Hawkwind Tablature - Part 1 of 4 Tablature is an overstatement, really.  What we have here is lyrics and guitar chords for most Hawkwind songs that are actually playable on the guitar.  These are my interpretations, not official versions.  The songs appear in chronological order. Hawkwind Tablature is now split out across 3 pages: Part 1 - Hurry On Sundown (1970) to Motorhead (1975) Part 2 - Reefer Madness (1976) to Dust of Time (1980) Part 3 - Rocky Paths (1981) to Love In Space (1997) Part 4 - Material from Take Me To Your Leader (2005) onwards Please note: Up to about 1977 Hawkwind often *seemed* to play and even record detuned half a step from standard tuning. The reason for this was the presence of Nik Turner in the band - the natural key for his alto sax was E flat (Eb)  I have transcribed the songs in a key convenient for the guitar, e.g Assault and Battery main riff is E - G -F# - A, not D# - F# - F - Ab.
		Hurry On Sundown ================ D D C G D Well hurry on sundown D C G D See what tomorrow brings D C G D Hurry on sundown D C G D See what tomorrow brings D C G D Well it may bring war D C G D .........Any old thing D C G D Look into your mind's eye D C G D See what you can see D C G D There's hundreds of people D C G D Like you and me D C G D Well, hurry on sundown D C G D Hurry on sundown D C G D Hurry on sundown D C G D Hurry on sundown NB The Out of the Shadows DVD proves this chord progression beyond all doubts! --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mirror of Illusion ================== D7 C D7 In the cold grey mask of morning I cry out D7 C D7 But no-one feels the sound that I shout D7 C and you don't hear me through the tears you've shed D7 and the dream-world that you've found C Will one day drag you down D7 C D7 The mirror of illusion reflects the smile D7 C D7 The world from your back door seems so wide D7 C D7 The house, so tiny it is from inside D7 A box that you're still living in C I cannot see for why D7 You think you've found perception's doors C D7 They open to a lie --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- You Shouldn't Do That ===================== Main Riff: D_E-E-E-E B_A_B D E E E E B_A_B You shouldn't do that D E E E E B_A_B You should do that D E E E E B_A_B You try so hard D E E E E B_A_B to get somewhere D E E E E B_A_B They push you round D E E E E B_A_B and cut your hair D E E E E B_A_B You want to be free D E E E E B_A_B but they just don't care D E E E E B_A_B You're trying to fly D E E E E B_A_B You get nowhere D E E E E B_A_B You get no air D E E E E B_A_B You're getting aware Bridge: E-E - D-D - E-E - G-G (x8) D E E E E B_A_B You shouldn't do that D E E E E B_A_B You should do that D E E E E B_A_B You want so hard D E E E E B_A_B to get somewhere D E E E E B_A_B with trees and flowers D E E E E B_A_B growing there D E E E E B_A_B If you can't make it D E E E E B_A_B you're going spare D E E E E B_A_B You're trying to fly D E E E E B_A_B You get nowhere D E E E E B_A_B You get no air D E E E E B_A_B You're getting aware --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Master of the Universe ====================== Intro: D D D D D D - E E E E E E D D D D D D - E E E E E E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E D_E E E E - D_E E E E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E D E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E I am the centre of this universe E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E The wind of time is blowing through me E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E And it's all moving relative to me E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E It's all a figment of my mind E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E In a world that I designed E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E I'm charged with cosmic energy E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E Has the world gone mad or is it me? Bridge: G G G G G G - A A A A A A - B . . . . B - C - B - A - G - A - B (Repeat Intro) D E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E I am the creator of this universe E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E And all that it was meant to be E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E So that we might learn to see E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E The foolishness that lives in us E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E And stupidity that we must suss E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E How to banish from our minds E C C C - D D D - D_E E E E If you call this living I must be blind Closing Riff: G G G G G G - A A A A A A - Bm7 . . . . --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Children of the Sun =================== C# D#m C# D#m The golden age of the future comes C# D#m C# D#m That which was dreamed of in the past C# D#m C# D#m Where freedom reigns on minds of peace C# D#m C# D#m Minds rich in wisdom to the last C# D#m C# D#m We are the children of the sun C# D#m C# D#m And this is our inheritance C# D#m C# D#m No longer chaos and confusion C# D#m C# D#m But love and laughter, song and dance --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- You Know You're Only Dreaming ============================= E One more touch and then you'll see D# A world of hidden mystery D C# Visions of you know you're only dreaming E Colours change, I stand upright D# Screaming souls in the night D C# Visions of you know you're only dreaming E Chaos all within my mind D# Try to reach and I find D C# I wanna be with my own kind --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago ================================ (Note: play C#7/B using x46467 play C#7/6 using x46466 play C#7 using x46464) C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 Think about the things that we should have done before C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 The way things are going the end is about to fall B C#7 We took the wrong step years ago B C#7 We took the wrong step years ago B C#7 We took the wrong step years ago C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 Take a look around and see the warnings close at hand C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 Already weeds are writing their scriptures in the sand C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 The morning sun is rising, casting rays across the land C#7/B C#7/6 C#7 Already nature's calling, take heed of the warning NB See the Hawkwind Guitar Lesson page for chord photographs! --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brainstorm ========== A C B ...Standing on the runway waiting to take off G A C B ...I wanna fly, wanna watch me flake off G A C B ...I can't move 'cause the man has a rake off G A C B ...You gotta help me, help me to shake off D C This body of mine, got to get out of this void D C body of mine, I don't want to be destroyed D C body of mine, I don't want to turn android D C body of mine, you gotta help me avoid that B Brainstorm here I go B Brainstorm flying low B Brainstorm I wanna miss it B Brainstorm, you'd bet I'd kiss it B Kiss this body goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye A C B ...I can't get no peace until I get into motion G A C B ...Sign my release from this planet's erosion G A C B ...Paranoid police have sussed out my potion G A C B ...You gotta help me or there'll be an explosion --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Space Is Deep ============= D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 Space is dark, it is so endless D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 When you're lost it's so relentless D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 It is so big, it is so small D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 Why does man try to act so tall C G F E Is this the reason, deep in our minds? D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 It does not feel, it does not die D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 Space is nei - ther truth nor lie D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 Into the void we have to travel D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 To find the clue which will unravel C G F E Is this the reason, deep in our minds? D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 The secret lies with our tomorrow D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 In each of us is a hidden sorrow D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 The path goes on - ward through the night D7 D7sus4 D7 Am(add11) D7 Beyond the realms of ancient light C G F E Is this the reason, deep in our minds? NB See the Hawkwind Guitar Lesson page for chord photographs! --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord of Light ============= B The elements that gather here A Upon this hill shall cast no fear G Of lines that march across the world F# travel which no man has ever heard B The moon that shines its beam so bright A Of stones that measure the silvery light G energy that travels here F# It happens on the seventh year Em Am Trying is flying is dying is trying B A day shall come, we shall be as one A Perhaps the dying has begun G From the realms beyond the sun F# Here our lifetime has begun --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Time We Left (This World Today) =============================== D E G F# Time we left this world today (x5) D E G F# So many people seem to say (x3) D E G F# They watch you as you walk the street (x3) D E G F# Brain police are not far behind (x3) D E G F# They watch you as you walk the street (x3) D E G F# Cast sly glances at who you meet (x3) D E G F# Time we left this world today (x4) (Bass solo over D, changing to wah solo over C#) D E G F# They watch you as you walk the street (x8) D E G F# Trying to make you lose your minds (x2) D E G F# Time we left this world today (x8) D E G F# Watch you as you walk the streets D E G F# Make you sit in your house and say D E G F# "Time we left this world today" --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Watcher =========== A G A G We are looking in on you now A G A G What do you think you can do now D C D C You're very small from way out here A G A G The last thing you will feel is fear A G A G I gave you the chance to do the right thing A G A G I gave you the chance to do the bright thing D C D C Now our senses all disgusted A G A G Re-affirm you can't be trusted A G A G A world imprisoned screams with pain A G A G There are no leaders you can blame D C D C Your avarice has destroyed your sphere A G A G And there's no room for you out here A This is the end now --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver Machine ============== (Note: the sheet music for this claims it's in the key of G. CD versions are in Ab. In line with my usual practice, I'm transposing this song to A, which is definitely how it was played live from the late 70's onwards) A B I just took a ride in a silver D E machine, and I'm still feeling mean A B Do you want to ride, see yourself going by D E the other side of the sky in a silver machine Chorus: ------- E D E D } I've got a Silver Machine... } x 4 A B It flies sideways through time D E It's an electric line to your Zodiac sign A B It flies out of a dream D E it's antiseptically clean, you've got to know what I mean --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Born To Go ========== Opening Riff: F#_F# Ab_Ab A_A Ab_Ab F#_F# E F (x 5) E F# We were born to go E F# We're never turning back E F# We were born to go E F# and leave a burning track E F# We were born to go E F# and leave no star unturned E F# We were born to grow E F# We were born to learn (Repeat opening riff x5) E F# We're breaking out of the shell E F# We're breaking free E F# We're hatching our dreams E F# into reality (Repeat opening riff x5) E F# We were born to blaze E F# a nuclear way through space E F# A way out of the waste E F# that held the human race E F# We were born to go E F# as far as we can fly E F# We were born to go E F# to blow the human mind --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Down Through The Night ====================== F G Am Down down and down F G Am Round round and round F G Am As we spin through the night F G Am With ever increasing might F G Am Down down and down F G Am Round round and round F G Am Returning volumes of sound F G Am Into the blackness we drown F G Am Round round and round F G Am Round round and round F G Am As we lay in our sleep F G Am The appointment we keep F G Am Down down and down F G Am Round round and round F G Am Only the rushing is heard F G Am Onward flies the bird F G Am Deep, deep by deep F G Am Must we sink in our sleep F G Am Down down and down F G Am Down down and down Middle: Bb Bb C Bb Am Am Am (x 4) Am...Bm...C...D... (x 2) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Seven By Seven ============== Am G F E Lost am I in this world of timelessness and woe Am G F E Can I find the doorway through which I must go Am G F E Is the key to this plane too much for me to try to gain Am G F E Is the passport to this world my astral soul Dm Cm Seven signs rode on seven stars Dm Cm Seven ways to find the long lost bards Dm Cm Seven days became seven years Dm Cm while Pocus laughed and called foul jeers Dm Cm Seven times he cursed their seven tears Dm Cm Each one became their seven fears Dm Cm What is lost is never gained again Dm Cm I cast the spell that eternity chained Dm Cm No more to cry 'o mortal soul' Dm Cm the astral path is now your fortuitous role --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upside Down =========== Em C Well I'm standing upside down A Bb Can't get a thing together and I don't know why Em C Oh dear, you look so blue A Bb Did you think I'd tell it like I knew you would Em C Oh dear, what shall I do A Bb You're giving me the reason and it's up to you Em C I'm standing upside down A Bb Can't get a thing together and I don't know why Middle: Bm . . . D# . . . Gm . . . (x4) Em C You know you look so fine A Bb Giving me the reason and I don't know why Em C I'm standing upside down A Bb Can't get a thing together and I don't know why Em C Oh dear, what shall I do A Bb You're giving me the reason and it's up to you Em C I'm standing upside down A Bb Can't get a thing together and I don't know why --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Orgone Accumulator ================== A C D A C D A C D ....I've got an orgone accumulator A C D A C D It makes me feel greater A C D A C D I'll see you sometime later A C D A C D When I'm through with my accumulator G F It's no social integrator G F It's a one man isolator G F It's a back brain stimulator G F It's a cerebral vibrator A C D It's orgone A C D A C D Those energy stimulators A C D A C D Just turn your eyeballs into craters A C D A C D But