Standard (EADGBE)

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

  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