Lost In Crowds
By Ian Anderson from his Rupi's Dance CD.
Transcribed by Peter Dawson
Time Signature: various


  Introduction (3:4)
  Tempo 170 bpm

  Flute (only top 3 strings of guitar tablature shown)
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(2:4)
Tempo change 90 bpm

[C Eb Dm Gm / / /]
[Am C Bm Em / / /]

Verse 1
[Em]I get lost, [Em]I get lost, [Em]I get lost in [D]crowds:
if I [D]can, I re[Bm]main in[A]visible
[Em]to the hungry [D]mouths.  I [D]stay, I [Bm]stay una[Em]pproachable.
[Em]I wear the [D]landscape, of the [D]urban, of the [Bm]urban cham[A7]eleon.
[Em]Scarred by at[D]tention and [F#m]quietly addic[Bm]ted to innocence

[Em]    [Em]At starry, [Em]at starry, [Em]at starry [D]parties
 where, a[D]mongst the [Bm]rich and the [A]famous
[Em]I’m stuck for [D]words: or [D]worse, I [Bm]blather with the [Em]best of them.
[Em]I see their [D]eyes glaze and they [D]look, they [Bm]look for the [A7]drinks tray.[bass notes a g f#]
[Em]Something in the [D]drift of my [F#m]conversation [Bm]bothers them.


[C]So who am [Bb]I?  Come on; [Bb]ask me, [Dm] I [C]dare [C]you.
[C]So who am [Bb]I?  C’mon [Bb]question me, [Dm]if you [C]care [C]to.
[C]And why not [Bb]try to in[Bb]terrogate this ap[Dm]par[C]it[C]ion?
[C]I melt a[Bb]way to get [Bb]lost in this quaint [Dm]con[C]dit[C]ion.
[C Eb Dm Gm / / /]
[Am C Bm Em / / /]


[Em]    [Em]In scary, [Em]in scary, [Em]in scary [D]airports
in [D]concourses [Bm]o [A]overfilled,
[Em]I am de[D]tached in [D]serious [Bm]obser[Em]vation.
[Em]As a passen[D]ger I be[D]come, I be[Bm]come un-[A7]tethered when [a g f#]
[Em]I get lost in [D]clouds: at [F#m]home with my own [Bm]quiet company


[C]So who am [Bb]I?  Come on; [Bb]ask me, [Dm] I [C]dare [C]you.
[C]So who am [Bb]I?  C’mon [Bb]question me, [Dm]if you [C]care [C]to.
[C]And why not [Bb]try to in[Bb]terrogate this ap[Dm]par[C]it[C]ion?
[C]I melt a[Bb]way to get [Bb]lost in this quaint [Dm]con[C]dit[C]ion.

[C Eb Dm Gm / / /]

 Instrumental (play twice)
 Tempo back to 170 bpm

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Tempo change to 90 bpm
[Am C Bm Em / / /]


[Em]I get lost, [Em]I get lost, [Em]I get lost in [D]crowds:
if I [D]can, I re[Bm]main in[A]visible
[Em]to the hungry [D]mouths.  I [D]stay, I [Bm]stay una[Em]pproachable.
[Em]I wear the [D]landscape, of the [D]urban, of the [Bm]urban cham[A7]eleon.
[Em]Scarred by at[D]tention and [F#m]quietly addic[Bm]ted to innocence


[C]So who am [Bb]I?  Come on; [Bb]ask me, [Dm] I [C]dare [C]you.
[C]So who am [Bb]I?  C’mon [Bb]question me, [Dm]if you [C]care [C]to.
[C]And why not [Bb]try to in[Bb]terrogate this ap[Dm]par[C]it[C]ion?
[C]I melt a[Bb]way to get [Bb]lost in this quaint [Dm]con[C]dit[C]ion.
[C]So who am [Bb]I?  Come on; [Bb]ask me, [Dm] I [C]dare [C]you.
[C]So who am [Bb]I?  C’mon [Bb]question me, [Dm]if you [C]care [C]to.
[C]And why not [Bb]try to in[Bb]terrogate this ap[Dm]par[C]it[C]ion?
[C]I melt a[Bb]way to get [Bb]lost in this quaint [Dm]con[C]dit[C]ion.


[Em] Herald Tribune, [Em] Herald Tribune, [Em] Herald Tribune, [Em] or [Em] USA To[Em]day
[D]Sauvignon [D]blanc or [D]oaky chardonn[D]ay.
[C]Asleep for the [C]movie.  A[D]wake for the [D]dawn
[Em] dancing on [Em]England and hedgerows –
[Am]   em[Am]bossed on a carpet of [C]green.  I de[C]scend and –
for[Am]give me – I mean to [Am]get [C]lost [Bm]in [Em]crowds.

Introduction
coda[C G D ]

[Am C Bm Em ]