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The Amboy Dukes' only hit single (#16, 1968). The eponymous LP has 30-odd
different smoking implements on the cover, and the entire second side (which
this both leads off and concludes) is a suite about finding The Meaning Of
Life through O.D.ing. Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs... -- AWR
"Journey To The Center Of The Mind"
(Ted Nugent - Steve Farmer)
Intro:
Rhythm guitar, bass, and drums [2X]:
A C
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Lead guitar enters, playing variations on A and C barre chords
at 5th and 8th frets [2X]
Solo:
A
v v v v v v v v
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-8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---|
-------------------------|----------------9---------|
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(slow bend)
C
v v v v v v v v
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-------------------------|-------------------8b10---|
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(slow bend)
A
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--|
----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
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C
v v v v v v v v
--------------------10b12---|-r10-8----------------------|
b12b12-10-8h10p8------------|------10b12r10-8-----10-----|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
----------------------------|----------------------------|
A
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------|--------------------------|
8b9---7p5----5--7--5-----|----5--------------8------|
----------6-----------6--|-------6--4--2s9------9---|
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C
v v v v v v v v
----------8--------------|--------------------------|
-8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--|
-------------------------|----------------9---------|
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A E
v v v v v v v v
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-10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------|
-------------------------|-9-----9------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|
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Verse 1:
E [piano in left channel plays E6]
Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
D E
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind
Chorus:
A C C C B Bb A
Come along if you care
(A) C C C B Bb A
Come along if you dare
(A) C C C B Bb B
Take a ride to the land inside [1,2: of your mind]
[3: and you'll see]
Verse 2:
Beyond the seas of thought
Beyone the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams where things are really not
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
E
But please realise
You'll probably be surprised [fill: ----------15b17-b17--|
-12-15-12------------|
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C#m A
For it's the land unknown to man
F# E
Where fantasy is fact
C#m A
So if you can, please understand
F# B [N.C.]
You might not come back [fill: --------------------------|
---9--- (w/heavy vibrato--|
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[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]
Break:
(distorted power chords panned between channels - aaaaahh, 1968!)
A5 D5 D#5 E5 B5 Bb5
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------| [3X]
-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
-7---7---7-12--13|14--14--14-9---8--|
-5---5---5-10--11|12--12--12-7---6--|
A5 D5 D#5 E5
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-----------------|------------------|
-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
-7---7---7-12--13|14-----------14\--|
-5---5---5-10--11|12-----------12\--|
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3 [note extra line]:
How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
D E
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Center of the mind [echo: the mind, the mind...]
[guitar solo - another variation on intro solo for 10 bars]
Coda:
(A) B [fade]
v v v v v
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----8--|-7-----------------------|
s9-----|-------------------------|
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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
Artist: Amboy Dukes
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