Procol Harum - Cerdes guitar chord

"(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]

(F7) (Bb7)

v v v v v v v v

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Verse 1:

F7 Bb7

Outside the gates of Cerdes

F7 Bb7

Sits the two-pronged unicorn

F7 Bb7

Plays at relaxation time

F7 Bb7

The rhinestone flugelhorn

Gm Dm

While mermaids lace carnations

Gm F

Into wreaths for ailing whales

Gm Dm /C

Neptune dances hornpipes

Bb7 F7 Bb7 F7 Bb7

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]:

F7 Bb7 F7 Bb7

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers