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Kill Eye

Crowded House

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Kill Eye
(N. Finn)

NOTE:

-- tune all strings down one 1/2-step to match the recording.


Bm*     E7*           Bm        E7     Bm  E7  Bm  E7
kill eye tumbling come out of the sky
Bm      E7         Bm           E7     Bm  E7  Bm  E7
kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars
Bm       E7          Bm        E7        Bm  E7  Bm  E7
kill eye he came clambering over the wall
Bm      E7 Bm       E7         Bm
kill eye halfway to hell and beyond

LEAD-IN TO CHORUS:
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----------------||
----------------||   [see below for tab for lead gtr. on chorus]
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---2-4-5-4-2-4--||
-4--------------||

D#7(4)*
I wanna be forgiven
D7(4)*
I wanna laugh with children
C#7(4)
won't you ever forgive me

please please forgive me
D#7(4)
I wanna hug my mother
D7(4)
and the sky above her
C#7(4)
I want the earth to open up
     G#        A    G#    F#
and hold me

kill eye shoot your way out of the bank
kill eye watch the security guard
kill eye you separate a man from his life

I wanna be forgiven
I wanna laugh with children
I wanna ride the pony
be your one and only friend
I will love you till the end

SOLO:

-------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|
-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-----------7>9--7--------------------|
-7>9-9-9-9>7-|-7>9-9-9-9>7-|------7>9--7>9--7--------------------|
-9-------9---|-9-------9---|-7>9--7>9----------------------------|
-------------|-------------|-7>9---------------9>8>7>6-----------|
-------------|-------------|---------------------------10>9>8>7--|
                                               |_______________|
                                            (actually a keybd. part)
-----------------------|--------||
--9-9--7-7---9-9--7-7--|-7>>>>>-||
--9-9--7-7---9-9--7-7--|-7>>>>>-||
-9---------------------|--------||
-----------------------|--------||
-----------------------|--------||


kill eye halfway to hell and beyond

I wanna hug my mother
and the sky above her
I want the earth to open up
I want the earth to open up

D#7(4)  D7(4)  C#7(4)
D#7(4)  D7(4)  C#7(4)
D#7(4)  D7(4)  C#7(4)

Tab for lead guitar on CHORUS (including lead-in)


---------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
---------------|---------------8---|---------------7----|---------------6---|
---------------|-----6---6>7>6---6-|-----5---5>6>5----5-|-----4---4>5>4---4-|
---------------|---5---------------|---4----------------|---3---------------|
---2-4-5-4-2-4-|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
-4-------------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
                [R]                 [R]                  [R]
__________________ _________________
|1.               |2.
------------------|----------------|
--------------6---|----------------|
----4---4>5>4---4-|----6-8-9>8-6-5-|    G# .... [follow chords from here]
--3---------------|--6-------------|
------------------|----------------|
------------------|----------------|
[R]               |[R]
[R] = rest for first 1/8th-beat of the measure

* UNUSUAL CHORDS

Bm      799777
E7      X79797
D#7(4)  X6568X
D7(4)   X5457X
C#7(4)  X4346X


(Transcription by Marck Bailey)