Amboy Dukes

Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center guitar tab

Amboy Dukes' only hit single (#16, 1968). The eponymous LP has 30-odd

different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which

this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of

Life through O.D.ing. Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he

didn't know it's about drugs... -- AWR

"Journey To The Center Of The Mind"

(Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)

Intro:

Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:

A C

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Lead guitar enters, playing variations on A and C barre chords

at 5th and 8th frets [2X]

Solo:

A

v v v v v v v v

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-8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---

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(slow bend)

C

v v v v v v v v

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(slow bend)

A

v v v v v v v v

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-------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--

----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------

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C

v v v v v v v v

--------------------10b12---|-r10-8----------------------

b12b12-10-8h10p8------------|------10b12r10-8-----10-----

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A

v v v v v v v v

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8b9---7p5----5--7--5-----|----5--------------8------

----------6-----------6--|-------6--4--2s9------9---

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C

v v v v v v v v

----------8--------------|--------------------------

-8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--

-------------------------|----------------9---------

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A E

v v v v v v v v

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-10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------

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Verse 1:

E [piano in left channel plays E6]

Leave your cares behind

Come with us and find

D E

The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind

Chorus:

A C C C B Bb A

Come along if you care

(A) C C C B Bb A

Come along if you dare

(A) C C C B Bb B

Take a ride to the land inside [1,2: of your mind]

[3: and you'll see]

Verse 2:

Beyond the seas of thought

Beyone the realm of what

Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

E

But please realise

You'll probably be surprised [fill: ----------15b17-b17-]

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C#m A

For it's the land unknown to man

F# E

Where fantasy is fact

C#m A

So if you can, please understand

F# B [N.C.]

You might not come back [fill: -------]

---9--- (w/heavy vibrato)

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[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]

Break:

(distorted power chords panned between channels - aaaaahh, 1968!)

A5 D5 D#5 E5 B5 Bb5

v v v v v v v v

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-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--

-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--

-5---5---5-10--11|12--12--12-7---6--

A5 D5 D#5 E5

v v v v v v v v

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-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\\--

-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\\--

-5---5---5-10--11|12-----------12\\--

[repeat chorus]

Verse 3 [note extra line]:

How happy life could be

If all of mankind

Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind

D E

Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind

Center of the mind [echo: the mind, the mind...]

[guitar solo - another variation on intro solo for 10 bars]

Coda:

(A) B [fade]

v v v v v

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----8--|-7-----------------------

s9-----|-------------------------

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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