1st Transmission (Portisheads Earthhead Remix) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Bb][Am][Bb][Am][Bb]
[C#][Bb][Am][Bb][Am][Bb][C#]
[Bb][C][Bb]
[C#]
[Bb][Am][Bb][Am][Bb]
[C][Bb][Am][Bb]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
I know who [Am]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 2]
I know who [Am]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 3]
I know who [Am]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 4]
I know who [Am]I am
[Bb]I'm rock[Dm]

[Verse 5]
I'm [Bb]roll
Nat king [Dm]cole[Bb]
Schatzakovic drowning in a fish bowl
Earthling something [Dm]you
can never [Bb]get a hold of
Baby took a load off
And then she strolled off
[Am]Whistling
Hummin'
[Bb]Thumbin' a rid[Bdim]e
[Am]"driver won't you take me
to the other [B]side? [Am]"
I'm a book
[Bdim]A poem
[Am]By le on[Bdim]ard cohen[Am]
Son of the dice man
[Bdim]And I won'[Am]t stop[Bdim] throwi[Am]ng
I'm [C]boris [G]karloff
The [Bb]man they could not h[Dm]ang
[Bdim]I'm a ruff[Bb]neck roman[Bdim]tic
Talkin' [Bb]that slang
I'm [Dm]jesus [Bb]christ [Bdim]super s[Bb]tar[Bdim]
[Bb]Driving around in[Bdim]
an old yellow [Bb]car
I'm [Am]jumping on the balcon[Bb]y
Landing [B]on a bigger [Am]man
I can fly
[Bdim]I fly to ja pan[B][Bdim]
[Am]Hail stones fa[Bdim]lling
[B]on my [Bdim]dread s[Am]
Reminding me of something
[Bb]hendrix [Am]said
[Bb]Tunes from

[Verse 6]
the room
Come back on many levels
Sounds from the earthling
swing and dishevel
I'm pollyana in the way that I portray
Poo poo
La la
I kiss you on a good day
[Am]Hey

[Verse 7]
little beetle
Sliding [B]in my bath
[Am]When you flip on your back
You [Bdim]really m[Am]ake [Bb]me la[Am]ugh
I used to kill worms when I was a kid
Like mr. [Bdim]mclaren,
[Am]someday I'll [Bdim]kill si[Am]d
[Bb]Crazy how my girl wants a simple life
She's a simple schizophrenic
[Bdim]but we g[Bb]et alo[Bdim]ng fine
[Bb]I'm a young parisian,
Maybe I'm mistaken
Maybe [Bdim]I'm cuban
[Bb]Maybe [Bdim]I'm jamaican
[Dm]I know who

[Verse 8]
I am
[Bdim]I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 9]
I know who [Bdim]I am[Dm]
[Bdim]I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 10]
I know who [Bdim]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 11]
I know who [Bdim]I am[Bb]
[Dm]I never say

[Verse 12]
[Bb]"never"
[Bdim]I always say "more"
[Bb]I kn[Am]ow the score
[B]I know what to look for[Bdim]
[Am]I know who

[Verse 13]
I [F]am
[Bb]I'm not who [Bdim]you think I am[Am]
I know who I [Bb]am

[Interlude 1]
[Bb]

[Verse 14]
Kickin' [Bb]like a kung- [Bdim]fu
[G]shakespeare[Bdim]
An[Bb]other girl another planet
[Bdim]On the c[Bb]orner, just [Bdim]wasted
[Bb]Oh gosh
Oh gosh
Oh juliette binoche
I'm on my way to babylon, by bus

[Verse 15]
I'm a [Am]big bloke
When I smoke, I don't choke
"hi malachi" [C]let's [Am]talk about hope
In the beginning
Head spi[Bb]nin' [B]make me [Am]dizzy
I'm the mirror [C]man
[G]So don't [Am]ask w[Bdim]ho is it
[Am]London is my c[Bb]ity[Bdim][Bb]
Jamaica's my country
Africa's my history
It ain't no mystery
How I came to be
[Bdim]Earthling- free
Sit[Bb]ting in il[Bdim]ford wa[Bb]tching tv
[Dm]Where's

[Verse 16]
[Bb]uhur[Dm]a[Bdim]
On an adventure
[Am]Did she touch your[B] sexua[Bb]l
[B]centre?[Bdim][Bb]
[Am]Cursing
Never [F]seen an [Am]earth[Bb]ling
[Bdim]Never se[Am]en a microphone
[Bb]Microphone
Now I'm [Em]all [Bb]alone

[Verse 17]
Lost [Bb]in my h[Dm]ead
[Bb]On the road until tomorow
I'm double demented
[Bdim]Like william[Bb] burroughs
P to the I [Bdim]to the m p[Dm][Bb]
[Csus4]Pimp[Bb][Bdim][Bb]
[Am]Sako urinocho reading iceberg [Am]slim

[Verse 18]
I'm [Am]marcus garvey
[Bdim]I'm harvey keitel[Bb]
I'm the [Am]ghost [Cm]of a dog
[Bdim]chasing [Bb]edie [Bdim]brick e[Bb]ll
[Am]It's crazy perplexing[C]
[Am]I'm [C]hexing like a [Am]haitian
I'm an arowak indian
[Bdim]Picking [Bb]pockets like fagan
[Am]I kn[Bb]ow who

[Verse 19]
I am
[Bdim]I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 20]
I know who [Bdim]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 21]
I know who [Bdim]I am
I'm not who you think I am

[Verse 22]
I know who [Bdim]I am[Bb]
[Bdim]I never [Dm]say

[Verse 23]
"nev[Am]er"
[Dm]I always say "[Bb]more"
I know the [Am]score[Bb]
I know what to look for
[Am]I know who

[Verse 24]
I [Bb]am
I'm not who you think I am
I know who I am
I know who [Dm]I am
[Bdim]I'm not who you think I am[Bb]
I know who [Adim]I am[F]
[Bdim]I'm not who [Bb]you thin[Bdim]k I am[Bb]
I [Am]know who [F]I am
I'm not who you [Am]think I am
I know who [F]I am[Am][Bb]
[F]I k[Bb]now who I am
I'm [Am]not who [F]you think I am
I know who [Bb]I am
I'm not who you think I [Bdim]am
I [Bb]know who I am
I'm not who [Am]you think I [Bb]am
I [Am]know who [F]I a[Am]m

[Interlude 2]
[Am][Bb][G]
[Bdim][Bb][Bdim][Bb]

[Verse 25]
I'm [Bb]michelangello working
on a totem pole
I'm gallileo studying shinto
I'm the rest of the earth giving
birth to a baby

[Verse 26]
Grasshopper, tell me about slavery
[Am]I'm in a[G] sauna[Bb], watching
[B]televi[Bb]sion[Am]
[G]Yeah, tripitaka gave me permis[Am]sion
I'm that man [Bdim]in 1686[Am]
Saying black [C]people come [Am]from venus
Yeah

[Verse 27]
I saw her reading poetry
Practising verses
What's the meaning of
[Bb]33 degrees in the morning ?
It ain't easy man
It [Bb]ain't [Am]easy

[Outro 1]
[Am][Am]
[Em]