Van der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg from the album Pawn Hearts (1971). Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), August 2011 | F | C | Dm | C | F C Dm C The killer lives inside me: yes, I can feel him move. F C Dm C Sometimes he's lightly sleeping in the quiet of his room, G C Dm Em Dm C G but then his eyes will rise and stare through mine; C Dm Em Dm C Am G he'll speak my words and slice my mind inside. F C Dm C Yes the killer lives F C Dm C Angels live inside me: I can feel them smile... F C Dm C Their presence strokes and soothes the tempest in my mind G C Dm Em Dm C Gsus4 G and their love can heal the wounds that I have wrought C Dm Em Dm C Am They watch me as I go to fall G -well, I know I shall be caught, F C Dm C while the angels live. 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 Dm11 But stalking in my cloisters hang the acolytes of gloom Fmaj9 Dm11 and Death's Head throws his cloak into the 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 Dm11 But laughing in my courtyard play the pranksters of my youth Fmaj9 Dm11 and solemn, waiting Old Man in the 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 | Dsus4 D | | Csus4 C | Bb | A7sus4 A7 | Dsus4 D | | Csus4 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 C Dm C And I too, live inside me and very often don't know who I am: F C Dm C I know I'm not a hero, well, I hope that I'm not damned. G C Dm Em Dm C Gsus4 G I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these: C Dm Em Dm C Am G Dictators, saviours, refugees in war and peace F C Dm C as long as Man lives... G C Dm Em Dm C Gsus4 G I'm just a man, and killers, angels, all are these: C Dm Em Dm C Am G Dictators, saviours, refugees C Dm Em Dm C Gsus4 G C Dm Em Dm C Am G <- at this point the diminished riff comes back C Dm Em Dm C G C Dm Em Dm C Am Adim Ab A A Gm F F F |--------------4-4-4--5----5----3--1-1-1-| |--------------4-4-4--5----5----3--1-1-1-| |--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5--6----6----3--2-2-2-| |--4-4-4-4-4---6-6-6--7----7----5--3-3-3-| |--------------6-6-6--7----7----5--3-3-3-| |--5-5-5-5-5---4-4-4--5----5----3--1-1-1-| | Ab Ab Ab Bb Bb Ab | F# F# E | | D D D F F F | Ebm | | Ebm Ebm Ebm Dm Dm Dm | C#m Cm B | | Bb Bb Bb A A A | Ab G F# | | F