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THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO & THE BIG BEAT)
EmI want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat.
It comes out of the Virginia swamps,
cool and slow with rugged precision,
with a backbeat narrow and hard to master.
EmSome call it heavenly in its brilliance,
others, mean and rueful of the Western dream.
I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.
We have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping.
This is the land where the Pharaoh died.
E, F, E, F, G, E, F#, E, F#, A, A#, B,
E, F#, E, F#, E, F#, G#, G, F#, E, Em.
EmThe negroes in the forest, brightly feathered, and they are saying:
"Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure,
out here on the perimeter, there are no stars.
Out here we is stoned immaculate."
LisEten to this F#I'll tell Eyou about the F#heartaches;G  
I'll tEell you about F#heartaEche and the losF#s of God.A  A#  B  
I'll Etell you about F#the hopelesEs night,F#  
the meager C#food my Asoul forgot,C#  A  
F#tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soulG#.G  F#  E  Em  
EmI want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat,
soft driven, slow and mad like some new language.
LisEten to this F#I'll tell Eyou about TexF#as;G  
I'll tEell you about F#Texas       ERF#a - Adi - A#o.B  
I'll Etell you about F#the hopelesEs night,F#  
the wanderC#in' thAe Western dreaC#m,A  
F#tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soulG#  G  F#  E  Em  

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The Wasp

by The Doors

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THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO & THE BIG BEAT)

I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat.

It comes out of the Virginia swamps,

cool and slow with rugged precision,

with a backbeat narrow and hard to master.

Some call it heavenly in its brilliance,

others, mean and rueful of the Western dream.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft.

We have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping.

This is the land where the Pharaoh died.

E F E F G E F# E F# A A# B

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

E F# E F# E F# G# G F# E Em

, , , , , , , , , , .

The negroes in the forest, brightly feathered, and they are saying:

"Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure,

out here on the perimeter, there are no stars.

Out here we is stoned immaculate."

E F# E F# G

Listen to this I'll tell you about the heartaches;

E F# E F# A A# B

I'll tell you about heartache and the loss of God.

E F# E F#

I'll tell you about the hopeless night,

C# A C# A

the meager food my soul forgot,

F# G# G F# E Em

tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul.

I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat,

soft driven, slow and mad like some new language.

E F# E F# G

Listen to this I'll tell you about Texas;

E F# E F# A A# B

I'll tell you about Texas Ra - di - o.

E F# E F#

I'll tell you about the hopeless night,

C# A C# A

the wanderin' the Western dream,

F# G# G F# E Em

tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul

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