Song For Insane Times chords by Kevin Ayers

Chords with lyrics

Song For Insane Times - Kevin Ayers (from Joy of a Toy)

My first submission.

Standard Tuning

Cm9Cm9 : x30343 } These are the intro and solo chords; I tend to pick at the top 4 strings and not
F6/G: 300011 } play the bottom two (xx0343, xx0011, xx5333, and xx3111)
EbM7: x65333 }
DbM7: x43111 }
GM7 : 320002
Bm7Bm7 : x24232
FM7 : xx3210
CM7 : x32000
Am7Am7 : x02010
Gm7Gm7 : 353333

INTRO
Cm9Cm9 F6/G (x3)

(This bit's slightly odd; it's either in 5/4 or it's two and a half bars long but it's hard to say which;
with the slight swing and the syncopated drum fill over the top it's essentially free-form. Your best bet
is to listen to it and make up your own mind!)

+-1-0-----------------+
+-----1---------------+
+-------2-------------+
+---------3-----------+
+-----------2---------+
+-------------3-0-----+
+-----------------1-0-+

GM7       Bm7Bm7
People say they want to be free
FM7            CM7
They look at him and they look at me
Am7Am7               Gm7Gm7
But it's only themselves they're wanting to see
FM7         CM7
And everybody knows about it.

GM7             Bm7Bm7
We talked all night and were all turned on
FM7           CM7
We believe we heard him singing his song
Am7Am7           Gm7Gm7
Telling us all there was work to be done
FM7         CM7
And we all sung the chorus of "I A minorAm The Walrus"

GM7         Bm7Bm7
Yes, Disneyland has come to town
FM7          CM7
Everyone's dressed and standing around
Am7Am7         Gm7Gm7
Alice is wearing her sexiest gown
FM7             CM7
But she doesn't want you to look at her

GM7         Bm7Bm7
Beautiful people are queuing to drown
FM7              CM7
They wait for the lifeguard to put on his crown
Am7Am7        Gm7Gm7
But he's up at the other end of town
FM7          CM7
Trying to talk to the mirror

KEYBOARD SOLO:

EbM7 DbM7 (repeat)
Cm9Cm9  F6/G
FM7  CM7 (these chords have the weird run over them from the intro)
BANANA!

GM7            Bm7Bm7
The scientist talks and he knows what he means
FM7             CM7
He sits on the floor and has beautiful dreams
Am7Am7              Gm7Gm7
But he gets brought down by a woman who screams
FM7           CM7
But he knows it's only a record, oh yes it is!

GM7          Bm7Bm7
His brave new girl stops feeding the ants
FM7            CM7
And looks at him with her septic pants
Am7Am7           Gm7Gm7
She still knows how to make him dance
FM7          CM7
And forget about emancipation, it's all imagination

GM7      Bm7Bm7
And you and I we sit and hum
FM7        CM7
We know something's got to come
Am7Am7        Gm7Gm7
To get us off our endless bum
FM7             CM7
There's probably one in the bathroom or in the hall