This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
drum roll
Em [organ holds high E]
/ / / / / / / /
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|-------------|
------------|------------|------------|-------------|
-12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\-|
------------|------------|------------|-------------|
------------|------------|------------|-------------|
------------|------------|------------|-------------|Em A Em C
/ / / / / / / /
Ba ba ba ba
Em A Em C
/ / / / / / / /
Ba ba ba ba
Verse 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 Ebm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose
Em Ebm Dm A
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:
D G D G
Look at yourself, look at yourself
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
Yeah, yeah
D G D G
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)
v v v v
-----------------| -----------------| -----4---6---7---| -----------------| -----------------| -----------------|
bass:
v v v v
-------------4---| -----5---7-------| -----------------| -----------------|
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):
D G D G
v v v v v v v v
--------------------|-------------------| -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------| ----------7---7-----|-------------------| ----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------| --------------------|---------5---5---5-| --------------------|-------------------|
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
D G D G
v v v v v v v v
--------------------|-------------------| -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------| ----------7---7-----|-------------------| ----------------3-5-|-5b7r5-3-----------| --------------------|---------5---5---5-| --------------------|-------------------|
F#m F#m(maj7)/F
F#m7/E A [N.C.; drum fill]
v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------| -2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-9---7976-9-|s14-----| -----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------|
^^^^ trill
repeat chorus
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------| -9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--| ------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------|
Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
fuzz guitar:
Em Ebm Dm Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -12---11---------|-10---s13--------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
Dmaj7/F#
Sha la la
Emaj7/G#
Sha la la
Dmaj7/A
Sha la la
Emaj7/B
Sha la la
Dmaj7
Sha la la [fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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