This is about as playable an approximation as you
can find for most of the tracks on this album.

Keep in mind I wasn't shooting for total accuracy
but was trying to stay true to the gist of things
while making it easier to perform on solo guitar.

It's been left up to you to strum the chords such 
that it compensates for the changes from piano to 
acoustic.  Many of the obnoxious chords I was not
able to name, so just do your best in going along
with it.  

And I'm sorry for not finishing Tear In Your Hand
but I got tired of listening to it at my computer
so someone else can transcribe it in full.     AK








CRUCIFY

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[Capo IV]
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[E] Every finger in the [F#m] room 
Is [D] pointing at [E] me
[E] I wanna spit in their [F#m] faces but
[D] I’m afraid of what that could bring
I got a [E] bowling ball in my [F#m] stomach 
I got a [D] desert in my [E] mouth
[E] Figures that my [F#m] courage 
Would choose to [D] sell out now

I've been [G] looking for a [D] savior 
In these [Em] dirty [C] streets
[D] Looking for a [Em] savior 
Be[C]neath these dirty [D] sheets
I've been [G] raising up my [D] hands 
Drive another [Em] nail in
Just what [x45450] God needs, one more [C] victim

Why do [Em] we [Am7] crucify our[D]selves 
[Am7] Every [Em] day I [Am7] crucify my[D]self 
[Am7] Nothing I do is good e[Em]nough for you
[Am7] Crucify my[D]self [Am7] every [Em] day
[Am7] Crucify my[D]self and my [Am] heart is 
Sick of being, my [C] heart is sick of being 
In [Em] chains [G] [C] [Am]

Got a kick for a dog begging for love 
I gotta have my suffering so that I can have my cross 
I have a cat named Easter he says will you ever learn 
You're just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird 

[E] Please [G] be [D] [E] Save me [G] [D]






GIRL 

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[Capo III]
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[Em] [D] [C] [D]
From in the shadow she calls 
And in the shadow she finds a way
And in the shadow she crawls 
Clutching her faded photograph
My image under her thumb 
Yes with a message for my heart

She's been [C] everybody else's girl 
Maybe one day she'll be her [Em] own

And in the doorway they stay 
And laugh as violins fill with water
Scream from the bluebells can't make them go away
We'll I'm not seventeen 
But I've cuts on my knees
Falling down as the winter 
Takes one more cherry tree

And in the mist there she rides 
And castles are burning in my heart
And as I twist I hold tight 
And I ride to work every morning wondering why
"Sit in the chair and be good now" 
And become all that they told you
The white coats enter her room and 
I'm callin' my baby






SILENT ALL THESE YEARS

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[Capo IV] 
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{Fmaj9=103010} {Fadd9=XX3213}
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[C] Excuse me but [Cmaj7] can I be [F] you for a[C]while 
My [C] dog won't [Cmaj7] bite if you [F] sit real [C] still 
I got the [C] Anti [Cmaj7] Christ in the [F] kitchen 
Yelling [C] at me a[F5]gain yeah [G] I can hear that 

Been saved again by the garbage truck 
I got something to say you know but nothing comes 
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up 
Yeah I can hear that

But [Fadd9] what if I'm a [G] mermaid 
In these [Fmaj9] jeans of his with her [G] name still on it
Hey but [Fadd9] I don't care cause [G] sometimes 
I said [Fmaj9] sometimes I hear my [G] voice and 
It's been [Am] he[Bb][G]re 
[F5] Silent All These [C] Years

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts 
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts 
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon 
How's that thought for you 

My scream got lost in a paper cup 
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone 
I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough 
To get us there

[C] Years go [G] by  will I [F] still be [G] waiting
For [Fadd9] somebody else to [G] understand
[C] Years go [G] by if I'm [F] stripped of my [G] beauty
And the [Fadd9] orange clouds raining [G] in my head
[C] Years go [G] by  will I [F] choke on my [G] tears
Till [Fadd9] finally there is [G] nothing left [C] 
One more [G] casual[F]ty you [G] know we're too [F5] easy [G]

Well I love the way we communicate 
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape 
Let's hear what you think of me now 
But baby don't look up the sky is falling 

Your mother shows up in a nasty dress and
It's your turn now to stand where I stand 
Everybody looking at you here take hold of my hand 
Yeah I can hear them






PRECIOUS THINGS

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[Capo II]
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{Gsus=3X0013}
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[G] So I ran [Am] faster but it caught me here
[Fmaj7] Yes my loyalties [Gsus] turned [G] 
Like my ankle [Am] in the seventh grade 
Running after [Fmaj7] Billy running [Gsus] af[G]ter the rain

[Dm] The[C]se [G]pre[C]cious [Am] things
[C] Let them [F] bleed let them [Gsus] wash a[G]way
[Dm] The[C]se [G]pre[C]cious [Am] things 
[C] Let them [F] break their [Gsus] hold over [G] me [Am]

