Wielder of Words

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11…WIELDER OF WORDS… by T.Rex
————————………

*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.

Interlude:

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:
—————

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)

Graceful Fat Sheba

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10…GRACEFUL FAT SHEBA… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————–…………………

*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Verse 1:

A C F Em
Graceful fat Sheba; she works with a meatcleaver.
A C Amaj7
Sweating be-hind the meat counter…

Verse 2:

A C F Em
Her skin it leaks liquid, the odour is sickly, her,
A C Amaj7
Features aren’t unlike a swan…

Verse 3:

A C F Em
Her poetic, gluttonic waist is im-pressive;
A C Amaj7
She smiles as she hacks up a pig…

Verse 4:

A C F Em
Graceful fat Sheba; she works with a meatcleaver.
A C Amaj7
Sweating be-hind the meat counter…

Coda:

E D C#
Oh, oh, oh, doo doo doo,
E D C#
Oh, oh, oh, doo doo doo.
E G A
Oh, oh, oh, doo doo doo,
Em Amaj7
Ah, ah…

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

A C F Em Amaj7 E D C# G

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02220 x32010 133211 022000 x02120 022100 xx0232 x46664 320003

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

Knight

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9…KNIGHT… by T.Rex
————-………

*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Intro:

E7
Na na na na, ooh, na na na na, oh.

Verse 1:

E7
Night comes down, just like a giant umbrella,
Fmaj7 G E7
Slows me down; got to get it together, yeah… yeah.

Interlude:

E7
Na na na na, ooh, na na na na, oh.

Verse 2:

E7
Saxophone sage, plays upon her doorstep,
Fmaj7 G E7
Evening’s lies are dying all around him, yeah… yeah.

Interlude:

E7
Na na na na, ooh, na na na na, oh.

Verse 3:

E7
Head of plumes and crimson ostrich feathers,
Fmaj7 G E7
8th Hussars’ manners gush out of my blood-stream, my Queen.

Interlude:

E7
Na na na na, ooh, na na na na, oh.

Verse 4:

E7
Clad in drag of oriental beggar, ju-ju beads, holding me all together.

Interlude:

E7
Na na na na, ooh, na na na na, oh.

Coda:

End:

Dm Fmaj7
Dah, dah.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

E7 Fmaj7 G Dm

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
020100 x03210 320003 xx0231

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

Afghan Woman

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8…AFGHAN WOMAN… by T.Rex
——————-………

*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Intro:

Verse 1:

G Em G C
Afghan woman, deemed a Princess, born a true blue thoroughbred.
G Em G C G
Head a chiseled face of fables, omen of no ill.

Verse 2:

G Em
Hills that spread a-round your chamber,
G C
Blooms that twine a-round your ears.
G Em G C G
Blossoms of the royalest texture, angel of the years.

Verse 3:

G Em G C
Clad in sacks and scraps of linen, living ‘neath your waterwell.
G Em G C G
Praying that my youthy pauper’s, face will quench you well.

Bridge 1:

G Em G C
La la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la-la-la.
G Em G C
La la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la-la-la.

Verse 4:

G Em
Ga-zelle girl striding through your palace,
G C
Precious jewels nestle in your hair.
G Em G C G
Rameses born with platinum future; take my heart and care.

Bridge 2:

G Em G C
La la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la-la-la.
G Em G C
La la la la, la la la la, la la la la, la-la-la.

Coda:

G Em G C
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo-doo-doo.
G Em G C G C G
Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo-doo.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

G Em C

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 022000 x32010

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

Mustang Ford

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7…MUSTANG FORD… by T.Rex
——————-………

*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)

Intro:

Chorus 1:

G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-my Mustang Ford.
C7
It’s all put together with alligator leather.

Verse 1:

G7
My Baby she know’s I’m on a scene,
My baby keeps asking where I’ve been.
My baby’s guessing that I’m messing.
C7
It’s all put together with alligator leather.

Chorus 2:

G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-my Mustang Ford.
C7
It’s all put together with alligator leather.

Verse 2:

G7
My baby, she know’s I’m no fool,
My baby, she says; hey keep cool.
My baby, don’t realise I’m hypnotized;
C7
It’s all put together with alligator leather.

Bridge 1:

G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford,
C7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford.
G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford,
D7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford,
G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, Mustang Ford,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my.

Bridge 2:

Chorus 3:

G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-my Mustang Ford.

Chorus 4:

G7
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my,
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my, m-m-m-my Mustang Ford.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

G7 C7 D7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
353433 x35353 x57575

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

Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

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6…DWARFISH TRUMPET BLUES… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
—————————–…………………

*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.

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:
—————

Am Am/B Em Am/C C F G E7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 x22210 022000 x32210 x32010 133211 320003 020100

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

Chateau in Virginia Waters

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5…CHATEAU IN VIRGINIA WATERS… by T.Rex
———————————………

*from ‘My People were Fair and had Sky in their Hair…’ (1968)*

Verse 1:

G C
Broken English words, cracked the air like a bell.
Am Amaj7
She had a chateau in Virginia Waters, free from all those culture vultures.

Verse 2:

G C
Her silver car, a silver cloud, cloaked the air in a shroud.
Am Amaj7
Her pearly author’s teeth, Tore the seasoned cedar coloured pheasant.

Verse 3:

G C
Her one rich wish, is to write a book about,
Am Amaj7
A ve-netian mother’s problems, on a barge in Little Venice.

Verse 4:

G C
She peers at the portrait, of her poetess grandmother,
Am Amaj7
Who’s theatrical in character, wise just like Socrates.

Break:

G C
Doo doo, dah dah dah, dah dah dah,
Am Amaj7
Cha-cha-cha-cha, ba ba ba ba ba ba.

Verse 5:

G C
She sinks her nails into the aged canvas,
Am
But the power from the wordster’s head,
Amaj7
Was cool and shrill and frightening.

Verse 6:

G C
Miss Drag is intermingled, with the powder-blue chaise lounge.
Am Amaj7
She types some acid words to her, hairless Havana art dealer.

Verse 7:

G C
Her one rich wish, is to write a book about,
Am Amaj7
A ve-netian mother’s problems, on a barge in Little Venice.

Coda:

G C
Doo doo, dah dah dah, dah dah dah,
Am Amaj7
Cha-cha-cha-cha, ba ba ba ba ba ba.

Outro:

Amaj7

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

G C Am Amaj7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32010 x02210 x02120

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

Strange Orchestras

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4…STRANGE ORCHESTRAS… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————-…………………

*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.

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.

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.

Coda:

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

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

D C G

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 x32010 320003

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

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