The Carpet Crawlers

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There is lambswool under my 
        Amaj7
naked feet
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The wool is soft and warm,
          C#
Gives off some kind of heat
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A salamander scurries into 
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flame to be destroyed
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Imaginary  creatures are trapped in 
birth
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On celluloid

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The fleas cling to the golden 
fleece,
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Hoping they'll find peace
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Each thought and gesture are 
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caught in cellu-loid
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There's no hi  - ding in my memory
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There's no room            to avoid


[Verse]
D                        Em
  The crawlers cover the floor
                 D
In the red ochre corridor
                       Em
For my second sight of people
                              D
They've more lifeblood than before
                  Em             
They're moving in time to a heavy 
        D
wooden door
                          Em
Where the needle's eye is winking, 
closing in on the poor


[Chorus]
    F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their 
callers:
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
D                    C       
  We've got to get in to get 
Em/B   D
out


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[Verse]
D                     Em         
There's only one direction in the
              D
 faces that I see
                      Em
It's upward to the ceiling
                            D
Where the chamber's said to be
                          Em
Like the forest fight for sunlight,
                         D
That takes root in every tree
                          Em
They are pulled up by the magnet, 
believing they're free


[Chorus]
    F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their 
callers:
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
D                    C       
  We've got to get in to get 
Em/B   D
out


[Verse]
D                           Em
 Mild mannered supermen are held in 
kryptonite,
             D
And the wise and foolish virgins 
giggle
           Em
With their bodies glowing bright
D                                 
Through a door a harvest feast is 
Em
lit by candlelight;
         D                         
It's the bottom of a staircase that
 Em
 spirals out of sight


[Chorus]
    F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their 
callers:
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
D                    C       
  We've got to get in to get 
Em/B   D
out


[Verse]
D                         
 The porcelain manikin with 
  Em
shattered skin fears attack
        D
And the eager pack lift up their 
pitchers
Em
 They carry all they lack
    D                              
The liquid has congealed, which has
 Em
 seeped out through the crack,
        D                
And the tickler takes his 
              | Em |
stickleback


[Chorus]
    F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their 
callers:
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
D                    C       
  We've got to get in to get 
Em/B   D
out


[Interlude]
      D                     Em    
We've got to get out, we've got to
             [ D ]
 get in to get out
      D                     Em    
We've got to get out, we've got to
             [ D ]
 get in to get out
      D                     Em    
We've got to get out, we've got to
             [ D ]
 get in to get out
      D                     Em    
We've got to get out, we've got to
             [ F#m ]
 get in to get out


[Chorus]
    F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their 
callers:
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
A                            G
  We've got to get in to get out
D                    C       
  We've got to get in to get 
Em/B   D
out
(fade)