He said you're really an ugly 
But I like the way you play 
And I died but I thanked him 
Can you believe that sick sick 
Holding on to his picture dressing up every day 
I want to smash the faces 
Of those beautiful boys those christian boys
So you can [G] make me cum that doesn't make you [D] Jesus

[Am] I re[Fmaj7]member 
[Am] yes in my [Em] peach par[Am]ty [Em] dress
No [Am] one [Em] dared  no [Am] one [Em] cared
To [Am] tell me where the pretty girls are 
[Fmaj7] Those demi[G]gods
With their [D] nine-inch nails 
And little fascist panties 
[D] Tucked inside the heart of every nice girl






WINTER

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[Capo I]
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{D5=X0023X}
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[D5] Snow can [Am7] wait I for[Bb]got my [G] mittens 
[D5] Wipe my [Am7] nose get my [Bb] new boots [G] on
[D5] I get a [Am7] little warm in my heart 
When [Bb] I think of [G] winter
[D5] I put my [Am7] hand in my [Bb] father's [G] glove

I run off where the drifts get deeper 
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown 
I hear a voice you must learn to stand up 
For yourself cause I can't always be around 

He says

[F] When you gonna make up your [Dm] mind [Bb] 
[F] When you gonna love you as [Dm] much as [Bb] I do
[F] When you gonna make up your [Dm] mind 
Cause [Bb] things are gonna [F] change so [Bb] fast
All the white [Dm] horses are still in [Gm] bed 
I tell you that I'll [F] always want you [Bb] near
You say that things [Dm] cha[C][01323X][C]nge my [Dm] dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts 
Flowers competing for the sun 
Years go by and I'm here still waiting 
Withering where some snowman was 
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace 
But I only can see the myself 
Skating around the truth who I am 
But I know dad the ice is getting thin 

Hair is grey and the fires are burning 
So many dreams on the shelf 
You say I wanted you to be proud of me 
I always wanted that myself







HAPPY PHANTOM

[Bb] And if I [G] die today 
I'll [Ab] be the happy [F] phantom
[Bb] And I'll go [G] chasin' 
The [Ab] nuns out in the [F] yard 
[Bb] And I'll run [G] naked 
Through the [Ab] streets without my [F] mask on

[F#] And I will never need [Ab] umbrellas in the [Eb] rain 
[F#] I'll wake up in strawberry [Ab] fields every [Eb] day
[F#] And the atrocities of [Ab] school I can for[Eb]give
[F#] The happy phantom [Ab] has no [Eb] right to bitch

[Bb] Oo-hoo the [Eb] time is getting closer 
[Bb] Oo-hoo the [Eb] time to be a ghost
[Bb] Oo-hoo every [Eb] day we're getting closer
The [Ebm] sun is [Bb] geting [C] dim
[C] Will we [F] pay for [Ebm] who we [F] been

So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom 
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel 
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera 

There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand 
And then these seven little men get up to dance 
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen 
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin
 
[Eb] Will I see you dear and [F] wish I could come [C] back
[Eb] You found a girl that you could [F] truly love a[C]gain
[Eb] Will you still call for me [F] when she falls a[C]sleep
[Eb] Or do we soon forget the [F] things we cannot see






CHINA

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[Capo 2]
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{C5=X32013}
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[C5] China all the way to New York 
I can feel the [F] distance getting [C5] close
You're right next to me but I need an airplane 
I can feel the [F] distance as you [C5] breathe

[G] Sometimes [F] I think you [C5] want me to touch you
[G] How can I [F] when you build the [Am] great wall around you
[G] In your eyes [F] I saw a [C5] future together 
But you just [G] look away [F] in the [Dm] distance [G] 

China decorates our table 
Funny how the cracks don't seem to show 
Pour the wine dear you say we'll take a holiday 
But we never can agree on where to go 

China all the way to New York 
Maybe you got lost in Mexico 
You're right next to me I think that you can hear me 
Funny how the distance learns to grow






LEATHER

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[Capo 3]
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[Am] Look I'm [E] standing [Am7] naked be[D]fore you
[F] Don't you [C] want more [B] than my [E] sex
[Am] I can [E] scream as [Am7] loud as your [D] last one
[F] But I can't [C] claim [B] inno[E]cence

[Fm] Oh [C] God could [Fm] it be the [Gm7] weather
[Ab] Oh [C] God [468XXX] why am I [Eb] here
[Ab] If [C] love [Fm] isn't for[Gm7] ever
And [XX1212] it's not the [C] weather [Fm] hand me my leather

I could just pretend that you love me 
The night would lose all sense of fear 
But why do I need you to love me 
When you can't hold what I hold dear 

I almost ran over an angel 
He had a nice big fat cigar 
In a sense, he said, you're alone here 
So if you jump you’d best jump far






