Curtains


John Frusciante - The Past Recedes G D Am Em x3 G D Am G D Am Em And then the past recedes G D Am Em And I won't be involved G D Am Em The effort to be free G D Am Seems pointless from above G D Am Em Yor're looking down at' me G D Am Em I'd rather stay below G D Am Em Than have you staring up at me G D Am B7 B7+5 Theres nowhere I want to goooooooo C F#dim7 Em D Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive C F#dim7 Em Why to be here you've first got to die D So I gave it a try C G/B And what do you know Am F#dim7 Time was so long ago G D Am Em And thinks come back you see G D Am Em To where they don't belong G D Am Em And every drop of sea G D Am B7 B7+5 Is the whole ocean oooooooohhh C F#dim7 I lied to the greatest thieves Em D About anything and everything C F#dim7 Em I'm a figure of forgotten speech D I'm our of reach C G/B I can't play it safe Am F#dim7 B7 But I might just in case Solo (use verse chords) e|-14-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| B|-----13h15p13-12—-12h13p12------------|-------12--------------------------------| G|---------------------------14--12--11-|-12-------14-12-11--12----11--9--7—7h9p7-| D|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------------------|------------------|---4---7—4h5p4---| |-9---9--7--9---7—-5h7p5-4--5--|--5--4----------4-|-5---5---------7-| |------------------------------|--------7--5--7---|-----------------| |------------------------------|------------------|-----------------| |----7-5h7p5-------10-10----12---15--15-|-/17---17-17---------------|12------------------| |-8----------8-------------b15________--|--------------/12---b14-12-|--------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------| |---------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------| C F#dim7 Em I'm disguised as a reaching hand D I'm working man C F#dim7 I dont understand why clock-out Em D Comes so slow every time C G Am That's one line I stay right behind C G Am B7 That's one line I stay right behind G D Am Em x3 G D Am B7(+5) G Chords: B7 (+5) F#dim7 G/B --2--(3) --2--- --7--| --0---0 --1--- --8--| --2---2 --2--- --7--| --1---1 --1--- --9--| --2---2 ------ --10-| --0---0 ------ --7--| Lever Pulled Fm C# You're the feeling of hurting Fm C# Eb More, is what i'm asking Bbm C# Fm For... little lies cross over... Bbm C# Eb board... wait for the crying Love to aim at besides Lever Pulled Go where you are little pond Never be seen by your saw we'll work it out Fm C# Eb (2x) Bbm C# Fm Bbm C# Eb Now the feelings are right where you saw Forever is right where we were Never be clean Lever pulled Be where you are Anne Anne you can't hide You know we'll find your It's a matter where pride flies out the window --------------------2---------------------------------------------------------| -2-----0-----2------3---------------------------------------------------------| -2-----1-----2------2---------------------------------------------------------| -2-----2-----4------0---------------repeat...---------------------------------| -0----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------0-----2----------------------------------------------------------------| I never got the weight off the ground I just forgot what's up and what's down ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -6-----3-----3-3-----2-2------------------------------------------------------| -7-----3-----3-3-----2-2------------------------------------------------------| -7-----5-----3-3-----2-2------------repeat...---------------------------------| -5----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------3-----1-------0--------------------------------------------------------| How many get the way I feel now There's no regret There's just the sense that ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -11----8-----8-8-----7-7------------------------------------------------------| -12----7-----7-7-----7-7------------repeat...---------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -10---------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------7-----6-------5--------------------------------------------------------| Nothing is coming my way There's so much that happened today ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -3-----3-----4-------3--------------------------------------------------------| -3-----0-----5-------5--------------repeat...---------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------1-------------5--------------------------------------------------------| -3-----------5----------------------------------------------------------------| The Gods of the city have called my name It means more to them than it means to me somehow I left my bodyI left my fate But it is so hard to keep away now --------------------------3---------------------------------------------------| -------3-----3---------3--4-------------3-----3-------------------------------| -3-------3-2---2-0-----3--------------3---3-2---2-0-2-3-2---------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------3-1------4--repeat--| -------------------------------------------------------------------5----------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nothing is final because it seems all the while There wasn't anything for me I always faked my smile -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -3--------------1-------------8-------------3-----------------------------------| -3--------------2-------------9-------------3-----------------------------------| -5--------------3-------------8-------------5---------repeat...