The Doors – The Wasp (Guitar)

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THE WASP (TEXAS RADIO & THE BIG BEAT)
Em
I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat.
It comes out of the Virginia swamps, cool and slow with rugged precision, with a backbeat narrow and hard to master.
Em
Some call it heavenly in its brilliance,
others, mean and rueful of the Western dream. I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft. We have constructed pyramids in honour of our escaping. This is the land where the Pharaoh died. E, F, E, F, G, E, F#, E, F#, A, A#, B, E, F#, E, F#, E, F#, G#, G, F#, E, Em.
Em
The negroes in the forest, brightly feathered, and they are saying:
"Forget the night! Live with us in forests of azure, out here on the perimeter, there are no stars. Out here we is stoned immaculate."
   E           F#       E             F#                   G
Listen to this I'll tell you about the heartaches;

      E            F#     E              F#        A    A#   B
I'll tell you about heartache and the loss of God.

     E             F#          E             F#
I'll tell you about the hopeless night,

          C#       A            C#        A
the meager food my soul forgot,

F#                                                     G#         G  F#  E      Em
tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul.

Em
I want to tell you about Texas Radio and the big beat,
soft driven, slow and mad like some new language.
   E           F#       E             F#       G
Listen to this I'll tell you about Texas;

      E            F#    E       F#  A    A#  B
I'll tell you about Texas       Ra - di - o.

     E             F#          E             F#
I'll tell you about the hopeless night,

          C#    A             C#            A
the wanderin' the Western dream,

F#                                                     G#         G  F#  E      Em
tell you about the maiden with the wrought i - ron soul