Requiem For The Masses

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#                           "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): Requiem aeternam requiem aete...rnam Verse:                                           Mama mama forget your pies                          Have faith they won’t get cold                           And turn your eyes to the bloodshot sky                    Your flag is flying full    F# (octaves in piano l.h; guitar enters gradually) At half-mast For the matadors Who turned their backs To please the crowd And all fell before the bull Bridge 1:                                              Red was the color of his blood flowing thin                              Pallid white was the color of his lifeless skin                     Blue was the color of the morning sky      He saw looking up from the ground where he died                           It was the last thing ever seen by him (acapella w/military drums and sustained F# on bass; chords implied): 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:) Rex tremendae majestatis Coda:           (acapella w/military drums; chords implied:) Requiem aeternam requiem aete...rnam (flugelhorn and military drums to fade) -- another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers