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#----------------------------------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.#
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                     "Salad Days (Are Here Again)"
                      (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
	(solo piano):
	D7/ / / /  G/ / / /  C/ / / /  D/ / / /
Verse 1:
	You cD7ome to me at mGidnight, and Csay its dark in hDere
	You kD7now you robbed me Gof my sight, and liCght is what I fDear
	                Bm/               A             E/G#  Em/G  
	I tell you that I can not see, but you persist in showing me
	Those bDangles that I pGaid for long aDgo
Chorus:
	And thFough my face is sBbmiling
	I'm rFeally Am/Efeeling lDmow
	ThFough you say you're wBbith me
	I kFnow that Am/Eit's not Dso
	         G           A          G          D[4: 2X]
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /  / / / /
	         G           A         G(D)
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /
Verse 2:
	Your skin crawls up an octave, your teeth have lost their gleam
	The peach has snuggled closer down into the clotted cream
	And for some unknown reason my watch begins to chime
	And thDough I beg and plGead with you, you tCell me its not tDime
[repeat chorus]
Instrumental break:
	[organ solo - chords as per verse 2 and chorus]
Verse 3 [chords as per verse 2]:
	The sun seeps through the window to see if we're still dead
	To try to throw some light upon the gloom around our bed
	At quarter past the doorbell rings, the water faucet drips and sings
	And still my reason will not rhyme, and still you tell me its not time
[repeat chorus]
[repeat intro; end cold on D]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Salad Days

by Procol Harum

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E/G#

Em/G

Am/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.#

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

"Salad Days (Are Here Again)"

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

Intro:

(solo piano):

D7 G C D

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

D7 G C D

You come to me at midnight, and say its dark in here

D7 G C D

You know you robbed me of my sight, and light is what I fear

Bm A E/G# Em/G

I tell you that I can not see, but you persist in showing me

D G D

Those bangles that I paid for long ago

Chorus:

F Bb

And though my face is smiling

F Am/E Dm

I'm really feeling low

F Bb

Though you say you're with me

F Am/E D

I know that it's not so

G A G D

[4: 2X]

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

G A G D

()

/ / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 2:

Your skin crawls up an octave, your teeth have lost their gleam

The peach has snuggled closer down into the clotted cream

And for some unknown reason my watch begins to chime

D G C D

And though I beg and plead with you, you tell me its not time

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

[organ solo - chords as per verse 2 and chorus]

Verse 3 [chords as per verse 2]:

The sun seeps through the window to see if we're still dead

To try to throw some light upon the gloom around our bed

At quarter past the doorbell rings, the water faucet drips and sings

And still my reason will not rhyme, and still you tell me its not time

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro; end cold on D]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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