sitar arr. for guitar [3/4, w/snare]:
v v v v v v v v v
-7-----------|-------------|-------------
-------7-----|-9-----------|-7-----------
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sitar arr. for guitar [4/4] [4X; band enters 1st time; flute 2nd]
Bv v v v
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---------10-9*---7-------7-------
-8-9-----------------------------
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* omit 1st time during intro
Verse 1:
GI looked in the sky where an elephant's eye
AmWas looking at me from a bubblegum tree
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe
Bb Eb/Bb BbWhich was letting in water (letting in water)
(letting in water)
[repeat 4/4 section of intro]
Verse 2:
I walked through a field that just wasn't real
With one hundred tin soldiers which stood at my shoulder
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe
Which was letting in water (letting in water)
(letting in water)
Bridge:
(mellotron: E/Bb tritone, raised gradually to F#/C over 4 bars)
F Eb C 2X
(Narration: I climbed on the back of a giant albatross
What flew through a crack in the cloud
To a place where happiness reigned all year round
And music played ever so loudly)
(mellotron: F#/C tritone, lowered gradually to E/Bb over 2 bars)
Verse 3:
I started to fall and suddenly woke
And the dew on the grass had soaked through my coat
And all that I knew was the hole in my shoe
Which was letting in water (letting in water)
(letting in water)
Coda:
instrumental (w/wordless backup vocals) over B chord; fade out
and fade back in
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