4…STRANGE ORCHESTRAS… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

(*NB*
This song is all played with single notes on one string.
I, however, have tabbed the CHORDS suggested by those notes,
To make it a little more fun to play!…)

Intro:

D
Eh-eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh-eh.

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

Verse 1:

D C G C D
Saw a face in a conical of lace, it was a; strange orches-tra-a.
D C G C D
Mannikin skin pounding on a bass-drum; strange orches-tra-a.

D C G C D
Lillipution, evil in the eyes, of the man with the leaf harp.
D C D C
He lusts for the urchin, hiding under mountains of moleskin.

Bridge 1:

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

Verse 2:

D C G C D
A big cat like T-Tyrannosaurus, going to Lilli-put.
D C G C D
The ensemble make a tiny rumble; the celloist so-los.

Bridge 2:

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

Verse 3:

D C
The sky blackens and the bass string slackens,
G C D
And they stand statu-esque-ly.
D C
Then they giggle and they wiggle, through the door,
G C D
In the big dark oak tree.

Bridge 3:

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

D C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo,
G C D
Doo doo doo, doo doo.

Coda:

D
Eh-eh-eh-eh, eh-eh-eh-eh.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D C G

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 x32010 320003

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