Tales Of Brave Ulysses Chords by Cream

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_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [D] You thought the leaden winter [Bm] would bring you [D] down forever,
but you rode upon a steamer [B] to the violence [Bb] of the sun.
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_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ And the colors of the sea [G] find your eyes with trembling [Gm] mermaid,
[D] and you touch the [C] distant [Bm] beaches with tales of brave [D] Ulysses,
how his naked ears were tortured [G] by the siren sweetly singing,
[D] for the sparkling waves are calling [G] you to kiss [Gm] the white lace [A] lips. _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ And you see a girl's brown body [Bm] dancing [D] through the turquoise,
and her footprints [C] make you follow [Bm] where the sky [Gm] loves the [D] sea,
and when your [Fm] fingers find her, [G] she drowns you [Bb] in her body,
[D] carving deep blue ripples [G] in the tissues [Gm] of your [A] mind. _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ Silent purple fishes [Em] run [D] laughing through your fingers,
and you want to [C] take her with you to the hard [Bbm] land of the winter.
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_ [B] _ _ [D] _ Her name is [C]
Aphrodite, [B] and she rides a [Bb] crimson shell,
[D] and you know you [F] cannot leave [G] her, for you touch the distant [Bb] sands,
[D] with tales of brave Ulysses, how [G] his naked ears were [D] tortured by the siren sweetly singing.
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Silent purple fishes [G] run laughing [C] through your fingers,
[D] and you want to [G] take her with you to the hard land of the [D] winter. _
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