Chords for Genesis, The Carpet Crawlers - The Lamb Comes Alive! 1975 2DVD set
Tempo:
145.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
G
A
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
Rose lands hold under my naked feet,
[D#] And soft and warm gives [C#] off some kind of heat.
[E] A [Bm] salamander [C#m] scurries into flame [D] to be [C#m] destroyed,
[D]
[Bm] Imaginary creatures [A] trapped in birth on sail [E] below.
The [A]
[D#] fleas cling to the golden fleece, [C#] hoping they'll find peace.
[C#m] Each [D] thought and [C#m] gesture [Bm] [C#m] according [Bm] [C#m] celluloid,
[Bm] There's no hiding in my memory, [D] there's no room to avoid.
The crawlers cover the [Em] floor in the red ochre [D] car window,
For my second sight of [Em] people, they've more lifeblood than [D] before.
They're moving in [Em] time to a heavy wood [D] endover,
With the needle's eyes [Em] winking, closing on the bore.
[F#m] The carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to get
[Em] out.
[D]
There's only one [Em] direction in the faces that I [D] see,
It's upward to [Em] the ceiling where the chamber's said [D] to be.
Like a bug bite [Em] the sunlight through the empty [D] tree,
They uphold a fiber [Em] magnet, believing that we
[F#m] The carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] Wild men and supermen, [Em] they're held in kryptonite,
[D] And the wise and foolish merchants keep [Em] their bodies glowing bright.
[D] And so the law of harvesting [Em] is good by kind,
It's [D] the bottom of the staircase, the [Em] spiral's out of sight.
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to get [G] out.
[A] We gotta get in [G] to get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] The falls of mannequin, we've [Em] shattered skin, fears are fat,
And [D] the eagle-eyed myth of their pictures, [Em] they carry all they lack.
[D] The liquid has been killed, witches [Em] seeped out through the cracks,
And [D] the tickler takes his sickle back.
[Em]
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to get [G] out.
[A] We gotta get in [G] to get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to [Em] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to get [Em] out.
We [D] gotta get him to get [Em] out.
We
[D] gotta get him to get [Em] out.
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, he can't call us.
[D]
We [E] gotta get him to [G] get out.
[D]
We gotta get him [G] to get out.
[Bm]
[D] We gotta get him [C]
to [G] get out.
[D] [Bm]
[N]
Rose lands hold under my naked feet,
[D#] And soft and warm gives [C#] off some kind of heat.
[E] A [Bm] salamander [C#m] scurries into flame [D] to be [C#m] destroyed,
[D]
[Bm] Imaginary creatures [A] trapped in birth on sail [E] below.
The [A]
[D#] fleas cling to the golden fleece, [C#] hoping they'll find peace.
[C#m] Each [D] thought and [C#m] gesture [Bm] [C#m] according [Bm] [C#m] celluloid,
[Bm] There's no hiding in my memory, [D] there's no room to avoid.
The crawlers cover the [Em] floor in the red ochre [D] car window,
For my second sight of [Em] people, they've more lifeblood than [D] before.
They're moving in [Em] time to a heavy wood [D] endover,
With the needle's eyes [Em] winking, closing on the bore.
[F#m] The carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to get
[Em] out.
[D]
There's only one [Em] direction in the faces that I [D] see,
It's upward to [Em] the ceiling where the chamber's said [D] to be.
Like a bug bite [Em] the sunlight through the empty [D] tree,
They uphold a fiber [Em] magnet, believing that we
[F#m] The carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to [G] get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] Wild men and supermen, [Em] they're held in kryptonite,
[D] And the wise and foolish merchants keep [Em] their bodies glowing bright.
[D] And so the law of harvesting [Em] is good by kind,
It's [D] the bottom of the staircase, the [Em] spiral's out of sight.
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to get [G] out.
[A] We gotta get in [G] to get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] The falls of mannequin, we've [Em] shattered skin, fears are fat,
And [D] the eagle-eyed myth of their pictures, [Em] they carry all they lack.
[D] The liquid has been killed, witches [Em] seeped out through the cracks,
And [D] the tickler takes his sickle back.
[Em]
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, keep their callers,
[A] We gotta get in to get [G] out.
[A] We gotta get in [G] to get out.
[D] We gotta get in [C] to [Em] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to [Em] get out.
[D] We gotta get in to get [Em] out.
We [D] gotta get him to get [Em] out.
We
[D] gotta get him to get [Em] out.
The [F#m] carpet crawlers, he can't call us.
[D]
We [E] gotta get him to [G] get out.
[D]
We gotta get him [G] to get out.
[Bm]
[D] We gotta get him [C]
to [G] get out.
[D] [Bm]
[N]
Key:
D
Em
G
A
Bm
D
Em
G
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rose lands hold under my naked feet, _ _ _ _
[D#] _ And soft and warm gives [C#] off some kind of heat. _ _
[E] A _ [Bm] salamander [C#m] scurries into flame [D] to be [C#m] destroyed,
[D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Imaginary _ creatures _ [A] trapped in birth _ on sail [E] below.
_ _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D#] fleas cling to the golden fleece, [C#] hoping they'll find peace.
[C#m] Each _ [D] _ thought and [C#m] gesture [Bm] _ _ [C#m] according [Bm] _ _ [C#m] celluloid,
[Bm] There's no hiding in my memory, _ [D] there's no room _ _ to avoid.
_ The crawlers cover the [Em] floor _ in the red ochre [D] car window,
For my second sight of [Em] people, they've more lifeblood than [D] before.
