Crucify Chords Guitar Tab

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From: Viens David
Subject: CRUCIFY by TORI AMOS (.crd)
CRUCIFY
Tori Amos
DISCLAMER : PIANO to GUITAR, hard job!
(feel free to improve your own way)
tune down 1/2 step (don't worry it sounds nice if you don't)
A5                  B5      G5           A5
Every finger in the room is pointing at me
B5         G5
I wanna spit in their faces then I get afraid of what that could bring
A5                 B5
I got a bowling bowl in my stomach
G5           A5
I got a desert in my mouth
B5                    G5
figures that my COURAGE would chose to sell out now
C             G               Am        F
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
G              Am       F                 G
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
C            G                   Am
I've been rasing up my hands drive another nail in
G         F                  G
Just what GOD needs one more victim
Am             G     F  G  Am
Why do we crucify ourselves every day
G
I crucify myself
F       G           Am
And nothing I do is good enough for you
G     F  G  Am            G
Crucify myself every day I crucify myself
Dm
my HEART is sick of been
F
Said my heart is sick of been in
Am            C       Dm
Chains                OH OH OH
Am            C       Dm
Chains                OH OH OH
(same chords)
Got a kick for a dog beggin' for LOVE
I gotta have my sufferings so that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter he says:
"will you ever learn you're just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird"
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been rasing up my hands drive another nail in
Got enough GUILT to start my own religion
(chorus)
A          C
Please     believe
A          C
Save       me
A          C             A  C   G
I          cry   AHhhh   Ahan   Ahanan
Looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been rasing up my hands drive another nail in
Where are those angels when you need them
(chorus)
Never going back again no
to crucicy myself every day
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Transcribed by Eric Patenaude and David Viens
Flame us at viensd@JSP.UMontreal.CA

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/a/amos,_tori/359902.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Shotgun Average	#1 by Shotgun Joe at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:02 PM EST
	This was the first Tori song that I heard. I was about 14 at the time. It really helped me to dealt with the insecurity that I was feeling in my life. I think that everyone goes through that in theri life... Tori just has this way of stating it in the most beautiful way.

No Picture chOxY Rhythm Player	#2 by chOxY at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:58 AM EST
	When I listen to this song, I can't help but latch onto its religious undertones. It's about more than feeling inadequate and suffering from low self-esteem: it is about the inherently oppressive forces of religious doctrine. "Just what God needs, one more victim." Thus, the title itself suggests the Biblical crucifixion. We crucify ourselves daily because we feel as if we have failed not only our own expectations and those of the people we value, but also those imposed upon us by society at large and religious institutions.

No Picture Gunther Wanna Be	#3 by Gunther at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:43 AM EST
	I don't think this song is anti-religion, really. You can find that in it if you want to, but to me the religious metaphors are just that--metaphors. It's a bigger song than that--it's about society and everyone around you, and the feelings of inadequacy that only you can control. The religious metaphors are very powerful, but the song is not inherantly anti-Christianity. At least, that's my opinion--if you want it to be, I suppose it could be about religious oppression, but I don't think that's the point of the song.

No Picture Dan The English Wanna Be	#4 by Dan The English at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:41 PM EST
	i can completely relate to this song. i beat myself up emotionally all the time. personally, i see myself as a petty, selfish, overall bad human being, and any time others give me the slightest impression that they see me in the same way, my self hatred increases. and i really relate to the line "nothing i do is good enough for you" because i feel like i'm always being put down by my parents and my family and other people, as though no matter what i do it will never be enough for them. i kind of feel better, though, knowing that she felt the same at least at one point in her life.

No Picture Thomas Average	#5 by Thomas Reuter at Oct 5, 2007 at 1:49 PM EST
	i think that tori is saying religion makes us crucify ourselves everyday, that you're never going to be good enough for religion. she's looking for something to turn to. because the original idea of religion isnt too bad, she's thinking it might be the answer. but then this person, easter, tells her that it's killing her heart, and that without her heart, she's nothing but an empty cage.

No Picture Trent Average	#6 by Trent Zelasney at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:04 PM EST
	I think this song is about a woman having an abortion.

No Picture adam Average	#7 by adam humphreys at Oct 6, 2007 at 2:54 AM EST
	When I was thirteen I was put into a mental hospital. I was given this song by a member of the staff there because I said I really like Tori Amos(but I had never heard of this song). When I played it I started crying almost hysterically because I could relate to it in every way, and I was really happy that the staff member had been so considerate to give me the cd. This song gets me through hard times. Sorry for the personal story, I felt like I had to share it.

No Picture Erin Rhythm Player	#8 by Erin at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:17 AM EST
	I think to a large degree this song is about the harmful psychological effects of literalist/strict ("fundamentalist") religion. Specifically, the way it saddles people with guilt for being human (being imperfect and having deisres and drives), especially with regards to sex (IE the lines about dirty sheets, etc.), which results in people beating themselves up over things they often know (but have yet to convince their subconscious) that they shouldn't even feel bad about (crucifying). Furthermore, it inspires a spiteful, judgemental, "holier than thou" attitude (the lines about pointed fingers and a kick for a dog begging for love) which tends to destroy interpersonal bonds, especially between parent and child, and hence often results in children from these families looking for love (or a cheap, easy substitute) elsewhere...like in irresponsible sex (looking for love between dirty sheets again), though they may feel very guilty...

No Picture Your account ha Average	#9 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:59 PM EST
	this is about her rape and coming to terms with it. i saw her play this on top of the pops just before megadeth on the next stage :-)

No Picture Phillip Wanna Be	#10 by Phillip Doucette at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:50 AM EST
	this is one of my favorite songs by tori amos...it's pretty much about people always hurting themselves everyday and not feeling good enough for anyone no matter what...song gives me a lot of inspiration to not let people hurt me by things they may say or do

No Picture $~Andrew~$ Average	#11 by $~Andrew~$ at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:10 AM EST
	I also agree with almost everyone hear. Dam you know I'am a metalhead I listen to everything from metallica to nine inch nails, marilyn manson to godsmack, mudvayne to Slayer... But This tori amos is the only NON Heavy Metal band I not only enjoy listening to but also love and agree with hear lyrics, and this song is one of the most great emotinal,smart and toughing songs of tori,she's a guiness.

No Picture Ben Wanna Be	#12 by Ben Koss at Oct 7, 2007 at 11:28 AM EST
	"Got enough guilt to start My own religion" That's such a beautiful line. It made me think, maybe that's what religion is. Guilt? It makes a lot of sense. In Tori's book, she explains how her first crush was on Jesus. There are a lot of references in this song toward masturbation. "Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets." We crucify ourselves when we do things that every human does, we try to punish ourselves for doing these things because they're 'sinful.' And "Nothing I do is good enough for you" is a line that everyone can relate to. It's a cry out to God. I cry this out all of the time. How can someone expect us to do (or not do) all of these things? "Every finger in the room is pointing at me," meaning she feels accused and insecure. "I gotta have my suffering so that I can have my cross," is what made me think about masturbation. But I mean, it's not JUST masturbation, it's everything that comes in the package labeled Temptation. We shouldn't be so hard on ourselves, is what Tori is basically saying.

No Picture D-backs, 2006 w Rhythm Player	#13 by D-backs, 2006 world series champions! !! at Oct 10, 2007 at 5:26 AM EST
	I totally agree with happyphantom, anytime I hear a song with those sort of undertones, I am drawn to that aspect of its meaning. It seems like a reference to condemnations brought on by religious expectations.

No Picture micheal Lead Player	#14 by micheal mceachern at Oct 10, 2007 at 7:18 PM EST
	the line "Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets" says so much to me. its like giving your body away to try and alleviate the pain. you think sex will make things better, but it doesn't.

No Picture Eric Average	#15 by Eric Boozer at Oct 11, 2007 at 12:17 AM EST
	To me, it's about how life, society and religion all make you as a person and the things you do seem wrong, and so we're always feeling guilty. But she's saying, why should we? To Crucify is to persecute; because of societies expectations of us we persecute ourselves for being/acting a certain way, but we shouldn't. I don't think the song is anti-religious, really, although it's saying religion is responsible for some of the rules made up by society that make us "crucify ourselves". However, I think Tori's generally just using religion and crucifying as symbols for other struggles in life.

No Picture D-backs, 2006 w Rhythm Player	#16 by D-backs, 2006 world series champions! !! at Oct 12, 2007 at 6:52 AM EST
	this is one of my favorite songs by tori amos...it's pretty much about people always hurting themselves everyday and not feeling good enough for anyone no matter what...song gives me a lot of inspiration to not let people hurt me by things they may say or do

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#17 by Dan Hudspith at Oct 12, 2007 at 12:32 PM EST
	I do think she was referring to religion as well for this song, but it's not always religion that makes us crucify ourselves, is it? :D

No Picture Dusty Wanna Be	#18 by Dusty Delonge at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:46 AM EST
	This song is about the anti-sex attitudes found the Southern Baptist Church, Old Pentecostal Assembly, and the Vatican. Some people spiritually get-off on self-deprivation and self-deprecation in the name of a loving God.

No Picture Alex Wanna Be	#19 by Alex Jurek at Oct 16, 2007 at 7:07 PM EST
	I agree with almost everyone's interpretation because its universal. CrimsonLips: I was in a mental hospital too when I was fourteen but I wasn't given a CD there, so your pretty lucky it must've been a sign for you. Anywho: the song has a powerful message. Its also interesting to note that Tori's father was/is a preacher...which if anyone saw VH1 Behind the Music would know too.

No Picture Joe Average	#20 by Joe Fitzpatrick at Oct 19, 2007 at 10:07 AM EST
	i love this song, i think its what everyone does sometime in their lifes, judges and totchers themselves...

No Picture Trey Average	#21 by Trey Davis at Oct 19, 2007 at 4:36 PM EST
	Tori is an amazing woman and song writer. This song and this CD have always moved me. I got the opportunity years ago to see her on Oprah. Tori told her story of how a fan raped her and the guilt, anger, hatred and all the emotions that go with rape are expressed in this CD and this song. She has a song on this CD call "Me and a Gun" it is such an emotionally moving song describing the incident, I can't listen to it. I support Tori and her writings, her healings, her journey and think she is incredibly strong to bare her soul. There should be no guilt, rape is an act of violence, not seduction.

No Picture Phillip Wanna Be	#22 by Phillip Doucette at Oct 19, 2007 at 5:45 PM EST
	beautiful beautiful song, i think everyone's felt the insecurity expressed in this song at one point or another, but i dont think anyones expressed it as good as this. "i know a cat named easter he says will you ever learn you're just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird"

No Picture Shreder Dude Wanna Be	#23 by Shreder Dude at Oct 21, 2007 at 6:56 AM EST
	This song could be referring to almost anything that was mentioned. It has multiple meanings all depending on how it is personally interpreted. In my opinion, what makes a truly amazing songwriter is the ability to do this. The vocals are also very strong. Of course I look up to her songwriting, but I respect her vocals just as much, if not more.