Genesis - The carpet crawlers

^Emaj7There is ^Amaj7/E lambswool under my^Emaj7 naked feet^Amaj7/E. ^F#m6The wool is soft and warm, giv^C#es off some kind of heat. C#m Dmaj7/C# x4 A sala mander scurries into flame to be destroyed. Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 D6 Amaj7/E Emaj7 Amaj7/E x2 Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth on celluloid.

^F#m6 The fleas cling to the golden fleece, ^C#Hoping they'll find peace. C#m Dmaj7/C# x4 Each thought and gesture are caught in celluloid. ^Dmaj7Theres ^D6no hi^Dmaj7ding in m^D6y memory. The^Dres ^Dmaj7 no r^Doo^Dmaj7m to avoid.

^DThe crawlers cover t^Emhe floor in the r^Ded ochre corridor. For my second^Em sight of people, they've more lifeb^Dlood than before. They're movin^Emg in time to a heavy ^Dwooden door, Where the needle's ey^Eme is winking, closing in on the poor.

The ^F#m7carpet crawlers heed their callers: ^Asus4 We've ^Agot to get in to g^Get o^Aut ^A We've got to get in to get out^{G D/F#} W^De've got to g^Cet in to^Em/B get o^Dut.

Verse There's ^Emonly one direction in the fa^Dces that I see; It's upward to^Em the ceiling, where the chambers sai^Dd to be. Like the forest fight^Em for sunlight, that takes root in e^Dvery tree. They are pulled up by^Em the magnet, believing they're free.

^D Mild mannered supermen^Em are held in kryptonite, And ^Dthe wise and foolish virgins giggle with th^Emeir bodies glowing bright. ^DThrough a door a harvest feas^Emt is lit by candlelight; ^D It's the bottom of a stai^Emrcase that spirals out of sight. (CHORUS) ^DThe porcelain mannikin with ^Emshattered skin fears attack. ^D The eager pack lift up their pit^Emchers, they carry all they lack. ^D The liquid has congealed, which^Em has seeped out through the crack, And^D the tickler takes his stickle bac^Emk.

^Dgot to get in to get ^Emout (got to get in to get out)