Man-Erg by Van der Graaf Generator Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Man-Erg guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Man-Erg by Van der Graaf Generator using guitar or guitar.
This song by Van der Graaf Generator can also be played by that instruments.
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Man-Erg guitar chords has rhythm and included in Pawn Hearts (1971) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Man-Erg by Van der Graaf Generator Guitar Chords


Van der Graaf Generator – Man-Erg
from the album Pawn Hearts (1971).
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), August 2011

| F | C | Dm | C |

The k

F
iller lives in
C
side me:
Dm
yes, I can
C
feel him move.
So
F
metimes he’s lightly
C
sleeping in the
Dm
quiet of hi
C
s room,
but t
G
hen his eyes
C
will
Dm
rise
Em
and
Dm
stare
C
through
G
mine;
C
he’ll
Dm
speak
Em
my
Dm
words
C
and
Am
slice my mind i
G
nside.
Yes the k
F
iller lives
C
Dm
C

F
Angels live in
C
side me
Dm
: I can
C
feel them smile…
Their
F
presence strokes and
C
soothes the t
Dm
empest in my
C
mind
G
and their love
C
can
Dm
heal
Em
the
Dm
wounds
C
that
Gsus
I have
G
wrought
C
They
Dm
watch
Em
me
Dm
as
C
I
Am
go to fall
G
-well, I know I shall be caught,
while the
F
angels live.
C
Dm
C

Adim


|-----------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

How can I be free?
How can I get help?
Am I really me?
Am I someone else?

Organ plays these chords over the riff after the vocals: (3m41s)

Cm
Bdim


|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

Cm
Bdim


|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

A#m
Fm


|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-| |-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4-8-|

repeat riff, slowing down
Maybe something like this on the last one:
Ao Bb Ao Ab


|-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-8-5-8-4---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-|-6---4-7-4---|
|-8-8-8-8-8-|-7---5-8-5---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-|-8---4-7-6---|
|-----------|-8-------6---|
|-----------|-6-------4---|

!
!


|----3-----3-1-----1----|----4------4-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----5------5-1-----1----| x2
|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|

!
!


|----3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|----1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----|
|----2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----|
|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|

!
But stalking in my cloisters hang the
!
acolytes of gloom
!
and Death’s Head throws his cloak into the
!
corner of my room

Bb+ Bb Bbo F maj9 Dm11


|-2--1--0--|-1--3-----3-1-----1----|----3------3-1-----1----|
|-3--3--2--|-1--1-----1-1-----1----|----3------3-3-----3----|
|-3--3--0--|-2--2-----2-2-----2----|----2------2-2-----2----|
|----------|-3------3-------3---3--|-0-------0-------0---0--|
|-1--1--1--|-----------------------|------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|

and I am doomed…

!
!

!
But laughing in my courtyard play the
!
pranksters of my youth
!
and solemn, waiting Old Man in the
!
gables of the roof:
Bb+ Bb Bbo Fmaj9
he tells me truth…

| Fmaj9 | Dm11 | Fmaj9 | Dm11 |
| Fmaj9 | Dm11 | Bb Bb+ Bb Bbo | Fmaj9 |
| Dm11 | Am | Gm | Dsus D |
| Csus C | Bb | A7sus A7 | Dsus D |
| Csus C | Bb Bb+ Bb Bbo | F |

| C D | D | Eb F | F |
| C D | D | Eb Fm Fm Fm A A G | FFF AbAbAb | (4/4, 4/4, 5/4, 2/4)
| Bb7 | F

F
And I too, live
C
inside me
Dm
and very often don’t k
C
now who I am:
F
I know I’m not a
C
hero, well, I
Dm
hope that I’m not
C
damned.
I’m
G
just a man,
C
and
Dm
kil
Em
lers,
Dm
ang
C
els,
Gsus
all are
G
these:
C
Dic
Dm
tat
Em
ors,
Dm
sav
C
iours,
Am
refugees i
G
n war and peace
as long as
F
Man lives…
C
Dm
C

I’m

G
just a man,
C
and
Dm
kil
Em
lers,
Dm
ang
C
els,
Gsus
all are
G
these:
C
Dic
Dm
tat
Em
ors,
Dm
sav
C
iours,
Am
refugees
G

C
Dm
Em
Dm
C
Gsus
G

C
Dm
Em
Dm
C
Am
G

If you want to learn Van der Graaf Generator Man-Erg guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Man-Erg. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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