Iscariot

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12…ISCARIOT… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
—————-…………………

*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

Verse 1:

Em G F# Em
A box of doves, I placed be-side your chest, liar.
Em G F# Em
A stork of silk, with rubies in it’s nest, fire.

Chorus 1:

G Em Am C
O-of my love, will burn thee to a wizened word, for ‘ere to go unheard.

Verse 2:

Em G F# Em
A mare of wood, elder, elm and oak, liar.
Em G F# Em
Will keep you fair, if you jest me no joke, fire.

Chorus 2:

G Em Am C
O-of my love, will burn thee to a wizened word, for ‘ere to go unheard.

Bridge 1:

D7 C Em
You gashed the heart of my heart, like a Portu-gese.
D7 C Am
Witch, I’d planned for you this land, but you devoured my hand.

Verse 3:

Em G F# Em
I’m old and bruised, but my fate is that of youth, liar.
Em G F# Em
Trickster, you, be a grisly dragon’s tooth, fire.

Chorus 3:

G Em Am C
O-of my love, will burn thee to a wizened word, for ‘ere to go unheard.

Bridge 2:

D7 C Em
You gashed the heart of my heart, like a Portu-gese.
D7 C Am
Witch, I’d planned for you this land, but you devoured my hand.

Interlude:

Em G, F# Em (x2)

Chorus 4:

G Em Am C
O-of my love, will burn thee to a wizened word, for ‘ere to go unheard.

Outro:

F, C

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Em G F# Am C D7 F

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 320003 244322 x02210 032010 xx0212 133211

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

The Sea Beasts

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11…THE SEA BEASTS… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

*CAPO 6th FRET*

(Original Key: Bbm)

Verse 1:

Em
The sea beasts scull the waters, feeling fear for thee.
The hawks that tamed the skies, wish you so well to be. A…

Chorus 1:

F C
Foal in the fields, with the bless of the hills,
F
Your shore, and you’re poor and your sore feetys,
C Am Em
Ne’er to be bore by man’s claw.

Verse 2:

Em
The horned dog guarding grandly, daughters of the Sun.
At night in twilight groves, his pray for you is begun. You…

Chorus 2:

F C
Foal in the fields, with the bless of the hills,
F
Your shore, and you’re poor and your sore feetys,
C Am Em
Ne’er to be bore by man’s claw.

Verse 3:

Em
The bull of gold, that’s old, beyond the songs of man.
Keeps watch upon the fates, when they misweave your strand. Oh…

Chorus 3:

F C
Foal in the fields, with the bless of the hills,
F
Your shore, and you’re poor and your sore feetys,
C Am Em
Ne’er to be bore by man’s claw.

Break:

Em
UFO, UFO you are, UFO, UFO you are, UFO, UFO you are, a colt.

Coda:

(Vocal Ad-libs)

(n.C)

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Em F C Am

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 133211 x32010 x02210

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Evenings of Damask

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10…EVENINGS OF DAMASK… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

*CAPO 6th FRET*

(Original Key: Ebm)

Verse 1:

Am F C Am
The evenings of Damask are fall-ing,
Am F C Am
The youth of truth chest feeds a star-ling,
Am Fmaj7
With his heart.

Verse 2:

Am F C Am
A chosen man begged by the way-side,
Am F C Am
A horse came soon and died be-fore him,
Am Fmaj7
And said eat.

Verse 3:

Am F C Am
The icy claws of earth are crawl-ing,
Am F C Am
Upon my baby’s brow and call-ing;
Am Fmaj7
Please come home.

Verse 4:

Am F C Am
The boy un-like the man was smi-ling,
Am F C Am
For gulleys, streams and hills would hide him,
Am Fmaj7
Like a swan.

Verse 5:

Am F C Am
A vaga-bond; a weaver warri-or,
Am F C Am
Produced a loom, a cheese and chop-per;
Am Fmaj7
And said choose.

Verse 6:

Am F C Am
My sandled feet are fleet like wa-ter,
Am F C Am
I kiss the limbs is Earthess daugh-ter;
Am Fmaj7
A little tree.

Outro:

Am F C, Am Fmaj7
La la la, laa.
Am F C, Am Fmaj7
La la la, laa.
Am F C, Am Fmaj7
La la la, laa.
Am F C, Am Fmaj7
La la la, laa.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Am F C Fmaj7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02210 133211 x32010 x03210

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Warlord of The Royal Crocodiles

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9…WARLORD OF THE ROYAL CROCODILES… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)

Intro:

G

Verse 1:

G
Handsome as life, He’s our Lord,
And we trust in him to move like the wind,
As our friend and guardian.

