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Soft Parade by Doors
Soft Parade
standard tuning-play as follows
(Jim Morrison Spoken Word)
Harpsichord intro adapted for guitar in Harpsichord/Piano absence; clean tone
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just play over and over again and the fill about midway in this part is as follows:
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ho=Hammer on po=Pull off
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then continue riff 1 until section switch
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Next section-section 2; Use mild chorus and heavy phaser
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repeat as needed
solo riff is quite simple; as follows
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skip softer part-no guitar
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main riff-slight overdrive
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listen to recording-tempo changes faster-when it does this riff can be substituted-
see song for exact timing
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The chord is known as the Hendrix Chord-it is a dominant 7#9 chord-it is refered
to as the Hendrix Chord because it is most famously used in Jimi Hendrix's song Purple Haze
When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
You cannot petition the lord with prayer!
Can you give me sanctuary
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum
I can't make it anymore
The Man is at the door
Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy
Champion sax and a girl named Sandy
There's only four ways to get unraveled
One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da
One is a bandit up in the hills
One is to love your neighbor 'till
His wife gets home
Catacombs
Nursery bones
Winter women
Growing stones
Carrying babies
To the river
Streets and shoes
Avenues
Leather riders
Selling news
The monk bought lunch
Ha ha, he bought a little
Yes, he did
Woo!
This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip, the best part
I really like
What'd he say?
Yeah!
Yeah, right!
Pretty good, huh
Huh!
Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number
Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way
Gentle streets where people play
Welcome to the Soft Parade
All our lives we sweat and save
Building for a shallow grave
Must be something else we say
Somehow to defend this place
Everything must be this way
Everything must be this way, yeah
The Soft Parade has now begun
Listen to the engines hum
People out to have some fun
A cobra on my left
Leopard on my right, yeah
The deer woman in a silk dress
Girls with beads around their necks
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has wrestled before
With lions in the night
Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs
There are still a few animals
Left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
To describe sailors
To the underfed
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us through, yeah, c'mon
Callin' on the dogs
Callin' on the dogs
Oh, it's gettin' harder
Callin' on the dogs
Callin' in the dogs
Callin' all the dogs
Callin' on the gods
You gotta meet me
Too late, baby
Slay a few animals
At the crossroads
Too late
All in the yard
But it's gettin' harder
By the crossroads
You gotta meet me
Oh, we're goin', we're goin great
At the edge of town
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
Havin' a good time
Got to come along
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
Outskirts of the city
You and I
We need someone new
Somethin' new
Somethin' else to get us through
Better bring your gun
Better bring your gun
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
We're gonna ride and have some fun
When all else fails
We can whip the horse's eyes
And make them sleep
And cry
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version 2
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G|-----9---9----9------9-7-9-------99-------------9-7-9---7-9-7------||
D|--7--------7-------------------------------------------------------||
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Am
Can you give me sanctuary?
Dm7 E13 Am
I must find a place to hide, a place for me to hide.
Can you find me soft asylum?
Dm7 E13 Am
I can't make it anymore; the man is at the door.
Gm7, Abm7, Am7, Bbm7, Am7, Abm7...x 2
Gm7, Abm7, Am7, Bbm7, Am7, Eb9, Abmaj7, Ab.
Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7 Abm7 Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7(b5)
Pep - per - mint mi - ni - skirts, cho - co - late can - dy,
Ab7, Gm, Abm7, Am7, Bbm7, Am7, Eb7, Abmaj7.
Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7 Abm7 Gm Abm7 Bbm7 Am7(b5)
cham - pi - on sax and a girl named San - dy;
Ab7, Gm, Abm7, Am7, Bbm7, Am7, Eb7, Abmaj7.
Bbm7, Eb7, Ab, Abmaj7, Gb, Eb.
Abm7 Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7 Abm7 Gm Abm7 Am7
Theres on - ly four ways to get un - rav - eled;
Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7 Amb7 Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Eb7 Abmaj7
one is to sleep and the oth - er is trav - el,
Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7 Abm7 Gm Abm7 Bbm7 Am7 Abm7
one is a band it up in the hills,
Gm Abm7 Am7 Bbm7 Abm7 Gm7 Abm7 Am7 Bb7 C
one is to love your neigh - bor till his wife gets home.
C, Cmaj7, Dm, C, Em, Dm, C, Em, Dm, C, Cmaj7, Dm.
