A Tyrannosaurus Rex foi fundada por Marc Bolan em Agosto de 1967. A banda era formada, inicialmente por Bolan (vocais, guitarra) e Steve Peregrine Took (vocais e percussão), mais tarde, em 1969, substituido por Mickey Finn. A banda gravou quatro álbuns, entre 1968 e 1970, quando mudou seu nome para T. Rex.
Line-up: Marc Bolan - vocals, guitar Steve Peregrine Took - vocals, bongos, kazoo, African talking drums, Chinese gong, assorted percussion, pixiephone (1967-69)
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!
>1. CHARIOTS OF SILK >2. 'PON A HILL >3. THE SEAL OF SEASONS >4. THE THROAT OF WINTER >5. CAT BLACK (THE WIZARDS HAT) >6. STONES FOR AVALON >7. SHE WAS BORN TO BY MY UNICORN >8. LIKE A WHITE STAR >9. WARLORD OF THE ROYAL CROCODILES >10.EVENINGS OF DAMASK >11.THE SEA BEASTS >12.ISCARIOT >13.NIJINSKY HIND >14.PILGRIM'S TALE >15.MISTY COAST OF ALBANY >16.ROMANY SOUP ...........................................
1...CHARIOTS OF SILK... by Tyrannosaurus Rex -----------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: C#)
Intro:
A
Verse 1:
A The toad road licked my wheels like a sabre, DBm Winds of the marsh lightly blew. A Stonejars stacked with stars on her shoulders, DBm Hunters of pity she slew.
Chorus 1:
GBm Chariots of Silk, she rode, GA Stallions of gold, she owned.
Verse 2:
A A mad Mage with a maid on his eyebrows, DBm Hunteth the realm for a God. A Who could teach him the craft of decanting, DBm The glassy entrails of a frog.
Chorus 2:
GBm Chariots of Silk, she rode, GA Stallions of gold, she owned.
Interlude:
A, DBm (x2)
Chorus 3:
GBm Chariots of Silk, she rode, GA Stallions of gold, she owned.
Verse 3:
A The Bard of my birth with his ballet, DBm Walked the wild worlds in the chase. A For the black chested canary, DBm Who as a moose can sing bass.
Chorus 4:
GBm Chariots of Silk, she rode, GA Stallions of gold, she owned.
Interlude:
A, DBm (x2)
Chorus 5:
GBm Chariots of Silk, she rode, GA Stallions of gold, she owned.
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
4...THE THROAT OF WINTER... by Tyrannosaurus Rex ---------------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
Verse 1:
CEm Oh the throat of winter is u-pon us, CEm The barren barley fields refuse to sway. BbCmaj7 Be-fore the Husky hag of early winter, D7 In her hoods of snowy grey.
Verse 2:
CEm Lo, the frozen blue birds in the belfries, CEm The bluebells in their hearts are surely prey? BbCmaj7 Un-to the grasping bats-wing of the winter pincer; D7 Hoods of snowy grey.
Chorus 1:
GmFEbCm7GmEbBb Winter, winter, winter, are you but a servant of the bad one.....?
Verse 3:
CEm Oh the throat of winter is u-pon us, CEm The barren barley fields refuse to sway. BbCmaj7 Be-fore the Husky hag of early winter, D7 In her hoods of snowy grey.
Chorus 2:
GmFEbCm7GmEbBb Winter, winter, winter, are you but a servant of the bad one.....?
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
5...CAT BLACK...(THE WIZARD'S HAT)... by Tyrannosaurus Rex -------------------------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
Chorus 1:
Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah. Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Verse 1:
CAmFG Catblack, the wizard's hat, spun in lore from Dagamoor. CAmFG The skull of jade was pearl inlaid, the silks, skin spun, re-pelled the Sun. CAmFG A tusk of boar with dwarfish awe, sobs on the door where stood before;
CAmFG A mountain man with sky-blue teeth, u-pon his head a python's wreath. CAm A deer he slew in the dawning's dew, FG (Cmaj7) Her heart was a dagger for a murderer's brew.
Chorus 2:
Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah. Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Verse 2:
CAm A black toad of jet on a sill cast in brass, FG Por-trayed for his sight mysteries of the past. CAm A yellow orphan dancer rich in Nature's costly gold, FG Wept for the jailer of time to bless her old.
CAm But his kiss, he held and shadowed, for the spell of nights are strong, FG (Cmaj7) And spiralled like a whirlwind in the childhood of a song.
Chorus 3:
Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah. Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Verse 3:
CAm Catblack, the wizard's back, FG Daubed in doom in his tounge tombed room. CAm We of the wind must re-joice and speak, FG (Cmaj7) And kiss all our starbrowed brothers on the cheek.
