Journey To The Center

(início)

different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which
this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of
Life through O.*.  Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs...  -- AWR
                        (Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)
Intro:
        Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:
        A                 C
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
        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

         A
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v

         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--|

repeat chorus

            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:  --------------------------|

guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro

Break:
        A5         D5 D#5  E5        B5 Bb5
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro

        A5         D5 D#5  E5
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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...]
Coda:
        (A)      B [fade]
         v       v     v     v     v