Tom: A THE GREAT BEYOND From: * VERSE Am7 Dsus2 E||--0------0------0--0--|--0------0----0--0--0--|--0------0------0--0--| B||--1------1------1--0--|--3------3----3--3--0--|--1------1------1--0--| G||--0------0------0--0--|--2------2----2--2--0--|--0------0------0--0--| D||--2------2------2--0--|--0------0----0--0--0--|--2------2------2--0--| A||--0------0------0--0--|-----------------------|--0------0------0--0--| E||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| --0------0------0--0--|| --3------3------3--0--|| --2------2------2--0--|| guitar 1 --0------0------0--0--|| ----------------------|| ----------------------|| -----0----------------|| ---------3------------|| --------------2-------|| ----------------------|| guitar 2 (riff A) the guitar is absent from most ----------------------|| of the verse, but this riff is played ----------------------|| I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes Oh the sights that I have seen (riff A) I can't believe that I believed I wish that you could see (riff A) that there's a new planet in the solar system there is nothing up my sleeve (riff A) CHORUS C C/B Am7 I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there Over my shoulder a piano falls G(strum) crashing to the grouououond And all this talk of time Talk is fine And I don?t want to stay around Why can?t we pantomime, just close our eyes And sleep sweet dreams Being here with wings on our feet I?m pushing an elephant up the stairs I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there Over my shoulder a piano falls Crashing to the ground I?m breaking through I?m bending spoons I?m keeping flowers in full bloom I?m looking for answers from the great beyond I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears Sweetest dreams of you Look into the stars Look into the moon I?m pushing an elephant up the stairs I?m tossing up punchlines that were never there Over my shoulder a piano falls Crashing to the ground I?m breaking through I?m bending spoons I?m keeping flowers in full bloom I?m looking for answers from the great beyond ---- from: Gabor Fazekas ( * ) intro: A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 I've watched the sun spot silent A9 Dsus2 from your eyes A9 Dsus2 all the sights that I have seen A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 I can't believe that A9 Dsus2 I believed I wish that you could see A9 Dsus2 Desert need no cloud in the summer zest A9 Dsus2 there is nothing up my sleeve C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there C Cmaj9(B) Am over my shoulder a piano falls, G chrashing to the ground. A9 Dsus2 and all this talk of time A9 Dsus2 talk is fine A9 Dsus2 but I don't want to stay around A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 why can't we pat some on A9 Dsus2 just close your eyes and sleep sweet dreams A9 Dsus2 in the place on offing A9 Dsus2 C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there C Cmaj9(B) Am over my shoulder a piano falls, G chrashing to the ground. Am C G D I'm breaking through, I'm bending Am C G spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full Am C G D C bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great beyond A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 A9 Dsus2 I want the hummingbirds to dance in their A9 Dsus2 sweetest dreams of you A9 Dsus2 look into the stars A9 Dsus2 look into your eyes C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, C Cmaj9(B) Am I'm tossing out punchlines that were never there C Cmaj9(B) Am over my shoulder a piano falls, G chrashing to the ground. 2x Am C G D I'm breaking through, I'm bending Am C G spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full Am C G D C bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great beyond Am C G D I'm breaking through, I'm bending Am C G spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full Am C G D bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great... C ...answers from the great Am C G D I'm breaking through, I'm bending Am C G spoons, I'm keeping flowers in full Am C G D bloom, I'm looking for answers from the great... C ...answers from the great ...answers Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G D Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G D C Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G D Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G Am Cmaj9(B) C Cmaj9(B) G D C C Cmaj9(B) A9 the chords: A9: x02000 Dsus2: xx0230 C: x32010 Cmaj9(B): x20010 Am: x02210 G: 320003 | Am | D | Am | D | | Am | D | Am | D | | Am | | D | | Am | | D | I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes, | Am | | D | | Am | D | Oh, the sights that I have seen, | Am | | D | | Am | | D | I can't believe that I believed I wished that you could see, | Am | | D | | Am | | D | Desert in the mind of the silencist, there is nothing up my sleeve | C Bm | | Am | I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, | C Bm | | Am | I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there, | C Bm | | Am | Over my shoulder a piano falls, | G | | G | Crashing to the ground, | Am | | D | | Am | | D | And all this talk of time, talk is fine, | Am | | D | | Am | D | But I want to stay around | Am | | D | | Am | | D | Why can't we pantomime, just close our eyes and sleep sweet dreams, | Am | | D | | Am | D | Me and you, please are nothing | C Bm | | Am | I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, | C Bm | | Am | I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there, | C Bm | | Am | Over my shoulder a piano falls, | G | | G | Crashing to the ground, | Am C | | G D | | Am I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons, C | | G D | | Am I'm keeping flowers in full bloom, C | | G D | | Am | Am | | Am | D | Am | D | | Am | D | Am | D | | Am | | D | | Am || | D | I want the hummingbirds to dance in their sweetest dreams of you, | Am | | D | | Am| | D | Look into the stars, look into the moon, | C Bm | | Am | I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs, | C Bm | | Am | I'm tossing up punch-lines that were never there, | C Bm | | Am | Over my shoulder a piano falls, | G | | G | Crashing to the ground, | Am C | | G D | | Am I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons, C | | G D | | Am I'm keeping flowers in full bloom, C | | G D | | Am | Am | | Am C | | G D | | Am I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons, C | | G D | | Am I'm keeping flowers in full bloom, C | | G D | | Am | Am | | Am C | | G D | | Am I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons, C | | G D | | Am I'm keeping flowers in full bloom, C | | G D | | Am | Am | I'm looking for answers from the Great, answers from the great | Am C | | G D | | Am I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons, C | | G D | | Am I'm keeping flowers in full bloom, C | | G D | | Am | Am | I'm looking for answers from the Great, answerrrrrsssss, | Am C | G D | Am C | G D | | Am C | G D | Am | Am | | Am C | G D | Am C | G D | | Am C | G D | Am | Am | Am ---- Album: Man On The Moon Soundtrack Transcribed by: Tony Crouch Email: * I transcribed it from when they did on the David Letterman Show. Please use this transciption in conjuntion with the previous one on the archive. --x-x-x-x-|-0-0-0-0-|-x-x-x-x-|-0-0-------------------------------------------| --5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-|-3--3------------------------------------------| --5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-2---2-----------------------------------------| --5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-|-0----0----------------------------------------| --x-x-x-x-|---------|-x-x-x-x-|-----------------------------------------------| --5-5-5-5-|---------|-5-5-5-5-|-----------------------------------------------| Am7 D5 Am7 D5(Riff A) This is the Intro and Verse Progression. -0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| -1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| -0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| -2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| -3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| C C/B Am C C/B Am C C/B Am G This is the Pre-Chorus Progression "I'm pushing elephants up the stairs.............." -0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| -1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| -0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| -2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| -3-3-2-2-|-2-2-----|-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-0-0-|-3-3-2-2-|-2-2-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| ---------|-3-3-----|---------|-3-3-----|---------|-3-3-----|------------------| C C/B G D C C/B G Am7 C C/B G D C This is the Chorus Progression "Im breakin' through..........." -0-0-0-0-|-0-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------| -1-1-1-1-|-1-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------| -0-0-0-0-|-0-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------| -2-2-2-2-|-0-5-5--------------------------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-|-2-x-x--------------------------------------------------------------| ---------|---5-5--------------------------------------------------------------| C C/B Am7 This is the outro progression, try to accent the C/B chord, as this is what he does.