Intro:
{drum roll}
Em {organ holds high E
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\-|
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Em A Em C
Ba ba ba ba
Em A Em C
Ba ba ba ba
Verse 1:
Em A Em C
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Em A Em C
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Em A Em C
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Em A Em C
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Em Ebm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose
Em Ebm Dm A
Little to win, but nothing to lose
Verse 2 (half-length):
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Refrain:
D G D G
Look at yourself, look at yourself
F#m F#m7+/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
Yeah, yeah
D G D G
Look at yourself, look at yourself
F#m F#m7+/F F#m7/E A {N.C.}
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Fill:
fuzz guitar w/cowbell:
(A)
v v v v
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-----4---6---7---|
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bass:
v v v v
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-----5---7-------|
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Verse 3:
To divide this cockeyed world in two
Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do
Beatniks and politics, nothing is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view
{repeat Chorus}
Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):
D G D G
v v v v v v v v
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-8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------|
----------7---7-----|-------------------|
----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------|
--------------------|---------5---5---5-|
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F#m F#m7+/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
v v v v v v v v
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-2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---|
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D G D G
v v v v v v v v
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-8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------|
----------7---7-----|-------------------|
----------------3-5-|-5b7r5-3-----------|
--------------------|---------5---5---5-|
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F#m F#m7+/F
F#m7/E A {N.C.; drum fill}
v v v v v v v v v v
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-2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-9---7976-9-|s14-----|
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^^^^ trill
{repeat verse 1}
{repeat Chorus}
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--|
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Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
fuzz guitar:
Em Ebm Dm Emaj7 {N.C. except organ}
v v v v v v v v
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-12---11---------|-10---s13--------|
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Dmaj7/F#
Sha la la
Emaj7/G#
Sha la la
Dmaj7/A
Sha la la
Emaj7/B
Sha la la
Dmaj7
Sha la la {fade}
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers