of all the ancients myths G (320003@1) Dmare (xx0231@1)solemnly directed straight at you... Dm (xx0231@1) No time now for contrition, the time for that's long past, C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) the walls are thin as tissue and if I talk I'll crack the glass. C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) BmSo (x24432@1)I only think on how it might have been, Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) Amlocked (x02210@1)in silent monologue, in silent scream. Dm (xx0231@1) I am much too tired to speak Bband (x1333x@1)as the waves crash on the bleak Abstones (xx1114@1)of the tower I start to freak G (320003@1) Dmand (xx0231@1)find that I am overcome.... (S.H.M.) G"Unreal, (320003@1)unreal" ghost helmsmen scream and fall in through the sky, Gnot (320003@1)breaking through my seagull shrieks - no breaks until I die. Am (x02210@1)The spectres scratch on window-slits, Bmthe (x24432@1)hollowed faces and mindless grins C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1) Am (x02210@1) Ab (xx1114@1)G (320003@1)F#are (244322@1)only intent on destroying what they've lost. G (320003@1) I crawl the wall till steepness ends in the vertical fall; Gmy (320003@1)pain has sailed into the sea -no joking hopes at dawn. AmWhite (x02210@1)bone shine in the iron-jaw mask, Bmlost (x24432@1)mastheads pierce the freezing dark C (x32010@1) Am/B (012210@1) Amand (x02210@1)parallel my isolated tower... G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Emno (022000@1)paraffin for the flame, Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Bm (x24432@1) Amno (x02210@1)harbour left to gain. (Presence of the night / Kosmos tours) Am (x02210@1) Fmaj7(or (1x3210@1)Am/For (102210@1)Am6call (x02212@1)it what you want) ---------------------------------------| ---1----------------------1------------| ---2----------------------2------------| ---2----------------------2------------| -0-----------------2----------------0--| ---------------------3----1-----0h1----| Am (x02210@1) [B G] Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) [E FA] (133211@1)'Alone, alone' the ghosts all call, Am (x02210@1) [B G] Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)[E FA] (133211@1)pinpoint me in the light. Am (x02210@1) [B G] Fmaj7 (1x3210@1) [E FA] (133211@1)The only life I feel at all Am (x02210@1) [B G] Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)[E FA] (133211@1)is the presence of the night. Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] repeated [E F G] Am [E F G] Am n.C. Would you cry if I died? G (320003@1) EmDm EmDm Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)Em-------6-5----6-5---| (022000@1)------8---7-----8--7--| -------8-6----8-6---| ------10--8-----10-8--| -------7-7----7-7---| ------9---9-----9--9--| --5-----------------| ----------------------| --------------------| --0-------------------| --------------------| ----------------------| G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1) Em (022000@1) DmWould (xx0231@1)you catch the final words of mine? G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1) EmDm Would you catch my words? AmAm Em (022000@1) AmEm I know that there's no time, AmAm Em (022000@1) AmEm I know that there's no rhyme, false signs find me. (You don't have to play it this way, I just thought it would be fun.) Am (x02210@1) Em/B (012000@1) Am/C (032210@1) Em/D (010000@1) Am/E (x02210@1) Em/F ----8---------7---------8--------7----------8--------7------| ------10--------8---------10-------8----------10-------8----| ------------------9------------------9-------------------9--| -------------------------------0----------------------------| --0---------------------------------------7--------8--------| ------------7---------8-------------------------------------| Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Am--8-----8-------7-----7------5--| (x02210@1)----10----10------8-----8----5--| -------9-----8------9-----9--5--| -----------------------------7--| --0-----0--------------------0--| ----------------0-----0---------| Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) EmI (022000@1)don't want to hate, I just want to grow; Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Amwhy (x02210@1)can't I let me live and be free? Em (022000@1) Am...but (x02210@1)I die very slowly alone. Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) I know no more ways, I am so afraid, Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1) Ammyself (x02210@1)won't let me just be myself Em (022000@1) Amand (x02210@1)so I am completely alone. Am (x02210@1) The maelstrom of my memory Bmis (x24432@1)a vampire and it feeds on me; C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) Amnow, (x02210@1)staggering madly, over the brink I fall. ((Custard's) Last stand) C# (x43121@1)F# (244322@1)F (133211@1)C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Lighthouses might house the key C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) CC# Ebbut (x43121@3)can I reach the door? Bb (x1333x@1) Bbdim (3423xx@1) A (x02220@1) DdimC7 -----------------------------------------------------------| ----------6----------------5----------------5--------6--5--| --------7---7------------6---6------------6---6------4--3--| ------8-------8--------5-------5--------7-------7----6--5--| ----8-----------8----7-----------7----7-----------7--5--3--| --6----------------6----------------5----------------------| C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1)I want to walk on the sea C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) CC# Ebso (x43121@3)that I may better find a shore; Bb (x1333x@1) Bbdim (3423xx@1) A (x02220@1) Fbut (133211@1)how can I ever keep my feet dry? E7A A (x02220@1) AG F (133211@1)I scan the horizon, E7A A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Am/C (032210@1) BmI (x24432@1) must keep my eyes on all parts of me. C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Bb (x1333x@1) Looking back on the years C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) CC# Ebit (x43121@3)seems that I have lost my way: Bb (x1333x@1) Bbdim (3423xx@1) ALike (x02220@1)a dog in the night I have run to a manger, F (133211@1) Enow (022100@1)I am the stranger I stay in. C# (x43121@1)Eb (x43121@3)E (022100@1) Ah, well. C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) BbC BbAll (x1333x@1)of the grief I have seen C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) F (133211@1) CC# Eb (x43121@3) leaves me chasing solitary peace; Bb (x1333x@1) Bbdim (3423xx@1) A (x02220@1) FBut (133211@1)I hold experience in my head. E7 (020130@1)A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)G (320003@1) FI'm (133211@1)too close to the light,. E7A A (x02220@1) AG F (133211@1)I don't think I see right, Dm (xx0231@1) Am/C (032210@1) Bmfor (x24432@1)I blind me. (The clot thickens) C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) Where is the God that guides my hand? C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) How can the hands of others reach me? C (x32010@1) BC G (320003@1)When will I find what I grope for? C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)Who is going to teach me? C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) BbI (x1333x@1)am me / me are we / we can't see C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Bany (x2444x@1)way out of here. C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) CCrashing (x32010@1)sea, a trophied history: Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) B (x2444x@1) chance has lost my Guinevere... AA A (x02220@1)BA AbB AAb BA Eb (x43121@3)CC BC G- (320003@1)CC BC F- (133211@1)CC BC G- (320003@1)CC BC FC (133211@1)Bb C Bb C Bb B C Bb C Bb C Bb B AA A (x02220@1)BA AbB AAb BA Eb (x43121@3) I don't want to be one wave in the water but sea will drag me deep: one more haggard drowned man. I can see the lemmings coming, but I know I'm just a man. Do I join or do I founder? Which can is the best I may? (Land's end (Sineline) / We go now) Eb Bb F# Absus Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1) F# (244322@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Oceans drifting sideways, I am pulled into the spell, [Ab Bb] Bb (x1333x@1) [Bb C] C (x32010@1) Ab7/C Bb7 (x13131@1)EbI (x43121@3) feel you around me, I know you well. Bb (x1333x@1) F# (244322@1) AbStars (xx1114@1)slice horizons where the lines stand much too stark; [Ab Bb] Bb (x1333x@1) [Bb C] C (x32010@1)Ab7/C Bb7 (x13131@1) EbI (x43121@3) feel I am drowning - hands stretch in the dark. Bb (x1333x@1) F# (244322@1) Ab (xx1114@1)[Ab Bb] Bb (x1333x@1) [Bb C] C (x32010@1)C Bb7/D C7 F F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Eb (x43121@3) BbCamps (x1333x@1)of panoply and majesty, what is Freedom of Choice? [Bb C] C (x32010@1) [C D] D (xx0232@1) Bb7/D C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) Where do I stand in the pageantry, whose is my voice? C (x32010@1) Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)It doesn't feel so very bad now, I think the end is the start, [Bb C] C (x32010@1) [C D] D (xx0232@1) Bb7/D C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) begin to feel very glad now: All things are a part Bb7/D C7 (x32310@1) FAll (133211@1)things are apart Bb7/D C7 (x32310@1) FAll (133211@1)things are a part.