C Dm C Dm C Em Dm
Catacombs, nursery bones, win-ter woman,
C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm
growing stones, carrying babies to the river;
C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm
Streets and shoes, avenues, leather riders selling news.
C, Dm...x 4
C D
The monk bought lunch.
Em, Bm...x 2
Em Bm Em E7 A
Successfull hills are here to stay.
Em
Everything must be this way.
A
Gentle street where people play,
Em E7 A
welcome to the soft parade.
Em B7
All our lives we sweat and save,
Em E7 A
building for a shallow grave,
Em B7
"Must be something else" we say,
Em E7 A
"somehow to defend this place."
Em B7
Everything must be this way.
Em
Everything must be this way.
Em E7 A
The soft parade has now begun;
Em
listen to the engines hum.
E7 A
People out to have some fun,
B7 Em
cobra on my left, leopard on my right.
Deer woman in a silk dress,
A Em
girls with beads around their necks,
E7 A Bb B
kiss the hunter of the green vest who has wrestled before
Em
with lions in the night.
RIFF
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D|-2---0-2----0-2----0-2-/4-2-1--|
A|---2------2------2------------2|
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E
Out of sight! The lights are getting brighter.
The radio is moaning,
callin' to the dogs there are still a few animals left out in the yard,
but it's not getting harder to describe sailors to the underfed.
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure.
What got us this far, to this mild equador?
We need someone or something new,
something' else to get us through.
But its getting harder, callin' on the dogs.
Shoot at a few animals left out in the yard but its gettin' much harder.
You'd better come along. Just you and I.
Better bring your gun.
You'd better bring your gun.
(spoken)
When all else fails, we can whip the horses' eyes
and make them sleep and cry.
2nd voice over last part
Callin' on the dogs, callin' on the dogs, callin' on the dogs.
You gotta meet me at the crossroads.
Gotta meet me at the edge of town,
outskirts of the city.
We were so alone.
Better bring your gun.
3rd voice over last part
Too late, baby! Too late.
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure.
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure.
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version 3
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When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the Lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
Petition the lord with prayer
You cannot petition the lord with prayer!
Can you give me sanctuary
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum
I can't make it anymore
The Man is at the door
Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy
Champion sax and a girl named Sandy
There's only four ways to get unraveled
One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da
One is a bandit up in the hills
One is to love your neighbor 'till
His wife gets home
Catacombs
Nursery bones
Winter women
Growing stones
Carrying babies
To the river
Streets and shoes
Avenues
Leather riders
Selling news
The monk bought lunch
Ha ha, he bought a little
Yes, he did
Woo!
This is the best part of the trip
This is the trip, the best part
I really like
What'd he say?
Yeah!
Yeah, right!
Pretty good, huh
Huh!
Yeah, I'm proud to be a part of this number
Successful hills are here to stay
Everything must be this way
Gentle streets where people play
Welcome to the Soft Parade
All our lives we sweat and save
Building for a shallow grave
Must be something else we say
Somehow to defend this place
Everything must be this way
Everything must be this way, yeah
The Soft Parade has now begun
Listen to the engines hum
People out to have some fun
A cobra on my left
Leopard on my right, yeah
The deer woman in a silk dress
Girls with beads around their necks
Kiss the hunter of the green vest
Who has wrestled before
With lions in the night
Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter
The radio is moaning
Calling to the dogs
There are still a few animals
Left out in the yard
But it's getting harder
To describe sailors
To the underfed
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new
Something else to get us through, yeah, c'mon
Callin' on the dogs
Callin' on the dogs
Oh, it's gettin' harder
Callin' on the dogs
Callin' in the dogs
Callin' all the dogs
Callin' on the gods
You gotta meet me
Too late, baby
Slay a few animals
At the crossroads
Too late
All in the yard
But it's gettin' harder
By the crossroads
You gotta meet me
Oh, we're goin', we're goin great
At the edge of town
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
Havin' a good time
Got to come along
What got us this far
To this mild equator?
Outskirts of the city
You and I
We need someone new
Somethin' new
Somethin' else to get us through
Better bring your gun
Better bring your gun
Tropic corridor
Tropic treasure
We're gonna ride and have some fun
When all else fails
We can whip the horse's eyes
And make them sleep
And cry
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