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Van Der Graaf Generator
Van Der Graaf Generator

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Verse 1
C

Letters in pencil,

some of them as heavy as lead,
F

as dated as carbon,
Dm
Fdim
Dm
F

as black as coal,
C

but burning as red.

Clues faintly stencilled: the message,

though leeched, is unbled,
F

as secret as marble - as young,
Dm
F

as old,
C

as living, as dead.
Dm
F
Dm

And always that laugh

that comes as though it's from pain:
Bb

though I'm lashed to the mast
G
Gm

still it hammers round my brain.
A

Verse 2
C

Laughter in the backbone,

laughter impossibly wise,
G
F

that same laughter that comes

every time I flash on that look
C

in your eyes

which whispers of a black zone

which'll mock all my cre
G
C

dos as lies,
F

where all logic is done
Gsus4
F
Bdim
F

and time will smash
C

every theory I devise.
Dm

And the hour- glass is shattered

only by the magic of your touch
Bb

where nothing really matter....
G
Gm
A

No, Nothing matters very much!
Verse 3
A
Em
C
Bb

So the siren song runs through the ages,
Gm
Bb
Asus4

and it courses through my veins
A

like champagne;
Am
F

and with all the sweet kisses
Bb
F

of addiction
Em
Eb

it's calling me to break my bonds again.
Interlude 1
D
F#dim
F#
F#dim
F#
G#m

E
F#sus4
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4

F#
B

F#
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4

F#
F#sus4
B
A
Em
G
Em
A
Em
G
Em
D#

Dm
Fm
Gsus4
F
G

Verse 4
C

Future memory exploding like shrapnel,

some splinters escape on my tongue,

some of them scar comprehen
F

sion...
G
Fdim
F

beneath the scab they burn,
Am
C

but the wound becomes numbs.
Am

And always the song draws
C

me forward,
Am
C

rejoicing in the search and the prayer,
F

bored with all but the mad,
G
F
C

the strange, the freak, the impossible dare.
Dm

Still your laugh chills my marrow
Am
Dm

till I embrace it on my knees....
A#

Oh, when the mast becomes a flagpole,
G
Gm
A

what becomes of
Em
A#
Dm
A#

me?

What becomes, oh,
Asus4
A

what becomes of me?

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Chords
  • C

  • F

  • Dm

  • Fdim

    3
  • Bb

  • G

  • Gm

    3
  • A

  • Gsus4

  • Bdim

  • Em

  • Asus4

  • Am

  • Eb

    6
  • D

  • F#dim

    4
  • F#

    2
  • G#m

    4
  • E

  • F#sus4

    2
  • B

    2
  • D#

    6
  • Fm

  • A#

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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