Chords with lyrics
"Requiem For The Masses"
(Terry Kirkman)
Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):
Written during the peak of the Vietnam War, this flip side of "Never My
Love" soon became an underground hit, and its stark dramatic tone and
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# minorC#m 
BB 
G# minorG#m 
F#F# 
F#sus2F#sus2
Requiem aeternam, ....
Verse:
F#F# 
F#6F#6
[
D MajorD] [
D6D6]
Mama, mama, ...
F#7F#7 F#F#
[
D7D7] [D MajorD]
Have faith they ...
F#F# F#6F#6
[D MajorD] [D6D6]
And turn your eyes ...
F#7F#7 F#F#
[D7D7] [D MajorD]
Your flag is ...
F#F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)
[D MajorD]
At half-...
Bridge 1:
BB 
A#mA#m G# minorG#m F#F#
[
G+G] [
F# minorF#m][
E minorEm] [D MajorD]
Red was the color of his ...
BB A#mA#m G# minorG#m F#F#
[G+G] [F# minorF#m] [E minorEm] [D MajorD]
Pallid white was the color ....
BB A#mA#m G# minorG#m F#F#
[G+G] [F# minorF#m] [E minorEm] [D MajorD]
Blue was the color of ...
A augmentedA
[
FF]
He saw looking up from the ...
G# minorG#m F#F#
[E minorEm] [D MajorD]
It was the last thing ..
(acapella w/military drums and sustained F#F# on bass; chords implied):
F# minorF#m 
E MajorE C# minorC#m BB F#F#
Kyrie elei...son
(flugelhorn and military drums)
[repeat verse]
Bridge 2:
Black and white were the ....
(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)
F#F#
Rex ...
Coda:
(acapella w/military drums; chords implied:)
C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m F#F# F#sus2F#sus2
Requiem aeternam....
(flugelhorn and military drums to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
