Cream foi uma banda de rock seminal dos anos 1960 formada pelo guitarrista Eric Clapton, o baixista Jack Bruce e o baterista Ginger Baker.
Célebres como o primeiro power trio do rock, o som da banda era caracterizado por uma mistura de blues e psicodelia, combinando a maestria de Clapton com a voz suave de Bruce e, às vezes, o ritmo maníaco de Baker. O Cream representa o som energético da época, ancorado em um familiar estilo blues; de clássicos
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
(The main guitar riff is something like this, played with wah effects) DCGBb e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-7----7----5----5----4----4----3----3------------| D|-7----7----5----5----5----5----3----3------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------| Beat * * * * * * * *
[Intro] (bass riff) e|--------|-----------------------------| B|--------|-----------------------------| G|--------|-----------------------------| D|--------|-----------------------------| A|---5----|:--53--32--21--1/5-------:| (x4, lyrics start at the third) E|--------|-----------------------------|
(calmly) You though the leading winter would bring you down forever But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun
(wah riff, x2 before lyrics, then during lyrics) And the colours of the sea blind your eyes with trembling mermaids And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing While the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss the white laced lips
[Middle part] (Solo on these chords with lots of distortion and wah wah) ADCADC (Beat * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *)
[Verse] (wah riff during lyrics ) And you see a girls brown body dancing through the turquoise And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea And when your fingers find her she drowns you in her body Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind
[Middle part again]
[Verse] (bass riff, calmly) The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
(wah riff, x2 before lyrics, then during lyrics) Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands With tales of brave Ulysses how his naked ears were tortured By the sirens sweetly singing
[Solo on verse chords]
[Verse] (bass riff, calmly) The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter