Man-Erg Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
from the album Pawn Hearts (1971).
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), August 2011
| F | C | Dm | C |
The k[F]iller lives in[C]side me: [Dm] yes, I can [C]feel him move.
So[F]metimes he's lightly [C]sleeping in the [Dm]quiet of hi[C]s room,
but t[G]hen his eyes [C]will [Dm]rise [Em]and [Dm]stare [C]through [G]mine;
[C]he'll [Dm]speak [Em]my [Dm]words [C]and [Am]slice my mind i[G]nside.
Yes the k[F]iller lives[C] [Dm] [C]
[F]Angels live in[C]side me[Dm]: I can [C]feel them smile...
Their [F]presence strokes and [C]soothes the t[Dm]empest in my[C] mind
[G]and their love [C]can [Dm]heal [Em]the [Dm]wounds [C]that [Gsus]I have [G]wrought
[C]They [Dm]watch [Em]me [Dm]as [C]I [Am]go to fall
[G]-well, I know I shall be caught,
while the [F]angels live.[C] [Dm] [C]
[Adim]
|-----------|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------| |-----------|-------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
How can I be free?
How can I get help?
Am I really me?
Am I someone else?
Organ plays these chords over the riff after the vocals: (3m41s)
[Cm] [Bdim]
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
[Cm] [Bdim]
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
[Bbm] [Fm]
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|
repeat riff, slowing down
Maybe something like this on the last one:
Ao Bb Ao Ab
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4---| |-7-7-7-7-7-|-6---4-7-4---| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-7---5-8-5---| |-7-7-7-7-7-|-8---4-7-6---| |-----------|-8-------6---| |-----------|-6-------4---|
[Fm9] [Dm#11]
|----3-----3-1-----1----|----4------4-1-----1----| |----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----| |----1-----1-1-----1----|----5------5-1-----1----| x2 |-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|
[Fmaj9] [Dm11]
|----3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----| |----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----| |----2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----| |-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--| |-----------------------|------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------|
[Fmaj9]But stalking in my cloisters hang the [Dm11]acolytes of gloom
[Fmaj9]and Death's Head throws his cloak into the[Dm11] corner of my room
Bb+ Bb Bbo F maj9 Dm11
|-2--1--0--|-1--3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----| |-3--3--2--|-1--1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----| |-3--3--0--|-2--2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----| |----------|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--| |-1--1--1--|-----------------------|------------------------| |----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
and I am doomed...
[Fmaj9] [Dm11]
[Fmaj9]But laughing in my courtyard play the[Dm11] pranksters of my youth
[Fmaj9]and solemn, waiting Old Man in the[Dm11] gables of the roof:
Bb+ Bb Bbo Fmaj9
he tells me truth...
| Fmaj9 | Dm11 | Fmaj9 | Dm11 |
| Fmaj9 | Dm11 | Bb Bb+ Bb Bbo | Fmaj9 |
| Dm11 | Am | Gm | Dsus D |
| Csus C | Bb | A7sus A7 | Dsus D |
| Csus C | Bb Bb+ Bb Bbo | F |
| C D | D | Eb F | F |
| C D | D | Eb Fm Fm Fm A A G | FFF AbAbAb | (4/4, 4/4, 5/4, 2/4)
| Bb7 | F
[F]And I too, live [C]inside me[Dm] and very often don't k[C]now who I am:
[F]I know I'm not a[C] hero, well, I [Dm]hope that I'm not [C]damned.
I'm [G]just a man, [C]and [Dm]kil[Em]lers, [Dm]ang[C]els, [Gsus]all are [G]these:
[C]Dic[Dm]tat[Em]ors, [Dm]sav[C]iours, [Am]refugees i[G]n war and peace
as long as [F]Man lives...[C] [Dm] [C]
I'm [G]just a man, [C]and [Dm]kil[Em]lers, [Dm]ang[C]els, [Gsus]all are [G]these:
[C]Dic[Dm]tat[Em]ors, [Dm]sav[C]iours, [Am]refugees [G]
[C] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [C] [Gsus] [G]
[C] [Dm] [Em] [Dm] [C] [Am] [G]
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