Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
from the album Pawn Hearts (1971).
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), August 2011

|  F (133211@1)|  C (x32010@1)|  Dm (xx0231@1)|  C (x32010@1)|

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)         CThe (x32010@1)killer lives inside me:   yes, I can feel him move.
  F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)       CSometimes (x32010@1)he's lightly sleeping in the quiet of his room,
     G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)  C (x32010@1)     Gbut (320003@1)then his eyes will rise and stare through mine;
C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)  EmDm    C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1)           Ghe'll (320003@1)speak my words and slice my mind inside.
         F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)   CYes (x32010@1)the killer lives

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    CAngels (x32010@1)live inside me: I can feel them smile...
      F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)        CTheir (x32010@1)presence strokes and soothes the tempest in my mind
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Em (022000@1)Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)  Gsus4 (3x0013@1) Gand (320003@1)their love can heal the wounds that I have wrought
C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)  EmDm CAm
They watch me as I go to fall
G-well, (320003@1)I know I shall be caught,
          F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)   Cwhile (x32010@1)the angels live.

Adim
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|-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------|
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|-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

How can I be free?
How can I get help?
Am I really me?
Am I someone else?

Organ plays these chords over the riff after the vocals: (3m41s)
 Cm (x3101x@1)                         Bdim|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| (1201xx@1)|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
 Cm (x3101x@1)                         Bdim|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| (1201xx@1)|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
 Bbm (x13321@1)                        Fm|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| (133111@1)|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

repeat riff, slowing down
Maybe something like this on the last one:             
  Ao     	  Bb (x1333x@1)Ao  Ab|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4---| (xx1114@1)|-7-7-7-7-7-|-6---4-7-4---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-7---5-8-5---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8---4-7-6---|
|-----------|-8-------6---|
|-----------|-6-------4---|

Fm9 (131113@1)                    Dm#11
|----3-----3-1-----1----|----4------4-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----5------5-1-----1----| x2
|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|

Fmaj9 (103010@1)                  Dm11
|----3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----|
|----2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----|
|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|

Fmaj9 (103010@1)                               Dm11
But stalking in my cloisters hang the acolytes of gloom
Fmaj9 (103010@1)                                   Dm11
and Death's Head throws his cloak into the corner of my room

Bb+ BbBbo (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)maj9                 Dm11
|-2--1--0--|-1--3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|-3--3--2--|-1--1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----|
|-3--3--0--|-2--2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----|
|----------|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-1--1--1--|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
and I  am  doomed...
Fmaj9 Dm11

Fmaj9 (103010@1)                              Dm11
But laughing in my courtyard play the pranksters of my youth
Fmaj9 (103010@1)                           Dm11
and solemn, waiting Old Man in the gables of the roof:
Bb+ Bb (x1333x@1)  Bbo  Fmaj9 (103010@1) 
he  tells me   truth...

| Fmaj9 (103010@1)| Dm11          | Fmaj9 (103010@1)       | Dm11   |
| Fmaj9 (103010@1)| Dm11          | BbBb+ (x1333x@1)BbBbo (x1333x@1)| Fmaj9 (103010@1)| 
| Dm11   | Am (x02210@1)          | Gm (355333@1)          | Dsus4D |
| Csus4C | Bb (x1333x@1)          | A7sus4A7      | Dsus4D |
| Csus4C | BbBb+ (x1333x@1)BbBbo (x1333x@1)| F (133211@1)           |

| CD    | D (xx0232@1)           | EbF          | F (133211@1)    |
| CD    | D (xx0232@1)           | EbFm FmFm A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)| FFF AbAbAb |  (4/4, 4/4, 5/4, 2/4) 
| Bb7 (x13131@1)  | F (133211@1)F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)I too, live inside me and very often don't know who I am:
F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)              CI (x32010@1)know I'm not a hero, well, I hope that I'm not damned.
    G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1) DmEm    DmC    Gsus4 (3x0013@1)  G (320003@1)   
I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these:
C (x32010@1)DmEm   DmC      Am (x02210@1)      GDictators, (320003@1)saviours, refugees in war and peace
           F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Cas (x32010@1)long as Man lives...

G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1) DmEm    DmC    Gsus4 (3x0013@1)  G (320003@1)       
I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these:
C (x32010@1)DmEm   DmC      Am (x02210@1)       G (320003@1)Dictators, saviours, refugees

C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)