Journey To The Center

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.*.  Nonetheless, Ted Nugent swears to this day that he
didn't know it's about drugs...  -- AWR


                        (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
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -8b9---------------------|-------------------10-8---| 
        -------------------------|----------------9---------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

         (slow bend)

         C
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|-------------------8b10---| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

                                                   (slow bend)
         A
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------5-----5--7--|-b9-r7-------------8--10--| 
        ----------------6--------|-------6--------9---------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

         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---| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

         C
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        ----------8--------------|--------------------------| 
        -8--10-8-----8-----------|-------------------10b12--| 
        -------------------------|----------------9---------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

         A                         E
         v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -10----10------b12r10-8--|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|-9-----9------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 
        -------------------------|--------------------------| 

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------------| 
                                           ---------------------| 
                                           ---------------------| 
                                           ---------------------| 
                                           ---------------------| 

            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--| 
                                           --------------------------| 
                                           --------------------------| 
                                           --------------------------| 
                                           --------------------------| 

[guitar solo - slight variation on solo from intro]

Break:


        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...]


Coda:

        (A)      B [fade]
         v       v     v     v     v
        -------|-------------------------| 
        ----8--|-7-----------------------| 

        s9-----|-------------------------|
        -------|-------------------------| 
        -------|-------------------------| 
        -------|-------------------------| 

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers