Curtains Lyrics

Curtains - John Frusciante
Email:funky_monks_12@hotmail.com
All you really need for most of this album is an acoustic guitar
The Past Recedes
chords...G,D,Am,Em,B, C
(This is the basic strumming pattern through the verses)
And then the past recedes
and I won't be involved
The effort to be free
Seems pointless from above
You're looking down at me
I'd rather stay below
Than have you staring up at me
It is nowhere I want to go
Ay, this business of how long we try to stay alive
Why to be here you first got to die
so I gave it a try
And what do you know
Time was so long ago
And things come back you see
To where they don't belong
and every drop of sea is the whole ocean
I lied to the greatest thieves
about anything and everything
I'm a figure of forgotten speech I'm out of reach
I can't play it safe
But I'm might just in case
SOLO (for the rhythm guitar use same chord progresions as intro and verses)
I'm disguised as a reaching hand
I'm a working man
I don't understand why clock out
Comes so slow every time
That's one line il stay right behind
(Outro is the same chords as intro and verses, should end on a G)
Lever Pulled
This is a nice song with simple chords (Ab, Db, Eb)
You're the feeling of hurting
More is what
I'm asking for
Little lies cross overboard
Wait for the crying
Love to aim at besides
Lever pulled
Go where you are little pond
Never be seen by your saw
We'll work it out
(Here the synth come in, play the Ab and arpeggiate the Db and Eb like this)
Now the feelings are right where you saw
Forever is right where we were
Never be clean
Lever pulled
Be where you are
(repeat arpeggiated chords at the end, end on Ab)
Anne
This has some unique chord (a,Bb,G,D,Dmin,Gmin,Emin,C,F,Cmin)
Anne you can't hide
you know we'll find you
It's a matter where pride flies out the window
in a
I never got the weight off the ground
in a
I just forgot what's up and what's down
in in
How many get the way I feel now
in in
There's no regret
There's just the sense that
in a
Nothing is going my way
in a
There's so much that happened today
(Hums)
((When the next lyrics come in, repeat the humming part^^^))
The gods of the city have called my name
It means more to them than it means to me somehow
I left my body
I left my fate
But is so hard to keep away now
Nothing is final because..
(here the acoustic guitar plays rhythm again)
in in in
it seems all the while
(There wasn't anything for me )
in in in
I always faked my smile
(There's so many careless angels responsible for me)
They give me disease
in in in
They give me a pain in my neck to feed off me
in in in
saying pay us the cost and we'll be gone
in in in
they shut my eyes and i can't see now
((This is the most explosive part of the album but unfortuntly i cant tab the twin solos
to well, sorry about that, these are chords to play over it however))
(Gmin, Cmin,Gmin Cmin, Gmin, C Gmin, F) Play them in that order, listen to the record
and ul figure out the strumming pattern)
in in in
These are the times I was scared of
in in
These are the fates I pushed out of the way
in in in
Now they come back here and haunt me
It's plain to see who the winner and loser will be
^(Continue those chord progressions throughout the outro solos, end on Gmin)
The Real
Not entirely sure about this one the chords are hard to make out in places but
this is the best i could do i think alot of it is correct
in in a
I don't know the real from what I thought I saw
in in
I can't remember where I went
Where I was
At this points the chords break down slightly i think it goes something like this
aa
^use this chord sequence when the lyrics come in, their are some variations which im
not sure about but i know only these chords are used)
I'm gonna move toward a point in time
Where where you are is a state of mind
And anytime I can read your thoughts
Some of them yours and some of them I thought up
(chord sequence changes here)
a in a
There's no good reason for a heartbreak
a in a
Nothing's repeating every Monday
a in a
It's no good saying you'll always be mine
a in a
These jokes life's playing it makes me so tired
a in a
It's already to much to always seen you off
a in a
The sense that hours go back is enough
(on this next bit go back to the chord progressions in the first verse)
a in a
I like to fade when I write this line
a in a
There's every reason to paint a decline
a in a
And every mile I walk is five
a in a
I'll get where I'm going in the next life
a in a
And all the while there's a false face
a in a
This every killing is left untraced
a in a
This kind of falling saved my son
a in a
This constant longing for what's gone
(I think the outro of the song goes back to the original chord progression in th
verses, end on a Bm)
(sorry if this isnt very good its the best i could do, im pretty sure these are
all the chords u need)
a Name
This is one of the easiest on the album
a in
These don't have a name
a in
I've been a fool to let it out that way
in a
And it'll keep on coming back
in in
A fool gets laughed at
in a
and I'll go on and on and on
in a
Letting it out when the feelings strong
in a
I wonder who in the single thing
in a
Made this night and this ugly dreams
a in
(ah) (ah) (ah)
These all pass away
a in
It is clear that one can see through a day
in a
And i may have met my match
in in
Completely unattached
in a
with no one no one no one
in
on whom to rely
Let's sing that song
in a
well I didn't read the last page
in a
You thought of me at that final stage
in a
eenie meenie miney mo
in
It's about time
About time to go
in a
eenie meenie miney mo
in
It's about time
About time to go
carry on the chord progressions in the last 6 lines of the song, end on B
(or alternatively you could play the harmonica part)
Control
Didnt like this song at first but its grown on me, not too hard to work out.
For the parts when John isnt singing play this, when he recorded the album he
said that he just arpeggiated the chords very quitely to get that "distant"
sound, when he played the next 3 chords he played them full volume.
