Ian Anderson - Lost In Crowds
album: Rupi's Dance (2003)

official website: http://www.iananderson.com/
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Bm: x24432 
B:  x13331 !!!
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D....C


Cm, Eb, Dm, Gm
Am, C, Bm, Em


Em, Em
           Em          Em               D           D        Bm     A      Em 
I get lost, I get lost, I get lost in crowds, if I can, I remain invisible
              D           D       Bm       Em        Em
to the hungry mouths. I stay, I stay unapproachable.
            D               D             Bm        A      A 
I wear the landscape of the urban, of the urban chameleon.
  Em            D         F#m      F#m Bm
Scarred by attention and quietly addicted to innocence.


Em, Em
          Em         Em          D               D          Bm           A     Em
At starry, at starry, at starry parties, where amongst the rich and the famous
               D         D         Bm              Em          Em
I'm stuck for words, or worse, I blether with the best of them.
            D                    D             Bm            A          A
I see their eyes glaze and they look, and the look for the drinks tray.
 Em                D          F#m        F#m Bm 
Something in the drift of my conversation       bothers them.


C 
           B
So, who am I?
                G            C
Come on: ask me, I dare you.
           B
So, who am I?
                     G                C 
Come on: question me, if you care to.
              B                     G            C
And why not try to interrogate this apparition?
         B                        G
I melt away to get lost in this quaint condition.


Cm, Eb, Dm, Gm
Am, C, Bm, Em


Em
        Em       Em        D             D        Bm A          Em
In scary in scary in scary airports, in concourses over-filled,
        D         D      Bm    Em     Em
I am detached in serious observation.
            D        D        Bm      A             A
As a passenger, I become I become un-tethered when
       Em       D         F#m         F#m  Bm
I get lost in clouds: at home with my own quiet company.


[refrain]


Cm, Eb, Dm, Gm


[flute solo]


Am, C, Bm, Em


Em, Em
           Em          Em               D           D        Bm     A      Em 
I get lost, I get lost, I get lost in crowds, if I can, I remain invisible
              D           D       Bm       Em        Em
to the hungry mouths. I stay, I stay unapproachable.
            D               D             Bm        A      A 
I wear the landscape of the urban, of the urban chameleon.
  Em            D         F#m      F#m Bm
Scarred by attention and quietly addicted to innocence.


[refrain] 2x


Em, Em
              Em             Em             Em  Em     Em   D
Herald Tribune Herald Tribune Herald Tribune or USA Today.
       D           D            D   
Sauvignon Blanc or oaky Chardonnay.
   C            C
Asleep for the movie.
  D            D
Awake for the dawn
 C             C             Am
Dancing on England and hedgerows
                          C
embossed on a carpet of green.
                  Am
I descend and forgive me
           Am  C   Bm   Em
I mean to get lost in crowds.


D....C, G, D