MOTHER 

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[Capo II]
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Esus2   X24XXX  
E5      X22XXX  
Asus2   XX24XX  
A6      XX422X  
Amaj7   X02120  
F#sus2  246XXX
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[Esus2] Go [E5] go [Asus2] go go [A6] now 
[F#m] Out of the [A5] nest it's time
[Esus2] Go [E5] go [Asus2] go now [A5] 
[F#m] circus girl with[A6] out a safety net
[Esus2] Here [E5] here [Asus2] here now don't [C#m] cry 
[F#m] You raised your [A5] hand for the assignment
[Esus2] Tuck [E5] those [Asus2] ribbons under your [F#m] helmet 
[A5] Be a good soldier

[F#m] First my left foot then my [A5] right behind the other
[F#m] Pantyhose running in the [A5] cold [G#]

[C#m] Mother the [Amaj7] car is [E] here [F#m]
[C#m] Somebody [Amaj7] leave the [E] light on [F#m]
[C#m] Gre[F#sus2]en limou[Asus2]sine for the redhead 
[Esus2] Dancing [E5] dancing [B5] girl
And when I dance for him somebody leave the light on
Just in just in case I like the dancing 
I can remember where I come [F#m] from

I walked into your dream and now I've 
Forgotten how to dream my own dream  
You are the clever one aren't you brides in veils 
For you we told you all of our secrets 
All but one and don't you even 
Try the phone has been disconnected 
Dripping with blood and with time and with 
Your advice poison me against the moon 

Mother the car is here somebody leave the light on 
Black chariot for the redhead dancing girl 
He’s going to change my name maybe you’ll leave the light on 
Just in case I like the dancing 
I can remember where I come from 

I escape into your escape into our very 
Favorite fearscape it's across the sky and 
Across my heart and I cross my legs 
Oh my god first my left foot then my right  
Behind the other breadcrumbs lost under 
The snow






TEAR IN YOUR HAND

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[Capo 2]
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Asus   002230  
Aadd9  002200  
Dmaj7  X00222  
D6     X00202

[Asus] [A] [Aadd9] [D] [Dmaj] [D6]
All the world just stopped now 
So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore 
Let me take a deep breath babe 
If you need me me and Neil'll be hanging out with the Dream King 
(Neil says hi by the way) 
I don't believe you're leaving cause me and 
Charles Manson like the same ice cream  
I think it's that girl 
I think there're [F#m] pieces of me you've never [D] seen 
Maybe she's just [F#m] pieces of me you've never [D] seen, well 

All the world is all I am the black of 
The blackest ocean and the tear in your hand 
All the world is dangling for me darling 
You don't [F#m] know the [D] power that you have 
With that tear in your hand 
Maybe I ain't used to maybes smashing in a cold room 
Cutting my hands up every time I touch you 
Maybe maybe it's time to wave good bye now 

Caught a ride with the moon I know 
I know you well, well better than I used to 
Haze all clouded up my mind 
In the daze of the why it could have never been 
So you say and I say you know you're full of 
Wish and your "baby baby baby babies" I tell you 
There're pieces of me you've never seen 
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen






ME AND A GUN

5am friday morning thursday night far from sleep 
I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously 
So I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live 
And I want to live got a full tank and some chips 
It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
And I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants 
You can laugh it’s kind of funny things you think times like these 
Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this 
Yes I wore a slinky red thing does that mean I should spread 
For you your friends your father Mr. Ed
It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this 
And I know what this means me and Jesus a few years back 
Used to hang and he said "it's your choice babe just remember 
I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well" 
Tell me whats right is it my right 
To be on my stomach of Fred's Seville 
It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this 
And do you know CAROLINA where the biscuits are soft and sweet 
These things go through your head when there's a man on your back 
And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic Cadillac 
It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this 
No, I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this






LITTLE EARTHQUAKES

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D5/E  000XXX  
E5    022XXX  
Esus  022200
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[E5] Yellow bird flying gets shot in the [D5/E] wing
[E5] Good year for hunters and Christmas par[D5/E]ties
and [E] I [D5/E] hate and [E] I [D5/E] hate and [E] I [D5/E] hate
and [E] I [D5/E] hate [E5] elevator [F#] music 
The way we [E5] fight the way I'm [F#] left here [E5] silent

[B] Oo[A]oh these little [E] earthquakes [Esus] [E]
[B] He[A]re we go a[E]gain [Esus] [E]
[B] Oo[A]oh these little [E] earthquakes [Esus] [E]
Does[C#m]n't take much to [A] rip us into [B] pieces

We danced in graveyards with vampires till dawn 
We laughed in the faces of kings never afraid to burn 
And I hate disintegration watching us wither 
Black winged roses that safely changed their color 

[F#] I [G] can't reach you

Give me [E] life                  <---These
Give me [G] pain                  <---are
Give me [D] myself a[A]gain       <---octaves