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Date: 06 Aug 95 23:27:51 EDT
From: Rob Keister
Subject: TAB: Crippled Inside, John Lennon
Sun, 6 Aug, 1995
Here'e the way I play "Crippled Inside" by John Lennon.
The words are strictly from memory, not confirmed.
chord fingerings for intro:
EADGBE
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C1 032010
C2 xxx553
G2 xx5433
F1 xx3211
F3 xx7565
Bb2 xx8766
Intro:
C1 C1 G2 F1 C1
E|-------0--------------------|-------3--1---0------0-------|
B|-1-------1---3-----3s5--3---|-1--------------1------1-----|
G|---0---0-------0------------|---0---4--2-------0----------|
D|-2-----------3-----3s5--3---|-2---------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------3--------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
F1 C2 F3 Bb2 F3 C2 F1 G2
E|-1-----3-----5-----6----|-5-----3-----1----------3--------|
B|---1-----5-----6-----6--|---6-----5-----1-----------3-----|
G|-2-----5-----5-----7----|-5-----5-----2-----2s4-----------|
D|------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---0------0------0---------0--|---0---------------0-----0-----|
B|---1------1------1---------1--|---1---------------1-----1-----|
G|---0------0------0---------0--|---0---------------0-----0-----|
D|---2------2------2---0-1-2----|---2-----2-1-0-----2-----2-----|
A|-3-------------3--------------|-------3---------3-------------|
E|--------3---------------------|-3----------------------3------|
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|-3-----0--2--3--|
E|----3-----------|
Verse:
C C7
E|---0------0------0----0--|---0------------0-----|
B|---1------1------1----1--|---1------------1-----|
G|---0------0------0----0--|---0------------3-----|
D|---2------2------2----2--|---2---0--1--2--2-----|
A|-3-------------3---------|-3--------------3-----|
E|--------3-----------3----|----------------------|
F
E|---1------1------1----1--|----1-----1------------------------------|
B|---1------1------1----1--|----1-----1------------------------------|
G|---2------2------2----2--|----2-----2------------------------------|
D|-3--------3----3------3--|--3-------3---3-3--2--0------------------|
A|--------3-----------3----|--------3--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
C A7
E|---0------0------0----0--|----------------0-----|
B|---1------1------1----1--|----------------2-----|
G|---0------0------0----0--|----------------0-----|
D|---2------2------2----2--|----------------2-----|
A|-3-------------3---------|-3--3--2--1--0--0-----|
E|--------3-----------3----|----------------------|
D G G7 C
E|---2------2-----3-----1---|----0-----0--------------------|
B|---3------3-----0-----0---|----1-----1--------------------|
G|---2------2-----0-----0---|----0-----0--------------------|
D|-0--------0-----0-----0---|----2-----2--------------------|
A|--------0-------2-----2---|--3-----------3--3--2--1--0----|
E|--------------3-----3-----|--------3----------------------|
You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can wear a collar and a tie
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
You can wear a mask and paint your face
You can call yourself the human race
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
Middle eight:
Well now you
A A7
Know that a cat has nine lives, babe.
D G C G
Nine lives to itself.
C
But you only got one
C
And a dogs life ain't fun
C G7 C
Mama take a look outside
You can go to church and sing a hymn
Judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie 'till you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
[Repeat middle eight]
You can go to church and sing a hymn
Judge me by the color of my skin
You can live a lie 'till you die
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside
[slowly]
Oh, I say you can't hide
When you're crippled inside
Outro:
C F Adim G G6 C7
EADGBE
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C 032010
F 133211
Adim 001212
G 320001
G6 320000
C7 032310
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|Rob Keister | / T/ A / G/ C / T/ A / A/ T
|Forensic Scientist | G C\ \ C G\ \ T A\ \ G C\ \ T A
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Joe Average |
#1 by Joe Montana at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:41 AM EST |
| John is definitely homing in on the fact that most people tend to hide many aspects of their lives and personalities behind false, pretentious appearances. On the surfance, you can call yourself this and that, and say you aren't' this and that, but when it really comes down to it, no one can hide those truly real feelings deep down that come from having been crippled, metaphorically, inside emotionally and mentally. My favorite stanza in this song: You can go to church and sing a hymn You can judge me by the color of my skin You can live a lie until you die One thing you can't hide Is when you're crippled inside This is definitely a very powerful grouping of statements about humans. You can go to church and sing a hymm to try to make yourself "think" you're okay, or make others "think" you're okay. You can also pretentiously find reason for bias in the fact that someone is different--whether it be skin, thought, or nationality, etc., etc. You can also live a lie that you may or may not have created until the day you die, and think everything is dandy, but, again, you cannot hide those real emotional aspects of human existence. John was a Genius; hence, my name. | |
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Lee Average |
#2 by Lee Corrigan at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:16 AM EST |
| he was so good at making simple fun songs about despair. i.e. yer blues. i love this song, i dance to it, yet the lyrics are like. Hi I'm gonna off myself in about five seconds. | |
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Nathan Wanna Be |
#3 by Nathan Chinchilla at Oct 4, 2007 at 11:28 AM EST |
| One thing John Lennon does in alot of his songs is sing about a particular person he knows but then makes it ambigous by refering to the person as he/she or you. I think this song is sort of on the same line. He must have met a person who was "crippled inside" so to speak. I love the entire working of the song. The tone of the lyrics sounds pretty preachy and in the part where he refers to the cats having nine lives but the dog only having one is the shit!! | |
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SLUT Badass |
#4 by SLUT at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:22 PM EST |
| Lennon was a genius indeed | |
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Waz Wanna Be |
#5 by Waz at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:24 AM EST |
| This song appeared on John's 'Imagine' album and was a sharp contrast to 'Imagine', (the track that sat just before 'Crippled Inside' on the album). It followed in a suit that matched the rest of the album. John commented on the success of 'Imagine', "In order to get your message across, you just have to sugarcoat it, I know that now." He re-channeled the darker emotions that his primal therapy had stirred up, (that had riddled his first solo album, 'Plastic Ono Band'), and sweetened them with Billy Preston's saloon-style piano and a light-hearted tune, masking them just as he did his more political feelings on the previous track, 'Imagine.' 1 | |
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