Journey To The Center

Tom:
different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which
this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of
Life through O.*.  Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs...  -- AWR
(Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)

[Intro]
Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:
  A                              C
/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
Lead guitar enters, playing variations on A and C barre chords
at 5th and 8th frets [2X]

[Solo]
         A
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---|
-------------------------|----------------9---------|
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(slow bend)
         C
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------8b10---|
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(slow bend)
         A
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--|
----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
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         C
v     v      v     v         v     v       v     v
--------------------10b12---|-r10-8----------------------|
b12b12-10-8h10p8------------|------10b12r10-8-----10-----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
         A
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
8b9---7p5----5--7--5-----|----5--------------8------|
----------6-----------6--|-------6--4--2s9------9---|
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         C
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
----------8--------------|--------------------------|
-8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--|
-------------------------|----------------9---------|
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         A                         E
v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-9-----9------------------|
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Verse 1:
E

[piano in left channel plays E6]
Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
             D                             E
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind
Chorus:
  A  C     B   Bb    A
Come along if you care
C    C
(A) C B Bb A
Come along if you dare
(A)                 C    C C         B   Bb   B
Take a ride to the land inside [1,2: of your mind]

[3:   and you'll see]
Verse 2:
Beyond the seas of thought
Beyone the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not

[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
         E
But please realise
You'll probably be surprised   [fill:  ----------15b17-b17--|
-12-15-12------------|
---------------------|
---------------------|
---------------------|
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            C#m               A
For it's the land unknown to man
               F#         E
Where fantasy is fact
           C#m                 A
So if you can, please understand
F#
B          [N.C.]
You might not come back        [fill:  --------------------------|
---9--- (w/heavy vibrato--|
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[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]
Break:
  A5  D5    E5   B5   D#5   Bb5
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|   [3X]
-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
-5---5---5-10--11|12--12--12-7---6--|
        A5         D5 D#5  E5
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
-5---5---5-10--11|12-----------12\--|

[repeat chorus]
Verse 3 [note extra line]:
How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
               D                               E
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Center of the mind [echo: the mind, the mind...]
Coda:
(A)      B [fade]
v       v     v     v     v
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----8--|-7-----------------------|
s9-----|-------------------------|
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers