Crippled Inside John Lennon
'Crippled Inside'(Unreleased Take)
(Remastered) 2010 & 2000, originally recorded in 1971.
Crippled Inside (Unreleased Take)/ John Lennon
AUTHOR's Note:
This version was borne out of the frustration of not finding an accurate TAB
to match Lennon's twist on C&W music '...with a conscience".
TUNING:
Standard Tuning.
Chords:
C: [EADGBE]332010
C7: 032310
F: 133211
F7: 131211
Bb: 113331
B: 224442
A: x02220
Am: x02210
Am7: x02010
A7: x02020
G: 320003
G7: 320001
D7: xx0212
Ab7: 464544
Eb9: 065666
C9: x32330
(Tempo Adante 2/4)
Intro:
(Slide Guitar)
[C] [G7] [C] [G] [F] [C]
[F] [C7] [F] [Bb] [F] [C7] [F] [G]
Verse 1:
[C]You can shine your shoes and wear a [C7]suit,
[F]You can comb your hair and look a qu[F7]ite cute.
[C]You can hide your face behind a smile[C].[B] [Bb] [A]
[A7]One thing you can't [D7]hide,
[G7]Is when you're crippled [C]inside.
Verse 2:
[C]You can wear a mask and paint your [C7]face,
[F]You can call yourself the human [F7]race.
[C]You can wear a collar and a tie[C].[B] [Bb] [A]
[A7]One thing you can't [D7]hide,
[C]Is when you're crippled inside[C].[B] [Bb] [A]
Chorus:
[A7]Well now you [Am]know,
[Am]That your cat has nine lives, babe.
[D7]Nine lives to itself[G7],
[C]You only got one,
[C]And a dog's life ain't fun[Am7].
[C]Mamma take a l[G7]ook outs[C]ide.
Verse 3:
[C]You can go to church and sing a hym[C7]n,
[F]Judge me by the colour of my sk[F7]in.
[C]You can live a lie until you di[C]e.[B] [Bb] [A]
[A7]One thing you can't [D7]hide,
[C]Is when you're crippled inside[C].[B] [Bb] [A]
Instrumental:
[C]Take it Billy!
(Honky-Tonk Piano Solo)
[C] [C7] [F] [F7]
[C] [C] [B] [Bb] [A]
[A7] [D7] [C]
[C] [B] [Bb] [A]
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Verse 1)
('You can shine your shoes and wear...' inadvertently omitted)
Outro:
[A7]One thing you can't [D7]hide,
[C]Is when you're crippled inside.[B] [Bb] [A]
(Slow 2/2 Tempo)
[A7]One thing you can't hi[D7]de,
[G]Is when you're crippled [G7]insi[C]de.[C7] [F] [Ab7] [G7] [Eb9] [C9]
[(End)]
Background:
Comment from Rolling Stone:
"Crippled Inside", Imagine, 1971
Lennon followed the opening peace anthem on his second album with this grenade
wrapped in rockabilly rhythm and prairie-saloon piano, with a slinky country-boy
solo on dobro by George Harrison.
The chorus 'One thing you can't hide, Is when you're crippled inside.' may have
been a slap at ex-bandmate Paul McCartney
(who would get it full blast on Side Two, in 'How Do You Sleep?').
But when Lennon wrote in the second person, he often did it staring into a mirror."
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