Ian Anderson - Lost In Crowds
album: Rupi's Dance (2003)
official website: http://www.iananderson.com/
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Hm: x24432
B: x13331 !!!
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D....C
Cm, D#, Dm, Gm
Am, C, Hm, Em
Em, Em
EmEmDD Hm AEm
I get lost, I get lost, I get lost in crowds, if I can, I remain invisible
DD Hm EmEm
to the hungry mouths. I stay, I stay unapproachable.
DD Hm AA
I wear the landscape of the urban, of the urban chameleon.
EmDF#mF#m Hm
Scarred by attention and quietly addicted to innocence.
Em, Em
EmEmDD Hm AEm
At starry, at starry, at starry parties, where amongst the rich and the famous
DD Hm EmEm
I'm stuck for words, or worse, I blether with the best of them.
DD Hm AA
I see their eyes glaze and they look, and the look for the drinks tray.
EmDF#mFHm
Something in the drift of my conversation bothers them.
CB
So, who am I?
GC
Come on: ask me, I dare you.
B
So, who am I?
GC
Come on: question me, if you care to.
BGC
And why not try to interrogate this apparition?
BG
I melt away to get lost in this quaint condition.
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Cm, D#, Dm, Gm
Am, C, Hm, Em
EmEmEmDD Hm AEm
In scary in scary in scary airports, in concourses over-filled,
DD Hm EmEm
I am detached in serious observation.
DD Hm AA
As a passenger, I become I become un-tethered when
EmDF#mF#m Hm
I get lost in clouds: at home with my own quiet company.
(refrain)
Cm, D#, Dm, Gm
(flute solo)
Am, C, Hm, Em
Em, Em
EmEmDD Hm AEm
I get lost, I get lost, I get lost in crowds, if I can, I remain invisible
DD Hm EmEm
to the hungry mouths. I stay, I stay unapproachable.
DD Hm AA
I wear the landscape of the urban, of the urban chameleon.
EmDF#mF#m Hm
Scarred by attention and quietly addicted to innocence.
(refrain) 2x
Em, Em
EmEmEmEmEmD
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Sauvignon Blanc or oaky Chardonnay.
CC
Asleep for the movie.
DD
Awake for the dawn
CCAm
Dancing on England and hedgerows
C
embossed on a carpet of green.
Am
I descend and forgive me
AmC Hm Em
I mean to get lost in crowds.
D....C, G, D