Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

6…DWARFISH TRUMPET BLUES… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Intro:

Am Am/B Am Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Am Am/C Am
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh.

Interlude:

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Verse 1:

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
I saw a little man, who had a toy trumpet.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
He sat on a stone, with his lips to the mouthpiece.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
He was deaf, dumb and blind, so he couldn’t quite make it.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Chorus 1:

C F C G
When out of the horn, came a solid silver genie,
C F C E7
Who was made just to make the little man happy.

C F C G
As the man made sounds, the genie painted fluid,
C F C E7
Mind-blowing visions on the little man’s brain-box.

Verse 2:

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
Everbody small, with no lips to play the trumpet.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
Everybody living in-side a giant deaf aid.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
Everybody’s eyes cruci-fied to the tapestry.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Chorus 2:

C F C E7
Woven by the giant, with the solid silver genie,
Who plays the trumpet.

Bridge 1:

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
La da da da da, da da da da da, da da.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
La da da da da, da da da da da, da da.

Am Am/B Am/C Am/B

Break:

Am Am/B Am Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Am Am/C Am
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh.

Am Am/B Am Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Am Am/C Am
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh.

Interlude:

Am Em Am C

Coda:

Am Am/B Am Em
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Am Am/C Am
Oh, oh, oh oh oh oh.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am Am/B Em Am/C C F G E7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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