Nails In My Feet

(Neil Finn)

As performed by Crowded House on the album "Together Alone"

*Capo 3rd fret

My life is a house

you crawl through the window

slip across the floor and into the reception room

you enter the place of endless persuasion

like a knock on the door

when there's ten or more things to do

Who is that calling?

you my companion

run to the water on a burning beach

and it brings me relief

Pass through the walls

to find my intentions

circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state

I look into space

there is no connection

a million points of light

and a conversation I can't face

Cast me off one day

to lose my inhibition

sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee

wear the nails on your feet

<The chord progression over the solo is: Am E>

I woke up the house

stumbled in sideways

the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!"

the savage review

it left me gasping

but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too

Total surrender

your touch is so tender

your skin is like water on a burning beach

and it brings me relief

Like a night in your mind

it brings me relief

in the back door

under the stars

and the scenery is my floor

in the back room

under the stars

and the scenery is my floor

Bdim x2343x

(I actually prefer Bm7b5 because it's easier to finger: x2323x)

The C F Em G progression on the chorus can be substituted with

C C/F C/E G for an interesting-sounding variation.

C/F 132010 (just an open C with F as the root)

C/E 032010 (likewise, you include the low E)

Lyrics courtesy of Crowded House/Tongue in the Mail:

www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house

Ming Koh

mingk@vcd.hp.com