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Incense And Peppermints

Strawberry Alarm Clock

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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.

                       "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\-|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|

	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
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-----4---6---7---|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|

	bass:

	 v   v   v   v
	-------------4---|
	-----5---7-------|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|

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-----|
	-----------------|------------------|--------|
	-----------------|------------------|--------|
	-----------------|------------------|--------|
	                             ^^^^ 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
	------------|------------|------------|------------|
	------------|------------|------------|------------|
	-9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--|
	------------|------------|------------|------------|
	------------|------------|------------|------------|
	------------|------------|------------|------------|

	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
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-12---11---------|-10---s13--------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|

	     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]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers