Procol Harum – The Idol (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chorus]
Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol

Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol
[Verse 1]
Fm             Fm/Eb           Bb7/D    Db Gb
They knew the monster's every trick

Ebm            Gb/Db         Ab7/C
They knew his secrets every stitch

Fm     Fm/Eb         Bb7/D     Db   Gb
All of it had been a game

Ebm      Gb/Db     Ab7/C    Bb   Db
Nothing but a charlatan
[Break]
Eb             Db    Ab              Eb
Perhaps there was a chance of coming through

Eb      Db           Ab               Eb
It even seemed that he might think it too

Gm                Cm       Eb/Bb     F  Bb  Bb/Ab
But he could see no point in diving in

G7                 Cm         Cm/Bb  F   F/A Bb
  But he knew that he would neither sink nor swim
[Pre-Chorus]
    Ab       Cm/G       Fm      Fm/C Fm/D  Eb (4-3-2-1-6-1)
And so they found he'd nothing   left  to   say

Ab     Cm/G    Fm  Fm/C  Fm/D Eb
Just another idol turned to clay
[Chorus]
Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol

Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol
[Verse 3]
    Fm               Fm/Eb            Bb7/D    Db Gb
It seemed to them he must know what to do

    Ebm           Gb/Db                Ab7/C
They knew that only he could pull them through

Fm               Fm/Eb           Bb7/D     Db   Gb
They thought that he would make a plan

Ebm          Gb/Db          Ab7/C    Bb   Db
He'd work it out, he'd understand
[Break]
Eb            Db        Ab                Eb
Like drowning men they clutched at every straw

Eb             Db      Ab              Eb
They knew that he had saved them all before

    Gm               Cm     Eb/Bb   F  Bb Bb/Ab
But he could see no point in diving in

G7           Cm      Cm/Bb     F   F/A Bb
He knew that he would neither sink nor swim
[Pre-Chorus]
    Ab       Cm/G       Fm      Fm/C Fm/D  Eb (4-3-2-1-6-1)
And so they found he'd nothing   left  to   say

Ab     Cm/G    Fm  Fm/C  Fm/D Eb
Just another idol turned to clay

Ab     Cm/G    Fm  Fm/C  Fm/D Eb
Just another idol turned to clay
[Chorus]
Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol

Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol,

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol
[Chorus]
Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)
[Solo] Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Db Gb Ebm Ebm/Db Ab7/C Ab Db Eb [Outro]
Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Fm      Fm/Eb Bb7/D  Db  Gb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)

Ebm     Ebm/Db  Ab7/C   Ab     Db  Eb
Oh the idol (just another idol turned to clay)
(Repeat to fade) Transcribed by Leif Thiborg 061019