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Those Were The Days
by Cream

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Composers: Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS
As recorded by Cream
(From the 1968 Album WHEELS OF FIRE)


Words and Music by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor

 

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ginger Baker'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Clapton(Guitar Solo Rhythm)'


 Intro
  Q=131
  Dmin         G             Amin        G            A
 4/4
  Gtr I
   Q.    E  Q   Q     +H      E  E  Q     q    Q   Q   Q     +W
|--------------10--|-(10)----12-10-----|------------------|---------||
|-10----12-13------|---------------13--|-12---10------10--|-(10)----||
|------------------|-------------------|----------12------|---------||
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|---------||
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|---------||
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|---------||
|
| Gtr II
|  H.           Q     +H      H           H.           Q     +W
|--1------------3--|--(3)-----0--------|--3------------0--|--(0)----||
|--3------------3--|--(3)-----1--------|--3------------2--|--(2)----||
|--2------------4--|--(4)-----2--------|--4------------2--|--(2)----||
|--0------------5--|--(5)-----2--------|--5------------2--|--(2)----||
|---------------5--|--(5)-----0--------|--5------------0--|--(0)----||
|---------------3--|--(3)--------------|--3---------------|---------||


  D    F      Amin    D  C    D5  D    F      Amin    D   C    D5
  Gtr II
  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  q  Q  E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   E e E Q  E Q
|-2----1-(1)--0--|----2--0------|-2----1-(1)--0---|---2---0--------|
|-3----1-(1)--1--|----3--1----3-|-3----1-(1)--1---|---3---1----3---|
|-2----2-(2)--2--|----2--0----2-|-2----2-(2)--2---|---2---0----2---|
|-0----3-(3)--2--|----0--2----0-|-0----3-(3)--2---|---0---2----0---|
|------3-(3)--0--|-------3------|------3-(3)--0---|-------3--------|
|------1-(1)-----|--------------|------1-(1)------|----------------|


   Verse
    $
    D    F      Amin    D   C    D5
    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  e E Q  E E
||--2----1-(1)--0--|----2---0------|
||o-3----1-(1)--1--|----3---1----3-|
||--2----2-(2)--2--|----2---0----2-|
||--0----3-(3)--2--|----0---2----0-|
||o------3-(3)--0--|--------3------|
||-------1-(1)-----|---------------|


  D    F      Amin    D   C    D5
  Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  e E Q  E E
|-2----1-(1)--0--|----2---0------|
|-3----1-(1)--1--|----3---1----3-|
|-2----2-(2)--2--|----2---0----2-|
|-0----3-(3)--2--|----0---2----0-|
|------3-(3)--0--|--------3------|
|------1-(1)-----|---------------|


  A    C      Emin    D         Dsus2 C
 5/4                 4/4
  Q.   E +Q   Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   E S S E E E E E E
|-0----0-(0)--0-----|-2----2----0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2----1-(1)--0-----|-3------3----2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2----0-(0)--0-----|-2-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2----2-(2)--2-----|-0-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0----3-(3)--2-----|---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------0-----|---------------|-------------------|


 Interlude
  D         Dsus2 C                   D         Dsus2 C
  Q.   E Q  E E   E S S E E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   E S S E E E E E E
|-2----2----0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2----2----0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-3------3----2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3------3----2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-2-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|


                1.              2.
  F             Emin
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q      Q  Q  E E E E
|-1--1--1--1--|-0--0--0--0---||-0--0--0-0-0-0-||
|-1--1--1--1--|-0--0--0--0--o||-0--0--0-0-0-0-||
|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0---||-0--0--0-0-0-0-||
|-3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--2---||-2--2--2-2-2-2-||
|-3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--2--o||-2--2--2-2-2-2-||
|-1--1--1--1--|-0--0--0--0---||-0--0--0-0-0-0-||


 Chorus
  Dmin    G           Amin   G       A
  H.      Q    +H     H      H.      Q    +W
|-1-------3--|-(3)----0----|-3-------0--|-(0)----|
|-3-------3--|-(3)----1----|-3-------2--|-(2)----|
|-2-------4--|-(4)----2----|-4-------2--|-(2)----|
|-0-------5--|-(5)----2----|-5-------2--|-(2)----|
|---------5--|-(5)----0----|-5-------0--|-(0)----|
|---------3--|-(3)---------|-3----------|--------|


  F       G           Bmin   Amin G      F       G    A
  H.      Q    +H     H      H    H      H.      Q    W
|-1-------3--|-(3)----7----|-5----3----|-1-------3--|-0----|
|-1-------3--|-(3)----7----|-5----3----|-1-------3--|-2----|
|-2-------4--|-(4)----7----|-5----4----|-2-------4--|-2----|
|-3-------5--|-(5)----9----|-7----5----|-3-------5--|-2----|
|-3-------5--|-(5)----9----|-7----5----|-3-------5--|-0----|
|-1-------3--|-(3)----7----|-5----3----|-1-------3--|------|


  Dmin    G           Amin   G       A
  H.      Q    +H     H      H.      Q    +W
|-1-------3--|-(3)----0----|-3-------0--|-(0)----|
|-3-------3--|-(3)----1----|-3-------2--|-(2)----|
|-2-------4--|-(4)----2----|-4-------2--|-(2)----|
|-0-------5--|-(5)----2----|-5-------2--|-(2)----|
|---------5--|-(5)----0----|-5-------0--|-(0)----|
|---------3--|-(3)---------|-3----------|--------|


