Artist: CREAM Song: TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES Album: DISRAELI GEARS Tunning: STANDARD Tabbed By: INDIE NATION Words and Music by Eric Clapton and Martin Sharp Heavy wah throughout whole song Main Riff: D D/C D/B D/Bb --(0)---0----0----0---| ---3----3----3----3---| ---2----2----0----0---| ---0----0----0--------| -0----3----2----1-----| ----------------------| Intro: ---------------------------------------| ------------------------5--------------| -5----5h7--7~----5---5-----5h7-----5h7-| -5h7-------------5h7------------7------| ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| (Main Riff) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun. (guitar echoes bass) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses: D5 D/C D/B D/Bb How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips. A7 D C A7 -9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9------------------5--------------------------------| -8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---5----------------8p5------5---------------------| -9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----7P5-7P5-7b9--------7b9----7--5b6--------5-7-7-| -------------------------------------------------------7-5-7-------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------| D C ----------5---------------------------------| --------5---8-5------5----------------------| -5-7b9----------7b9----7b9--7-5-7-5---5-----| ------------------------------------7---7-7-| --------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------| (Main Riff) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea. D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind. A7 D C ------------------------------------5--5-8-5h8-5-------------| -5-------8-5----------------------5--------------------------| ----7b9------7b9--7-7-5h7p5---5h7----------------8-5-7p5---7-| ----------------------------7----------------------------7---| -------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------| A7 D C ----------------------------------------5-----------------------| -------8----8-8-10-8------------------5---8-5-------------------| -5/9-9---9-----------8\7-5---7-5-7b9----------8-7--5-7--5---5---| ---------------------------7-------------------------------7----| ----------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------| (Main Riff) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands D5 D/C D/B D/Bb With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured D5 D/C By the sirens sweetly singing. D5 D/C D/B D/Bb etc. ----------------------------10---------------------------------| -/13---13----------------------13------------------------------| -/14---14--12--10--12b14~~--------12b14--12-10-12----10-12b14--| --------------------------------------------------12-----------| ---------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------| -------10---------------------------------------10-------------------| ----10----13-10------------------------------------13-10----10-------| -13-------------12b14--12-10-12----10-12-12b14-----------12----12p10-| --------------------------------12-----------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------10----------------------| --------------------13p10----10----------| ----12-----10-12----------12----10h12p10-| -12----12--------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------| (Main Riff) D5 D/C D/B D/Bb The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, D5 D/C D/B D/Bb And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter. 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