an orgone accumulator A C D A C D Is a superman cre-ator --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Urban Guerilla ============== D I'm an urban guerilla C G I make bombs in my cellar D I'm a derelict dweller C G I'm a potential killer D I'm a street fighting dancer C G I'm a revolution romancer D My rising sign is Cancer C G I'm a two-tone panther Bb So let's not talk of love and flowers G And things that don't explode Bb We've used up all of our magic powers G Trying to do it in the road D I'm a political bandit C G and you just don't understand it D You took my dream and canned it C G It's not the way I planned it D I'm society's destructor C G I'm a petrol bomb constructor D I'm a cosmic light conductor C G I'm the people's debt collector Bb So watch out Mr. Business Man, G your empire's about to blow Bb I think you'd better listen, man G in case you did not know --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brainbox Pollution ================== Intro: Ab....... Ab - Bb - B - C# - B -Bb Ab Well my body's burning up and I'm feeling so bad Ab And I think it must be something that I've just had Ab Screaming sounds are buzzing through my brain Ab Am I mad or am I sane? Bridge: Bb-Bb-Bb - Ab-Ab-Ab - F-F-F } x 2 F-F-F - Ab-Ab-Ab - Bb-Bb-Bb } Ab I can't control my body any more Ab It's reaching down into the very core Ab I've gotta find a way of solving the solution Ab Is this what they call Brainbox Pollution? Ab F# Take my hand, I'll lead you on Fm E To learn so far, my dream's your own Ab F# Is this world that we all find Fm E It's leaving us so far behind --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Make What You Can ================= B - E - B - E (x4) Verse 1: ------- B E B E Make what you can when you say B E B E Take what you can when you may B E B E I see it all through my eyes B E B E I see it all through those lies Verse 2: ------- B E B E Make what you can when you take B E B E Take what you can when you make B E B E Make what you can when you're taking B E B E Take what you can when you're making Middle Section: -------------- F# . . . Eb . . . E . . . F# . . . F# . . . (x4) G . . . E . . . (x4) G . . . A . . . B . . . B . . . Wah solo / jam over B . . . A . . . B . . . (Repeat verse 1) Verse 3: ------- B E B E Make what you can when you take B E B E Take what you can when you make B E B E Take what you can when you make it B E B E Make what you can when you take it B E B E Take what you can when you make it B E B E Make what you can when you take it Coda: ---- F# . . . Eb . . . E . . . F# . . . F# . . . (x4) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Psychedelic Warlords ==================== D E G D E G We're sick of politicians, harassment and laws D E G D E G All we do is get screwed up by other people's flaws D E G D E G World turned upside down now, nothing else to do D E G D E G Live in concrete jungles, that blocks up the view A B A B And that ain't no joke - you can disappear in smoke A B A B And that ain't no joke - you can disappear in smoke C B And I'm telling you that it ain't no lie D E G D E G Think you know the answers, we don't tell no lies D E G D E G We can take you anyway, seven different highs D E G D E G World turned upside down now, nothing else to do D E G D E G Live in concrete jungles, that blocks up the view --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- D-Rider ======= C#m We're children playing in the sun A A sense of freedom on the run C#m We never knew what time it was A We just knew how sublime it was C#m Our course determined by our stars A My momma knows just where we are C#m The Earth was forming from below A A dragon showed which way to go Ab F# Spacing out, we're spacing in Ab F# Phasing out, we're phasing in Ab F# Turning up by burning out Ab F# C#m Lifting off and gazing in C#m Our luck, it changes with the tide A Our constellations changing side C#m Macro mirror-image fades A Our over-conscious colour shades C#m We're astral-planing, floating free A On our continuum frequency C#m A ring was formed out of the stone A Metamorphose, terraform --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Weaver ========== Intro: G . . . C . . . (x8) Bb Larynx cries no longer heard A7 A chord was struck that chilled the nerve Ab7 G It froze the time that we all lived Bb The roles reversed to downward spin A7 Is life finished or hung within Ab7 G The voices pleading went unheard Bb Shattered membranes of our lives A7 Hung suspended from the hives Ab7 G Where is harmony the sad voice waned Bb A7 Ab7 G Oooo - oooo - oooo - oooh C . . . G . . . (x8) Bb . . . A7 . . . Ab7.. . . G . . . (x2) G . . . C . . . (repeat to fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- You'd Better Believe It ======================= A B D A I wandered far in lands unknown A B D A until I came to my earthly home A B D A Far away I found life's dream A B D A drifting on a silver beam G You'd better believe it F E it's so