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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:08 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./a/amboy_dukes/journey_to_the_center.crd

The Amboy Dukes' only hit single (#16, 1968).  The eponymous LP has 30-odd
different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which
this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of
Life through O.D.ing.  Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs...


                    "Journey To The Center Of The Mind"
                        (Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)

Intro:

	Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:

	A                 C
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	Lead guitar enters, playing variations on A and C barre chords
	at 5th and 8th frets [2X]

	Solo:

	 A
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---
	-------------------------|----------------9---------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	 (slow bend)

	 C
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|-------------------8b10---
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	                                           (slow bend)
	 A
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--
	----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------

	 C
	 v     v      v     v         v     v       v     v
	--------------------10b12---|-r10-8----------------------
	b12b12-10-8h10p8------------|------10b12r10-8-----10-----
	----------------------------|----------------------------
	----------------------------|----------------------------
	----------------------------|----------------------------
	----------------------------|----------------------------

	 A
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	8b9---7p5----5--7--5-----|----5--------------8------
	----------6-----------6--|-------6--4--2s9------9---
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------

	 C
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	----------8--------------|--------------------------
	-8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--
	-------------------------|----------------9---------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------

	 A                         E
	 v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------
	-------------------------|-9-----9------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------
	-------------------------|--------------------------

Verse 1:

	 E  [piano in left channel plays E6]
	Leave your cares behind
	Come with us and find
	     D                             E
	The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind

Chorus:

	 A                 C    C C B Bb A
	Come along if you care
	(A)                C    C C B Bb A
	Come along if you dare
	(A)                 C    C C         B   Bb   B
	Take a ride to the land inside [1,2: of your mind]
	                               [3:   and you'll see]

Verse 2:

	Beyond the seas of thought
	Beyone the realm of what
	Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

	 E
	But please realise
	You'll probably be surprised   [fill:  ----------15b17-b17-]
	                                       -12-15-12-----------
	                                       --------------------
	                                       --------------------
	                                       --------------------
	                                       --------------------

	    C#m               A
	For it's the land unknown to man

	       F#         E
	Where fantasy is fact
	   C#m                 A
	So if you can, please understand
	F#                  B          [N.C.]
	You might not come back        [fill:  -------]
	                                       ---9--- (w/heavy vibrato)
	                                       -------
	                                       -------
	                                       -------
	                                       -------

[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]

Break:

	(distorted power chords panned between channels - aaaaahh, 1968!)

	A5         D5 D#5  E5        B5 Bb5
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------	[3X]
	-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--
	-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--
	-5---5---5-10--11|12--12--12-7---6--


	A5         D5 D#5  E5
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------
	-----------------|------------------
	-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--
	-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--
	-5---5---5-10--11|12-----------12\--

[repeat chorus]

Verse 3 [note extra line]:

	How happy life could be
	If all of mankind
	Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
	       D                               E
	Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
	Center of the mind [echo: the mind, the mind...]

[guitar solo - another variation on intro solo for 10 bars]

Coda:

	(A)      B [fade]
	 v       v     v     v     v 
	-------|-------------------------
	----8--|-7-----------------------
	s9-----|-------------------------
	-------|-------------------------
	-------|-------------------------
	-------|-------------------------


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers