As performed by Crowded House on the album "Together Alone"
*Capo 3rd fret
My life is a house
you crawl through the window
slip across the floor and into the reception room
you enter the place of endless persuasion
like a knock on the door
when there's ten or more things to do
Who is that calling?
you my companion
run to the water on a burning beach
and it brings me relief
Pass through the walls to find my intentions circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state I look into space there is no connection a million points of light and a conversation I can't face
Cast me off one day to lose my inhibition sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee
wear the nails on your feet
:The chord progression over the solo is: Am E:
I woke up the house stumbled in sideways the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!" the savage review it left me gasping but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too
Total surrender your touch is so tender
your skin is like water on a burning beach
and it brings me relief
Like a night in your mind it brings me relief
in the back door under the stars and the scenery is my floor in the back room under the stars and the scenery is my floor
Bdim x2343x (I actually prefer Bm7b5 because it's easier to finger: x2323x)
The C F Em G progression on the chorus can be substituted with C C/F C/E G for an interesting-sounding variation.
C/F 132010 (just an open C with F as the root) C/E 032010 (likewise, you include the low E)
Lyrics courtesy of Crowded House/Tongue in the Mail:
