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The Amboy Dukes' only hit single (#16, 1968).  The eponymous LP has 30-odd
different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which
this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of
Life through O.D.ing.  Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs...  -- AWR


                    "Journey To The Center Of The Mind"
                        (Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)

Intro:

	Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:

	A (x02220@1)               C (x32010@1)/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	Lead guitar enters, playing variations on Aand (x02220@1)Cbarre (x32010@1)chords
	at 5th and 8th frets [2X]

	Solo:

	 A (x02220@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---|
	-------------------------|----------------9---------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	 (slow bend)

	 C (x32010@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|-------------------8b10---|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	                                           (slow bend)
	 A (x02220@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--|
	----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|

	 C (x32010@1) v     v      v     v         v     v       v     v
	--------------------10b12---|-r10-8----------------------|
	b12b12-10-8h10p8------------|------10b12r10-8-----10-----|
	----------------------------|----------------------------|
	----------------------------|----------------------------|
	----------------------------|----------------------------|
	----------------------------|----------------------------|

	 A (x02220@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	8b9---7p5----5--7--5-----|----5--------------8------|
	----------6-----------6--|-------6--4--2s9------9---|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|

	 C (x32010@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----------8--------------|--------------------------|
	-8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--|
	-------------------------|----------------9---------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|

	 A (x02220@1)                       E (022100@1) v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|-9-----9------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|
	-------------------------|--------------------------|

Verse 1:

	 E (022100@1)[piano in left channel plays E6]
	Leave your cares behind
	Come with us and find
	     D (xx0232@1)                           E (022100@1)The pleasures of ajourney (x02210@1)to the center of the mind

Chorus:

	 A (x02220@1)               C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb A (x02220@1)Come along if you care
	(A)                C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb A (x02220@1)Come along if you dare
	(A)                 C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C         B (x2444x@1) Bb (x1333x@1) B (x2444x@1)Take aride (x02210@1)to the land inside [1,2: of your mind]
	                               [3:   and you'll see]

Verse 2:

	Beyond the seas of thought
	Beyone the realm of what
	Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	 E (022100@1)But please realise
    You'll probably be surprised   [fill:  ----------15b17-b17--|
                                           -12-15-12------------|
                                           ---------------------|
                                           ---------------------|
                                           ---------------------|
                                           ---------------------|

	    C#m (x13321@4)             A (x02220@1)For it's the land unknown to man

	       F# (244322@1)       E (022100@1)Where fantasy is fact
	   C#m (x13321@4)               A (x02220@1)So if you can, please understand
	F# (244322@1)                B (x2444x@1)        [N.C.]
    You might not come back        [fill:  --------------------------|
                                           ---9--- (w/heavy vibrato--|
                                           --------------------------|
                                           --------------------------|
                                           --------------------------|
                                           --------------------------|

[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]

Break:

	(distorted power chords panned between channels - aaaaahh, 1968!)

	A5 (x022xx@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5  E5 (022xxx@1)      B5 (x244xx@1)name="chord_x133xx@1">Bb5
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|	[3X]
	-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
	-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
	-5---5---5-10--11|12--12--12-7---6--|


	A5 (x022xx@1)       D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_xx134x@1">D#5  E5 (022xxx@1) v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|
	-----------------|------------------|
	-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
	-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
	-5---5---5-10--11|12-----------12\--|

[repeat chorus]

Verse 3 [note extra line]:

	How happy life could be
	If all of mankind
	Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
	       D (xx0232@1)                             E (022100@1)Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
	Center of the mind [echo: the mind, the mind...]

[guitar solo - another variation on intro solo for 10 bars]

Coda:

	(A)      B[fade] (x2444x@1)	 v       v     v     v     v
	-------|-------------------------|
	----8--|-7-----------------------|
	s9-----|-------------------------|
	-------|-------------------------|
	-------|-------------------------|
	-------|-------------------------|


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers