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:
---------------------------------------|------------------------5--------------|-5----5h7--7~----5---5-----5h7-----5h7-|-5h7-------------5h7------------7------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|(Main Riff)D5 D/C D/B D/BbYou thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever,D5 D/C D/B D/BbBut you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun.
(guitar echoes bass)
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And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids,
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And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses:
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How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing,
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For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips.
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(Main Riff)
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And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise,
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And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
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And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
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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,
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And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
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With tales of brave Ulysses; how his naked ears were tortured
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By the sirens sweetly singing.
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-----------------10----------------------|--------------------13p10----10----------|----12-----10-12----------12----10h12p10-|-12----12--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|(Main Riff) D5 D/C D/B D/BbThe tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers, D5 D/C D/B D/BbAnd you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter.
Outro Solo:
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