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Haus Der Luege

Einsturzende Neubauten

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:42:12 +0800 (WST)
From: Greg O'Beirne 
Subject: TAB: "Haus Der Luege" by Einstuerzende Neubauten

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 "Haus der L?ge" by Einst?rzende Neubauten
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partially transcribed by Greg O'Beirne (gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)

Note:  This isn't exactly what they play during the song, but if you
       haven't got strings or tape loops, this will be ok as an
       imitation of various elements of the song.

Throughout the song:

     1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G ------------------7-------------------------------7--------------|
 D -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 A --5-----------------------5---5-------5---5----------------------|
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|


In the second half of the song, repeat these four bars:

     1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--|
 D ------------------------------7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--|
 A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--|
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|

     1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--|
 D --8-------8---8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---8---8--|
 A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--|
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|

     1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--|
 D --9-------9---9---9-------9---9-------9---9-------9---9---9---9--|
 A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--|
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|

     1       +       2       +       3       +       4       +
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B -----------------------------------------------------------------|
 G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--|
 D --10------10--10--10------10--10------10--10------10--10--10--10-|
 A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--|
 E -----------------------------------------------------------------|


Lyrics:

HAUS DER LUEGE                       HOUSE OF LIES
--------------                       -------------

ERSTES GESCHOSS:                     FIRST FLOOR:
HIR LEBEN DIE BLINDEN                HERE LIVE THE BLIND
DIE GLAUBEN WAS SIE SEHEN            WHO BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE
UND DIE TAUBEN                       AND THE DEAF
DIE GLAUBEN WAS SIE HOEREN           WHO BELEIVE WHAT THEY HEAR
FESTGEBUNDEN AUF EINEM KUECHENHOCKER BOUND AND GAGGED TO KITCHEN-STOOL
SITZT EIN IRRER, DER GLAUBT          SITS A FOOL, WHO BELEIVES
ALLES WAS ER ANFASSEN KANN           IN ALL HE CAN FEEL
(SEINE HAENDE LIEGEN IM SCHOSS)      (HIS HANDS IN HIS LAP)

ZWEITES GESCHOSS:                    SECOND FLOOR:
ROLLE FUER ROLLE                     ROLL AFTER ROLL
BAHN FUER BAHN                       LENGTH AFTER LENGTH
RAUHFASER TAPEZIERT                  IN WOODCHIP WALLPAPER
EINZELNE MIETER STEHEN HERUM         LONE TENANTS STAND AROUND
BETRACHTEN DIE WAENDE AUFMERKSAM     OBSERVING THE WALLS WITH FROWNS
SUCHEN DRUCK- UND                    LOOKING FOR PRINTING AND SPELLING
  RECHTSCHREIBFEHLER                  MISTAKES
KOENNTEN NICHT MAL IHREN NAMEN       THEY COULDN'T EVEN DECIPHER THEIR
                     ENTZIFFERN       OWN NAMES

AUF INS NAECHSTE GESCHOSS:           UP TO THE NEXT FLOOR
WELCHES, OH WUNDER!, NIE             WHICH, OH WONDER! NEVER COMPLETED
                FERTIGGESTELLT
NUR UEBER DIE TREPPE ERREICHT        CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY THE STAIRS
                   WERDEN KANN
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HIER LAGERN IRRTUEMER, DIE           HERE ARE THE STORED ERRORS
             GEHOEREN DER FIRMA      WHICH BELONG TO THE FIRM
DAMIT KACHELN SIE DIE BOEDEN         AND WITH WHICH THEY TILE THE FLOORS
AN DIE DARF KEINER RAN               UPON THESE NONE MAY TREAD

VIERTES GESCHOSS:                    FOURTH FLOOR:
HIER WOHNT DER ARCHITEKT             HERE LIVES THE ARCHITECT
ER GEHT AUF IN SEINEM PLAN           IMMERSED IN HIS PLAN OF
DIESES GEBAEUDE STECKT VOLLER IDEEN  THIS BUILDING CRAMMED WITH IDEAS
ES REICHT VON FUNDA- BIS FIRMAMENT   IT STRETCHES FROM FUNDA- TO FIRMAMENT
UND VOM FUNDAMENT BIS ZUR FIRMA      AND FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS TO THE FIRM

IH ERDGESCHOSS:                      IN THE GROUND FLOOR:
BEFINDEN SICH VIER TUEREN            THERE ARE FOUR DOORS
DIE FUEHREN                          THEY LEAD
DIREKT INS FREIE                     DIRECTLY OUT-OF-DOORS
ODER BESSER GESAGT: IN DEN           OR MORE PRECISELY: TO THE
                  GRUNSTEIN           CORNER-STONE
DA KANN WARTEN WER WILL              HE WHO WANTS TO CAN WAIT THERE
UM ZWOELF KOMMT BETON                THE CONCRETE'S COMING AT TWELVE
GRUNDSTEINLEGO!                      CORNER-STONE LEGO!
GRUNDSTEINLEGO!                      CORNER-STONE LEGO!
LUEGE! LUEGE! LUEGE!                 LIES! LIES! LIES!
GEDANKENAENGE, SIND GESTRICHEN       THOUGHT PASSAGES ARE PAINTED OVER
IN HOPFHOEHE BRAUN                   IN HEAD-HEIGHT BROWN
INFAM ODER KATHOLISCH VIOLETT        INFAMOUS OR CATHOLIC PURPLE
ZUR BESSEREN ORIENTIERUNG            FOR BETTER ORIENTATION

DACHGESCHOSS:                        TOP FLOOR:
ES HAT EINEN SCHADEN                 HAS SOME DAMAGE
IM DACHSTUHL SITZT EIN ALTER MANN    IN THE RAFTERS AND OLD MAN SITS
AUF DEM BODEN TOTE ENGEL VERSTREUT   DEAD ANGELS ARE STREWN ACROSS THE FLOOR
(DEREN GESICHTER SEHEN IHM AENGLICH) (THEIR FACES RESEMBLE HIS)
ZWISCHEN DEN KNIEN HAELT ER EIN      BETWEEN HIS KNEES HE HOLDS A GUN
                          GEWEHR
ER ZIELT AUF SIENEN MUND             HE AIMS IT AT HIS MOUTH
UND IN DEN SCHAEDEL                  AND INTO THE SKULL
DURCH DEN SCHAEDEL                   AND OUT OF THE SKULL'S OTHER SIDE
UND AUS DEM SCHAEDEL HERAUS          INTO THE ROOF'S APEX
IN DEN DACHFIRST                     DRILLS THAT BULLET
DRINGT DAS GESCHOSS

GOTT HAT SICH ERSCHOSSEN             GOD HAS SHOT HIMSELF
EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT       NOW A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED
GOTT HAT SICH ERSCHOSSEN             GOT HAS SHOT HIMSELF
EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT       NOW A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED
LUEGE, LUEGE                         LIES, LIES
EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT       A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED


Any comments/corrections/suggestions welcome,
--
Greg O'Beirne
gobeirne@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/
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