easy to say F E it's so easy to say F E it's so easy to say F A D it's so easy to say A B D A Travelling twice the speed of light A B D A Orion's stars are high tonight A B D A The gentle madness touched my hand A B D A Now I'm just a cosmic man --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hall of the Mountain Grill ========================== Although this instrumental is played on the piano, here's a guitar version. One guitar should strum the chords and a second guitar should play the chords arpeggiated using the notes shown as 'Melody'. The general idea is to play the arpeggiated chords from the root note upwards until you hit the 2nd octave, then come back down again. The final couplet in each phrase should be played 2 octaves above the root note. If this makes no sense, just muck about with it till it sounds right, that's all I did anyway... Chord: Am Melody: A - E - A - D A - E - D B__A (x2) Chord: D#m Melody: D# - Bb - D# - F# - Bb - F# - D# F__D (x2) Chord: Cm Melody: C - G - C - D# - G - D# - C D__C (x2) Chord: F#m Melody: F# - C# - F# - B F# - C# - B Ab__F# (x2) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Johnny =========== G A You only get a single chance G A The rules are very plain G A The truth is well concealed inside G A the details of the game D E You can see it coming D E You can hear it from afar D E It's pale and it flickers C D G-A Like a faded movie sta-ar D E And up there in the castle D E they're trying to make us scream D E by sticking thumb tacks in her flesh C D G-A and cancelling the dre-am D E Can you find the Valium? D E Can you bring it soon? C D G-A Lost Johnny's out there baying at the Mo-on G A The time has come for you to choose G A and you'd better get it right G A Berlin girls with sharp white teeth G A are waiting in the night D E But you ought to really get some D E It surely can't be hard D E There's always trouble waiting C D G-A when you leave your own back ya-ard D E And underneath the city D E the alligators sing D E about how the puppets cannot dance C D G-A since someone cut their stri-ings D E Run and get the morphine D E for God's sake make it brief C D G-A Lost Johnny's out there looking for relief G A Now he sounds and looks so evil G A and you know he really tries G A but every time he makes a play G A that vital number dies D E And Sally buys her underwear D E from a store where no-one goes D E She makes it big in photographs C D G-A on the strength of what she sho-ows D E And here inside the waiting room D E the radio still screams D E And we're all taking Tuenol C D G-A to murder our young dre-ams D E Run and fetch your credit card D E Try to make it quick C D G-A Lost Johnny's out there trying to turn a tri-ick --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- It's So Easy ============ E Try to understand it, A though it's very hard to to see E The reason we are living A no longer seems to be E Revolution's coming, A the chaos will soon end E We've reached the age of learning, A you'll see it in the end E A It, it's so easy, E A It, it's so easy, E A It, it's so easy, E A It, it's so easy, G To say what you say F# do what you want F It happened today F no matter what they say F E This world's so mixed up anyway A Everywhere you go E Everywhere you go A Everywhere you go E Everywhere you go --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Paradox ======= Em The story that I'm telling you C Something that you can do D Em Ask yourself and try to find the answer Em See the signs they're always there C But you know you never care D Em You're always looking for another reason Em Try to reach it's not too far C See it as you really are D Em Ask yourself, to try and find the answer A B A B D B A B Always, always it's the same thing A B A B D B A B Try it, try it, you just can't win A B A B D B A B Circles, circles spinning round A B A B D B A B People, people always bring you A B A B D B A B Em Down and down Round and round you go --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Aerospaceage Inferno ======================== Intro: D_E - E - E G_F#_E_D D_E - E - E D_E - E - E (x2) E A flight of steel eagles tearing by E The ripped-silk scream of the rended sky A Flame on through sound and make time fly D E What a good way to go D E What a good way to go D E In the aerospaceage... inferno E Fly through the ground like a circus hound E Through the burning hoop with just one bound A Not even your ashes will be found D E What a good way to go D E What a good way to go D E In the aerospaceage... inferno E Set the controls for the heart of the earth E The silver machine's worth more than you're worth A But the Phoenix soul is bound for rebirth D E What a good way to go D E What a good way to go D E In the aerospaceage... inferno --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Right Stuff =============== E D I don't feel fear or panic E D and nothing brings me down E D I'm an aerospaceage warrior E D I can fly sideways through sound A G My reflexes and reactions A G are as fast as a machine E D I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D just watch my trail E D When the dial needle flickers E D around Mach one or two E D and something happens suddenly E D I know exactly what to do A G My feet move without thinking A G and my hands like lightning too E D I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D I never fail E D My nerves are made of steel E D and my eyes are eagle sharp E D and what would freak the average man E D does not affect my heart A G not even if this sardine-can A G should shake itself apart E D cause I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D I'm the right stuff baby, the right stuff E D as hard as nails E D I never fail E D just watch my trail --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Song Of The Gremlin, Part I =========================== (Piano arpeggio in Em) Em Am I focused the magnifying glass } C D Em } (x2) that brought the downfall of Icarus } B Em Am D Balloons were easy; a simple pin B Em C D Em ......or a knife in the case of the zeppelin E That blade was the cause of many a prang E in the early days of stick and string E I am the gremlin, I was there, E making mischief in the air D G A Bm and always will be wherever man G Am D Em flies in the face of Creation's plan --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ejection ======== E A D A There's only one course of action E A D A Left for me to take E A D A I've tried every switch selection E A D A that might control this state E A D A I think for my protection E A D A I'd better make it straight E A D A Into Ejection - better tell base E A D A .....Ejection - that I think it's a case E A D A For Ejection - explode into space E A D A .....Ejection - protect my face E A D A .....Ejection E A D A The radar screen's projection E A D A tells me I'm too late E A D A To make a course correction E A D A I'm about to meet my fate E A D A No time for reflection E A D A I'd better make it straight E A D A Into Ejection - bust through the sky E A D A .....Ejection - the air rushing by E A D A .....Ejection - it's a case of goodbye E A D A .....Ejection - I'm too fast to die E A D A .....Ejection E A D A When a ship meets with destruction E A D A the Captain stays to drown E A D A But no tin contraption E A D A Is going to drag me down E A D A My reference intersection E A D A Tells me that I'm bound E A D A For Ejection - eight times my weight E A D A ....Ejection - I've got to escape E A D A ....Ejection - only one move to make E A D A ....Ejection - abandon this crate Ejection --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Song Of The Gremlin, Part II ============================ (Atonal intro starts: F - F# - G - Ab - A - Bb) Verse 1: -------- C C# Death to engines in the air D D# Chaos take the human wing D# D# Death to jet and turbo prop E E Death to stick and death to string E Ruin to the fuselage D# Destruction to the aerolon D# Death to the pilot and his breed D# whose daring still goes on and on Chorus 1: --------- Cm Ab No mercy for the rudder bar Bb G No mercy for the tailplane D# Fm A singe for the handlebar mustache G Cremation for the bone-domed brain Cm... Ab... Bb... G... D#... Fm... G... } (x2) Verse 2: (Return to atonal vamping) -------- Cm Death to rockets into space Cm Chaos take the human egg Cm Death to telescopic sight Cm Death to radar and fire to flag Cm Ruin to portholes filled with stars Cm Destruction to the airlock's catch Cm Death to the spaceman and his craft, Cm its ugly landing legs despatch Chorus 2: --------- Cm Ab No mercy for the hot-air balloons Bb G No mercy for the thread and kite D# Fm Holes for the glider's canvas skin G Cramp for the bird man at his height Cm... Ab... Bb... G... D#... Fm... G... } (x3) --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Assault & Battery ================= E G Lives of great men all remind us F# A we may make our lives sublime E G And departing leave behind us F# A footprints in the sands of time D C So your thoughts they were expecting F# B assault and battery of the human anatomy F# B A assault and battery of the human anatomy, man E G Of hewn stones the sacred circle F# A where the wizened sages sat E G Let us try to remember F# A of the times where they were at --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden Void =========== Am F The Golden Void speaks to me, denying my reality Am F Lose my body, lose my mind, blow like wind and flow like wine Am F Down a corridor of flame, will I fly so high again Am F Is there something wrong with me, I cannot hear, I cannot see Am F Down the corridor of flame, down the corridor of flame Am F Down the corridor of flame, down the corridor of flame B C So you think the time is past, the life you lead will always last B C Chaotic fusions of your soul, down below that rocky knoll B C Through the clouds and open sky, the wind flows through your watering eyes B C The sounds are pitched to draw you on your never ending journey on the B C edge of time, on the edge of time B C On the edge of time, on the edge of time B C On the edge of time, on the edge of time B C On the edge of time, on the edge of time B C The edge of time --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Demented Man ================ Am The questions asked but never known Am D The feeling governs which way I’ll go Am Endless circles on my mind Am D spiralling a downward climb, which way I'll go. Am The thoughts are there for you to find Am D but you never know which way I'll go F Em Those flashing lights are warning me F Em But ever bidding voices see F Em You're caught in a web of emptiness F Em The tales told the path you tread F Em Does it lead into your head? F Am Or back to a world of emptiness? Am Smiling faces watching me Am D Helping hands just wait and see, which way I'll go Am White walls stretching in the sun Am D Was it that here I began which way I'll go Am Faintly voices plead with me Am D ever asking, ever see, which way I'll go. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Magnu ===== E F Magnu, horse with the golden mane E D I want your help yet once again E F Walk not the Earth but fly through space E D As lightning flash or thunders race E F Swift as the arrow from the bow E D Come to me so that no one can know E F Sunbeams are my shafts to kill E D All men who dare imagine ill E F Deceit that fears the light of day E D Fly from the glory of my ray E F Good minds open and take new light E D Until we diminish by the reign of night F# A burning brand was seen to fall Bb It lit the darkness of the hall D Flying hoofbeats circling in D Come to me and let us spin --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dying Seas ========== F# G We've flotsam been and the jetsam F# G in highness been, gonna get some A C B A G on the water walking it's easy to be A C B A G centralised to infinity F# for ourselves have only we to thank Ab if fool enough are we to walk the plank Bb eternity to spend in mime C drowning in the dying seas of time C...B..F.. (4 times) D#.......E.......F.......F#....... (once) F# G With galleon astral sails set F# G and with the tide we'll sail yet A C B A G by light propelled, Karma our guide A C B A G the shores spatial we pass beside F# past rotting hulks of culture drifting Ab lost souls ghostly trawlnets lifting Bb themselves against which have made crime C drowning in the dying seas of time --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Kings of Speed ============== Intro: C#_C#_D_C#_E F#_F#_G_F#_A C#_C#_D_C#_E F#_F#_G_F#_A A Kings of Speed, Kings of Speed G we're gonna make you Kings of Speed A Kings of Speed, Kings of Speed G We're gonna make you Kings of Speed B C Between you and me and Mister C B C I think we have what these boys need B C Step this way lads, it ain't no lie B C Try your luck and be the human fly B C We're gonna take a tasty trip B C On Frank and Beasley's rocket ship B C The biggest attraction, the brightest star B C Boys you're going fast and far B C We guarantee you the sweetest ride B C You'll go so far you'll think you've died B C Step this way lads it ain't no lie B C Try your luck and reach the sky --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Motorhead ========= E D E Sunrise wrong side of another day E D E Sky-high and six thousand miles away E D E Don't know how long I've been awake E Wound up in an amazing state C B A Can't get enough C A and you know it's righteous stuff C B Goes up like prices at Christmas E A Motorhead - you can call me E B Motorhead, that's right E D E Brained out total amnesia E D E Get some mental anaesthesia E D E Don't move, don't know if I'm still all ri-ight E D E If I can be wrong, I can't be ri-ight C B A All good clean fun C A Have another stick of gum C B Man, you look better already E A Motorhead - remember me now E B Motorhead, all right E D E Fourth day, five day marathon E D E We're moving like a parallelogram E D E It's cold, see you all on the ice E D E Don't move, I'll shut the door and kill the lights C B A I should be tired C A and all I am is wired C B ain't felt this good for an hour E A Motorhead, remember me now E B Motorhead, all night
	See also the Hawkwind Guitar Lessons page for a few more graphic examples of how to play this stuff Thanks to those who have contributed to these pages: Doug Pearson for Song Of The Gremlin I & II, plus corrections to Jack Of Shadows & other numbers Joe Loehr for Kings Of Speed, Choose Your Masques, Infinity, Alien (I Am) and Make What You Can Michael Blackman for The Sea King and Love In Space Miles Walsh for Flying Doctor, Motorway City and Who's Gonna Win The War Michael Blackman, Mike Holmes and Alan Taylor all helped with the lyrics to "Right To Decide" Mick Crook for fixing the lyrics to "Digital Nation and "Sunray"
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