Incense and Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock
OK, this has always been credited to John Carter and Tim Gilbert, but
according to the SAC article in _Goldmine_ #359 John Carter wrote lyrics
to SAC (and future Lynyrd Skynyrd) guitarist Ed King's instrumental
track, 'The Happy Whistler'; Tim Gilbert had written other songs with
John Carter before (most notably the Rainy Daze 'That Acapulco Gold',
which hit #70 nationwide before program directors found out what
'Acapulco Gold' was) and was apparently co-credited by mistake.
"Incense and Peppermints"
(Ed King - John Carter)
Intro:
[drum roll]
Em [organ bolds bigb E]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[Em]v v v v v v v v [D/F#] v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|-------------| ------------|------------|------------|-------------| -12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\-| ------------|------------|------------|-------------| ------------|------------|------------|-------------| ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
[Em] [A] [Em] [C]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[Ba] [ba] [ba] [ba]
[Em] [A] [Em] [C]
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[Ba] [ba] [ba] [ba]
Verse 1:
G[Em]ood sense, i[A]nnocence, c[Em]ripplin' mank[C]ind
D[Em]ead kings, m[A]any things [Em]I can't def[C]ine
[Em] Occasions, p[A]ersuasions c[Em]lutter your m[C]ind
[Em]Incense and p[A]eppermints, the c[Em]olor of t[C]ime
Chorus:
[Em]Who c[Ebm]ares what g[Dm]ames we ch[A]oose
L[Em]ittle to [Ebm]win, but n[Dm]othing to l[A]ose
Verse 2 (half-length):
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Refrain:
L[D]ook at yours[G]elf, l[D]ook at yours[G]elf
[F#m]Yeah, [F#m(maj7)/F] yeah[F#m7/E] [F#m6/D#]
L[D]ook at yours[G]elf, l[D]ook at yours[G]elf
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E A [N.C.]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Fill:
fuzz guitar w/cowbell:
[(A)] v v v v
-----------------| -----------------| -----4---6---7---| -----------------| -----------------| -----------------|
bass:
v v v v
-------------4---| -----5---7-------| -----------------| -----------------|
Verse 3:
To divide this cockeyed world in two
Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do
Beatniks and politics, nothing is new
A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view
[repeat cborus]
Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):
[D]v v [G]v v [D]v v [G]v v
--------------------|-------------------| -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------| ----------7---7-----|-------------------| ----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------| --------------------|---------5---5---5-| --------------------|-------------------|
[F#m] v [F#m(maj7)/F]v v v [F#m7/E] v v[F#m6/D#] v v
-----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
[D]v v [G]v v [D]v v [G]v v
--------------------|-------------------| -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------| ----------7---7-----|-------------------| ----------------3-5-|-5b7r5-3-----------| --------------------|---------5---5---5-| --------------------|-------------------|
[F#m] [F#m(maj7)/F] F#m7/E A [N.C.; drum fill]
v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------| -2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-9---7976-9-|s14-----| -----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------| -----------------|------------------|--------|
^^^^ trill
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat cborus]
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
[Em]v v v v v v v v [D/F#] v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------| -9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--| ------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------|------------|------------|------------|
[Em]Inc[Ebm]ense and [Dm]pepperm[A]ints
[Em]Inc[Ebm]ense and [Dm]pepperm[A]ints
fuzz guitar:
Em Ebm Dm Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -12---11---------|-10---s13--------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------| -----------------|-----------------|
Sha l[Dmaj7/F#]a la
Sha l[Emaj7/G#]a la
Sha l[Dmaj7/A]a la
Sha l[Emaj7/B]a la
Sha l[Dmaj7]a la [fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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