Biography:
Soft Machine was a pioneering psychedelic, progressive rock and jazz band from Canterbury, United Kingdom, named after the book The Soft Machine by William S. Burroughs. They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury Scene.
The band originally consisted of Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge, most of whom were former members of The Wilde Flowers in 1966. Later members have included Hugh Hopper, Roy Babbington, Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Karl Jenkins, John Marshall, and Allan Holdsworth.
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Writer: Robert Wyatt
[I]:Intro:
4/4
E7
E7
On a dilemma
2/4 4/4
E7 Bm7/D
Between what your laid and lord just wants.
[A]
E7
Between your thighs, you feel a sensation.
E7
How one can resist this temptation
E7 FM7
Ah aaaaaaaaaa I got my bond.
E7
You got your man
FM7 E7 F7
Someone else needs me.
[B]
5/4 6/4
C#m7 Fdim Bm7
Now I get up to open my eyes, open my heart
5/4 6/4
D7b9 C#m7 Fdim Bm7
Now I'm with you for we decide how far to go
5/4
D7b9 C#m7
And thinking of time to do it now
D7b9 5/4
6/4
Fdim Bm7 D7b9
And if its love l offer you and its not for me
[C]
4/4
GM7/D F#m7 GM7/D F#m7
If we lie down for a while, just for a while
3/4
CM79/B Bm7 E G
The only thing I want is thee.
4/4
CM79/B Bm7 E
You're all the thing, all I need.
[D]Bass Solo
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim Em7b9 AM79 B79 CM79 D7
Em7 D7 Em7 D7 CM79 Bm7 E79/B
(D pattern repeat)
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim
I want you
Em7b9
more than I can know
AM79 Bu9 CM79
Here on the floor and you are there
D79
And I feel almost good
Em7 D7 Em7 D7
That's as now we've agreed that we did what we need
Cm79 Dm7 E79/B
And all the things I must need is wanting
(D pattern repeat)
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim Em7b9 AM79
I realized when I saw you last we've been together now and then
B79 CM79 D7
From time to time, Just here and there
Em7 D7 Em7 D7
Now I know how it feels, from my head to my heels
CM79 Bm7 E79/B
This at the horns of my dilemma, oh wait a minute
[E]
C#m7 G7
Down..................
C#m7 G7
Up....................
[F]Keybord Solo
Cm7 Gm7 Ab7 Bb7 (X4times)
[G]shuffle beat
CM7 FM7 E7 Am7 G7
Living can be lovely here in New York State
AbM7 Gm7b9
Ah, but I wish that I were home
AbM7 Fm7 Gm7 CM7
And I wish I were home again
Bb7 CM7 Bb
Back home again, home again, back home again, home again
(Same Chords)
CM7 FM7
There are places and people here
E7 Am7 G7
That I'm so glad to have seen
AbM7 Gm7b9
Ah, but I miss the trees
AbM7 Fm7 Gm7 CM7 Bb7 CM7 Bb7
And I wish I were home again, back home again, home again, back home again
(Same Chords)
CM7 FM7
The sun shines here all summer
E7 Am7 Gm7
It's nice 'cause you can get quite brown
AbM7 Gm7b9 AbM7
Ah, but I miss the rain-ticky tacky ticky
Fm7 Gm7 CM79
And I wish that I were home again
Bb7 CM79 Bb7
Home again, home again, home again, home again
[H]
3/4
CM7 FM7 E7 Am7 G7
Living is easy here in New York State, State
4/4
AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7
Ah, but I wish that I were home again
[I]Instrumental
Cm7 Ab7 Gm7 Cm7 Ab7 Gm7
CM7 Bb7 Am7 Ebdim
D7 Em7 FM7 Bm7
[J]=[A]
Bm7 FM7 E7 FM7 E7
Just before we go on to the next part of our song
GM7 F#7 B7
Let's all make sure we've got the time
[K]=[B]
Bm7 D#dim
3 o'clock in school, before the faction
Am7
Background noise, peolpe sleeping and teaching
Bm7 D#dim
That's alright by me , don't think that I'm complaining
Am7 E7
After all it's only pleasure time, isn't it?
[L]
Am7 D7 Dm
Now I love your eyes
GM7 CM7 GM7 E7
See how the time flies
Am7 D7 Dm
She's been learning to hate but it is just to late for me
GM7
If there's a song without love
CM7 GM7 E7
it just wasn't enough for me
[M]
CM7 D7 Em7
Funny how the spirit dies
CM7 Bm7 AM7
Remember how a distance can tell lies
[N]
4/4 3/4
G#m G7 F#m7-G7 (Repeat 2times)
Nananananannanananananananana
[L]
Am7 D7 Dm
I see her eyes and it leads to despises on you
GM7
You're awful nice to me
CM7 GM7 E7
And I'm sure you can't see where they're getting me
Am7
She's doing her face just as if it's a race
D7 Dm
That you win, that you win
CM7
She just can't understand
GM7 CM7 E7
That you'll be everything just to get her
[M]'
CM7 D7 Em7
So before this feeling dies
CM7 Bm7 CM7 E7
Remember that a distance tells us lies
[O]Fuzz Bass Solo
E7(X10bars)
[P]Keyboard Solo
3/4 2/4
E7 Ab7 Ab7 Gm7 Ab7
(repeat 4 times, leads to Bm7)
[Q]Piano Solo
4/4
Am7-B7 Em7 Am7-B7 Em7 CM7 D7 E7 CM7-D7
[R]Keyborad+Voice Improvisations
6/8
Em F7
[S]
4/4
GM7 GM7 GM7 CM7
[T]
Em CM7 Em CM7
(leads to Free Improvisation)
[U]
4/4 2/4 4/4
Em CM7 A7 CM7
[V]: fuzz bass(?)
4/4
BM7/D# Cm7/D# Abm7/D# F#7/D#
BM7 EM7 BM7 EM7
[W]: dull improvisastion + violin
E7 E7 FM7 FM7
[coda]
EM7 C#m7
[I]:Intro:
4/4
E7
E7
On a dilemma
2/4 4/4
E7 Bm7/D
Between what your laid and lord just wants.
[A]
E7
Between your thighs, you feel a sensation.
E7
How one can resist this temptation
E7 FM7
Ah aaaaaaaaaa I got my bond.
E7
You got your man
FM7 E7 F7
Someone else needs me.
[B]
5/4 6/4
C#m7 Fdim Bm7
Now I get up to open my eyes, open my heart
5/4 6/4
D7b9 C#m7 Fdim Bm7
Now I'm with you for we decide how far to go
5/4
D7b9 C#m7
And thinking of time to do it now
D7b9 5/4
6/4
Fdim Bm7 D7b9
And if its love l offer you and its not for me
[C]
4/4
GM7/D F#m7 GM7/D F#m7
If we lie down for a while, just for a while
3/4
CM79/B Bm7 E G
The only thing I want is thee.
4/4
CM79/B Bm7 E
You're all the thing, all I need.
[D]Bass Solo
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim Em7b9 AM79 B79 CM79 D7
Em7 D7 Em7 D7 CM79 Bm7 E79/B
(D pattern repeat)
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim
I want you
Em7b9
more than I can know
AM79 Bu9 CM79
Here on the floor and you are there
D79
And I feel almost good
Em7 D7 Em7 D7
That's as now we've agreed that we did what we need
Cm79 Dm7 E79/B
And all the things I must need is wanting
(D pattern repeat)
GM7 Bm7/F# Fdim Em7b9 AM79
I realized when I saw you last we've been together now and then
B79 CM79 D7
From time to time, Just here and there
Em7 D7 Em7 D7
Now I know how it feels, from my head to my heels
CM79 Bm7 E79/B
This at the horns of my dilemma, oh wait a minute
[E]
C#m7 G7
Down..................
C#m7 G7
Up....................
[F]Keybord Solo
Cm7 Gm7 Ab7 Bb7 (X4times)
[G]shuffle beat
CM7 FM7 E7 Am7 G7
Living can be lovely here in New York State
AbM7 Gm7b9
Ah, but I wish that I were home
AbM7 Fm7 Gm7 CM7
And I wish I were home again
Bb7 CM7 Bb
Back home again, home again, back home again, home again
(Same Chords)
CM7 FM7
There are places and people here
E7 Am7 G7
That I'm so glad to have seen
AbM7 Gm7b9
Ah, but I miss the trees
AbM7 Fm7 Gm7 CM7 Bb7 CM7 Bb7
And I wish I were home again, back home again, home again, back home again
(Same Chords)
CM7 FM7
The sun shines here all summer
E7 Am7 Gm7
It's nice 'cause you can get quite brown
AbM7 Gm7b9 AbM7
Ah, but I miss the rain-ticky tacky ticky
Fm7 Gm7 CM79
And I wish that I were home again
Bb7 CM79 Bb7
Home again, home again, home again, home again
[H]
3/4
CM7 FM7 E7 Am7 G7
Living is easy here in New York State, State
4/4
AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7 AbM7 Gm7
Ah, but I wish that I were home again
[I]Instrumental
Cm7 Ab7 Gm7 Cm7 Ab7 Gm7
CM7 Bb7 Am7 Ebdim
D7 Em7 FM7 Bm7
[J]=[A]
Bm7 FM7 E7 FM7 E7
Just before we go on to the next part of our song
GM7 F#7 B7
Let's all make sure we've got the time
[K]=[B]
Bm7 D#dim
3 o'clock in school, before the faction
Am7
Background noise, peolpe sleeping and teaching
Bm7 D#dim
That's alright by me , don't think that I'm complaining
Am7 E7
After all it's only pleasure time, isn't it?
[L]
Am7 D7 Dm
Now I love your eyes
GM7 CM7 GM7 E7
See how the time flies
Am7 D7 Dm
She's been learning to hate but it is just to late for me
GM7
If there's a song without love
CM7 GM7 E7
it just wasn't enough for me
[M]
CM7 D7 Em7
Funny how the spirit dies
CM7 Bm7 AM7
Remember how a distance can tell lies
[N]
4/4 3/4
G#m G7 F#m7-G7 (Repeat 2times)
Nananananannanananananananana
[L]
Am7 D7 Dm
I see her eyes and it leads to despises on you
GM7
You're awful nice to me
CM7 GM7 E7
And I'm sure you can't see where they're getting me
Am7
She's doing her face just as if it's a race
D7 Dm
That you win, that you win
CM7
She just can't understand
GM7 CM7 E7
That you'll be everything just to get her
[M]'
CM7 D7 Em7
So before this feeling dies
CM7 Bm7 CM7 E7
Remember that a distance tells us lies
[O]Fuzz Bass Solo
E7(X10bars)
[P]Keyboard Solo
3/4 2/4
E7 Ab7 Ab7 Gm7 Ab7
(repeat 4 times, leads to Bm7)
[Q]Piano Solo
4/4
Am7-B7 Em7 Am7-B7 Em7 CM7 D7 E7 CM7-D7
[R]Keyborad+Voice Improvisations
6/8
Em F7
[S]
4/4
GM7 GM7 GM7 CM7
[T]
Em CM7 Em CM7
(leads to Free Improvisation)
[U]
4/4 2/4 4/4
Em CM7 A7 CM7
[V]: fuzz bass(?)
4/4
BM7/D# Cm7/D# Abm7/D# F#7/D#
BM7 EM7 BM7 EM7
[W]: dull improvisastion + violin
E7 E7 FM7 FM7
[coda]
EM7 C#m7
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