Chorus 4:
(with Scatting):
Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah. Cmaj7AmFGG7 Aah, ya ya yi-ya, la, ya ya ya, yit-a, yit-a, yit-aah.
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
6...STONES FOR AVALON... by Tyrannosaurus Rex ------------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
Verse 1:
Bm Let's get some stones for Avalon, A Let's get some stones for Avalon, for Ava-lon. Bm Let's steal some stars for Avalon, A Let's steal some stars for Avalon, for Ava-lon.
Chorus 1:
ABm Nobody sees what Avalon sees; nobody sees.
Verse 2:
Bm Let's make a quest for Avalon, A Quest for finger cymbal and gong, for Ava-lon.
Chorus 2:
ABm Nobody knows where Avalon goes; nobody knows.
Verse 3:
Bm Let's get some stones for Avalon, Let's get some stones for Avalon, for Avalon.
Outro:
Bm
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
BmA
EADGBE EADGBE x24432 x02220
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
7...SHE WAS BORN TO BE MY UNICORN... by Tyrannosaurus Rex ------------------------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: F#)
Verse 1:
DDmaj7BmD She was born to be my Uni-corn. DDmaj7BmD Robed head of ferns, cat child tutored by the learned.
Interlude:
D
Verse 2:
DDmaj7BmD Darkly ghostish host, haggard vizier of the moats. DDmaj7BmD Seeks the sandled shores of Gods; baby of the moors.
Interlude:
D
Verse 3:
DDmaj7BmD The night-mare's mauve mashed mind, sights the visions of the blinds. DDmaj7BmD Shoreside stream of steam, cooking kings in cream of scream.
Interlude:
D
Verse 4:
DDmaj7BmD Jackdaw winter head, cleans his chalcedony bed. DDmaj7BmD A silken word of kind, was re-turned from Nijinsky Hind.
Interlude:
D
Verse 5:
DDmaj7BmD Giant of Inca hill, loosed his boar to gorely kill. DDmaj7BmD The dancing one-horned waife in doub-let of puffin-bill.
Interlude:
D
Verse 6:
DDmaj7BmD The beast in feast of sound, kittened lamb on God's ground. DDmaj7BmD Ridden by the born of horn, jigged like a muse on life's lawn.
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
8...LIKE A WHITE STAR... by Tyrannosaurus Rex ------------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
Verse 1:
A#m7 At the birth of the day, as a babe of the spray. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Like a white star, tangled and far, Tulip, that's what you are.
A#m7 Warm and wise as a mute, in the thunderbolt suit. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Princely and torn, grasping the horn of the meanads of May.
Verse 2:
A#m7 Sleepy, dreaming of dark silver Satyrs in parks. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Statues that say, worship the day, for only humans you are.
A#m7 Channels churning the grime, inky dreams of our time. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Into the Sun, where the white one, poems them into a rhyme.
Verse 3:
A#m7 On a hill, the clear shrill made the Titans most ill. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Angels a-bound and I kissing the ground, thrilled to be around.
A#m7 Vineyards spangled with love, for the white dove above. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Green and lean from the waste of the pastures of chaste.
Verse 4:
A#m7 Preciously he is whole, twinkled eyes like a king, Charted seas on your skin. Bmaj7A#m7Bmaj7A#m7 Like a white star, tangled and far; A#m7F#A#m7F#A#m7F# Tulip, that's what you a -re, a -re, a -re.
Interlude:
F#
Coda:
F# Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy, Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy. G#mB Down down, down down, down down, yeah.
F# Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy, Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy. G#mB Down down, down down, down down, yeah.
F# Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy, Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy. G#mB Down down, down down, down down, yeah.
F# Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy, Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy. G#mB Down down, down down, down down, yeah.
F# Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy, Down down, dup a dippy dippy, down down, dup a dippy dippy. G#mB Down down, down down, down down, yeah.
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])
13...NIJINSKY HIND... by Tyrannosaurus Rex ---------------------.....................
*from 'Unicorn' (1969)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: F#)
Verse 1:
DD7 Nijinsky Hind, GBm Is a wisp of our world, through the heart's eye. DD7 It's horns are white hide, GBm From the skin of our Lord, when his youth stood, CDGBmEm Wondrous and fair, like a sea...
Verse 2:
DD7 Nijinsky Hind, GBm Is a remnant of Earth, as it once stood. DD7 A likeness in flesh, GBm Of the magic contained in a pearl's shell. CDGBmEm Breathing it's breath, u-niquely...
Verse 3:
DD7 Nijinsky Hind, GBm Was be-gotten from man's thoughts of kindness. DD7 It's hoofs shod with gold, GBm Are the textures of Earth's distant future. CDGBmEm Gilded and tall like a hall...