{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":160398,"song":"The Wasp","artist":"The Doors","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215837-the-wasp-chords-by-the-doors/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/160398?type=chord","rating":4.77384,"votes":15,"content":"THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO & THE BIG BEAT)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat.[/tab]\r\nIt comes out of the Virginia swamps,\r\ncool and slow with rugged precision,\r\nwith a backbeat narrow and hard to master.\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome call it heavenly in its brilliance,[/tab]\r\nothers, mean and rueful of the Western dream.\r\nI love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.\r\nWe have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping.\r\nThis is the land where the Pharaoh died.\r\n \r\n[ch]E[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]A#[/ch], [ch]B[/ch],\r\n[ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]G#[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]F#[/ch], [ch]E[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch].\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe negroes in the forest, brightly feathered, and they are saying:[/tab]\r\n\"Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure,\r\nout here on the perimeter, there are no stars.\r\nOut here we is stoned immaculate.\"\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nListen to this I'll tell you about the heartaches;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A#[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you about heartache and the loss of God.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you about the hopeless night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe meager food my soul forgot,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                                     [ch]G#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ntell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul.[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat,[/tab]\r\nsoft driven, slow and mad like some new language.\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nListen to this I'll tell you about Texas;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you about Texas       Ra - di - o.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you about the hopeless night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe wanderin' the Western dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]                                                     [ch]G#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\ntell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul[/tab]","plain_text":"THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO & THE BIG BEAT)\n\n\nIt comes out of the Virginia swamps,\ncool and slow with rugged precision,\nwith a backbeat narrow and hard to master.\n \n \n\nothers, mean and rueful of the Western dream.\nI love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.\nWe have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping.\nThis is the land where the Pharaoh died.\n \nE, F, E, F, G, E, F#, E, F#, A, A#, B,\nE, F#, E, F#, E, F#, G#, G, F#, E, Em.\n \n\n\"Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure,\nout here on the perimeter, there are no stars.\nOut here we is stoned immaculate.\"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\nsoft driven, slow and mad like some new language.","chords":["Em","E","F","G","F#","A","A#","B","G#","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}