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Warlord of The Royal Crocodiles

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9…WARLORD OF THE ROYAL CROCODILES… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————————–…………………

*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
————————…………………

*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)

Stones for Avalon

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6…STONES FOR AVALON… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————…………………

*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

Verse 1:

Bm
Let’s get some stones for Avalon,
A
Let’s get some stones for Avalon, for Ava-lon.
Bm
Let’s steal some stars for Avalon,
A
Let’s steal some stars for Avalon, for Ava-lon.

Chorus 1:

A Bm
Nobody sees what Avalon sees; nobody sees.

Verse 2:

Bm
Let’s make a quest for Avalon,
A
Quest for finger cymbal and gong, for Ava-lon.

Chorus 2:

A Bm
Nobody knows where Avalon goes; nobody knows.

Verse 3:

Bm
Let’s get some stones for Avalon,
Let’s get some stones for Avalon, for Avalon.

Outro:

Bm

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Bm A

EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 x02220

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

Cat Black (The Wizard’s Hat)

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5…CAT BLACK…(THE WIZARD’S HAT)… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
————————————-…………………

*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

Chorus 1:

Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.

Verse 1:

C Am F G
Catblack, the wizard’s hat, spun in lore from Dagamoor.
C Am F G
The skull of jade was pearl inlaid, the silks, skin spun, re-pelled the Sun.
C Am F G
A tusk of boar with dwarfish awe, sobs on the door where stood before;

C Am F G
A mountain man with sky-blue teeth, u-pon his head a python’s wreath.
C Am
A deer he slew in the dawning’s dew,
F G (Cmaj7)
Her heart was a dagger for a murderer’s brew.

Chorus 2:

Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.

Verse 2:

C Am
A black toad of jet on a sill cast in brass,
F G
Por-trayed for his sight mysteries of the past.
C Am
A yellow orphan dancer rich in Nature’s costly gold,
F G
Wept for the jailer of time to bless her old.

C Am
But his kiss, he held and shadowed, for the spell of nights are strong,
F G (Cmaj7)
And spiralled like a whirlwind in the childhood of a song.

Chorus 3:

Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.

Verse 3:

C Am
Catblack, the wizard’s back,
F G
Daubed in doom in his tounge tombed room.
C Am
We of the wind must re-joice and speak,
F G (Cmaj7)
And kiss all our starbrowed brothers on the cheek.

Chorus 4:

(with Scatting):

Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Cmaj7 Am F G G7
Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

Cmaj7 Am F G G7 C

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32000 x02210 133211 320003 323000 x32010

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

The Throat of Winter

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4…THE THROAT OF WINTER… by Tyrannosaurus Rex
—————————…………………

*from ‘Unicorn’ (1969)*

Verse 1:

C Em
Oh the throat of winter is u-pon us,
C Em
The barren barley fields refuse to sway.
Bb Cmaj7
Be-fore the Husky hag of early winter,
D7
In her hoods of snowy grey.

Verse 2:

C Em
Lo, the frozen blue birds in the belfries,
C Em
The bluebells in their hearts are surely prey?
Bb Cmaj7
Un-to the grasping bats-wing of the winter pincer;
D7
Hoods of snowy grey.

Chorus 1:

Gm F Eb Cm7 Gm Eb Bb
Winter, winter, winter, are you but a servant of the bad one…..?

Verse 3:

C Em
Oh the throat of winter is u-pon us,
C Em
The barren barley fields refuse to sway.
Bb Cmaj7
Be-fore the Husky hag of early winter,
D7
In her hoods of snowy grey.

Chorus 2:

Gm F Eb Cm7 Gm Eb Bb
Winter, winter, winter, are you but a servant of the bad one…..?

Outro:

C, Em (x2), Dm

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

C Em Bb Cmaj7 D7 Gm F Eb Dm

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
032010 022000 x13331 x32000 xx0212 344333 133211 665x4x xx0231

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