Intro
[drum roll]
Em [organ holds high E]
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MIm RE/FA#
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MIm LA MIm DO
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SIa SIa SIa SIa
MIm LA MIm DO
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SIa SIa SIa SIa
Verse 1:
MIm LA MIm DO
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
MIm LA MIm DO
Dead kings, many things I can't define
MIm LA MIm DO
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
MIm LA MIm DO
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Chorus
MIm MIbm REm LA
Who cares what games we choose
MIm MIbm REm LA
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:
RE SOL RE SOL
Look at yourself, look at yourself
FA#m FA#m(maj7)/FA FA#m7/MI FA#m6/MIb
Yeah, yeah
RE SOL RE SOL
Look at yourself, look at yourself
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E A [N.C.]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Fill:
fuzz guitar w/cowbell:
(A)
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bass:
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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):
RE SOL RE SOL
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FA#m FA#m(maj7)/FA FA#m7/MI FA#m6/MIb
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RE SOL RE SOL
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FA#m FA#m(maj7)/FA
F#m7/E A [N.C.; drum fill]
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^^^^ trill
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
MIm RE/FA#
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MIm MIbm REm LA
Incense and peppermints
MIm MIbm REm LA
Incense and peppermints
fuzz guitar:
Em Ebm Dm Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]
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REmaj7/FA#
Sha la la
MImaj7/SOL#
Sha la la
REmaj7/LA
Sha la la
MImaj7/SI
Sha la la
REmaj7
Sha la la [fade]
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