Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers Parts I - II from www.hammill.ru Edited by me. Parts III - VI Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com) July 2010 I just wrote out the sax line for The Clot Thickens, play some power chords if you want, or feel free to complete it for me. (Eyewitness)

^DmStill wait ing for my sav-iour, storms tear me limb from limb ^Cmy fingers feel like seaweed. I'm so far out I'm too far ^Dmin. ^DmI am a lonely man, my solitude is true, ^Cmy eyes have borne stark witness and now my nights are nu^Dmmbered, too.

^CI've seen the smiles on ^Amdead ^Bmhands, ^Emthe stars shine, but they're ^Cnot for ^Amme.

^DmI prophesy disaster and then I count the cost... ^CI shine but, shining, dying, I know that I am a^Dmlmost lost. ^DmOn the table lies blank paper and my tower is built on stone; ^CI only have blunt scissors, I only have the blu^Dmntest home.

^CI've been the witness and the ^Amseal of ^Bmdeath ^Emlingers in the molten wax that ^Cis my ^Amhead.

^DmWhen you see the skeletons ^Bbof sailing-ship spars sinking low ^AbYou'll begin to wonder if the points of all the ancients myths ^Gare solemnly directed straight^Dm at you...

^DmNo time now for contrition, the time for that's long past, ^Cthe walls are thin as tissue and if I talk I'll crack ^Dmthe glass.

^CSo I only think on how it ^Ammight have ^Bmbeen, ^Emlocked in silent monologue, in ^Csilent ^Amscream.

^DmI am much too tired to speak ^Bband as the waves crash on the bleak ^Abstones of the tower I start to freak ^Gand find that I am ov^Dmercome....

(S.H.M.)

^G"Unreal, unreal" ghost helmsmen scream and fall in through the sky, ^Gnot breaking through my seagull shrieks - no breaks until I die.

^AmThe spectres scratch on window-slits, ^Bmthe hollowed faces and mindless grins ^Care only intent on ^Am/Bdestroying what they've ^Amlost. ^Ab ^G ^F#

^GI crawl the wall till steepness ends in the vertical fall; ^Gmy pain has sailed into the sea -no joking hopes at dawn.

^AmWhite bone shine in the iron-jaw mask, ^Bmlost mastheads pierce the freezing dark ^Cand parallel my ^Am/Bisolated ^Amtower... no ^Gparaffin ^Ffor the ^Emflame, no ^Dmharbour ^Cleft to ^Bmgain. ^Am

(Presence of the night / Kosmos tours) Am Fmaj7 (or Am/F or Am6 call it what you want) ---------------------------------------| ---1----------------------1------------| ---2----------------------2------------| ---2----------------------2------------| -0-----------------2----------------0--| ---------------------3----1-----0h1----| Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] 'Alone, alone' the ghosts all call, Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] pinpoint me in the light. Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] The only life I feel at all Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] is the presence of the night. Am [B G] Fmaj7 [E F A] repeated [E F G] Am [E F G] Am n.C. Would you cry if I died?

--^G----^Em-6-^Dm5---^Em-6-^Dm5---| -^Am----^Am-8--^Em-7----^Am-8--^Em7--| -------8-6----8-6---| ------10--8-----10-8--| -------7-7----7-7---| ------9---9-----9--9--| --5-----------------| ----------------------| --------------------| --0-------------------| --------------------| ----------------------| ^GWould ^Emyou ^Dmcatch the ^Emfinal ^Dmwords of mine? ^GWould ^Emyou ^Dmcatch ^Emmy ^Dmwords?

^AmI k^Amnow ^Emthat there's ^Amno ^Emtime, ^AmI k^Amnow ^Emthat there's ^Amno ^Emrhyme, false signs find me.

(You don't have to play it this way, I just thought it would be fun.) Am Em/B Am/C Em/D Am/E Em/F ----8---------7---------8--------7----------8--------7------| ------10--------8---------10-------8----------10-------8----| ------------------9------------------9-------------------9--| -------------------------------0----------------------------| --0---------------------------------------7--------8--------| ------------7---------8-------------------------------------| Am Em Am --8-----8-------7-----7------5--| ----10----10------8-----8----5--| -------9-----8------9-----9--5--| -----------------------------7--| --0-----0--------------------0--| ----------------0-----0---------|

^AmI don't ^Emwant to hate^Am, I just ^Emwant to grow; ^Amwhy can't ^EmI let me ^Amlive and be free? ...but I ^Emdie very slowly ^Amalone.

