Conquistador

(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)

[Note: this is the arrangement from the first album, not the remake with

the Edmonton Symphony.]

Verse 1:

distorted guitar, doubled with bass:

v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

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* guitar plays higher line on 2nd repeat of each verse

Conquistador your stallion stands in need of company

And like some angel's haloed brow

You reek of purity

I see your armor plated breast

Has long since lost its sheen

And in your death mask face

There are no signs which can be seen

And though I hoped for something to find

I could see no place to unwind

Verse 2:

Conquistador a vulture sits, upon your silver sheath

And in your rusty scabbard now, the sand has taken seed

And though your jewel-encrusted blade

Has not been plundered still

The sea has washed across your face

And taken of its fill

Verse 3:

Conquistador there is no time, I must pay my respect

And though I came to jeer at you

I leave now with regret

And as the gloom begins to fall

I see there is no, only all

Though you came with sword held high

You did not conquer, only die

organ solo:

Gm Eb7 [4X]

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-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers