Key: E riff 1: E F#m7/E e|---0-0---0-0---| B|---0-0---0-0---| G|---2/4---4/2---| D|---4/6---6/4---| A|---x-x---x-x---| E|0--0-0---0-0---| E F#m7/E E F#m7/E E F#m7/E E F#m7/E
riff 2: E F#m7/E E B9sus4 e|---0-0---0-0-----0-0---x---| B|---0-0---0-0-----0-0---5---| G|---2/4---4/2-----2/4---6---| D|---4/6---6/4-----4/6---7---| A|---x-x---x-x-----x-x---x---| E|2--0-0---0-0--2--0-0---7---| E F#m7/E E B9sus4 E F#m7/E When the smoke clears, E F#m7/E what's left? E F#m7/E Goodbye, goodbye E F#m7/E E F#m7/E E B9sus4 riff 3: Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 C#sus4 e|----0----0-------0----0----0----0----| B|----7----4-------7----4----7----9----| G|----9----6-------9----6----9----11---| D|----9----6-------9----6----9----11---| A|----x----x-------x----x----x----x----| E|0---0----0---0---0----0----0----0----| Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 C#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 riff 4: F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E e|---0-------x-------x------0-------0---| B|---2-------4-------4------0-------0---| G|---4-------4-------3------2-------1---| D|---4-------2-------2------2-------2---| A|---x-------x-------x------x-------x---| E|---0-------4-------3------2-------0---| F#7sus4/E You drop a kid in gasoline Emaj7/G# And give him a lit match Gm6#5 And slap him on the ass Esus4/F# E When he lights himself aflame F#7sus4/E Like the man who pays his wife Emaj7/G# Two hundred pounds to have sex Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E Because it's the only way he can come F#7sus4/E Like the girl, born a princess Emaj7/G# Too early or too late Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E Who waits and waits and knows she'll never be queen riff 1: E F#m7/E E F#m7/E What's left? E F#m7/E What's left? E F#m7/E The senile cat's incessant meow E F#m7/E The childrеn's favourite canned cow E F#m7/E The soundtrack of an unkеpt house E F#m7/E The soundtrack of an abandoned spouse C#sus4 N.C. What's left? riff 5: Esus2 Esus2b5 G#7 E G#m11 C#7sus4 E e|---0-------0-------0------0-----x-----x-----0---| B|---7-------7-------7------0-----2-----2-----0---| G|---9-------9-------5------4-----4-----4-----1---| D|---9-------8-------6------6-----4-----4-----2---| A|---x-------x-------x------x-----x-----4-----0---| E|---0-------0-------0------0-----4-----x-----0---| Esus2 Esus2b5 The whirring cogs of futile despair G#7 E The anguish of unanswered prayers G#m11 C#7sus4 E Amaj7 The writhing mass of moaning torment E F#m7/E N.C. What's left Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 C#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 Bsus4 G#sus4 F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# You lure a fly to a blazing lamp Gm6#5 Shut the lid tight and watch it dance about Esus4/F# E 'Til it dies F#7sus4/E Like Sirin's chimp Emaj7/G# Who, when given a pen Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E Draws only the bars of his cage F#7sus4/E Like the gown unworn Emaj7/G# Like the lawn overgrown Gm6#5 Like the car, all rust riff 6: Esus4/F# C#7sus2 e|---0-----0---| B|---0-----4---| G|---2-----4---| D|---2-----x---| A|---x-----4---| E|---2-----0---| A#7b5 e|---x---| B|---5---| G|---7---| D|---6---| A|---x---| E|---6---| Esus4/F# Like the lungs, black with tar C#7sus2 Like the bones, black with dust Esus4/F# Like the heart, black with shame C#7sus2 Like the eyes, black with age Esus4/F# Like the stillborns living in his formaldehyde grave C#7sus2 A#7b5 Like his mouth open, crying out to be saved What is left? B9sus4 What is left? A#7b5 What is left? B9sus4 E F#m7/E What is left? E F#m7/E E F#m7/E E F#m7/E F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E F#7sus4/E And I'm hiding from the government Emaj7/G# And my fictional wife Gm6#5 From my dreams and