CREAM - "tales of brave ulysses" Tablature
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chords
D D/C D/B D/Bb
# # # #
3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 #
0 3 2 1
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intro
(w/war)
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-5----5h7--7~----5---5-----5h7-----5h7-
-5h7-------------5h7------------7------
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D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.
(guitar echoes bass)
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses:
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.
A7 D C A7
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------5--------------------------------
-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---5----------------8p5------5---------------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7P5-7P5-7(9)-------7(9)---7--5(6)-------5-7-7-
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D C
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--------5---8-5------5----------------------
-5-7(9)---------7(9)---7(9)-7-5-7-5---5-----
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D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.
A7 D C
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-5-------8-5----------------------5--------------------------
----7(9)-----7(9)-7-7-5h7p5---5h7----------------8-5-7p5---7-
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A7 D C
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-------8----8-8-10-8------------------5---8-5------------------
-5/9-9---9-----------8\7-5---7-5-7(9)----------8-7--5-7--5---5-
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D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
D5 D/C
By the sirens sweetly singing.
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb etc.
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-/14---14--12--10--12(14)~--------12(14)-12-10-12----10-12(14)-
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----10----13-10------------------------------------13-10----10-------
-13-------------12(14)-12-10-12----10-12-12(14)----------12----12p10-
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--------------------13p10----10----------
----12-----10-12----------12----10h12p10-
-12----12--------------------------------
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D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers,
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
outro
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb etc.
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10----
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-10-12p10-12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10----10h12p10---10h12p10-----
----------------12----------12----------12---------------------12--
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------------------------13p10--------10---------------------------------
------------------------------12(14)----12(14)-12-10h12p10----10-12/14~-
-10h12p10----10h12/----------------------------------------12-----------
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----14--------------------------------------10-------13----13-13-13-13-13-13-
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-14-----14-14-14-14\12-10h12p10----10h12/14----------------------------------
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-13----13-15(17)--15-13h15p13-----13-15(17)--13--15--13-------------13-
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-15\----------------------------------------13(15)~~-----13p10----10----
-----14p12-10h12p10-------12----10-12/14-14-----------12-------12----12-
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-12(14)12-10h12p12----10-12(14)12-12(14)---12(14)--12(14)--12(14)--12(14)-
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fade
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