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"(Outside The Gates Of) Cerdes"
(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
bass [6X; piano enters 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ and guitar 5th;
continue bass line into verse]
(F7) (Bb7)
v v v v v v v v
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Verse 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/procol_harum/cerdes_crd_ver_2.html ]
F7 Bb7
Outside the gates of Cerdes
F7 Bb7
Sits the two-pronged unicorn
F7 Bb7
Plays at relaxation time
F7 Bb7
The rhinestone flugelhorn
Gm Dm
While mermaids lace carnations
Gm F
Into wreaths for ailing whales
Gm Dm /C
Neptune dances hornpipes
Bb7 F7 Bb7 F7 Bb7
While Salome sheds her veils
Verse 2:
Phallus Phil tries peddling
His pewter painted pot
But Sousa Sam could only hear
Screams of Pete the Sot
Buddha sips his Creme deMenthe
From terra cotta cups
And exhales menthol-scented breath
While spewing verbiage up
Instrumental break:
(guitar solo over verse chords)
Verse 3:
Down technical blind alleys
Live the race of former dreams
These who walk across them
Are no longer what they seem
Even Christian Scientists
Can but display marble plaques
Which only retell legends
While my eyes reach out for facts
Yeah, my eyes reach out for facts
Coda [repeat w/guitar solo to fade]:
F7 Bb7 F7 Bb7
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