_ _ They're moving in [Em] time to a heavy wood [D] endover,
With the needle's eyes [Em] winking, _ closing on the bore.
[F#m] The carpet _ _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ _ callers,
_ [A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _
_ _ [A] We _ _ _ gotta get in to [G] get _ out. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in [C] to _ get _
[Em] _ out.
_ [D] _ _ _
There's only one [Em] direction _ in the faces that I [D] see, _
It's upward to [Em] the ceiling where the chamber's said [D] to be.
_ Like a bug bite [Em] the sunlight through the empty [D] tree,
_ They uphold a fiber [Em] magnet, _ _ believing that we
[F#m] The carpet _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ _ _ callers,
[A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in [C] to _ _ [Em] get _ out.
[D] _ Wild men and supermen, [Em] they're held in _ kryptonite,
_ [D] And the wise and foolish _ merchants keep [Em] their bodies _ glowing bright.
_ [D] And so the law of harvesting [Em] is good by kind, _
_ It's [D] the bottom of the _ staircase, the [Em] _ spiral's out of sight.
The [F#m] carpet _ _ _ _ crawlers, keep their _ _ callers,
[A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to get [G] _ out. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ We gotta get in [G] to get _ out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ We gotta get in _ [C] _ to [Em] get _ out.
[D] The falls of _ mannequin, we've [Em] shattered skin, fears are fat,
And [D] the eagle-eyed myth of their pictures, [Em] they carry all they lack.
_ [D] The liquid has been killed, witches [Em] seeped out through the cracks,
_ And [D] the tickler takes his sickle back.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ The [F#m] carpet _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ callers,
_ [A] _ We _ _ gotta get in to get [G] out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ We gotta get in [G] to get _ out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ We gotta get in [C] _ to [Em] get out.
_ [D] _ _ We gotta get in to [Em] get out. _ _ _
_ _ [D] We gotta get in to get [Em] out. _ _ _
_ We [D] _ _ gotta get him to get [Em] out.
We _
_ _ _ [D] gotta get him to get [Em] out. _ _ _
_ The [F#m] _ carpet _ _ _ crawlers, _ he can't call us.
[D] _ _ _ _
We [E] gotta get him to [G] get out. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
We gotta get him [G] to get out. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] We gotta get him [C] _ _
to [G] get out.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rose lands hold under my naked feet, _ _ _ _
[D#] _ And soft and warm gives [C#] off some kind of heat. _ _
[E] A _ [Bm] salamander [C#m] scurries into flame [D] to be [C#m] destroyed,
[D] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Imaginary _ creatures _ [A] trapped in birth _ on sail [E] below.
_ _ _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D#] fleas cling to the golden fleece, [C#] hoping they'll find peace.
[C#m] Each _ [D] _ thought and [C#m] gesture [Bm] _ _ [C#m] according [Bm] _ _ [C#m] celluloid,
[Bm] There's no hiding in my memory, _ [D] there's no room _ _ to avoid.
_ The crawlers cover the [Em] floor _ in the red ochre [D] car window,
For my second sight of [Em] people, they've more lifeblood than [D] before.
_ _ They're moving in [Em] time to a heavy wood [D] endover,
With the needle's eyes [Em] winking, _ closing on the bore.
[F#m] The carpet _ _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ _ callers,
_ [A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _
_ _ [A] We _ _ _ gotta get in to [G] get _ out. _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in [C] to _ get _
[Em] _ out.
_ [D] _ _ _
There's only one [Em] direction _ in the faces that I [D] see, _
It's upward to [Em] the ceiling where the chamber's said [D] to be.
_ Like a bug bite [Em] the sunlight through the empty [D] tree,
_ They uphold a fiber [Em] magnet, _ _ believing that we
[F#m] The carpet _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ _ _ callers,
[A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in to [G] get out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ We gotta get in [C] to _ _ [Em] get _ out.
[D] _ Wild men and supermen, [Em] they're held in _ kryptonite,
_ [D] And the wise and foolish _ merchants keep [Em] their bodies _ glowing bright.
_ [D] And so the law of harvesting [Em] is good by kind, _
_ It's [D] the bottom of the _ staircase, the [Em] _ spiral's out of sight.
The [F#m] carpet _ _ _ _ crawlers, keep their _ _ callers,
[A] _ _ _ We gotta get in to get [G] _ out. _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ We gotta get in [G] to get _ out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ We gotta get in _ [C] _ to [Em] get _ out.
[D] The falls of _ mannequin, we've [Em] shattered skin, fears are fat,
And [D] the eagle-eyed myth of their pictures, [Em] they carry all they lack.
_ [D] The liquid has been killed, witches [Em] seeped out through the cracks,
_ And [D] the tickler takes his sickle back.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ The [F#m] carpet _ _ crawlers, _ keep their _ callers,
_ [A] _ We _ _ gotta get in to get [G] out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ We gotta get in [G] to get _ out. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ We gotta get in [C] _ to [Em] get out.
_ [D] _ _ We gotta get in to [Em] get out. _ _ _
_ _ [D] We gotta get in to get [Em] out. _ _ _
_ We [D] _ _ gotta get him to get [Em] out.
We _
_ _ _ [D] gotta get him to get [Em] out. _ _ _
_ The [F#m] _ carpet _ _ _ crawlers, _ he can't call us.
[D] _ _ _ _
We [E] gotta get him to [G] get out. _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
We gotta get him [G] to get out. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] We gotta get him [C] _ _
to [G] get out.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _