Incense and Peppermints
The Strawberry Alarm Clock
(Ed King - John Carter) **see NOTES at the bottom
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah
Look at yourself, look at yourself, yeah, yeah, yeah!
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
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
instrumental break
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose
Incense and peppermints
Incense and peppermints
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
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Guitar TAB
Incense and Peppermints
(Ed King - John Carter)
Intro:
[drum roll]
Em [organ holds high E]
/ / / / / / / /
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
------------|------------|------------|------------
------------|------------|------------|------------
-12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\
------------|------------|------------|------------
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Em A Em C
/ / / / / / / /
Ba ba ba ba
Em A Em C
/ / / / / / / /
Ba ba ba ba
Verse 1:
Em A Em C
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Em A Em C
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Em A Em C
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Em A Em C
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Chorus:
Em Ebm Dm A
Who cares what games we choose
Em Ebm Dm A
Little to win, but nothing to lose
Verse 2 (half-length):
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Refrain:
D G D G
Look at yourself, look at yourself
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
Yeah, yeah
D G D G
Look at yourself, look at yourself
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
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-----4---6---7---
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-----------------
bass:
v v v v
-------------4---
-----5---7-------
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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 chorus]
Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):
D G D G
v v v v v v v v
--------------------|-------------------
-8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------
----------7---7-----|-------------------
----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------
--------------------|---------5---5---5-
--------------------|-------------------
F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
D G D G
v v v v v v 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-----
-----------------|------------------|--------
-----------------|------------------|--------
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^^^^ trill
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
Em D/F#
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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-9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--
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Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
Em Ebm Dm A
Incense and peppermints
fuzz guitar:
Em Ebm Dm Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]
v v v v v v v v
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-12---11---------|-10---s13--------
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Dmaj7/F#
Sha la la
Emaj7/G#
Sha la la
Dmaj7/A
Sha la la
Emaj7/B
Sha la la
Dmaj7
Sha la la [fade]
--
NOTES:
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.
source: Andrew Rogers
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