#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 22:42:12 +0800 (WST) From: Greg O'Beirne Subject: TAB: "Haus Der Luege" by Einstuerzende Neubauten ------------------------------------------ "Haus der L?ge" by Einst?rzende Neubauten ------------------------------------------ partially transcribed by Greg O'Beirne ([email protected]) Note: This isn't exactly what they play during the song, but if you haven't got strings or tape loops, this will be ok as an imitation of various elements of the song. Throughout the song: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E -----------------------------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------------------------| G ------------------7-------------------------------7--------------| D -----------------------------------------------------------------| A --5-----------------------5---5-------5---5----------------------| E -----------------------------------------------------------------| In the second half of the song, repeat these four bars: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E -----------------------------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------------------------| G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--| D ------------------------------7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--| A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--| E -----------------------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E -----------------------------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------------------------| G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--| D --8-------8---8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---8---8--| A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--| E -----------------------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E -----------------------------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------------------------| G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--| D --9-------9---9---9-------9---9-------9---9-------9---9---9---9--| A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--| E -----------------------------------------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E -----------------------------------------------------------------| B -----------------------------------------------------------------| G --7-------7---7---7-------7---7-------7---7-------7---7---7---7--| D --10------10--10--10------10--10------10--10------10--10--10--10-| A --5-------5---5---5-------5---5-------5---5-------5---5---5---5--| E -----------------------------------------------------------------| Lyrics: HAUS DER LUEGE HOUSE OF LIES -------------- ------------- ERSTES GESCHOSS: FIRST FLOOR: HIR LEBEN DIE BLINDEN HERE LIVE THE BLIND DIE GLAUBEN WAS SIE SEHEN WHO BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE UND DIE TAUBEN AND THE DEAF DIE GLAUBEN WAS SIE HOEREN WHO BELEIVE WHAT THEY HEAR FESTGEBUNDEN AUF EINEM KUECHENHOCKER BOUND AND GAGGED TO KITCHEN-STOOL SITZT EIN IRRER, DER GLAUBT SITS A FOOL, WHO BELEIVES ALLES WAS ER ANFASSEN KANN IN ALL HE CAN FEEL (SEINE HAENDE LIEGEN IM SCHOSS) (HIS HANDS IN HIS LAP) ZWEITES GESCHOSS: SECOND FLOOR: ROLLE FUER ROLLE ROLL AFTER ROLL BAHN FUER BAHN LENGTH AFTER LENGTH RAUHFASER TAPEZIERT IN WOODCHIP WALLPAPER EINZELNE MIETER STEHEN HERUM LONE TENANTS STAND AROUND BETRACHTEN DIE WAENDE AUFMERKSAM OBSERVING THE WALLS WITH FROWNS SUCHEN DRUCK- UND LOOKING FOR PRINTING AND SPELLING RECHTSCHREIBFEHLER MISTAKES KOENNTEN NICHT MAL IHREN NAMEN THEY COULDN'T EVEN DECIPHER THEIR ENTZIFFERN OWN NAMES AUF INS NAECHSTE GESCHOSS: UP TO THE NEXT FLOOR WELCHES, OH WUNDER!, NIE WHICH, OH WONDER! NEVER COMPLETED FERTIGGESTELLT NUR UEBER DIE TREPPE ERREICHT CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY THE STAIRS WERDEN KANN - - - - - - HIER LAGERN IRRTUEMER, DIE HERE ARE THE STORED ERRORS GEHOEREN DER FIRMA WHICH BELONG TO THE FIRM DAMIT KACHELN SIE DIE BOEDEN AND WITH WHICH THEY TILE THE FLOORS AN DIE DARF KEINER RAN UPON THESE NONE MAY TREAD VIERTES GESCHOSS: FOURTH FLOOR: HIER WOHNT DER ARCHITEKT HERE LIVES THE ARCHITECT ER GEHT AUF IN SEINEM PLAN IMMERSED IN HIS PLAN OF DIESES GEBAEUDE STECKT VOLLER IDEEN THIS BUILDING CRAMMED WITH IDEAS ES REICHT VON FUNDA- BIS FIRMAMENT IT STRETCHES FROM FUNDA- TO FIRMAMENT UND VOM FUNDAMENT BIS ZUR FIRMA AND FROM ITS FOUNDATIONS TO THE FIRM IH ERDGESCHOSS: IN THE GROUND FLOOR: BEFINDEN SICH VIER TUEREN THERE ARE FOUR DOORS DIE FUEHREN THEY LEAD DIREKT INS FREIE DIRECTLY OUT-OF-DOORS ODER BESSER GESAGT: IN DEN OR MORE PRECISELY: TO THE GRUNSTEIN CORNER-STONE DA KANN WARTEN WER WILL HE WHO WANTS TO CAN WAIT THERE UM ZWOELF KOMMT BETON THE CONCRETE'S COMING AT TWELVE GRUNDSTEINLEGO! CORNER-STONE LEGO! GRUNDSTEINLEGO! CORNER-STONE LEGO! LUEGE! LUEGE! LUEGE! LIES! LIES! LIES! GEDANKENAENGE, SIND GESTRICHEN THOUGHT PASSAGES ARE PAINTED OVER IN HOPFHOEHE BRAUN IN HEAD-HEIGHT BROWN INFAM ODER KATHOLISCH VIOLETT INFAMOUS OR CATHOLIC PURPLE ZUR BESSEREN ORIENTIERUNG FOR BETTER ORIENTATION DACHGESCHOSS: TOP FLOOR: ES HAT EINEN SCHADEN HAS SOME DAMAGE IM DACHSTUHL SITZT EIN ALTER MANN IN THE RAFTERS AND OLD MAN SITS AUF DEM BODEN TOTE ENGEL VERSTREUT DEAD ANGELS ARE STREWN ACROSS THE FLOOR (DEREN GESICHTER SEHEN IHM AENGLICH) (THEIR FACES RESEMBLE HIS) ZWISCHEN DEN KNIEN HAELT ER EIN BETWEEN HIS KNEES HE HOLDS A GUN GEWEHR ER ZIELT AUF SIENEN MUND HE AIMS IT AT HIS MOUTH UND IN DEN SCHAEDEL AND INTO THE SKULL DURCH DEN SCHAEDEL AND OUT OF THE SKULL'S OTHER SIDE UND AUS DEM SCHAEDEL HERAUS INTO THE ROOF'S APEX IN DEN DACHFIRST DRILLS THAT BULLET DRINGT DAS GESCHOSS GOTT HAT SICH ERSCHOSSEN GOD HAS SHOT HIMSELF EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT NOW A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED GOTT HAT SICH ERSCHOSSEN GOT HAS SHOT HIMSELF EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT NOW A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED LUEGE, LUEGE LIES, LIES EIN DACHGESCHOSS WIR AUSGEBAUT A TOP FLOOR CAN BE RENOVATED Any comments/corrections/suggestions welcome, -- Greg O'Beirne [email protected] http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/ http://www.uwa.edu.au/student/gobeirne/Transcriptions.html