Bridge 1:

Bm
The elements and oceans congregate on his brow,
G
And he stalks in style like a royal crocodile.

Chorus 1:

G
You put him down, down, down, down, down,
Bm
You put him down, down, down, down, down.

Verse 2:

G
His chariot legs are tree green and autumn brown,
His crown of dusk is a glimpse of things to be.

Bridge 2:

Bm
In palaces and temples near the dwellings of man,
G
If he can he’ll smile, ‘cos he’s a royal crocodile.

Chorus 2:

G
You put him down, down, down, down, down,
Bm
You put him down, down, down, down, down.

Interlude:

(with Vocal Ad-Libs)

G, Bm, G

Verse 3:

G
Handsome as life, He’s our lord,
And we trust in him to move like the wind,
As our friend and guardian.

Bridge 3:

Bm
The elements and oceans congregate on his brow,
G
And he stalks in style like a royal crocodile.

Chorus 3:

G
You put him down, down, down, down, down,
Bm
You put him down, down, down, down, down.

G
You put him down, down, down, down, down,
Bm
You put him down, down, down, down, down.

Outro:

G, Bm, G

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

G Bm

EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x24432

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Like a White Star

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8…LIKE A WHITE STAR… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
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*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

Verse 1:

Bbm7
At the birth of the day, as a babe of the spray.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Like a white star, tangled and far, Tulip, that’s what you are.

Bbm7
Warm and wise as a mute, in the thunderbolt suit.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Princely and torn, grasping the horn of the meanads of May.

Verse 2:

Bbm7
Sleepy, dreaming of dark silver Satyrs in parks.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Statues that say, worship the day, for only humans you are.

Bbm7
Channels churning the grime, inky dreams of our time.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Into the Sun, where the white one, poems them into a rhyme.

Verse 3:

Bbm7
On a hill, the clear shrill made the Titans most ill.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Angels a-bound and I kissing the ground, thrilled to be around.

Bbm7
Vineyards spangled with love, for the white dove above.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Green and lean from the waste of the pastures of chaste.

Verse 4:

Bbm7
Preciously he is whole, twinkled eyes like a king,
Charted seas on your skin.
Bmaj7 Bbm7 Bmaj7 Bbm7
Like a white star, tangled and far;
Bbm7 F# Bbm7 F# Bbm7 F#
Tulip, that’s what you a -re, a -re, a -re.

Interlude:

F#

Coda:

F#
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy,
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy.
Abm B
Down down, down down, down down, yeah.

F#
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy,
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy.
Abm B
Down down, down down, down down, yeah.

F#
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy,
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy.
Abm B
Down down, down down, down down, yeah.

F#
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy,
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy.
Abm B
Down down, down down, down down, yeah.

F#
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy,
Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy.
Abm B
Down down, down down, down down, yeah.

Outro:

F#, F#m

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Bbm7 Bmaj7 F# Abm B F#m

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x13121 x24342 244322 466444 x24442 244222

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

She Was Born to Be My Unicorn

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7…SHE WAS BORN TO BE MY UNICORN… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————————…………………

*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: F#)

Verse 1:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
She was born to be my Uni-corn.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
Robed head of ferns, cat child tutored by the learned.

Interlude:

D

Verse 2:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
Darkly ghostish host, haggard vizier of the moats.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
Seeks the sandled shores of Gods; baby of the moors.

Interlude:

D

Verse 3:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
The night-mare’s mauve mashed mind, sights the visions of the blinds.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
Shoreside stream of steam, cooking kings in cream of scream.

Interlude:

D

Verse 4:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
Jackdaw winter head, cleans his chalcedony bed.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
A silken word of kind, was re-turned from Nijinsky Hind.

Interlude:

D

Verse 5:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
Giant of Inca hill, loosed his boar to gorely kill.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
The dancing one-horned waife in doub-let of puffin-bill.

Interlude:

D

Verse 6:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
The beast in feast of sound, kittened lamb on God’s ground.
D Dmaj7 Bm D
Ridden by the born of horn, jigged like a muse on life’s lawn.

Interlude:

D

Verse 7:

D Dmaj7 Bm D
She was born to be my Uni-corn.

(Vocal Ad-libs):

D Dmaj7, Bm D

Outro:

A7 D (x2)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

D Dmaj7 Bm A7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 xx0222 x24432 x02223

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)