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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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                          "Good Captain Clack"
                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
	(solo piano):
	 G   Bm/F#        Em[ A   B   C   C#   D   C   B    Apiano l.H, single notes]
	/   /   /   /
Verse 1:
	SGtill Bm/F#scowling bEmlack Good CAmaptain ClDack
	       G   Bm/F#      Em     Am[verses:   Dorgan solo: D7-9]
	Must eat his humble pie
	      G   Bm/F#  G7/     F      C/E  Cm/    Eb[to coda on repeat]
	His bed  is  made the colors fade
	             G        Em     Am[verses:    D7organ solo: D+]
	His eyes once wet are dry
Verse 2:
	The naked muse who sits and chews
	Tobacco off a tree
	Removes his shoes, gives way to booze
	        G     Em    Am    D    G[N.C.]
	And searches endlessly
Bridge:
	EbSee the naked jBbumberlack
	AbSip his aphroEbdisiac
	CF7otton picking fBbarmers three
	ThEbough I lost my wBbeathervane
	AbAnd of sense I hEbave one grain
	                   F7           Bb[N.C.]
	I'm content sipping lemon tea
Instrumental break:
	[organ solo over Verse 1 chords, altered as indicated]
[repeat verse 1]
Coda:
	His eGyes oEmnce Amwet aDreGm  
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Good Captain Clack

by Procol Harum

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Bm/F#

D7-9

C/E

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

"Good Captain Clack"

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

(solo piano):

G Bm/F# Em A B C C# D C B A H

[ piano l., single notes]

/ / / /

Verse 1:

G Bm/F# Em Am D

Still scowling black Good Captain Clack

G Bm/F# Em Am D D7-9

[verses: organ solo: ]

Must eat his humble pie

G Bm/F# G7 F C/E Cm Eb

/ / [to coda on repeat]

His bed is made the colors fade

G Em Am D7 D

[verses: organ solo: +]

His eyes once wet are dry

Verse 2:

The naked muse who sits and chews

Tobacco off a tree

Removes his shoes, gives way to booze

G Em Am D G C

[N..]

And searches endlessly

Bridge:

Eb Bb

See the naked jumberlack

Ab Eb

Sip his aphrodisiac

F7 Bb

Cotton picking farmers three

Eb Bb

Though I lost my weathervane

Ab Eb

And of sense I have one grain

F7 Bb C

[N..]

I'm content sipping lemon tea

Instrumental break:

[organ solo over Verse 1 chords, altered as indicated]

[repeat verse 1]

Coda:

G Em Am D Gm

His eyes once wet are

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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