Stoned Soul Picnic

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:44 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 

 

			"Stoned Soul Picnic"
			    (Laura Nyro)

[The Fifth Dimension copied her arrangement more-or-less note for note, only
in the key of E.]

Intro:

	
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C   
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C  [2x]

	        
 Fmaj9 
 Gm7/C        
 Fmaj9   
 Gm7/C
	Can you surry,     can you picnic?
	        
 Fmaj9 
 Gm7/C        
 Fmaj9   
 Gm7/C
	Can you surry,     can you picnic?

Verse 1:

	
 Fmaj9 
 Gm7/C     
 Fmaj9        
 Gm7/C
	Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
	
 Fmaj9 
 Gm7/C     
 Fmaj9        
 Gm7/C
	Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
	
 Bbmaj7      
 Am7     
 Gm7      
 Gm7/C
	There'll be lots of time and wine

	
 Fmaj9      
 Gm7/C  
 Fmaj9         
 Gm7/C
	Red yellow honey, sassafras and moonshine
	
 Fmaj9      
 Gm7/C
	Red yellow honey
	
 Bbmaj7        
 Am7       
 Gm7      
 Gm7/C
	Sassafras and moonshine (moonshine)

	
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C 
 Fmaj9        
 Gm7/C
	Stoned soul,     stoned soul
	
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C 
 Fmaj9        
 Gm7/C

Verse 2:

	Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
	Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
	Rain and sun come in akin

	And from the sky come the Lord and the lightning
	And from the sky come
	The Lord and the lightning

	
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C 
 Fmaj9        
 Gm7/C   
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C
	Stoned soul,     stoned soul
	        
 Bbmaj7 
 Am7 
 Gm7 
 Gm7/C
	Surry on soul

Bridge:

	
 F7 
 F6 
 F7
	      Surry   [4x]

	            
 Fmaj9     
 Gm7/C                 
 Fmaj9     
 Gm7/C
	There'll be trains of blossoms (there'll be trains of blossoms)
	            
 Fmaj9     
 Gm7/C            
 Fmaj9 
 Gm7/C
	There'll be trains of music (there'll be  music)
	            
 Fm7                        
 Cm7
	There'll be trains of trust, trains of golden dust
	
 Cm9                     
 Gmaj7         
 Am7 
 Bm7  
 Cmaj7   
 Cm7
	Come along and surry on sweet trains       of thought
	        
 Bbmaj7
	Surry on down
	
 Bbmaj7 
 Am7 
 Gm7 
 Gm7/C 
 Bbmaj7 
 Am7 
 Gm7 
 Gm7/
 C
	Can    you  surry,     can  you  surry

[repeat verse 1]

Coda:

	       
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C  
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C  
 Fmaj9  
 Gm7/C
	Stoned soul                        yeah
	         
 Bbmaj7 
 Am7 
 Gm7 
 Gm7/C
	Surry on soul

[repeat to fade]:

	
 F7 
 F6 
 F7
	      Surry


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers