The Cat Empire – The Crowd (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
G               Dm
Lord unchain my hands

       G                       Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams

       G                       Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams

            G                      Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands

G              Dm
Lord unbind my feet

       G                              Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet

      G                  Dm
Water rising up into the street

          G      Dm
Unbind my feet
[Verse 1]
G
The apparition of these faces in the crowd

Dm
Petals on a wet black bough

G
Ezra Pound found the formula
Our houses are rectangular
Dm
But life is curved not angular
So when things start to strangular
G
Remember rain still falls on the halls of power

Dm
New babies being born every hour

G
And the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower

Dm
Over me
[Chorus]
G               Dm
Lord unchain my hands

       G                       Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams

       G                       Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams

            G                      Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands

G              Dm
Lord unbind my feet

       G                              Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet

      G                  Dm
Water rising up into the street

          G      Dm
Unbind my feet
[Verse 2]
G
On the train I refrain
From sitting with heads and shoulders bowed
Dm
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
Dm
Went ten minutes past my stop
Waiting for her to look around
G
I'm just another clown
Kicking around in Melbourne town
Dm
Cooling out, relaxing
Watching the world go 'round
G
So if you ever got the time
And you want to go drink some wine
Dm
I'd rather greet you with a smile
Than greet you with a frown [Chorus]
G               Dm
Lord unchain my hands (unchain my hands)

       G                       Dm
Let me sing inside the crowded trams (sing inside the crowded trams)

       G                       Dm
Let me dance among the traffic jams( among the traffic jams)

            G                      Dm
We're gonna sleep on the St. Kilda sands (da!)

G              Dm
Lord unbind my feet (I said a lord.. I said a lord, unbind my feet!)

       G                              Dm
Let me mingle with the good people we meet

      G                  Dm
Water rising up into the street (up into the street!)

          G      Dm
Unbind my feet
[Scat singing] G Dm G Dm G Dm G Dm G