Terence Mckenna
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
C
Am
Em
F G
C
N.C.
Well the
C
eschaton, the past is before the
Am
future on its knees, begging for a
Em
culmination, a grand cessation, a
F G
pan-demic disease; for be-
C
hind the lines of now, the flesh turns
Am
putrid and bitten by fleas, itchin' at
Em
sores, bitchin' and moaning, countin' on the
F G
missing teeth. Lookin' for a
C
com-plex vor-tex of
Am
synchronicity; lookin' for a
Em
hexagram, tossin' coins, consulting the
F G
I-Ching. It's all so
C
Freudian, this slip-and-slide of sym-
Am
bolic imagining. The master
Em
martial artist baits the hook with good
F G
posture and a wedding ring.
C
C
With a
C
common-sense well-polished by some
Am
erudite garçon, we all sit
Em
cross-legged on the floor drowning in a
F G
pure sine wave tone. Don't you
C
care about the magic, for god's sake don't you
Am
care about your soul? Don't you
Em
care to learn about what the
F G
ancients used to know? Looking at your
C
palm lines, star signs, looking
Am
at yourself in the mirror, and you be-
Em
gin to wish your clair-voyant
F G
visions were not as clear
C
Am
Em
F G
C
Am
Em
F G
C N.C.
Well you
C
cracked your fortune cookie, which
G
shook the cosmos wide; the
Am
candor of your consciousness was
Em F
gleaming in your eye. And in a Volks-
C
wagen beetle you down-
G
shifted your gears, and the
Am
paradigm went with it, and a
G F C
foghorn was wailing in the air.
G F C
So you lifted your hand to your ear.
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