Wielder of Words

11…WIELDER OF WORDS… by T.Rex
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*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)

Intro:

G Bm (x4)

Verse 1:

G
Weilder of words,
C D G
Is steeped within tra-ditional verbs,
C D G
And curiously a dented top hat,
C D G
Discovered in the moonlit laundro-mat.

Chorus 1:

C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.

Verse 2:

G
A busted cheroot,
C D G
Is smoking on the heel of his boot,
C D G
His opera cape is torn through the haste,
C D
Of operatic oyster eating evenings of waste.

Chorus 2:

C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.

Interlude:

G, C D (x3) G

Chorus 3:

C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.

Verse 3:

G
Sleek Astrakhan,
C D G
Re-clining on a Chippendale stand,
C D G
So sad they should be owning a man,
C D G
Who’s thicker than the forestry, from where they be-gan.

Chorus 4:

C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.
C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.

C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.
C C/B Am G
Na na na na, na na na na, na na na.

Interlude:

Am

Coda:

Am
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy,
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy.
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy,
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy.
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy,
Am D
Robard, Robard de Font Le Roy, Robard, Robard de…

Outro:

(Increase Tempo)

G Bm (x24)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Bm C D C/B Am

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x24432 x32010 xx0232 x20010 x02210

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

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