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)
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---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) Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm  Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm     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)  Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm
Would you catch my words?

Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am  Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
I know that there's no time,
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am  Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
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)     C (x32010@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# Ebbut (x43121@3)can I reach the door?

Bb (x1333x@1)               Bbdim (3423xx@1)          A (x02220@1)            Ddim (1201xx@1)name="chord_x32310@1">C7
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----------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)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# 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?
E7 (020130@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A    A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F (133211@1)I  scan the horizon,
E7 (020130@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A    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)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# 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)          Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C BbAll (x1333x@1)of the grief I have seen
C# (x43121@1)            F# (244322@1)       F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)name="chord_x43121@1">C# 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,.
E7 (020130@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A     A (x02220@1)   A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   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)                   B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C     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...
A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Eb (x43121@3)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G- (320003@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C F- (133211@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G- (320003@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C FC (133211@1)Bb C Bb C Bb B
C Bb C Bb C Bb B
A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A 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.