13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds chords
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THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS (1966) 1) You're Gonna Miss Me Baby 2) Roller Coaster 3) Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) 4) Reverberation 5) Don't Fall Down 6) Fire Engine 7) Thru The Rhythm 8) You Don't Know 9) Kingdom Of Heaven 10) Monkey Island 11) Tried To Hide 1 - YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME BABY---------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: E D A G X4 E D A GE D A GYou're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawnE D A GE D A GYou're gonna wake up one morning as the sun greets the dawnE D AYou're gonna look around in your mind, girl,G E DYou're gonna find that I'm goneA G E D AYou didn't realiiiiizeG E D AYou didn't realiiiiizeG E D AYou didn't realiiiiizeG E D AYou didn't realiiiiizeG E D AYou didn't realiiiiizeG E D AOh you're gonna miss me, babyG E D AOh you're gonna miss me, babyG E D A GOh you're gonna miss me, child, yeah, yeahDI gave you the warningBut you never heeded it How can you say you miss my lovin When you never needed itC BbYou're gonna wake up wonderin'G# BbFind yourself all aloneC BbBut what's gonna stop me, baby?F DI'm not comin' homeF DI'm not comin' homeF DI'm not comin' homeRepeat ( E D A G ) Harmonica End 2 - ROLLER COASTER --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro ( X7 )Ame|-------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------|D|-------2-----2h3-----2-----0-----0h2-------|A|--16/0---0-0-----0-0---0-0---0-0----0-0-0--|E|-------------------------------------------|AmSomeone somewhere sometime agoHis eyes were clear to see He put his thoughts into my mind And gave myself to meDmHe stopped me from living so unsaneI can be just what I want to beAmThings appear as they really areI can see just what I want to seeEm DmCome on and let it happen to youEm DmCome on and let it happen to youAmYou’ve got to open up your mindG - Am G - AmAnd let everything come throughAmOh well, it starts like a roller coaster rideSo real it takes your breath away It slides you through your point of view You look back to where you thought you’d stayDmYour ride the changes outside youWhile inside you’re like a neon rayAmAnd you find out you don’t have to search for wordsFor there’s nothing you need to sayEm DmCome on and let it happen to youEm DmCome on and let it happen to youAmYou’ve got to open up your mindAnd let everything come through G - Am G - AmAmAfter your trip life opens upYou start doing what you want to do And you find out that the world you once knew Gets what it has from youDmNo one can ever hurt youBecause you know more that you thought you knewAmAnd you’re looking at the world through brand new eyesAnd no one can ever spoil the viewEm DmCome on and let it happen to youEm DmCome on and let it happen to youAmYou’ve got to open up your mindAnd let everything come through Repeat G - Am (End) 3 - SPLASH 1 (NOW I'M HOME) --------------------------------------------------------------------Intro: De|---------------------------|---------------------------------------2--|B|---------------------------|---------------------------------------3--|G|---------------------------|---------------------------------------2--|D|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2--|---2--4--4h5---4--2--0--2----4--2---0--0--|A|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------|------------------------------------------|D Dsus4 D Dsus4G DI've seen your face beforeF C D Dsus2 Dsus4I've known you all my lifeG DAnd though it's newF C D Dsus2 Dsus4Your image cuts me like a knifeF C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C D GAnd now I'm hooome, to stay.G D F CD Dsus2 Dsus4The neon from your eyes is splashing into mineG D F C DDsus2 Dsus4They´re so familiar in a way I can't defineF C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C D GAnd now I'm hooome, to stay.A DAnd though this is awfull speedyA DWe needn't bother sleepingA D E GAll we might say is understoodSolo: G D F C D Dsus2 Dsus4 (Like Verses) G D F C DF C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C D GAnd now I'm hooome, to stay.G D F CD Dsus2 Dsus4The fierceness of our feelings rocks me like a roarG D F CD Dsus2 Dsus4It's good to know we won't be strangers anymoreF C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C DAnd now I'm hooome.F C D GAnd now I'm hooome, to stay. (X2)(End) 4 - REVERBERATION-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Intro: (X2) Ame|-----------------------------------------|B|-----------------------------------------|G|-----------5b-----------7/9---7/5--------|D|------5h7-------5h7------------------7---|A|-7/0-----0----0-----0-0-----0------0-----|E|-----------------------------------------|Am GYou finally find your helpless mind,Am Cis trapped inside your skin.Am GYou want to leave, but you believeAm Cyou won't get back again.Am C D CYou only know, you have to go but still you can't get out.Am C D AmYou try and try, you die and die. You're stopped by your own doubt.Intro X2AmReverberation,reverberation.Am GYou find no peace, it doesn't cease,Am Cit's deadly irritation.Am GIt keeps you blind, it's there behind,Am Cyour every hesitation.Am C DCIt holds your thought, your mind is caught, your fixed with fascination.Am C D AmYou think you'll die, within the lie, it's backward elevation!Intro X2AmReverberation,reverberation.Am DYou see reverberation,Am Dis your latest incarnation,Am DYou think it's a sensation,G E7 Am Intro X2but it's just reverberation.Am GYou start to swerve, the downward curve,Am Cthat catches up your fears.Am GEach thing you do, comes home to you,Am Cand pounds inside your ears.Am C DCYour start to fight against the night, that screams inside your mind.An C D AmWhen something black it answers back, and grabs you from behind!IntroAmReverberation,echoing through your brain. Reverberation, driving your mind insane. Reverberation, causing your blood to drain,Am G X4leaving just charred remains. (End)5 - DON'T FALL DOWN -------------------------------------------------------------Intro Bass: E|---1/3--3--1/3--3---0--0-0----| X2Intro Guitar: C G F Ge|------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------------------------------|G|--------9------------ 7-------------5---------------7------|D|---0h10---10----0--0h9---9----0--0h7---7------0--0h9---9----|A|------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------|C G F GDon't fall doooown (Backing Vocals) X8When you see her, ease up by her side When you're near her, if your voice is tied Don't deceive her, tell her what you feel She'll receive you if your voice is realD F#m G EmEvery time you need her, she is there to ease the pain that fogs youD F#m GAAnd when you don't need her calm her stare, she says she's needing youC G F GDon't fall doooown (Backing Vocals) X8As you love her, she loves only you As you lift her, she believes in you From beside her keep behind her eyes They're behind you past the thought of liesD F#m G EmIf you want to rise you must place someone else where you are standingD F#m GAEverything she learns is on her face, your strength is all she's demandingC G F GDon't fall doooown (Backing Vocals) X8Do you feel it? Feel it! Feel it! (Backing Vocals) X8 When you leave her give her promises When you greet her give her all your kisses As you warm her never disapoint her As you hold her do all that you told herD F#m G EmEvery time you need her, she is there to ease the pain that fogs youD F#m GA DAnd when you don't need her calm her stare, she says she's needing you6 - FIRE ENGINE------------------------------------------------------------------ Intro: Em Em Am Em B7 Am Em B7 (Blues Structure 12-bar)EmLet me take you to the empty place in my fire engineAm EmLet me take you to the empty place in my fire engineB7It can drive you out of your mindAm Em B7Climb the ladder of your own design in my fire engine.Am DDon't tell it to go slow or stopAm DYou're got to work it right up to the topAm DA piercing bolt of neon redB7 C#mExplodes on fire inside your headSolo: C#m F#m C#m A7 B7 Em B7EmLet me take you to the empty place on my fire engineAm EmLet me take you to the empty place in my fire engineB7Blow it in rhythms making youAm Em B7Round in the corner you can feel the ring on my fire engineAm DClose your eyes and you will raiseAm DYour image you no longer tasteAm DA fiery flood engulfs your brainB7 C#mAnd drowns your partner (?)Solo: C#m F#m C#m A7 B7 Em B7EmLet me take you to the empty place on my fire engineAm EmLet me take you to the empty place on my fire engineB7It can drive you out of your mindAm Em B7Climb the ladder of your own design in my fire engine.Em (End) 7 - Thru The Rhythm -----------------------------------------------------------Intro: F#m Be|------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|G|---------2--------2-----2------------4--------4-----4-------|D|---4--4-----4--4-----4---------4--4-----4--4-----4----------|A|------------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------------|F#m BThrough the rhythm of darkened timeF#m BPainted black by knowledge crimesF#m BAnd repetitions pointless mineF#m BInstilling values the sick defineF#m BThat weaves the fabric that keeps you blindF#m BAnd ties your hands and cloaks your mindF#m BBut on my stilts I´m above slimeF#m B F#m BF#m B F#mCome on up if you can make the climb but Who am I! Who Am I! Who Am I!F#m BI've smelt the stench from the fumes that riseF#m BFrom the books that rehash the same old liesF#m BI felt the panic that they disguiseF#m BIn the forms of laws of every sizeF#m BI've heard the teachers whine and make you drop off like fliesF#m BBut you know they're teaching nonsense, 'cause they catch you on your eyesF#m BI have seen the fool's gold they pawn off as their prizeF#m BTo the average