Tales Of Brave Ulysses Chords by Cream

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