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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:

E7

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:

G

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:

G7

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:
—————

D C G

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 x32010 320003

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

Child Star

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3…CHILD STAR… by T.Rex
—————–………

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

Intro:

D7sus4

Verse 1:

D7sus4
Mountain eyes, peeping out of his head.
Sipping tea; composing in his bed.
C
A hundred hands working on a musical of old.
Am C Am C
Debussy and Mendelssohn, Han-del and D-vorak of old.

Chorus 1:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.
C Am
Child star, they do not see just what a precious gem you’d be.

Break:

D7
Sad to see them watching you fade, into in-invisibilty…

Verse 2:

D7sus4
Twelve years old; your elvish fingers kiss your…
Beethoven hair; the awesome people stare.
C
They’re un-aware of all the Angel sounds they see and hear.
Am C Am C
Debussy and Mendelssohn, Han-del and D-vorak they hear.

Chorus 2:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.
C
Child star, and when you died at just thirteen,
Am
They wept and wrung their hair.

Break:

D7
Sad to see them mourning you,
And you are there within the flowers and the trees…

Coda:

C Am
Child star, protegee of Mister Gormez who said you’d go far.

Outro:

D7

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
—————

D7sus4 C Am D7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0210 x32010 x02210 xx0212

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)