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Robyn Hitchcock : Eye
1990

  1. Cynthia Mask
  2. Queen Elvis
  3. Linctus House
  4. Glass Hotel

Cynthia Mask

E 022100 or 079900 E/f# 222100
F#m11 044200 or 097900 Emaj9 021102
Eadd9 022102
B11/e 021200
E
F#m11
x4
E
F#m11
E
F#m11
Napoleon wore a black hat
E
F#m11
E
F#m11
Ate lots of chicken and conquereed half Europe
E
F#m11
E
F#m11
Napoleon was caught by the British
E
F#m11
E
F#m11
Imprisoned on Elba, he died on the phone
E
F#m11
x2
Chamberlain came crawling from Munich With one piece of paper he waved at the camera Peace in our time, oh thank you Herr Hitler Tell that to the Polish, tell that to the Jews
E
F#m11
x2
You take your babes up to the bathroom And then you lead them into the bedroom Gnarly babes for pleasure and profit Correctly applied could bring good results
B7
Cynthia mask
E
A
You're wearing a Cynthia mask
B7
Cynthia mask
E
F#m11
x4
You're dressed as yourself, you walk down the pavement You smile like a bowl, you grin like a melon The people that pass, they think that they know you They're too busy thinking to see who you are
E
F#m11
x2
I'll reach your lungs like smoke in the orchard Scattered in bushes, the firemen laughing I'll rap your hands with personal signals Don't come to me later, come to me now Cynthia mask You're wearing a Cynthia mask Cynthia mask
D
A
Cynthia mask, I know how she feels
E
D
A
But can't say a word because nothing is real in here
Asus2
Not even her
E
F#m11
x2
Disguise yourself as you or another A brick or a spider in hunger and silence The yawning cross, the hill full of pebbles Inside you forever, inside you is all
E
E/f#
x2
F#m11
Emaj9
Eadd9
B11/e
F#m11
Cynthia....... mask
E
F#m11
E
B7
Cynthia mask
E
F#m11
Eadd9
Cynthia mask
Emaj9
E

Queen Elvis

D
Dmaj7
People get what they deserve
Dmaj7
Am
Time is round and space is curved
G
Honey, have you got the nerve
D
To be Queen Elvis? See that man who mows his lawn He'll hang in drag before the dawn Some are made and some are born To be Queen Elvis It could break your mother's heart It could break your sister's heart Coming out's the hardest part When you're Queen Elvis
Em
D
Justify your special ways
Em
A7
Justify your special ways Getting blowjobs from the press Oh I'm jealous, can't you guess? I could never fit your dress Queen Elvis
Bm
A
Oh and I'll sculpt you
D
G
So very hard
G
D
Oh and I'll sculpt you
A7
'Til you bleed Everybody must get stoned All together all alone Babbling beside the throne Of Queen Elvis
Em
D
Justify your special ways
Em
A7
Justify your special ways Two mirrors make infinity In the mirror you and me Find out just what love could be Queen Elvis Oh and I'll sculpt you So very hard Oh and I'll sculpt you 'Til you breath People get what they deserve Time is round and space is curved Honey, have you got the nerve To be Queen Elvis?

Linctus House

E
Emaj7
A
B
C#m
A
E
E
Emaj7
A
B
You know I used to call my baby up
E
Emaj7
A/c#
And we'd get real close
A
A/g#
Just like the telephone was a sofa
F#m7
F#m7/e
And our thoughts would mingle
F#m
Bsus4
B
And we'd leave our minds wide open
B
G#m
Bsus4
Like a big window in the evening air, and we'd say
C#m
A
"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"
E
Emaj7
A
"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"
F#m
But these days, even saying, "Hello? How are you?"
B
"I'm fine. How are you?" takes a lot of sweat
B
A
Ain't that a shame?
B
A
Ain't that a shame?
B
Emaj7
A
But in Linctus House
Emaj7
A
In my flesh hotel
B
I don't care anymore
E
Emaj7
A
You know my baby and me, as Kimberley would say
B
E
Emaj7
A/c#
B
We'd curl up like two dogs in front of a fire
F#m7
And our eyes would reflect each other
F#m7
In the warm long heat of love
B
Yeah, the warm long heat of love
E
Emaj7
E6
E
And I would hear the rain falling on the leaves outside
F#m
I couldn't stand to close the window
B
'Cause I'd shiver if I left her side
C#m
A
But now I'd shake if we should meet
Am6
And I spend most of my time in the bushes Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing) Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done) But in Linctus House In my flesh hotel I don't care anymore
E
Emaj7
"I understand how everything
A/c#
E
F#m7
Sometimes turns out to be nothing," you say
B
But I wonder if you do
E
Emaj7
A/c#
E
And if we understood each other
F#m
There's be no need to talk
B
But even that, even talking is out of reach
C#m
Should I say it with flowers or should I say it with nails?
A
I'm not the kind to push you around
E
But I don't want to make myself vulnerable
A
A/g#
And if I was on my knees
F#m7
You'd have a pretty good view of my skull
F#m
B
And I happen to know you're carrying a chisel
Emaj7
A
But in Linctus House
Emaj7
A
In my flesh hotel
B
I don't care anymore, no But in Linctus House In my flesh hotel I don't care
B
A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing) Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done) Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing) Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)
B

Glass Hotel

Asus4 x02230 D xx0232
Gsus2 3x023x Bm7 x2023x
Asus4
Gsus2
Asus4
Seems like you were in a glass hotel
Gsus2
D
Seems like, seems like
Asus4
Gsus2
Asus4
Seems like there was someone else as well
Gsus2
D
Asus4
Seems like, it seems Seems like you were in your glass hotel Seems like, seems like It seems like everything was going well It seems like a dream
D
Well the radio was playing
Bm7
In the darkness of the hall
Gsus2
There was someone standing with you
D
Who just wasn't there at all
Asus4
And you were laughing
Gsus2
Asus4
Well the telephone was ringing In a corridor of blue A geranium came out of it Reminded me of you And i was crying Seems like you were in a glass hotel Seems like, it seems like Seems like there was someone else as well It seems like, it seems Well there's nothing in the future And there's nothing in the past There is only this one moment And you've got to make it last
Asus4
Gsus2
Asus4
D
Asus4
And you were laughing in a glass hotel