^AmI know ^Emno more ways^Am, I am ^Emso afraid, ^Ammyself ^Emwon't let me ^Amjust be myself ^Emand so I am completely al^Amone.

^AmThe maelstrom of my memory ^Bmis a vampire and it feeds on me; ^Cnow, staggering madly^C/B, over the brink I ^Amfall.

((Custard's) Last stand) C# F# F

^C#Lighthouses ^F#might house the^F key ^Bb ^C ^Bb ^C#but can I ^F#reach the ^Fdoor? ^C ^C# ^Eb

^Bb-------------------^Bbdim-----------------^A---------------^Ddim-----^C7---| ----------6----------------5----------------5--------6--5--| --------7---7------------6---6------------6---6------4--3--| ------8-------8--------5-------5--------7-------7----6--5--| ----8-----------8----7-----------7----7-----------7--5--3--| --6----------------6----------------5----------------------|

^C#I want to ^F#walk on the ^Fsea ^Bb ^C ^Bb ^C#so that I m^F#ay better find^F a shore; ^C ^C# ^Eb ^Bbbut how can ^BbdimI ever k^Aeep my feet ^Fdry? ^E7I ^Ascan ^Athe ^Aho^Gri^Fzon, ^E7I ^Amust ^Akeep ^Amy ^Geyes ^Fon ^Dmall ^Am/Cparts of ^Bmme.

^C#Looking ^F#back on the ^Fyears ^Bb ^C ^Bb ^C#it seems that I have^F# lost^F my way: ^C ^C# ^Eb ^BbLike a dog in the^Bbdim night I have run to a ^Amanger, now I am the ^Fstranger I ^Estay in. ^C# ^D# Ah^E, well.

^C#All of the ^F#grief I^F have seen ^Bb ^C ^Bb ^C#leaves me chasin^F#g solitary ^Fpeace; ^C ^C# ^Eb ^BbBut I hold ^Bbdimexperience ^Ain my h^Fead. ^E7I'm ^Atoo ^Aclose ^Ato ^Gthe ^Flight,. ^E7I ^Adon't ^Athink ^AI ^Gsee ^Fright, ^Dmfor I^Am/C blind ^Bmme.

(The clot thickens)

^CWhere is the God that ^Bguides ^Cmy ^Ghand? ^CHow can the hands of ^Both^Cers ^Freach me? ^CWhen will I find what ^BI ^Cgrope ^Gfor? ^CWho is g^Boing^C to ^Fteach me? ^CI am me / ^Bbme are we / ^Cwe can't ^Bbsee ^Cany ^Bbway ^Bout of here. ^CCrashing sea, ^Bba trophied ^Chistory: ^Bbchance ^Chas l^Bost my Guinevere... A A A B A G# B A G# B A Eb

C C B C G - C C B C F - C C B C G - C C B C F C Bb C Bb C Bb B C Bb C Bb C Bb B A A A B A G# B A G# B A Eb I don't want to be one wave in the water but sea will drag me deep: one more haggard drowned man. I can see the lemmings coming, but I know I'm just a man. Do I join or do I founder? Which can is the best I may? (Land's end (Sineline) / We go now) Eb Bb Gb Absus

^EbOceans drifting ^Bbsideways, I am ^Gbpulled into the ^Abspell, [Ab Bb] Bb [Bb C] C Ab7/C Bb7 Eb I feel you around me, I know you well. Stars slice ^Bbhorizons where the ^Gblines stand much t^Aboo stark; [Ab Bb] Bb [Bb C] C Ab7/C Bb7 Eb I feel I am drowning - hands stretch in the dark. Bb Gb Ab [Ab Bb] Bb [Bb C] C

C Bb7/D C7 F

^FCamps of panoply an^Cd majesty, what is^Eb Freedom of^Bb Choice? [Bb C] C [C D] D Bb7/D C7 F Where do I stand in the pageantry, whose is my voice? It doesn't feel so very^C bad now, ^EbI think the end is the^Bb start, [Bb C] C [C D] D Bb7/D C7 F begin to feel very glad now: All things are a part Bb7/D C7 F All things are apart Bb7/D C7 F All things are a part.

Van der Graaf Generator - A plague of lighthouse keepers