Incense And Peppermints

OK, this has always been credited to
 John Carter and Tim Gilbert, but
according to the SAC article in 
_Goldmine_ #359 John Carter wrote 
lyrics
to SAC (and future Lynyrd Skynyrd) 
guitarist Ed King's instrumental
track, 'The Happy Whistler'; Tim 
Gilbert had written other songs with
John Carter before (most notably the
 Rainy Daze 'That Acapulco Gold',
which hit #70 nationwide before 
program directors found out what
'Acapulco Gold' was) and was 
apparently co-credited by mistake.

                       "Incense and 
Peppermints"
                        (Ed King - 
John Carter)

Intro:

        [drum roll]

        Em                 [organ 
holds high E]
        / / / /  / / / /

         Em                       
         v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v  
D/F#
 v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
    ------------|------------|----
    ------------|------------|----
    -12---------|-------12b14|-11-
    ------------|------------|----
    ------------|------------|----
    ------------|------------|----

 |--------|-------------| 
 |--------|-------------| 
 |--------|-----b12r11\-| 
 |--------|-------------| 
 |--------|-------------| 
 |--------|-------------| 

        Em  A    Em  C
        / / / /  / / / /
        Ba  ba   ba  ba

        Em  A    Em  C
        / / / /  / / / /
        Ba  ba   ba  ba

Verse 1:

         Em          A       
        Good sense, innocence, 
   Em           C
cripplin' mankind
         Em          A          
        Dead kings, many things 
Em         C
I can't define
        Em             A        
           Occasions, persuasions 
   Em           C
clutter your mind
        Em           A            
        Incense and peppermints, 
    Em       C
the color of time

Chorus:

        Em   Ebm         Dm   
        Who cares  what games we 
     A
choose
         Em       Ebm       Dm   
        Little to win, but 
      A
nothing to lose

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Verse 2 (half-length):

        Incense and peppermints, 
meaningless nouns
        Turn on, tune in, turn your 
eyes around

Refrain:

         D           G     D     
        Look at yourself, look at
      G
 yourself
        F#m   F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E 
        Yeah,    yeah
F#m6/D#

         D           G     D     
        Look at yourself, look at
      G
 yourself
        F#m   F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E    
 A   [N.C.]
        Yeah,    yeah,              
yeah

Fill:

        fuzz guitar w/cowbell:

        (A)
         v   v   v   v
        -----------------| 
        -----------------| 
        -----4---6---7---| 
        -----------------| 
        -----------------| 
        -----------------| 

        bass:

         v   v   v   v
        -------------4---| 
        -----5---7-------| 
        -----------------| 
        -----------------| 

Verse 3:

        To divide this cockeyed 
world in two
        Throw your pride to one 
side, it's the least you can do
        Beatniks and politics, 
nothing is new
        A yardstick for lunatics, 
one point of view

[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):

         D          G         D  
         v      v   v   v     v  
       G
   v   v   v
        --------------------|-
        -8b10r8-6-----------|-
        ----------7---7-----|-
        ----------------7---|-
        --------------------|-
        --------------------|-

 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
 |5b7r5-3-----------| 
 |--------5---5---5-| 
 |------------------| 

        F#m  F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E 
         v   v   v   v     v   v
F#m6/D#
   v   v
        -----------------|-----
        -----------------|-----
        -2---4-4-----4s6-|-----
        -----------------|-----
        -----------------|-----
        -----------------|-----

 |------------| 
 |------------| 
 |6s8-----6---| 
 |------------| 
 |------------| 
 |------------| 

         D          G         D  
         v      v   v   v     v  
       G
   v   v   v
        --------------------|-
        -8b10r8-6-----------|-
        ----------7---7-----|-
        ----------------3-5-|-
        --------------------|-
        --------------------|-

 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
 |------------------| 
 |5b7r5-3-----------| 
 |--------5---5---5-| 
 |------------------| 

        F#m  F#m(maj7)/F
                   F#m7/E  A        
                [N.C.; drum fill]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v
    v     v   v
        -----------------|-------
        -----------------|-------
        -2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-
        -----------------|-------
        -----------------|-------
        -----------------|-------

 |-----------|--------| 
 |-----------|--------| 
 |9---7976-9-|s14-----| 
 |-----------|--------| 
 |-----------|--------| 
 |-----------|--------| 

                                    
 ^^^^ trill

[repeat verse 1]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

        fuzz guitar:

         Em                       
         v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v  
D/F#
 v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|
        -9----------|------------|
        ------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|

 |------------|------------| 
 |------------|------------| 
 |-7----------|-------6h7--| 
 |------------|------------| 
 |------------|------------| 
 |------------|------------| 

        Em Ebm      Dm     A
        Incense and peppermints
        Em Ebm      Dm     A
        Incense and peppermints

        fuzz guitar:

         Em   Ebm          Dm  Emaj7
 [N.C. except organ]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v
   v
        -----------------|------
        -----------------|------
        -12---11---------|-10---
        -----------------|------
        -----------------|------
        -----------------|------

 |-----------| 
 |-----------| 
 |s13--------| 
 |-----------| 
 |-----------| 
 |-----------| 

             Dmaj7/F#
        Sha la la
             Emaj7/G#
        Sha la la
             Dmaj7/A
        Sha la la
             Emaj7/B
        Sha la la
             Dmaj7
        Sha la la    [fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from 

-|Andrew Rogers