GENESIS
THE CARPET CRAWLERS
SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND



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STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO


VERSE 1:
     D                 Em                     D
The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
                       Em                                    D
For my second sight of people, they?ve more lifeblood than before.
                  Em                      D
They?re moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
                          Em
Where the needle?s eye is winking, closing in on the poor.


CHORUS 1:
F#m                                     A
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           G      A
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           G      D
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   C      G  D
We?ve got to get in to get out.


VERSE 2:
                  Em                           D
There?s only one direction in the faces that I see;
                    Em                                  D
It?s upward to the ceiling, where the chamber?s said to be.
                          Em                                  D
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
                          Em                        
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they?re free.


CHORUS 2:
F#m                                     A
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           G      A
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           G      D
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   C      G  D
We?ve got to get in to get out.


VERSE 3:
                           Em
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
        D                                           Em
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing bright.
D                                  Em
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
         D                          Em
It?s the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.


CHORUS 3:
F#m                                     A
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           G      A
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           G      D
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   C      G  D
We?ve got to get in to get out.


VERSE 4:
                            Em
The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
    D                                 Em
The eager pack lift up their pitchers - they carry all they lack.
     D                               Em
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
        D                   Em
And the tickler takes his stickleback.


CHORUS 4:
F#m                                     A
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           G      A
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           G      D
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   C      G  D
We?ve got to get in to get out.


OUTRO:
C - Dm    x4


FADING CHORUS:
F#m                                     A
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           G      A
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           G      D
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   C      G  D
We?ve got to get in to get out........................


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STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 2

VERSE 1:
     C                 Dm                     C
The crawlers cover the floor in the red ochre corridor.
                       Dm                                    C
For my second sight of people, they?ve more lifeblood than before.
                  Dm                      C
They?re moving in time to a heavy wooden door,
                          Dm
Where the needle?s eye is winking, closing in on the poor.


CHORUS 1:
Em                                     G
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           F      G
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           F      C
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   Bb      F  C
We?ve got to get in to get out.


VERSE 2:
                  Dm                           C
There?s only one direction in the faces that I see;
                    Dm                                  C
It?s upward to the ceiling, where the chamber?s said to be.
                          Dm                                  C
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
                          Dm                        
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they?re free.


CHORUS 2:
Em                                     G
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           F      G
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           F      C
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   Bb      F  C
We?ve got to get in to get out.


VERSE 3:
                           Dm
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
        C                                           Dm
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle with their bodies glowing
bright.
C                                  Dm
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
         C                          Dm
It?s the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight.


CHORUS 3:
Em                                     G
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           F      G
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           F      C
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   Bb      F  C
We?ve got to get in to get out.


Verse 4:
                            Dm
The porcelain mannikin with shattered skin fears attack.
    C                                 Dm
The eager pack lift up their pitchers - they carry all they lack.
     C                               Dm
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
        C                   Dm
And the tickler takes his stickleback.


CHORUS 4:
Em                                     G
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           F      G
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           F      C
We?ve got to get in to get out
                   Bb      F  C
We?ve got to get in to get out.


OUTRO:
C - Dm    x4


FADING CHORUS:
Em                                     G
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
                           F      G
We?ve got to get in to get out
                           F      C
We?ve got to get in to get out.......................