                   To Coda
                          &
  G       F                 Emin    A
  H.      Q    +W           H.      Q    +Q   Q  Q  Q
|-3-------1--|-(1)--------|-0-------0--|-(0)--0--0--0--||
|-3-------1--|-(1)--------|-0-------2--|-(2)--2--2--2--||
|-4-------2--|-(2)--------|-0-------2--|-(2)--2--2--2--||
|-5-------3--|-(3)--------|-2-------2--|-(2)--2--2--2--||
|-5-------3--|-(3)--------|-2-------0--|-(0)--0--0--0--||
|-3-------1--|-(1)--------|-0----------|---------------||


 Guitar Solo
  A                B5/A5A
          ~~~~~
   Q      H        Q       Q        Q     Q       E  E
|-17-----17-------------|-17---------------------------|
|-20b22--20b22----------|-20b22r==(20)-----------17-20-|
|-----------------------|----------------19b21---------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  Q      Q     Q  E. S    E    E   E  E  E    E  E  E
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|--2------2-----2-------|--2----2---2--2--2----2--2--2-|
|--2------2-----2--4--2-|--2----2---2--2--2----2--2--2-|
|--2------2-----2--4--2-|--2----2---2--2--2----2--2--2-|
|--0------0-----0--0--0-|--0----0---0--0--0----0--0--0-|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|


  A5       A6          A5       A6
                                       ~~
            |--3--|
   E     E  S  S  S  E  E  E     S  S  E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-19b21-19-17h19p17----19-17b19----------|
|-------------------19----------19-17-19-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E  E        E  E  E     E     E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-------------------------------|
|--2-----2--4--------4--2--2-----4-----4-|
|--0-----0--0--------0--0--0-----0-----0-|
|----------------------------------------|


  A5                            N.C.
    ~~~~
    Q     S  S  S  S  E.      S  S      S  S      S
|----------------------------17----------------------|
|-------------------------------20p====17------------|
|--------17----19----19b21----------------19b21r(19)-|
|-(19)------19----19---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
|   E  E  E     E     E    E     Q
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---2--2--2-----2-----2----2-------------------------|
|---0--0--0-----0-----0----0-----3b3.5---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


  A5                               B/A
   S  S  E  E     S  S  E  S  S  E  E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-17----19-17b19----------17----19-17b18---|
|----19----------19p17-19----19------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E  E     E     E  E     E  S    S
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4----4-|
|-----------------------------------4----4-|
|--2-----2--2-----2-----2--2-----2--4----4-|
|--0-----0--0-----0-----0--0-----0--0----0-|
|------------------------------------------|


  B/A     A5                B/A
           ~~~
  E  S  S  E.    S  E  S  S  E     S  S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------17----19----17b19----17-|
|---19p17-19-------19----19-------19----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| E  E     E  S  S  E  E     E.       S
|---------------------------------------|
|-4--2-----------------------4--------4-|
|-4--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----4--------4-|
|-4--2-----2--2--2--2--2-----4--------4-|
|-0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--------0-|
|---------------------------------------|


        A     A5                     B/A
   E     S  S  E  E       S  S  S  S  E     S  S
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-17-17---------17-17-17-17-------17-17-|
|-19b21----------19b21---------------19b21-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E     E  S    S  E     E     E     S  S
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----2----------------------------4-----4--4-|
|--4-----2-----2--2----2--2-----2-----4-----4--4-|
|--4-----2-----2--2----2--2-----2-----4-----4--4-|
|--0-----0-----0--0----0--0-----0-----0-----0--0-|
|------------------------------------------------|


  B/A   A     A5                A6    A5    A6    A5
   S  S  E     S  S  S  S  E     S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-17-17-------17-17-17-17-------17-17-17-17-20p17-|
|-------19b21-------------19b21-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E     E     E     E     E     E     E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----2----------------------------------------|
|--4-----2-----2-----2----------------------------|
|--4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----2-----4----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
|-------------------------------------------------|


                                   Emin/G
   E  S  S  E  S  S  E  S  S  E     S  S
|----------------------------------------|
|----20p17----20p17----20p17-------17-17-|
|-19-------19-------19-------19b20-------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  Q        E  E     E  E     E     E
|-----------------------------------0----|
|-----------------------------------0----|
|-----------2--2-----2--2-----2-----0----|
|--2--------2--2-----2--2-----2----------|
|--0--------0--0-----0--0-----0----------|
|----------------------------------------|


  N.C.
   E     S  S  S  S  S  S  S     S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------17-17-17-17-20p17-------17-20p17----17-20p17-|
|-19b20-------------------19b20----------19----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~~
|  H                       E        S  S  E     E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------2--------2--2--2-----4----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


   S  S  E     +E   E  E  E       E  E
|------------------17------------------|
|----17---------------20---------------|
|-19----19b21-(19)-------19b21---19-17-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
|  ~~
|  Q            E   E  E  S    S  E  E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--2------------2---2------------------|
|----------------------2--2----2--2--4-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


                                                          D.S. al Coda
           A5                           N.C.
   S  S  E  E  E     S  S  E  E  E    E  E      E  E      E  E      E  E
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-19-19pb20-19-19pb20-19-19pb20-19-19pb20-||
|-19p17----19-17b18----------17----|-19-19pb21-19-19pb21-19-19pb21-19-19pb21-||
|-------19----------19p17-19----19-|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|
|  ~~~
|  Q        Q        Q        Q       q         Q         H
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|--2--------2--------2--------2----|--2--------------------------------------||
|-----------2--------2--------2----|--2--------------------------------------||
|-----------0--------0--------0----|--0--------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||


  &
  Emin    A
  H.      Q    +W
|-0-------0--|-(0)----*|
|-0-------2--|-(2)----*|
|-0-------2--|-(2)----*|
|-2-------2--|-(2)----*|
|-2-------0--|-(0)----*|
|-0----------|--------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



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