Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 My life is a house

 you crawl through the window

 slip across the floor and into the reception room

 you enter the place of endless persuasion

 like a knock on the door

 when there's ten or more things to do

 Who is that calling?

 you my companion

 run to the water on a burning beach

 and it brings me relief

Pass through the walls

to find my intentions

circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state

I look into space

there is no connection

a million points of light

and a conversation I can't face

Cast me off one day

to lose my inhibition

sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee

 wear the nails on your feet

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I woke up the house

stumbled in sideways

the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!"

the savage review

it left me gasping

but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too

Total surrender

your touch is so tender

 your skin is like water on a burning beach

 and it brings me relief

 Like a night in your mind

it brings me relief

in the back door

under the stars

and the scenery is my floor

in the back room

under the stars

and the scenery is my floor

(I actually prefer Bm7b5 because it's easier to finger: x2323x)

The C F Em G progression on the chorus can be substituted with

  for an interesting-sounding variation.

C/F 132010 (just an open C with F as the root)

C/E 032010 (likewise, you include the low E)