Incense And Peppermints:Strawberry Alarm Clock.
#1 in 1967.
(Capo 1st fret for original.)
INTRO: Em D...Em A Em C...Em A Em C
#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.
CHORUS:
Em Bm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose?
Em Bm Dm A
Little to win, but nothing to lose.
#2.
Em A Em C
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns.
Em A Em C
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around.
D G D G F#m
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah.
D G D G F#m A
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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#3.
Em A Em C
To divide this cockeyed world in two,
Em A Em C
Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do.
Em A Em C
Beatniks and politics, nothing is new.
Em A Em C
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view.
CHORUS:
Em Bm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose?
Em Bm Dm A
Little to win, but nothing to lose.
#4.
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.
CHORUS:
Em Bm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose?
Em Bm Dm A
Little to win, but nothing to lose.
Em Bm Dm A
In..cense and pepper..mints..
Em Bm Dm A
In..cense and pepper..mints
D E D E
Sha la la...Sha la la...Sha la la...Sha la la(x2)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.