(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 ----10-8---9-10--|----------------- -----------------|----10-8---6---6- -8---------------|-8--------------- -----------------|----------------- 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 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers