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:
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Intro:
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(Main Riff)
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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.
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(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.
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(Main Riff)
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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.
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(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.
Outro Solo:
D5 D/C D/B D/Bb (continuous)
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Fade Out
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