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Doors : The Doors
1967

  1. Break On Through (To The Other Side)
  2. Soul Kitchen
  3. The Crystal Ship
  4. Twentieth Century Fox
  5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
  6. Light My Fire

  7. Back Door Man
  8. I Looked At You
  9. End Of The Night
  10. Take It As It Comes
  11. The End

Break On Through (To The Other Side)

Em
D
Em
D
You know the day destroys the night
Em
D
Em
D
Night divides the day
D
D
Tried to run, tried to hide
Em
D
Em
D
Break on through to the other side
Em
D
Em
D
Break on through to the other side
Em
D
Em
D
Break on through to the other side, yeah We chased our pleasures here Dug our treasures there But can you still recall the time we cried? Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side
Em
Yeah!
D
C'mon, yeah
Em
D
...
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Everybody loves my baby
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Everybody loves my baby
Em
D
She gets high She gets high She gets high She gets high
Em
D
Em
D
x2
I found an island in your arms Country in your eyes Arms that chain, eyes that lied Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side Break on through, ow! Oh, yeah!
Em
D
Em
D
x2
Made the scene, week to week Day to day, hour to hour The gate is straight, deep and wide Break on through to the other side Break on through to the other side
Em
D
Break on through Break on through Break on through Break on through
Em
D
Em
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Em
D
Em
D
Em
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Soul Kitchen

A7#9
D
14x
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
D
Well, the clock says it's time to close now
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
D
I guess I'd better go now
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
D
I'd really like to stay here all night
A7
D7
A7
D
The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
A7
D7
A7
D
Street lights share their hollow glow
A7
D7
A7
D
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
A7
D7
A7
D
Still one place to go
A7
D7
A7
D
Still one place to go
E
D
E
D
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen
E
D
E
D
Warm my mind near your gentle stove
E
D
E
D
Turn me out and I'll wander baby
E
Stumblin' in the neon groves
A7
D7
A7
D
Well, your fingers weave quick minarets
A7
D7
A7
D
Speak in secret alphabets
A7
D7
A7
D
I light another cigarette
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D7
A7
D
Learn to forget, learn to forget
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D7
A7
Learn to forget, learn to forget Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen Warm my mind near your gentle stove Turn me out and I'll wander baby Stumblin' in the neon groves
A7
D
x16
A7
D
x4
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
D
Well, the clock says it's time to close now
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
D
I know I have to gooo now
A7
D7
A7
D
A7
D
A7
I really want to stay here all night
D
A7
D
A7
D
A
All night, all night

The Crystal Ship

Capo:
I
Em
Bm
Before you slip into unconsciousness
Am
Em
I'd like to have another kiss
E
Em
A
B
(
A
)
E
Another flashing chance at bliss
D
E
D
E
Another kiss, another kiss
C
G
D
B
Em
Bm
The days are bright, and filled with pain
Am
Em
Enclose me in your gentle rain
E
Em
A
B
(
A
)
E
The time you ran was too insane
D
E
D
E
We'll meet again, we'll meet again
Piano solo
Em
D
Em
D
Em
C
G
D
B7
Em
Bm
Oh, tell me where your freedom lies
Am
Em
The streets are fields that never die
E
Em
A
B
(
A
)
E
Deliver me from reasons why
D
E
D
E
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
Em
Bm
The crystal ship is being filled
Am
Em
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
E
Em
A
B
(
A
)
E
A million ways to spend your time
D
E
D
E
When we get back, I'll drop a line

Twentieth Century Fox

A
G
x4
E7
A
G
A
G
Well, she's fashionably lean
A
G
A
G
And she's fashionably late
A
G
A
G
She'll never rank a scene
A
G
A
G
She'll never break a date
Am
G
But she's no drag
F
C
E7
Just watch the way she walks
A
G
A
She's a twentieth century fox
E7
A
G
A
She's a twentieth century fox
Am
G
No tears, no fears
F
C
E7
No ruined years, no clocks
A
D
E7
She's a twentieth century fox
G
A
G
A
G
She's the queen of cool
A
G
A
G
And she's the lady who waits
A
G
A
G
Since her mind left school
A
G
A
G
It never hesitates
Am
G
She won't waste time
D
F
E7
On elementary talk
A
G
A
She's a twentieth century fox
E7
A
G
A
She's a twentieth century fox
Am
G
Got the world locked up
F
C
E7
Inside a plastic box
A
G
A
G
She's a twentieth century fox, oh yeah
A
G
A
G
Twentieth century fox, oh yeah
A
G
A
Twentieth century fox
E7
A
G
A
She's a twentieth century fox

Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)

<Bertolt BrechtKurt Weill>
Am
Am
Well, show me the way to the next whiskey bar Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why Show me the way to the next whiskey bar Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why For if we don't find the next whiskey bar I tell you we must die I tell you we must die
F#m
D7
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die
F
B7
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
G
G7
Gm
We've lost our good old mama
C
C7
F
C
F
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why
F
E
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
Eb
F
We've lost our good old mama
C
C7
F
And must have whiskey, oh, you now why... yeah! Well, show me the way to the next little girl Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why Show me the way to the next little girl Oh, don't ask why Oh, don't ask why For if we don't find the next little girl I tell you we must die I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you I tell you we must die
Instrumental over first chorus chords
F
E
Oh, moon of Alabama we now must say goodbye
Eb
F
We've lost our good old mama
C
C7
F
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why!

Light My Fire

G
D
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
A
A
Am
F#m
You know that it would be untrue
Am
F#m
You know that I would be a liar
Am
F#m
If I was to say to you
Am
F#m
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
G
A
D
Dsus4
D
Come on baby, light my fire
G
A
D
B
Come on baby, light my fire
G
D
E
E7
Try to set the night on fire The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire
Am
Bm
Am
Bm
G
D
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
A
A
The time to hesitate is through No time to wallow in the mire Try now we can only lose And our love become a funeral pyre Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire Try to set the night on fire You know that it would be untrue You know that I would be a liar If I was to say to you Girl, we couldn't get much higher
G
A
D
Come on baby, light my fire Come on baby, light my fire
F
C
D
Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire Try to set the night on fire
G
D
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
A
A

Back Door Man

<Willie Dixon>
Key:
A
A7
Oh yeah oh man
D7
I'm a back door man
A7
I'm a back door man
E7
D7
A7
The men don't know, what your little girls understand
A7
And all your people, they're trying to sleep
D7
I'm out to make her with my midnight creep, yeah
A7
'cause I'm a back door man
E7
D7
A7
The men don't know, but your little girls understand
A7
You men eat your dinner Eat your pork and beans
D7
I eat more chicken any man ever seen Yeah yeah
A7
I'm a back door man
E7
D7
A7
The men don't know, but your little girls understand..
A7
Well I'm a back door man
D7
I'm a back door man Oh, baby
A7
I'm a back door man
E7
D7
A7
The men don't know, but your little girls understand

I Looked At You

C
I looked at you
Bb
C
You looked me I smiled at you
Bb
C
You smiled at me
G7
And we're on our way
C
No we can't turn back, babe
G7
Yeah, we're on our way
C
And we can't turn back
Cm
'Cause it's too late
Bb
Ab
Too late, too late
Gb
G7
Too late, too late
G7
And we're on our way
C
No we can't turn back, babe
G7
Yeah, we're on our way
C
And we can't turn back, yeah
F7
C7
F
C
Ab
C
F/g
C
I walked with you You walked with me I talked to you You talked to me And we're on our way No we can't turn back, yeah Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back, yeah 'Cause it's too late Too late, too late Too late, too late And we're on our way No we can't turn back Yeah, we're on our way And we can't turn back 'Cause it's too late Too late, too late Too late, too late

End Of The Night

Em
D
Em
4x
Em
Take the highway to the end of the night
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night Take a journey to the bright midnight
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night
Am
Em
Realms of bliss, realms of light
Am
Em
Some are born to sweet delight
Am
Em
Some are born to sweet delight
F#m
Em
Some are born to the endless night
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night
Am
Em
3x
F#m
Em
D
Em
4x
Am
Em
Realms of bliss, realms of light
Am
Em
Some are born to sweet delight
Am
Em
Some are born to sweet delight
F#m
Em
Some are born to the endless night
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night
D
Em
D
Em
End of the night, end of the night

Take It As It Comes

Em
G
Time to live
D
Em
Time to lie
Em
G
Time to laugh
D
Em
Time to die
Am
F
E
E7
Takes it easy, baby
Am
F
E
E7
Take it as it comes
Am
F
E
E7
Don't move too fast
Am
F
E
E7
And you want your love to last
Am
F
E
E7
Oh, you've been moving much too fast |
Am
F
|
E
E7
|
x4
|
Am
|
E
| Time to walk Time to run Time to aim your arrows At the sun Takes it easy, baby Take it as it comes Don't move too fast And you want your love to last Oh, you've been moving much too fast |
Am
F
|
E
E7
|
x4
|
Am
|
E
|
x2
Am
E
Go real slow
Am
E
You like it more and more
Am
F
E
Take it as it comes
Am
E
Specialize in having fun Takes it easy, baby Take it as it comes Don't move too fast And you want your love to last Oh, you've been moving much too fast
Am
F
E
E7
Moving much too fast
Am
F
E
E7
Am
Moving much too fast

The End

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B|-3-2-3--|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|. . . .
D
D
This is the end
C
D
Beautiful friend This is the end
C
D
My only friend, the end
C
G
D
Of our elaborate plans, the end
C
G
D
Of everything that stands, the end
C
G
D
No safety or surprise, the end
C
G
D
I'll never look into your eyes again
C
D
Can you picture what will be
G7
D
So limitless and free
C
D
G
D
Desperately in need of some strangers hand
C
D
In a desperate land
D
C
D
Lost in a romance wilderness of pain
C
D
And all the children are insane
C
D
All the children are insane
C
D
Waiting for the summer rain, yeah
D
There's danger on the edge of town Ride the kings highway, baby Weird scenes inside the gold mine Ride the highway west, baby Ride the snake, ride the snake To the lake, the ancient lake, baby The snake is long, seven miles Ride the snake he's old, and his skin is cold
D
The west is the best The west is the best Get here, and we'll do the rest
D
C
D
The blue bus is calling us
D
C
D
The blue bus is calling us
D
C
D
Driver, where you've taken us
D
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall He went into the room where his sister lived, and then he Paid a visit to his brother, and then he He walked on down the hall, and And he came to a door and he looked inside Father, yes son, I want to kill you Mother I want to fuck you
D
C'mon baby, take a chance with us C'mon baby, take a chance with us C'mon baby, take a chance with us
D
C
D
And meet me at the back of the blue bus
C
D
Doing a blue rock
C
D
On a blue bus
C
D
Doing a blue rock
C
D
C'mon, yeah Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
D
This is the end
C
D
Beautiful friend This is the end
C
D
My only friend, the end
C
G
D
It hurts to set you free
C
D
But you'll never follow me
C
D
The end of laughter and soft lies
C
G
D
The end of nights we tried to die
C
G
D
This is the end