Houston Calls - A Pen And A Piece Of Mind Chords & Tabs

standard tuning
figure out the strumming pattern yourself

Intro
e|----|
B|----|
G|9---|
D|9-7-|
A|7-7-|
E|0-5-|

Verse
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|9-6-2-4-|
D|9-6-2-4-| X2  the B power chord
A|7-4-0-2-|      is played in the  
E|0-------|    last measure

Chorus
e|----|12-----------------|   |--|
B|----|---10---10-9---9---|   |--|
G|9-7-|------9------9---9-|   |--|
D|9-7-|-------------------|X4 |7-|
A|7-5-|-------------------|   |7-|
E|0---|-------------------|   |5-|
       i'll paint just one potrait
      of us and i'll tear it down

Verse 2
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|9-6-2-4-|
D|9-6-2-4-|X2
A|7-4-0-2-|
E|0-------|
  * * * *
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|9-6-2-4-|
D|9-6-2-4-| X2  
A|7-4-0-2-|        
E|0-------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/houston_calls/a_pen_and_a_piece_of_mind_tab.html ]
Chorus
e|----|12-----------------|   |--|
B|----|---10---10-9---9---|   |--|
G|9-7-|------9------9---9-|   |--|
D|9-7-|-------------------|X4 |7-|
A|7-5-|-------------------|   |7-|
E|0---|-------------------|   |5-|
       i'll paint just one potrait
      of us and i'll tear it down
Bridge
this part can be played a coupe of ways
i'll put the easier one on top
play this until 2:26
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------9-12-9-------------9--------| play with the pick-up selector 
G|9-8-9-11--------11-9-8-9-11---11-9-8-| to the middle setting or
D|-------------------------------------| at the neck pickup setting
A|-------------------------------------| to get a synthesizer sound
E|-------------------------------------| 
           OR
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---------9-12p9-------------9--------|
G|9p8h9-11--------11-9p8h9-11---11-9p8-|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
  H     T  H T    T        T H T

At 2:26 play
e|---|
B|---|
G|9~-|
D|9~-|to get that weird effect toggle switch thing that is usually on 
A|7~-| Les Pauls
E|0~-| (sorry, i forgot what that's called)

e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|--9---9---9~-|
D|7-9-7-9-7-9~-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7~-|
E|5-0-5-0-5-0~-|

Legend
* palm mute
H hammer on 
h hammer on
T tap
p pull off

Da End!!