Requiem for the Masses The Association

shockingly beautiful requiem mass parts [became] a favorite at live

concerts.

Note: guitar is capoed at 4th fret; chords are notated in brackets

Intro:

Snare roll [2X]

(acapella w/military drums; chords implied):

C#m B G#m F# F#sus2

Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam

Verse:

F# F#6

[D] [D6]

Mama, mama, forget your pies

F#7 F#

[D7] [D]

Have faith they won't get cold

F# F#6

[D] [D6]

And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky

F#7 F#

[D7] [D]

Your flag is flying full

F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)

[D]

At half-mast

For the matadors

Who turned their backs

To please the crowd

And all fell before the bull

Bridge 1:

B A#m G#m F#

[G] [F#m] [Em] [D]

Red was the color of his blood flowing thin

B A#m G#m F#

[G] [F#m] [Em] [D]

Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin

B A#m G#m F#

[G] [F#m] [Em] [D]

Blue was the color of the morning sky

A

[F]

He saw looking up from the ground where he died

G#m F#

[Em] [D]

It was the last thing ever seen by him

(acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied):

F#m E C#m B F#

Kyrie elei...son

(flugelhorn and military drums)

[repeat verse]

Bridge 2:

Black and white were the figures that recorded him

Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in

Black and white was the question that so bothered him

He never asked, he was taught not to ask

What was on his lips as they buried him

(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)

F#

Rex tremendae majestatis

Coda:

(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)

C#m B G#m F# F#sus2

Requiem aeternam, requiem aete...rnam

(flugelhorn and military drums to fade)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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 #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Requiem&nbsp;For&nbsp;The&nbsp;Masses" 
 #&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Terry&nbsp;Kirkman) 
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 #Tapes_&nbsp;CD&nbsp;(Warner/Pioneer&nbsp;WPCP-3536): 
 # 
 #&nbsp;&nbsp;Written&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;peak&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Vietnam&nbsp;War,&nbsp;this&nbsp;flip&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;"Never&nbsp;My 
 #&nbsp;&nbsp;Love"&nbsp;soon&nbsp;became&nbsp;an&nbsp;underground&nbsp;hit,&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;stark&nbsp;dramatic&nbsp;tone&nbsp;and 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;shockingly&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;requiem&nbsp;mass&nbsp;parts&nbsp;[became]&nbsp;a&nbsp;favorite&nbsp;at&nbsp;live 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;concerts. 
 
 
 Note:&nbsp;guitar&nbsp;is&nbsp;capoed&nbsp;at&nbsp;4th&nbsp;fret;&nbsp;chords&nbsp;are&nbsp;notated&nbsp;in&nbsp;brackets 
 
 Intro: 
 
 Snare&nbsp;roll&nbsp;[2X] 
 
 (acapella&nbsp;w/military&nbsp;drums;&nbsp;chords&nbsp;implied): 
 
 C#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;F#&nbsp;F#sus2 
 Requiem&nbsp;aeternam,&nbsp;requiem&nbsp;aete...rnam 
 
 Verse: 
 
 F#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F#6 
 [D]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D6] 
 Mama,&nbsp;mama,&nbsp;forget&nbsp;your&nbsp;pies 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F#7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D7]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 Have&nbsp;faith&nbsp;they&nbsp;won't&nbsp;get&nbsp;cold 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F#6 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D6] 
 And&nbsp;turn&nbsp;your&nbsp;eyes&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;bloodshot&nbsp;sky 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F#7&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D7]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 Your&nbsp;flag&nbsp;is&nbsp;flying&nbsp;full 
 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# (octaves&nbsp;in&nbsp;piano&nbsp;l.h;&nbsp;guitar&nbsp;enters&nbsp;gradually) 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 At&nbsp;half-mast&nbsp; 
 For&nbsp;the&nbsp;matadors 
 Who&nbsp;turned&nbsp;their&nbsp;backs 
 To&nbsp;please&nbsp;the&nbsp;crowd 
 And&nbsp;all&nbsp;fell&nbsp;before&nbsp;the&nbsp;bull 
 
 Bridge&nbsp;1: 
 
 &nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A#m&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 [G]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[F#m][Em]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 Red&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;blood&nbsp;flowing&nbsp;thin 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A#m&nbsp;&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[G]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[F#m]&nbsp;[Em]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 Pallid&nbsp;white&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;lifeless&nbsp;skin 
 &nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A#m&nbsp;&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 [G]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[F#m]&nbsp;[Em]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 Blue&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;color&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;morning&nbsp;sky 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[F] 
 He&nbsp;saw&nbsp;looking&nbsp;up&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;ground&nbsp;where&nbsp;he&nbsp;died 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[Em]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[D] 
 It&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;last&nbsp;thing&nbsp;ever&nbsp;seen&nbsp;by&nbsp;him 
 
 (acapella&nbsp;w/military&nbsp;drums&nbsp;and&nbsp;sustained&nbsp;F#&nbsp;on&nbsp;bass;&nbsp;chords&nbsp;implied): 
 
 F#m&nbsp;E&nbsp;&nbsp;C#m&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;F# 
 Kyrie&nbsp;elei...son 
 
 (flugelhorn&nbsp;and&nbsp;military&nbsp;drums) 
 
 [repeat&nbsp;verse] 
 
 Bridge&nbsp;2: 
 
 Black&nbsp;and&nbsp;white&nbsp;were&nbsp;the&nbsp;figures&nbsp;that&nbsp;recorded&nbsp;him 
 Black&nbsp;and&nbsp;white&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;newsprint&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;mentioned&nbsp;in 
 Black&nbsp;and&nbsp;white&nbsp;was&nbsp;the&nbsp;question&nbsp;that&nbsp;so&nbsp;bothered&nbsp;him 
 He&nbsp;never&nbsp;asked,&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;taught&nbsp;not&nbsp;to&nbsp;ask 
 What&nbsp;was&nbsp;on&nbsp;his&nbsp;lips&nbsp;as&nbsp;they&nbsp;buried&nbsp;him 
 
 (acapella&nbsp;w/military&nbsp;drums;&nbsp;chords&nbsp;implied:) 
 
 F# 
 Rex&nbsp;tremendae&nbsp;majestatis 
 
 Coda: 
 
 (acapella&nbsp;w/military&nbsp;drums;&nbsp;chords&nbsp;implied:) 
 
 C#m&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G#m&nbsp;F#&nbsp;F#sus2 
 Requiem&nbsp;aeternam,&nbsp;requiem&nbsp;aete...rnam 
 
 (flugelhorn&nbsp;and&nbsp;military&nbsp;drums&nbsp;to&nbsp;fade) 
 
 
 --&nbsp;another&nbsp;ace&nbsp;60's&nbsp;tab&nbsp;from&nbsp;Andrew&nbsp;Rogers 
 
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