-----------------| -5--------------3-------------10------------5-----------------------------------| -3--------------1-------------8-------------3-----------------------------------| There's so many careless angels responsible for me They give me disease They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me Saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone Now they shut my eyes and I can't see -----------------------3-------------------3----------------------------------| -1------3-------4------3------1------3-----3-----1-----8----------------------| -2------3-------5------3------2------3-----3-----2-----9----------------------| -3------5-------5------5------3------5-----5-----3-----8----------------------| -3------5--------------6------3------5-----6-----3-----10---------------------| -1------3-------5-------------1------3-----------1-----8----------------------| now -3----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -3------1-------3------1------------------------------------------------------| -3------2-------3------2------------------------------------------------------| -5------3-------5------3------------------------------------------------------| -6------3-------5------3------------------------------------------------------| --------1-------3------1------------------------------------------------------| ----------------3--------------------------------------3----------------------| ----------------3------------------8-------------------3------1---4-----------| -3------2-------3------3-----2-----9---------3----2----3------2---2-----------| -5------3-------5------5-----3-----8---------5----3----5------3---1-----------| -5------3-------5------5-----3-----10--------5----3----5------3---3-----------| -3------1--------------3-----1-----8---------3----1----3------1---1-----------| (Guitar Solo...) These are the times I was scared of These are the fares I pushed out of my way Now they've come back here to haunt me It’s plain to see who the winner and loser will be ----------------3--------------------------------------3----------------------| ----------------3------------------8-------------------3------1---------------| -3------2-------3------3-----2-----9---------3----2----3------2---------------| -5------3-------5------5-----3-----8---------5----3----5------3---------------|3x -5------3-------5------5-----3-----10--------5----3----5------3---------------| -3------1--------------3-----1-----8---------3----1----3------1---------------| ---------------| ---3-----------| ---3-----------| ---5-----------| ---6-----------| ---------------| The Real by John Frusciante F#m Bm A E I dont know the real from what i thought i saw I cant remember where i went, where i was F#m Bm A E F#m2x F#m Bm A E F#m I'm gonna move toward a point in time F#m Bm A E Where where you are is a state of mind Bm A E F#m Bm A E F#m And anytime I can read your thoughts, Some of them yours and some I thought of F#m Bm F#m Bm A Theres no good reason for a heartbreak, nothing's repeating every Monday F#m Bm A F#m Its no good saying you'll always be mine F#m Bm A E F#m These jokes life's playing they make me so tired so tired. F#m Bm A F#m F#m Bm A F#m F#m E A E It's already to much to always see you off F#m E A E The sense that hours go back is enough F#m Bm A E F#m2x F#m Bm A E F#m I like to fade when I write this line F#m Bm A E There's every reason to paint a decline Bm A E F#m Bm A E F#m And every mile i walk is five I'll get where I'm going in the next life F#m Bm F#m And all the while there's a false face F#m Bm A This every killing is left untraced F#m E A E This kind of falling saved my son F#m E A E This constant longing for what's gone F#m Bm A E 5x Whats gone F#m A Name B F# G#m These don't have a name B F# G#m I've been a fool to let it out that way C#m G#m And it'll keep on coming back B F# G#m A fool gets laughed at B F# C#m G#m And I'll go on and on and on B F# C#m G#m Letting it out when the feeling's strong B F# C#m G#m I wonder who in the single thing B F# C#m G#m Made this night and this ugly dreams B F# G#m These all pass away B F# G#m It is clear that one can see through a day C#m G#m And i may have met my match B F# G#m Completely unattached B F# C#m G#m With no one no one no one B F# C#m G#m On whom to rely let's sing that song B F# C#m G#m Well I didn't read the last page B F# C#m G#m You thought of me at that final stage G#m E F# G#m eenie meenie miny moe G#m E F# G#m It's about time about time to go G#m E F# G#m eenie meenie miny moe G#m E F# G#m It's about time about time to go Harmonica ---------------------¦---------------------¦---------------------¦---------------------¦ ---------------------¦---------2-4-2-------¦---------------------¦---------------------¦ ---1-3-4-3-1---------¦---1-3-4-------4-3-1-¦---1-3-4-3-1---------¦---------------------¦ -1-----------2-4-2-1-¦-1-------------------¦-1-----------2-4-2-1-¦-1-2-1---1-----------¦ ---------------------¦---------------------¦---------------------¦-------4---4-2-4-2---¦ ---------------------¦---------------------¦---------------------¦-------------------4-¦ Control ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------4-------4-------4------------------------------------------------| -----------------5-------5-------5--------------------------------------------| -5-------------5---5-------5-------5----5---------etc...improvise...