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Song

this is the essential DEATH TRIP by COCKNEY REBEL

it's from the album THE HUMAN MENAGERIE

so that's it, learn it, play it, enjoy it!!!

intro and verse

(this is not exactly correct, cos they play something different everytime)

E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-13-15-15--15--13-12-13----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------12--14-16-16-15-12----15-14-11----11---|
D|----------------------------------------------14----------12------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

G

so now we're on a death trip

F

listen to the blood drip

Em

oozing from a curled lip

Eb D7 G F

ever thought of dying slowly

Em Eb D7

ever thought of dying totally unholy

and the interval:

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------14-16-17-16--14-------14-16-17-16-14---------|
|--14-17-----------------14-17------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

at the same time:

|--------------12---------------------12----------|
|-----12-14-15----15--14-----12-14-15----15--14---|
|--12---------------------12----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

and we come to the climax of the song:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------20--------|
G|--------------17--17-20----------17--17-20-----------19------19----|
D|-17--19-20-17-----------20-19-17-----------20-19-17----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------17--17-20----------17--17-20-----------19------17----|
D|-17--19-20-17-----------20-19-17-----------20-19-17------17--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------17--17-20----------17--17-20-----------19--19-20-19--|
D|-17--19-20-17-----------20-19-17-----------20-19-17----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------17--17-20----------17--17-20-----------19------17----|
D|-17--19-20-17-----------20-19-17-----------20-19-17------17--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

lyrics:

so now we're on a death trip,

listen to the blood drip,

oozing from a curled lip,

ever thought of dying slowly?

ever thought of dying totally unholy?

someone's tryin' to fool us

maybe it's your daughters

can you hear the walrus

offering a sad solution

he's callin' out for teenage revolution

and can you think of one good reason to remain?

to you afficinados

foolin' with bravado

to keep me on my guard-o

cause a consciousness explosion

it's gettin' difficult to keep my mind in emotion

images of sunshine

lease to make the words rhyme

let me die in eight time

let me write a tale to no one

let me write a tale to make you think you're someone

and can you think of one good reason to remain?

we'll grow sweet ipomoea

to make us feel much freer

take a pinch of schemeland

and turn it into dreamland

softly, lautrec,

she whispered in awe,

build me a picture

of children at war

(i don't know the lyrics of the part with the chorus)

submitted by genco

if you got any improvements or corrections, e mail me

gencayk@turk.net

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