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Thru The Rhythm The 13th Floor Elevators As heard from the 2005 CD Reissue of The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by Charly). Lyrics are not completely accurate because of partial vocal In those spots, approximations were put in their place. F#m B repeatF#mThru the rhythm of darkenedB times F#mPainted black by knowlBedge crimes F#mAnd repetitions from Bthis crime F#mAnd steering valleys the sick definBe F#mThat keeps the fabric that keeps you Bbind F#mand ties your hands and cloaks yourB mind F#mBut on my stilts, I'm above Bthe slimeF#m BCoF#mme on,B well, if you can make the climb, but who am I? Who am IF#m? BWho am IF#m?F#mMy stilts are sticks from the fields thaBt rise F#mFrom the books that we had teach the same old lies B F#mI felt the panic that batheBd the skies F#mAnd the forms of laws of every sizeB F#mAnd you know the teachers whine and make me drop out like flies B F#mBut you know they teach you nonsense, but they can't blind your eyes B F#mI feel the field is gold that torn off as thBe prideF#m BTo the EvF#merestB standard that calms for pride, well where am I? Where F#mam I?B Where F#mam I?BAbm DbAbmYou gobbled all the blessings that they caused you to digDbest AbmThey may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressed Db AbmYour scattered wills were born to pDbressed AbmSo when something slams yourDb chest AbmYou flutter about, you're sleek disDbtressed AbmAnd when you stop to ease yourDb breast AbmA scattered rim beast you're oDbbsessed Abm Db Was Dbfallin' thoughts of who's the best, but where are you? Abm Db OHHHDbHHHHHH Where are you? HEY! Where are you?Ad lib on "Where are you" same cord prog. This song was transcribed with a CD-BT1 mkII unit. The song was slowed down for accuracy transcribed by sean lemnah