----------| -3---------------------3-------3--------3-------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| It's not the way I go It's not the way I go No one here hears me I'm sick of people knowing me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44----3-----6-----1----------4-------4------------------------------------| ----55----3-----7-----2--------------5-------5--------------------------------| ----55----5-----8-----3-------5----5---5-------5----etc...--------------------| ----33----5-----8-----3-------3------------3----------------------------------| ----------3-----6-----1-------------------------------------------------------| Life's confusing me There's so much I don't see Something's controlling me ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -6-----------1---------------4-------4----------------------------------------| -7-----------2-------------------5-------5------------------------------------| -8-----------3------------5----5---5-------5----etc...------------------------| -8-----------3------------3------------3--------------------------------------| -6-----------1----------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44----3-----6-----1----------4-------4------------------------------------| ----55----3-----7-----2--------------5-------5--------------------------------| ----55----5-----8-----3-------5----5---5-------5----etc...--------------------| ----33----5-----8-----3-------3------------3----------------------------------| ----------3-----6-----1-------------------------------------------------------| It's no way to live I haven't got a thing to give And as those signs trad off I'm a line from loud to soft ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44----3-----6-----1----------4-------4------------------------------------| ----55----3-----7-----2--------------5-------5--------------------------------| ----55----5-----8-----3-------5----5---5-------5----etc...--------------------| ----33----5-----8-----3-------3------------3----------------------------------| ----------3-----6-----1-------------------------------------------------------| For what I have to say I wanted to build a stage I wanted to feel this way this way ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -6-----------1---------------4-------4----------------------------------------| -7-----------2-------------------5-------5------------------------------------| -8-----------3------------5----5---5-------5----etc...------------------------| -8-----------3------------3------------3--------------------------------------| -6-----------1----------------------------------------------------------------| All these things are real I don't know my own field You will prove me wrong I don't know one -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-3--3--3-3---3---4----------------------------6----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3--3--3-3---3---5----------------------------7----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-5--5--5-5---5---5----...etc...end on...------8----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-6--6--6-6---6---3----------------------------8----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x----------------------------------------------6----------------| I see now what I've got It reveals just what it's not Someday I'll take it away There's nothing for me anyway ------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----44----3-----6-----1----------4-------4------------------------------------| ----55----3-----7-----2--------------5-------5--------------------------------| ----55----5-----8-----3-------5----5---5-------5----etc...--------------------| ----33----5-----8-----3-------3------------3----------------------------------| ----------3-----6-----1-------------------------------------------------------| Love don't choose me Wide don't see a thing Wide don't see a thing A thing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| -6-----------1------------4------------------------------------------------| -7-----------2------------5------------------------------------------------| -8-----------3------------5------------------etc...------------------------| -8-----------3------------3------------------------------------------------| -6-----------1-------------------------------------------------------------| I don't know what it's about I wander through the dawn So much goes on Who will make me run I admit I might be wrong These letters shelter me now I wonder how -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x-3--3--3-3---3---4----------------------------6----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-3--3--3-3---3---5----------------------------7----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-5--5--5-5---5---5----...etc...end on...------8----------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-6--6--6-6---6---3----------------------------8----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-x----------------------------------------------6----------------| Your Warning G C Em C You're warning me to get out of the way G C Em D7 Was the safest thing to say G C Em C G This trying to get out of a tight spot G C Em D7 Isn't even worth a shot G C And all of the world calls out at once G C give us pain Em D It's a friend to us G C And we don't decide for ourselves very much G C Em D what we are we owe to the fear of love G C Bm Don't bring it around C G I've reached for that C Bm C Iv reached for that G C Bm Once it is found C G It turns its back C Bm C It turns its back Em Bm Once it is called when you're married Em G D and you've fallen out of love Em Bm What's it called when the family Em G D you raised you don't know at all Bm D C Em Give us a point to miss endings are killing me slow E|-------------------------| B|-8-10-8---5-7-8---0---0--| G|------------------0—--0--| D|------------------2—--2--| A|-7--------5-------3—--3--| E|------------------0---0--| Bm D C Em I only ask for this empiness replace my soul E|-------------------------| B|-8-10-8---5-7-8---0---0--| G|------------------0—--0--| D|------------------2—--2--| A|-7--------5-------3—--3--| E|------------------0---0--| (the piano melody) E|----------------10-----7---7—-|-------------------------| B|-8-10-8--5-7------------------|-8-10-8--7-5-3-----5---5-| G|------------------------------|-------------------------| D|------------------------------|-------------------------| A|------------------------------|-------------------------| E|------------------------------|-------------------------| HOPE G#m B F# G#m C#m G#m Eb2 G#m I feel the hope running low We never found our way home G#m B F# G#m There is no more world the land is gone C#m G#m Eb2 G#m Water is all that survived that one G#m There are no escapes, no escapes, no escapes E B Eb G#m Gone are the days of mis- takes Our mis- takes G#m B F# G#m And did you see The night wore on C#m G#m Eb2 G#m And became the days that never begun G#m B F# G#m The disappearing day You know where I'm from C#m G#m Eb2 G#m Is the only place that forever stays young G#m Lost at sea We're lost at sea E B Eb G#m I wouldn't know my face if you all were me G#m All we have is all we see E B Eb G#m There is no more hope There are no dreams E B Eb G#m The chords are like this: G#m B F# e ]------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------| B]---------4---------- ------------4----------- ----------2-------------| G]---------4---------- ------------4----------- ----------3-------------| D]-------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------| A]-------------------- -----2-------------2---- ------------------------| E]---4------------4--- ------------------------ ---2-------------2------| C#m Eb2 (?) E e]------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------| B]---------5--------- ------------------------ ------------------------| G]---------6--------- ------------9----------- -----------9------------| D]------------------- ------------8----------- -----------9------------| A]--4------------4--- ------6------------6---- -----7------------7-----| E]------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------| (G#m) (Eb) (C#m) e]-----------4-------------3---------------------------| B]-----------4-------------4-----------5---------------| G]-----------4-------------3-----------6---------------| D]-----------6-------------------------6---------------| A]-------------------------------------4---------------| E]-----------------------------------------------------| ASCENSION one, two Em Em Coming up to the end A7 These feelings weren't always pretend Cadd9 Re view your whole life Dadd9 Em and you don't even have to die Em Life would never leave me alone A7 A choice which way I wanted to go Cadd9 And everything I've seen is Dadd9 Em wrong to make me what I'll be Em B All men Cadd9 G You don't need anyone A7 Just hold on to the end Cadd9 Em D And you don't even have to look goo-ood Em B Wo - man Cadd9 G You do fine on your own A7 You're free to cry Cadd9 Em D and you don't have to wipe your ey - es Em Oom la la la Oom la la la Oom la la la Oom la la la Em G D Oom la la la ooh ah ooh ah Em Oom la la la Oom la la la Oom la la la G D Ooh ah Ooh ah Em G D Em Oom la la la Oom la la la You once saved me - ee - ee Em G D Em Oom la la la Oom la la la You once saved me - ee - ee Cadd9 G You once saved me and Cadd9 G now I'm where you want me to be A7 Cadd9 Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try A7 Cadd9 Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try A7 Cadd9 Em Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try A7 Cadd9 Ascending endlessly and I don't even have.... Em to try the chords are: Em A7 Cadd9 Dadd9 B G D e]--0----3-----0-----0---------3-----2-------| B]--0----2-----3-----3-----4---0-----3-------| G]--0----2-----0-----2-----4---0-----2-------| D]--2----2-----2-----0-----4---0-----0-------| A]--2----0-----3-----------2---2-------------| E]--0--------------------------3-------------| Time Tonight For changing lines I've got no time tonight ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------| ||o------4------4--|------4------2--|------4------4--|-7-5-----5-4-----| ||-------4------4--|------4------3--|------4------4--|-----4-------4---| ||-------6--(6)----|----4--------4--|------6--(6)----|-------4-------4-| ||o----6----(6)----|--2-------4-----|----6----(6)----|-----------------| ||--4--------4-----|-------2--------|-4--------4-----|-0-------7-------| In these times the wind surpassed the tide |----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------| |------4------4--|-----4------2--|------4------4--|-----------------| |------4------4--|-----4------3--|------4------4--|-------1-4-3-----| |------6--(6)----|---4--------4--|------6--(6)----|-----2-------4---| |----6----(6)----|-2--------4----|----6----(6)----|---2-----2-----4-| |-4--------4-----|--------2------|-4--------4-----|-0---------------| When the wake up's hard to find Dreams make up for your |---------------|-------4----------14-|---------------|-------4----------14-| |-------7-------|-----4---------12----|-------7-------|-----4---------12----| |-----8----8----|---4--------11-------|-----8----8----|---4--------11-------| |---8--------8--|-6-------------------|---8--------8--|-6-------------------| |-6-------------|---------14----------|-6-------------|---------14----------| |---------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------------| | | | | | |---------------|----------------7----|---------------|----------------7----| |-------7----7--|-----4----------9----|-------7----7--|-----4----------9----| |-----8------8--|-----4----------9----|-----8------8--|-----4----------9----| |---8--------8--|-----6-------9-------|---8--------8--|-----6-------9-------| |-6--------6----|---6------7----------|-6--------6----|---6------7----------| |---------------|-4-------------------|---------------|-4-------------------| 1. 2. life |----------11---------9-|-----------16-----------||----------16----------18-| |-----------------------|--------16------16-----o||-------17----------19----| |-------13---------11---|-----16-----------------||----16----------18-------| |----13---------11------|-18----------------18---||-14----------16----------| |-11----------9---------|-----------------------o||-------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------||-------------------------| | | || | |-----------------------|------------------------||-------------------------| |-------12---------11---|----9--------9------9--o||--------9----------11----| |-------13---------11---|----8--------8------8---||--------9----------11----| |----13-13------11-11---|----9--------9------9---||-----9--9-------11-------| |-11----------9---------|----7--------7------7--o||--7-----------9----------| |-----------------------|------------------------||-------------------------| This crazy shine it never lets you die Going up we become what you want Again the moon rises up too high And we don't need the sky Interlude |-16-------21--19-----|---------------19-18-------|-------------23-28----| |-------21---------21-|--21-----21----------19----|----------24----------| |----20---------------|------20----20----------18-|-------25-------------| |-18------------------|---------------------------|----25----------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|-23-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| |----------14--12-----|---------------12-11-------|----------14----12----| |-------13-13--13--13-|-(13)----13----------11----|-------13-------------| |----13---------------|------13----13----------11-|----13----------------| |-11------------------|---------------------------|-11-------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------|----------------------| Wonder what it is that makes the world turn slower Wonder what it is that makes me feel so mad Everyone that talks to me I so which wouldn't I wouldn't even care except I feel so bad ||------4---------|---------------|-----4---------|-----------------|| ||o-----5------4--|-----9---------|-----5------4--|-----9------2---o|| ||------6------4--|-----9------6--|-----6------4--|-----9------3----|| ||----6--------6--|---9-9----5-5--|---6--------6--|---9-9------4----|| ||o-4--------6----|-7------6------|-4--------6----|-7--------4-----o|| ||---------4------|---------------|--------4------|--------2--------|| so bad ||------4---------|----------------||---------------|------------------| ||o-----5------4--|-----9------2--o||-----4------9--|-------------11---| ||------6------4--|-----9------3---||-----4------9--|-----8-------11---| ||----6--------6--|---9-9------4---||-----6----9-9--|-----9----11------| ||o-4--------6----|-7--------4----o||---6----7------|---9-9--9---------| ||---------4------|--------2-------||-4-------------|-7----------------| Why is there no one in my life Time There's no time tonight Wide There's no room to see wide Time There's no time tonight ||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||-4----*| ||o-----4---------|-----4------2--|-----4------9--|-------------11--o||-4----*| ||------4------1--|-----4------3--|-----4------9--|-----8-------11---||-4----*| ||------6------2--|---4-4------4--|-----6----9-9--|-----9----11------||-6----*| ||o---6------2-2--|-2--------4----|---6----7------|---9-9--9--------o||-6----*| ||--4------0------|--------2------|-4-------------|-7----------------||-4----*|