Procol Harum - Conquistador

      
 
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 # "Conquistador"
 # (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
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 #(Note: this is the arrangement from the first album, not the remake with
 # the Edmonton Symphony.)
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 #Verse 1:
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 # distorted guitar, doubled with bass:
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     Gm       C7       F      F7/Eb 
 v v  v v v v  v v v v  v v v v

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 ----(0-2-|-3)*-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 -----3-4-|-5---------------|-------------2-3-|-------------2-1-|
 ---5-----|-------------5-4-|-3---------------|-----------------|
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 * guitar plays higher line on 2nd repeat of each verse
 
 Conquistador your stallion stands in need of company
 
 Gm                      C7        
  And like some angel's haloed brow
 F              F7/Eb 
  You reek of purity
             G             Cm  
 I see your armor plated breast
      F                   Gm  
 Has long since lost its sheen
     G                   Cm 
 And in your death mask face
                F                 Gm 
 There are no signs which can be seen
 
 Chorus:
 
               Gm       Eb7               
 And though I hoped for  something to find
         Gm     Eb7              Gm 
 I could see no  place to unwind 
 
 Verse 2:
 
 Conquistador a vulture sits, upon your silver sheath
 And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed
 And though your jewel-encrusted blade
 Has not been plundered still
 The sea has washed across your face
 And taken of its fill
 
 (repeat chorus)
 
 Verse 3:
 
 Conquistador there is no time, I must pay my respect
 And though I came to jeer at you
 I leave now with regret
 And as the gloom begins to fall
 I see there is no, only all
 Though you came with sword held high
 You did not conquer, only die
 
 (repeat chorus, 2X)
 
 organ solo:
 
 Gm Eb7 (4X)
 
 (repeat chorus; end cold on Gm)
 
 
 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers