Biography:
Roky Erickson (born Roger Kynard Erickson on July 15, 1947, died May 31, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter, harmonica player and guitarist from Austin, Texas. He was a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators, who are considered to be one of the first two bands to ever use the word "psychedelic" ( + see The Deep) to describe rock music. See also Roky Erickson & the Aliens and Roky Erickson & The Explosives.
In 1969 the band were all arrested
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Other songs:
- I Have Always Been Here Before
- Anthem I Promise
- Be And Bring Me Home
- Burn The Flames
- Creature With The Atom Brain
- Devotional Number One
- For You
- Goodbye Sweet Dreams
- Hungry For Your Love
- I Love The Living You
- I Think Of Demons
- I Walked With A Zombie
- If You Have Ghosts
- John Lawman
- Night Of The Vampire
- Right Track Now
- Song To Abe Lincoln
- Sweet Honey Pie
- White Faces
- You Dont Love Me Yet
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Roky slides playing the C# to D#m which you can hear in the intro and throughout the verses.
Chorus:
C# D#m B C#
e|-------------------|
B|---6---7---4---6---|
G|---6---8---4---6---|
D|---6---8---4---6---|
A|---4---6---2---4---|
E|-------------------|
Verse:
F# B G#m C#
e|---2-------4-------|
B|---2---4---4---6---|
G|---3---4---4---6---|
D|---4---4---6---6---|
A|---4---2---6---4---|
E|---2-------4-------|
Chorus:
C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
Verse:
F# B
For you I cool the streets with the wind at night
G#m
in the day I beat with the sun the cobblestones
C#
and cool the wind of the Nile at night
F# B
The earth I fill with diamonds plus light
G#m C#
to say they never ever bite
I promise...
Verse:
F# B
With you God chose me his wife
G#m
Lucifer and the mother of witches
C#
in marriage they unite
F# B
My gremlins color purple left and light
G#m C#
to say they never, ever bite
I promise...
Next up there is a short instrumental solo
with one chorus in the background.
Just play some random F# major scale notes and it
will sound great
I promise...
Verse:
F# B
May 9th, 1976 Satan's came to earth view May 9th
G#m
gremlins have pictures
C#
of the anniversary of Christ
F# B
The square root of zero, something smaller than zero
G#m
which keeps getting smaller
C#
keep you out of sight and soul.
I promise...
Short solo here again, just do the same thing
as mentioned before
I promise...
Email: [email protected]
Roky slides playing the C# to D#m which you can hear in the intro and throughout the verses.
Chorus:
C# D#m B C#
e|-------------------|
B|---6---7---4---6---|
G|---6---8---4---6---|
D|---6---8---4---6---|
A|---4---6---2---4---|
E|-------------------|
Verse:
F# B G#m C#
e|---2-------4-------|
B|---2---4---4---6---|
G|---3---4---4---6---|
D|---4---4---6---6---|
A|---4---2---6---4---|
E|---2-------4-------|
Chorus:
C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
Verse:
F# B
For you I cool the streets with the wind at night
G#m
in the day I beat with the sun the cobblestones
C#
and cool the wind of the Nile at night
F# B
The earth I fill with diamonds plus light
G#m C#
to say they never ever bite
I promise...
Verse:
F# B
With you God chose me his wife
G#m
Lucifer and the mother of witches
C#
in marriage they unite
F# B
My gremlins color purple left and light
G#m C#
to say they never, ever bite
I promise...
Next up there is a short instrumental solo
with one chorus in the background.
Just play some random F# major scale notes and it
will sound great
I promise...
Verse:
F# B
May 9th, 1976 Satan's came to earth view May 9th
G#m
gremlins have pictures
C#
of the anniversary of Christ
F# B
The square root of zero, something smaller than zero
G#m
which keeps getting smaller
C#
keep you out of sight and soul.
I promise...
Short solo here again, just do the same thing
as mentioned before
I promise...
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Roman Lob
Romance
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Ronin
Ronnie Day
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