Recluse chords by Finn Neil

Recluse -       Neil Finn   (live at WFUV)

Capo on 1st


Intro:     c


              c              c
When you're      one of us
         c                     c
You can     stay here for the     rest of your life
c                               c
    I'll open windows when you     want to look out
        c                               c       c
At the     transit of Venus ?cross the     sun

           C
As you're     gathering dust
G/B                              C
        Ancient dragons and the     cicadas come
G/B                             Am
        Edges jagged as you're      coming undone
        F                               C       G/B ?" C
On the     white soft feathers of your     bed


Chorus:
              Am
You know how      hard I try
G6                            F                  G
     But I won't get nowhere     analyzing your     life
                          Dm7
But it's people that you      lose
F                           C
    When you become a re -     cluse


          C
Turn a -     way from us
G/B                            C
     Days are darker when the     winter comes
G/B                              Am
     Can't remove yourself from      what you have done
        F                              C        G/B
On the     rack where your reputation     lies
        C
Do you     want to exist
G/B                                 C
     Between the lightning and the     mental bliss
G/B                               Am
     Or needing nothing and with     no one to miss
        F                          C           G/B ?" C
Like a     stray dog licking on a     statue


Chorus:
             Am
Solitude is      hard to find
G6                             F                   G
    And they're all too busy     organizing your     life
                           Dm7
But it's people that you      lose
F                           C
    When you become a re -     cluse

                  Am
Well don't be so     nervous now
G6                       F                         G
    All I want is to be     dancing round in your     light
                           Dm7
With the colours that you       choose
F                           C
    When you become a re -     cluse


Inter:
C             D
    Oooooo ?"     oohh
C             F
    Oooooo ?"     oohh
        C                      D
I make     any excuse to stay     home
       F
But I     can't do that
       G
And I     must come back

         C                       D
There?s     people that stay at     home
         C                      F
They're     watching a game of     thrones
     C                        D
And     wondering what comes    next
      F
Well     you can't do that
         G
And you     must come back


C
    Pictures of geese fly
C                            C
    They around us and this     leads to that
C                            Am
     Take us everywhere and     bring us back
        F/                            -
Well I      dreamed that Jesus had a     gun


e|------------/---------------/
B|------------/---------------/
G|---------0--/-0h2-0---------/
D|---0h2------/-2---2-0-0h2-0-/
A|-3-----3---3/-----3-3-3---3-/
E|------------/---------------/


Chorus:
                  Am
And it's getting      cold outside
G6                            F                   G
    And they're all too busy     organizing your     life
                          Dm7
But it's people that you      lose
F                           C
    When you become a re -     cluse
C
    Yeah/
F ?" G      4x


F                G              F         G           F          G - F ?" G
  I think Howard   Hughes would   love to   be on the   internet
F             G                   F              G             F         G - F ?" G
  I think Sly   Stone should take   back what he   owns on the   internet
F               G           F         G        F           G         F ?" G
  Bobby Fischer   lost and   won then   took a   permanent   holiday
F                  G             F       G         F                   G     F ?" G
  He'll be back to   host a va -   riety   show on   television some -   day
F              G      F               G         F         G - F ?" G
    JD Salin -   ger   lived long a -   go and   far away
F             G            F         G                    F           G      F ?" G
  Greta Garbo   parked her   car and   walked home from a   glamorous   party

F ?" G

I just wanted to be alone

F ?" G




c    x3xxxx
C    x32010
G/B  x20033
Am   x02210
G6   320000
F    133211
G    320003
Dm7  xx0211