The Crowd chords

The Cat Empire

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Simplify chords 

  			Listen to the track to get the timing
G chord 
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----------3p4-------------3p4---
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-----5----------------5---------
-3---------------3--------------
 
Dmin Chord
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-------------5p6-----------5p6--
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--------7--------------7--------
---5---------------5------------
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The Crowd
G                  Dmin 
Lord unchain my hands 
G                                Dmin 
let me sing inside the crowded trams 
G                               Dmin 
let me dance among the traffic jams 
G 
we're going to sleep 
                 Dmin
on the St Kilda sands
 
G                 Dmin 
Lord unbind my feet 
        G 
let me mingle with the good people 
     Dmin
we meet
   G                        Dmin 
water rising up into the street 
G           Dmin 
unbind my feet 
 
G 
?The apparition of these faces in 
 
the crowd;
Dmin
petals on a wet black bough"
G 
Ezra Pound found the formula 
 
our houses are rectangular
     Dmin
but life is curved not angular
 
so when things start to strangular
 
remember
G 
rain still falls on the halls of power 
Dmin
new babies being born every hour
         G 
and the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower 
       Dmin~
over me...
 
 
CHORUS
 
         G 
On the train I refrain from sitting with head and shoulders bowed 
               Dmin
they told me time is of the essence
 
no wandering allowed
             G 
but then I saw a pretty girl 
 
whose features stood out in the crowd
      Dmin
went ten minutes past my stop waiting for her to look around
     G 
I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town 
     Dmin
cooling out, relaxing watching the
 
world go round
          G 
so if you ever have the time 
 
and you want to go drink some wine
             Dmin
I'd rather greet you with a smile
 
than greet you with a frown...
 
G                Dmin 
Lord unchain my hands 
   G                            Dmin 
let me sing inside the crowded trams 
        G                         Dmin 
let me dance among the traffic jams 
                  G 
we're going to sleep 
                   Dmin
on the St Kilda sands
 
G                Dmin 
Lord unbind my feet 
         G 
let me mingle with the good people 
  Dmin
we meet
G                           Dmin 
water rising up into the street 
G  Dmin 
unbind my feet 
 
 
 
 
Tabbed by Greg
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G chord