Cmin (You will need to play this 4 times before John starts singing)
(Remember play the Cmin quitely and get louder on the next 3 chords)
in
It's not the way I go
in
It's not the way I go
in
Noone here hears me
in
I'm sick of people knowing me
a in
Life's confusing me
There's so much I don't see
in a in
something's controlling me
in
It's no way to live
in
I haven't got a thing to give
in
And those signs trade off
in
I'm a line from loud to soft
a in
For what I have to say
a in
I wanted to build a stage
in a in
I wanted to feel this way
in a
this way.........
For this part theres an electric guitar playing these notes with reverb, over the
top the acoustic guitar is whacking the chords, play the chords above the tab
(you should hit the B, 5 times, then strum the Cmin)
in
^carry this on when the lyrics come in
in
All this things are real
in
I don't know my own field
in
You will prove me wrong
I don't know one
go back to the beginning tab quite to loud
in a
I see now what I've got
in a
It reveals just what is is not
in a
Someday I'll take it away
in a
There's nothing for me anyway
a in
Love don't choose me
a in
wide don't see a thing
(electric guitar comes in again)
in
What I'm saying is now
in
I don't know what it's about
in
I wander through the dawn
in
so much goes on
in
Who will make me run
in
I admit I might be wrong
in
These letters shelter me now
in
I wonder how
Your Warning
You're warning me to get out of the way
Was the safest thing to say
This trying to get out of a tight spot
Isn't even worth a shot
And all of the world calls out at once
give us pain
It's a friend to us
And we don't decide for ourselves very much
what we are we owe to the fear of love
(Piano comes in here, these are the chords)
Don't bring it around
I've reached for that
Iv reached for that
Once it is found
It turns its back
It turns its back
Once it is called when you're married
and you've fallen out of love
What's it called when the family
you raised you don't know at all
Give us a point to miss
(At this point the guitar and piano play over each otherm play this line with
the piano until the end of the song)
endings are killing me slow
I only ask for this empiness replace my soul
Hope
This is the shortest song on the album.
in
i feel the hope running low
in
we never found our way home
There is no more world
in
The land is gone
in
water is all that survived that one
in in in
there are no escapes, no escapes, no escapes
in
gone are the days of mistakes
in
our mistakes
(Theres a small electric guitar lead on this part, to replicate the tone you can
turn your amps mid and treble right down with the bass up, select a neck pickup)
in
and did you see the night wore on
in
and became the days that never begun
The disappearing day
in
You know where I'm from
in
Is the only place that forever stays young
in in
Lost at sea
in in
we're lost at sea
in in
I wouldn't know my face if you all were me
in in in
All we have is all we see
in
There is no more hope
in
There are no dreams
(Electric Guitar lead)
Ascension
This song is dead easy to play.
At the begining pull off the Em minore chord like this
Coming up to the end
These feelings weren't always pretend
Review your whole life and you don't even have to die
Life would never leave me alone
A choice wich way i wanted to go
And everything I've seen is wrong to make me what I'll be
All men
You don't need anyone
Just hold on to the end
And you don't even have to look good
Woman
You do fine on your own
You're free to cry and you don't have to wipe your eyes
Em (keep strumming Em through out)
Oh la la la
Oh la la la
Oh la la la
Oh la la la
Oh la la la
Oh la Oh la
You once saved me (repeat this 3 times)
You once saved me
and now I'm where you want me to be
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have to try
Ascending endlessly and I don't even have
To try
Time Tonight
This is my favourite song on the album
For changing lines
in a
I've got no time tonight
In these times
in a
the wind surpasses the tide
in a in
when the wake ups hard to find
a in
dreams make up for your life
in a
This crazy shine it never lets you die
Going up
in a
We become what we want
in a in
Again the moon rises up too high
a in
And we don't need the sky
in a a
Wonder what it is that makes the world turn slower
in a a
wonder what it is that makes me feel so mad
in a a
everyone that talks to me I so wish wouldn't
in a in
I wouldn't even care exept I feel so bad
a in
I feel so bad
(There is a slight variation in chords here, listen to the record and you will
here that this is played on the lyrics "My Life" and "Time tonight")
(these are the variations)
ain
i a in a in
why is there no one in my liiiiiiiiife
i
time
a in a in
there's no time tonight
i
Wide
a in a in
there's no room to see wide
i
Time
a in a in
There's no time tonight
(play these chords in the outro with the variations)
C#min,B,a,) (end on a B)
Leap Your Bar
This is a piano song and sounds pretty bad on guitar, however if you have reverb
in a pedal or amp, select strong reverb and if you have a strat guitar set the
Neck Pickup and turn the tone knobs down, it wont sound like a piano but it sounds
better than through a normal clean channel)
Hannah go leap your bar, this is how right you are
Im in the way it seems, people are cold and mean
In the valleys noon, the things that i can find
Nothings simple soon, The stitches i can time
I was so bad i was so bad
Endless the weeds you blink nothings for sure to sink
I closed an open door what is the world good for
the beloved cars that went to where they went
did they actually go or were they really sent
life is so sad life is so sad
hannah go fill your jar this isnt right you are
when does the whole of to be become infinity
headed for the moon the mission i can buy
for ever in a line the freinds who walk right by
and never see you i never see you
well thats the album, any questions or corrections dont hesitate to email me! cheers.