Biography:
Jack Bruce (born John Symon Asher Bruce on 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died 25 October 2014 in Suffolk, England) was a Scottish musician and composer, known as a founder member of the seminal British psychedelic rock power trio, Cream, in the mid-to-late 1960s.
Widely considered to be one of the greatest bass players of all time, Bruce maintained a solo career that spanned several decades, and also played in several musical groups.
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Song: Deserted Cities Of The Heart
Artist: Cream
Written: Jack Bruce & Pete Brown
Album: Wheels Of Fire (Remastered)
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheels_of_Fire
Tempo: 4|4
Style: Accelerando. Sweeping strums, with an ‘oscillation’ within the verse chords, only
Tuning: Open D
Chords: DADF#AD
D 000000
F 333333
G 555555
D# 111111
E 222222
G5 555XXX (G5) = tap dampened strings at 5th fret
VERSE 1:
D (G5)
Upon this street where time has died,
D (G5)
The golden treat you never tried.
D (G5)
In times of old, in days gone by,
D (G5)
If I could catch your dancing eye.
CHORUS 1:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
VERSE 2:
D (G5)
The street is cold, its trees are gone,
D (G5)
The story's told the dark has won.
D (G5)
Once we set sail to catch a star,
D (G5)
We had to fail, it was too far.
CHORUS 2:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN:
| F G | D# F |
| F G | D# D |
VERSE 3:
D (G5)
I felt the wind shout like a drum,
D (G5)
You said, "My friend, love's end has come.”,
D (G5)
It couldn't last, had to stop,
D (G5)
You drained it all to the last drop.
CHORUS 3:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:(Lead Guitar over)
| D G | D G |
| D G | D F |
| D D# | D F |
| D F | G D# |
| F G| D# D |
VERSE 4:
D (G5)
On this dark street the sun is black,
D (G5)
The winter life is coming back.
D (G5)
On this dark street it's cold inside,
D (G5)
There's no retreat from time that's died.
CHORUS 4 & CODA
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no lo-o-v-e. (Drum roll out & Fade)
[End]
NOTES:
1. A small tribute to Jack Bruce on the first anniversary of his passing
on October 25, 2014, Suffolk, UK to that big recording studio in the sky.
2. As this is in ‘Open D’, my advice is to experiment as much as possible
with the variants of the chords to create interesting harmonies.
3. This my interpretation of the original studio accompaniment and I trust that it does
the acoustic chords, justice. It is quite different to the standard tuning of
Cream’s 'Albert Hall' performance in 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBXB-gPSYUg
Artist: Cream
Written: Jack Bruce & Pete Brown
Album: Wheels Of Fire (Remastered)
URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheels_of_Fire
Tempo: 4|4
Style: Accelerando. Sweeping strums, with an ‘oscillation’ within the verse chords, only
Tuning: Open D
Chords: DADF#AD
D 000000
F 333333
G 555555
D# 111111
E 222222
G5 555XXX (G5) = tap dampened strings at 5th fret
VERSE 1:
D (G5)
Upon this street where time has died,
D (G5)
The golden treat you never tried.
D (G5)
In times of old, in days gone by,
D (G5)
If I could catch your dancing eye.
CHORUS 1:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
VERSE 2:
D (G5)
The street is cold, its trees are gone,
D (G5)
The story's told the dark has won.
D (G5)
Once we set sail to catch a star,
D (G5)
We had to fail, it was too far.
CHORUS 2:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
INSTRUMENTAL REFRAIN:
| F G | D# F |
| F G | D# D |
VERSE 3:
D (G5)
I felt the wind shout like a drum,
D (G5)
You said, "My friend, love's end has come.”,
D (G5)
It couldn't last, had to stop,
D (G5)
You drained it all to the last drop.
CHORUS 3:
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO:(Lead Guitar over)
| D G | D G |
| D G | D F |
| D D# | D F |
| D F | G D# |
| F G| D# D |
VERSE 4:
D (G5)
On this dark street the sun is black,
D (G5)
The winter life is coming back.
D (G5)
On this dark street it's cold inside,
D (G5)
There's no retreat from time that's died.
CHORUS 4 & CODA
G F
It was on the way,
D# D
On the road to dreams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no love streams, yeah.
E D# D
Now my heart's drowned in no lo-o-v-e. (Drum roll out & Fade)
[End]
NOTES:
1. A small tribute to Jack Bruce on the first anniversary of his passing
on October 25, 2014, Suffolk, UK to that big recording studio in the sky.
2. As this is in ‘Open D’, my advice is to experiment as much as possible
with the variants of the chords to create interesting harmonies.
3. This my interpretation of the original studio accompaniment and I trust that it does
the acoustic chords, justice. It is quite different to the standard tuning of
Cream’s 'Albert Hall' performance in 2005.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBXB-gPSYUg
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