"Journey To The Center Of The Mind"
(Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)
Intro:
Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:
A C
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Lead guitar enters, playing variations on A and C barre chords
at 5th and 8th frets [2X]
Solo:
A
v v v v v v v v
(slow bend)
C
v v v v v v v v
(slow bend)
A
v v v v v v v v
C
v v v v v v v v
10b12 | r10 8 |
b12b12 10 8h10p8 | 10b12r10 8 10 |
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A
v v v v v v v v
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8b9 7p5 5 7 5 | 5 8 |
6 6 | 6 4 2s9 9 |
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C
v v v v v v v v
A E
v v v v v v v v
Verse 1:
E [piano in left channel plays E6]
Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
D E
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind
Chorus:
A C C C B Bb A
Come along if you care
(A) C C C B Bb A
Come along if you dare
(A) C C C B Bb B
Take a ride 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
But please realise
You'll probably be surprised [fill | 15b17 b17 |
12 15 12 |
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C#m A
For it's the land unknown to man
F# E
Where fantasy is fact
C#m A
So if you can, please understand
F# B [N.C.]
You might not come back [fill | |
9 (w/heavy vibrato |
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[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]
Break:
(distorted power chords panned between channels - aaaaahh, 1968!)
A5 D5 D#5 E5 B5 Bb5
v v v v v v v v
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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 D5 D#5 E5
v v v v v v v v
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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 E
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]
v v v v v
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers