Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense & Peppermint tab

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:37 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./s/strawberry_alarm_clock/incense_and_peppermints.crd

OK, this has always been credited to John Carter and Tim Gilbert, but
according to the SAC article in _Goldmine_ #359 John Carter wrote lyrics
to SAC (and future Lynyrd Skynyrd) guitarist Ed King's instrumental
track, 'The Happy Whistler'; Tim Gilbert had written other songs with
John Carter before (most notably the Rainy Daze 'That Acapulco Gold',
which hit #70 nationwide before program directors found out what
'Acapulco Gold' was) and was apparently co-credited by mistake.

                       "Incense and Peppermints"
                        (Ed King - John Carter)

Intro:

	[drum roll]

	Em                 [organ holds high E]
	/ / / /  / / / /

	 Em                       D/F#	 v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------	-12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------

	Em  A    Em  C
	/ / / /  / / / /
	Ba  ba   ba  ba

	Em  A    Em  C
	/ / / /  / / / /
	Ba  ba   ba  ba

Verse 1:

	 Em          A          Em           C
	Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
	 Em          A          Em         C
	Dead kings, many things I can't define
	Em             A           Em           C
	   Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
	Em           A                Em       C
	Incense and peppermints, the color of time

Chorus:

	Em   Ebm         Dm        A
	Who cares  what games we choose
	 Em       Ebm       Dm         A
	Little to win, but nothing to lose

Verse 2 (half-length):

	Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
	Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around

Refrain:

	 D           G     D           G
	Look at yourself, look at yourself
	F#m   F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
	Yeah,    yeah
	 D           G     D           G
	Look at yourself, look at yourself
	F#m   F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E     A   [N.C.]
	Yeah,    yeah,              yeah

Fill:

	fuzz guitar w/cowbell:

	(A)	 v   v   v   v	-----------------	-----------------	-----4---6---7---	-----------------	-----------------	-----------------

	bass:

	 v   v   v   v	-------------4---	-----5---7-------	-----------------	-----------------

Verse 3:

	To divide this cockeyed world in two
	Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do
	Beatniks and politics, nothing is new
	A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view

[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):

	 D          G         D         G	 v      v   v   v     v     v   v   v	--------------------|-------------------	-8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------	----------7---7-----|-------------------	----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------	--------------------|---------5---5---5-	--------------------|-------------------

	F#m  F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------	-2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------

	 D          G         D         G	 v      v   v   v     v     v   v   v	--------------------|-------------------	-8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------	----------7---7-----|-------------------	----------------3-5-|-5b7r5-3-----------	--------------------|---------5---5---5-	--------------------|-------------------

	F#m  F#m(maj7)/F	           F#m7/E  A                        [N.C.; drum fill]	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v    v     v   v	-----------------|------------------|--------	-----------------|------------------|--------	-2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-9---7976-9-|s14-----	-----------------|------------------|--------	-----------------|------------------|--------	-----------------|------------------|--------	                             ^^^^ trill

[repeat verse 1]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

	fuzz guitar:

	 Em                       D/F#	 v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------	-9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------	------------|------------|------------|------------

	Em Ebm      Dm     A
	Incense and peppermints
	Em Ebm      Dm     A
	Incense and peppermints

	fuzz guitar:

	 Em   Ebm          Dm  Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------	-12---11---------|-10---s13--------	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------	-----------------|-----------------

	     Dmaj7/F#
	Sha la la
	     Emaj7/G#
	Sha la la
	     Dmaj7/A
	Sha la la
	     Emaj7/B
	Sha la la
	     Dmaj7
	Sha la la    [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers