Cerdes

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
        bass [6X; piano enters 2nd time, drums 3rd, organ and guitar 5th;
              continue bass line into verse]

{sot}         [F7]               [Bb7]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        ----10-8---9-10--|-----------------|
        -----------------|----10-8---6---6-|
        -8---------------|-8---------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|{eot}

{section: Verse 1}
        [F7]   Outside the gates of C[Bb7]erdes
        [F7]   Sits the two-pronged unic[Bb7]orn
        [F7]   Plays at relax[Bb7]ation time
        [F7]   The rhinestone flugel[Bb7]horn
        [Gm]   While mermaids lace carn[Dm]ations
        [Gm]   Into wreaths for ailing wh[F]ales
        [Gm]   Neptune dances h[Dm]ornpipes   [C]
        While S[Bb7]alome   sheds her v[F7]eils [Bb7]       [F7]            [Bb7]

{section: 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

{section: Instrumental break}
        (guitar solo over verse chords)

{section: 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] / / / /

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers