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Song For Insane Times - Kevin Ayers (from Joy of a Toy)
My first submission.
Standard Tuning
 Cm9: x30343 } These are the intro and solo chords; I tend to pick at the top 4 strings and not
F6/G: 300011 } play the bottom two (xx0343, xx0011, xx5333, and xx3111)
EbM7: x65333 } 
DbM7: x43111 }
 GM7: 320002
 Bm7: x24232
 FM7: xx3210
 CM7: x32000
 Am7: x02010
 Gm7: 353333
INTRO
  Cm9    F6/G(x3)
(This bit's slightly odd; it's either in 5/4 or it's two and a half bars long but it's hard to say which;
with the slight swing and the syncopated drum fill over the top it's essentially free-form. Your best bet
is to listen to it and make up your own mind!)
+-1-0-----------------+
+-----1---------------+
+-------2-------------+
+---------3-----------+
+-----------2---------+
+-------------3-0-----+
+-----------------1-0-+
GM7People say they Bm7want to be free
FM7They look at him and they CM7look at me
Am7But it's only themselves they're Gm7wanting to see
FM7And everybody knows aCM7bout it.
GM7We talked all night and were Bm7all turned on
FM7We believe we heard him CM7singing his song
Am7Telling us all there was Gm7work to be done
FM7And we all sung the CM7chorus of "I Am The Walrus"
GM7Yes, Disneyland has Bm7come to town
FM7Everyone's dressed and CM7standing around
Am7Alice is wearing her Gm7sexiest gown
FM7But she doesn't want you to CM7look at her
GM7Beautiful people are Bm7queuing to drown
FM7They wait for the lifeguard to CM7put on his crown
Am7But he's up at the Gm7other end of town
FM7Trying to talk to the CM7mirror
KEYBOARD SOLO:
  EbM7   DbM7(repeat)
Cm9   F6/G
   FM7    CM7(these chords have the weird run over them from the intro)
BANANA!
GM7The scientist talks and he Bm7knows what he means
FM7He sits on the floor and has CM7beautiful dreams
Am7But he gets brought down by a Gm7woman who screams
FM7But he knows it's only a CM7record, oh yes it is!
GM7His brave new girl stopBm7s feeding the ants
FM7And looks at him with her CM7septic pants
Am7She still knows how to maGm7ke him dance
FM7And forget about emanciCM7pation, it's all imagination
GM7And you and I wBm7e sit and hum
FM7We know something'CM7s got to come
Am7To get us off our Gm7endless bum
FM7There's probably one in the CM7bathroom or in the hall
(Repeat keyboard solo/intro and descend into a freeform jazz exploration to fade.)

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Song For Insane Times

by Kevin Ayers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm9

F6/G

EbM7

DbM7

GM7

Bm7

FM7

CM7

Am7

Song For Insane Times - Kevin Ayers (from Joy of a Toy)

My first submission.

Standard Tuning

Cm9

: x30343 } These are the intro and solo chords; I tend to pick at the top 4 strings and not

F6/G

: 300011 } play the bottom two (xx0343, xx0011, xx5333, and xx3111)

EbM7

: x65333 }

DbM7

: x43111 }

GM7

: 320002

Bm7

: x24232

FM7

: xx3210

CM7

: x32000

Am7

: x02010

Gm7

: 353333

INTRO

Cm9 F6/G

(x3)

(This bit's slightly odd; it's either in 5/4 or it's two and a half bars long but it's hard to say which;

with the slight swing and the syncopated drum fill over the top it's essentially free-form. Your best bet

is to listen to it and make up your own mind!)

+-1-0-----------------+

+-----1---------------+

+-------2-------------+

+---------3-----------+

+-----------2---------+

+-------------3-0-----+

+-----------------1-0-+

GM7 Bm7

People say they want to be free

FM7 CM7

They look at him and they look at me

Am7 Gm7

But it's only themselves they're wanting to see

FM7 CM7

And everybody knows about it.

GM7 Bm7

We talked all night and were all turned on

FM7 CM7

We believe we heard him singing his song

Am7 Gm7

Telling us all there was work to be done

FM7 CM7

And we all sung the chorus of "I Am The Walrus"

GM7 Bm7

Yes, Disneyland has come to town

FM7 CM7

Everyone's dressed and standing around

Am7 Gm7

Alice is wearing her sexiest gown

FM7 CM7

But she doesn't want you to look at her

GM7 Bm7

Beautiful people are queuing to drown

FM7 CM7

They wait for the lifeguard to put on his crown

Am7 Gm7

But he's up at the other end of town

FM7 CM7

Trying to talk to the mirror

KEYBOARD SOLO:

EbM7 DbM7

(repeat)

Cm9 F6/G

FM7 CM7

(these chords have the weird run over them from the intro)

BANANA!

GM7 Bm7

The scientist talks and he knows what he means

FM7 CM7

He sits on the floor and has beautiful dreams

Am7 Gm7

But he gets brought down by a woman who screams

FM7 CM7

But he knows it's only a record, oh yes it is!

GM7 Bm7

His brave new girl stops feeding the ants

FM7 CM7

And looks at him with her septic pants

Am7 Gm7

She still knows how to make him dance

FM7 CM7

And forget about emancipation, it's all imagination

GM7 Bm7

And you and I we sit and hum

FM7 CM7

We know something's got to come

Am7 Gm7

To get us off our endless bum

FM7 CM7

There's probably one in the bathroom or in the hall

(Repeat keyboard solo/intro and descend into a freeform jazz exploration to fade.)

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