Requiem For The Masses by Association #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "Requiem For The Masses" (Terry Kirkman) Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536): Written during the peak of the Vietnam War, this flip side of "Never My Love" soon became an underground hit, and its stark dramatic tone and shockingly beautiful requiem mass parts [became] a favorite at live concerts. Note: guitar is capoed at 4th fret; chords are notated in brackets Intro: Snare roll [2X] (acapella w/military drums; chords implied): C#m B G#m F# F#sus2 Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam Verse: F# F#6 [D] [D6] Mama, mama, forget your pies F#7 F# [D7] [D] Have faith they won't get cold F# F#6 [D] [D6] And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky F#7 F# [D7] [D] Your flag is flying full F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually) [D] At half-mast For the matadors Who turned their backs To please the crowd And all fell before the bull Bridge 1: B A#m G#m F# [G] [F#m][Em] [D] Red was the color of his blood flowing thin B A#m G#m F# [G] [F#m] [Em] [D] Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin B A#m G#m F# [G] [F#m] [Em] [D] Blue was the color of the morning sky A [F] He saw looking up from the ground where he died G#m F# [Em] [D] It was the last thing ever seen by him (acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied): F#m E C#m B F# Kyrie elei...son (flugelhorn and military drums) [repeat verse] Bridge 2: Black and white were the figures that recorded him Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in Black and white was the question that so bothered him He never asked, he was taught not to ask What was on his lips as they buried him (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:) F# Rex tremendae majestatis Coda: (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:) C#m B G#m F# F#sus2 Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam (flugelhorn and military drums to fade) -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers www.TAB6.com