• Song:

    Devil Came From Kansas

  • Artist:

    Procul Harum

  • Album:

    The Early Years

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                      "The Devil Came From Kansas"
                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro (chords and rests as indicated):

	   Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab            Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb            (Eb)
	}  /  /  }    }  }  /  /     }  }  }  /

Verse 1:

	Eb (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)                   Eb (x43121@3)   The Devil came from Kansas
	          Bb (x1333x@1)                Eb (x43121@3)Where he went to I can't say
	       Ab (xx1114@1)                        Eb (x43121@3)Though I teach I'm not apreacher (x02210@1)	      Ab (xx1114@1)                  Eb (x43121@3)And I aim to stay that way
	           Bb (x1333x@1)                Eb (x43121@3)There's amonkey (x02210@1)riding on my back
	      Bb (x1333x@1)                Eb (x43121@3)Been there for some time
	    Ab (xx1114@1)                  Cm (x3101x@1)He says he knows me very well
	     Fm (133111@1)              Ab (xx1114@1) Eb (x43121@3)But he's no friend of mine

Chorus:

	Bb (x1333x@1)               Eb (x43121@3)I am not ahumble (x02210@1)pilgrim
	            Ab (xx1114@1)     Ab7 (xx1112@1)      Db (x43121@1)There's no need to scrape and squeeze
	          Gb (244322@1)Ab (xx1114@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)And don't beg    for silver paper
	          F (133211@1)      Ab (xx1114@1)          Eb (x43121@3)When I'm trying to    sell you cheese

	Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3) Ab (xx1114@1)    (Eb)
	/  }  }  /    /  }  }  /

Verse 2:

	The Devil came from Kansas
	Where he went to I can't say
	If you really are my brother
	Then you better start to pray
	For the sins of those departed
	And the ones about to go
	There's adark (x02210@1)cloud just above us
	Don't scowl because I know

[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo:

	Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3) [3X]
	/  }  }  /    /  }  }  /

	Ab (xx1114@1)     Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)/  }  }  /    /     (drum fill)

Verse 3:

	Though I never came from Kansas
	Don't forget to thank the cook
	Which reminds me of my duty
	I was lost though now I look
	For the turning and the signpost
	And the road which takes you down
	To that pool inside the forest
	In whose waters I shall drown

[repeat chorus]

Coda [guitar solo; repeat to fade]

	Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3)/  }  }  /    /  }  }  /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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