"(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]
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Verse 1:
Outside the gates of Cerdes
Sits the two-pronged unicorn
Plays at relaxation time
The rhinestone flugelhorn
While mermaids lace carnations
Into wreaths for ailing whales
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Neptune dances hornpipes
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]:
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers