###----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#<br/>##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#<br/>##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#<br/>##-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#<br/># "Requiem For The Masses"<br/># (Terry Kirkman)<br/>#<br/>#Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master<br/>#Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):<br/>#<br/># Written during the peak of the Vietnam War, this flip side of "Never My<br/># Love" soon became an underground hit, and its stark dramatic tone and<br/>became shockingly beautiful requiem mass parts a favorite at live<br/> concerts.<br/><br/><br/>Note: guitar is capoed at 4th fret; chords are notated in brackets<br/><br/>Intro:<br/><br/>2XSnare roll <br/><br/>(acapella w/military drums; chords implied):<br/><br/>C#m B G#m F# F#sus2<br/>Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam<br/><br/>Verse:<br/><br/>F# F#6<br/>D D6 <br/>Mama, mama, forget your pies<br/> F#7 F#<br/>D7 D <br/>Have faith they won't get cold<br/> F# F#6<br/>D D6 <br/>And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky<br/> F#7 F#<br/>D7 D <br/>Your flag is flying full<br/><br/> F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)<br/>D <br/>At half-mast <br/>For the matadors<br/>Who turned their backs<br/>To please the crowd<br/>And all fell before the bull<br/><br/>Bridge 1:<br/><br/> B A#m G#m F#<br/>G F#m Em D <br/>Red was the color of his blood flowing thin<br/> B A#m G#m F#<br/>G F#m Em D <br/>Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin<br/> B A#m G#m F#<br/>G F#m Em D <br/>Blue was the color of the morning sky<br/> A<br/>F <br/>He saw looking up from the ground where he died<br/> G#m F#<br/>Em D <br/>It was the last thing ever seen by him<br/><br/>(acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied):<br/><br/>F#m E C#m B F#<br/>Kyrie elei...son<br/><br/>(flugelhorn and military drums)<br/><br/>repeat verse<br/><br/>Bridge 2:<br/><br/>Black and white were the figures that recorded him<br/>Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in<br/>Black and white was the question that so bothered him<br/>He never asked, he was taught not to ask<br/>What was on his lips as they buried him<br/><br/>(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)<br/><br/>F#<br/>Rex tremendae majestatis<br/><br/>Coda:<br/><br/>(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)<br/><br/>C#m B G#m F# F#sus2<br/>Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam<br/><br/>(flugelhorn and military drums to fade)<br/><br/><br/>-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers<br/></div></div><div class="breadcrumbs">Back to index / a / associati
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