from my memories Esus4/F# E I am running from my life F#7sus4/E I'm hiding from you Emaj7/G# I'm hiding from you Gm6#5 I'm hiding from you Esus4/F# E I'm hiding from you F#7sus4/E I'm hiding from my mistress Emaj7/G# And her dream sextets Gm6#5 I’m hiding from my family Esus4/F# E F#7sus4/E I’m hiding from the explanations Emaj7/G# And of all I’ve been doing wrong Gm6#5 I'm hiding from you I'm hiding from you Esus4/F# E I'm hiding from you F#7sus4/E I'm hiding from your lips Emaj7/G# I'm hiding from your mouth Gm6#5 I’m hiding from your room Esus4/F# E I’m hiding from doubt F#7sus4/E I’m hiding from living Emaj7/G# Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E I’m hiding from everything F#7sus4/E When did I meet you? Emaj7/G# Maybe three years ago Gm6#5 So much has happened since Esus4/F# E You were a million fears ago F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# So many since have taken your place Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E A million more things to keep me awake F#7sus4/E No! I don't sleep any more Emaj7/G# I just rest my eyes Gm6#5 I'm running from your lips Esus4/F# E I'm running from your cries F#7sus4/E Your convulsions that crack Emaj7/G# The crust of the earth Gm6#5 Your pantomime moans Esus4/F# E So forced, so rehearsed F#7sus4/E You're the first I call Emaj7/G# But I hate the sound of your voice Gm6#5 I hate the words you use Esus4/F# E The phrases you think so choice F#7sus4/E But I'd kiss you a million times Emaj7/G# If you'd only turn your head Gm6#5 But you never turn your head Esus4/F# E just like me, you're not alive, you're dead, you're dead F#7sus4/E In the German black forest of which I know nothing Emaj7/G# I dream you ride a black horse Gm6#5 Back and forth Esus4/F# E Back and forth Back and forth F#7sus4/E With no compass to follow Emaj7/G# Or landmark to reach Gm6#5 You perambulate aimlessly through Esus4/F# E nondescript trees F#7sus4/E In the nondescript forest Emaj7/G# Of which I know nothing Gm6#5 And can't visualise at all Esus4/F# E Save your faint silhouette F#7sus4/E And I clutch and it evades Emaj7/G# I wake from the dream Gm6#5 No, no, none of it’s true Esus4/F# E I don’t sleep, I don’t sleep! F#7sus4/E I wander through cowardice, Emaj7/G# Thought and regret Gm6#5 Through nothingness Esus4/F# E Through sagas that never took place F#7sus4/E Your kiss, never given Emaj7/G# Your touch, never felt Gm6#5 Your words, never spoken Esus4/F# E Your gift, never dealt F#7sus4/E Your lies, all around Emaj7/G# Your deceit, infinite Gm6#5 I’m hiding from your Esus4/F# E never ending torrent of shit F#7sus4/E Like the spouse happily married Emaj7/G# Who still dies alone Gm6#5 Like the world famous actor Esus4/F# E Who's still completely unknown F#7sus4/E Like the German black forest Emaj7/G# Of you I know nothing B9sus4 I know not your eyes, your skin, your stench, your sins, your arms, your hold, your heart, your folds, your nails, your grip, your grin, your tics, your sex, your shame N.C. I know only your name F#7sus4/E And what’s left of the lover Emaj7/G# Who doesn’t exist? Gm6#5 Who knows not how many Esus4/F# E Fantasies involve her kiss? F#7sus4/E And what’s left of the dreamer Emaj7/G# Who dreams, and dreams, and dreams and drea Gm6#5 And who thinks he isn’t dreaming Esus4/F# E But thinks that he is free F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# And what of the endless, heedless, aren't we Gm6#5 Will it leave me be? Esus4/F# E No! F#7sus4/E When the smoke clears Emaj7/G# It remains, your name Gm6#5 When the smoke clears Esus4/F# E It remains it remains F#7sus4/E When the smoke clears Emaj7/G# It rains, it rains Gm6#5 When the smoke clears B9sus4 it's all i have left riff 1: E F#m7/E E F#m7/E E F#m7/E F#7sus4/E Emaj7/G# Gm6#5 Esus4/F# E (repeat until end)