standard the norm supplies butF#m B F#m B F#m BWhere Am I! Where Am I! Where Am I!G#m C#G#m C#You gobble all the blessings they tossed you to digestG#m C#They may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressedG#m C#Your scattered whims were born depressedG#m C#So when something slams your chestG#m C#You flutter about your sleep distressedG#m C#And then you stop to ease your breastG#m C#A scattered rim leaves you obsessedG#m C#While solid thoughts are soon suppressedG#m C# G#m C# G#mBut Where Are You? Where Are You? Where Are You? REPEAT(END) 8 - YOU DON'T KNOW ------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: Bm Em Em/Am Am/G G EmIntro 2: D|---5--5--5/3--3---3/7--7--7/5---0---|D C G Am X1D C G AmThere you are again standing down below meD C G AmHonestly believe that there is something you can show meD C G AmWhile deep within your mind just what you give to even know meG AAnd you don´t knowG AYou don´t knowG A G EYou don't know how young you areD C G AmYour eyes are filled with coral snakes and liquid plastic castlesD C G AmYour daily life revolves around a thousand petty hasslesD C G AmCorney dots and window panes and pink and silver dazzlesG AAnd you don´t knowG AYou don´t knowG A G EYou don´t know how young you areD C G AmIf I knew what´s right for you you would not be without itD C G AmAnd if I knew the truth for you I’d surely stand and shout itD C G AmThere´s better things that you can be, there is no doubt about itG AAnd you don´t knowG AYou don´t knowG A G EYou don´t know how young you areEmYou don't know (You die young) Repeat(End) 9 - KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ----------------------------------------------------------- IntroE||----0----0--------------------|----0----0-----------------------|B||----0------0------------------|----0------0---------------------|G||----0--------3----------------|----0--------3-------------------|D||----2-------------0h2-0-------|----2-------------0h2-0----------|A||----2--------------------2-0--|----2---------------------2-0----|E||----0-------------------------|----0----------------------------|F Em F EmHere you are at my place within your glistening eyesF Em Dm GI´m watching your reactions as the thing within you criesAm Em AmB7And I´m bringing you this message ´cause I think it´s time you knewEm Am EmThat the kingdom of heaven is within youIntro x2F Em F EmThe incense and the candles and the colors on the wallF Em Dm GYour image stands reflected as a princess come to callAm Em Am B7Your suspicions I´m confirming as you find them all quite trueEm Am EmAnd the kingdom of heaven is within youSolo: Em x 4F Em F EmThrough the stained glass windows moonlight flashes on the choirF Em Dm GAnd splashes on the altar in glows of liquid fireAm Em Am B7Then it bathes you with its glory and you begin life anewEm Am EmAnd the kingdom of heaven is within youSolo: Em (End) 10 - MONKEY ISLAND ------------------------------------------------------------- Intro Bass:D GE||---------------------------|B||---------------------------|G||---------------------------|D||---------7--5-----7--------|A||---5-----------------------|E||---------------------------|Chorus:D G D GLiving home on monkey island, babyD G D GRight in the middle of a zooD G D GLiving home on monkey island, babyC A7Pretend to be a monkey, tooVerse 1:G BbWell, here I am on monkey islandG BbHiding behind a rockG BbI'm all dressed up with my monkey suitC A7Pretending to be something I'm not(Chorus) Verse 2:G BbWell there's one thing about these monkeys, babyG BbThey don't know I'm aroundG BbBut that's pretty good, 'cause if they knewC A7They'll probably come and put me down(Chorus) Verse 3:G BbWith my paisley tie and my one button suitG BbI'm about as close as I can getG BbI guess I must be doing okayG Bb'Cause they haven't come and got me yet(Chorus) (End) 11 - TRIED TO HIDE -------------------------------------------------------------- IntroE||--------------------------------------------------| X2B||-----------------------4--------------------------|G||--------4-----2--4-----------4----2-----4---------|D||-----------4--------------------------------------|A||--14/2--------------2-----2----2-----2-----0h2----|E||--------------------------------------------------|B5You think you´re strong when you´re all restrainingB5You think you have when you´re only claimingF#7 E7When I got near all I saw was fearB5 BmAnd I know that you tried to hide and you cried ´cause you lied about itB5You knew that you had when you tried to tell itB5You thought that you were when you tried to sell itF#7 E7And when I got near all I saw was fearB5 BmAnd I know that you tried to hide and you cried ´cause you lied about itB5You used the words but you´re only guessingB5And you know I saw it was your brand new dressingF#7 E7Well, you know the song, but you live it all wrongB5 BmAnd I know that you tried to hide and you cried ´cause you lied about it(End) By xarlee_650