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Song: Theme for An Imaginary Western Artist: Jack Bruce (1969)/ Mountain (1970) Written: Jack Bruce & Pete Brown Album: Songs For A Tailor (1969) URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eszCRHkI9zA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_for_an_Imaginary_Western https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_x0xH9fLM Tempo: 4|4 Moderato Tuning: Standard Chords: EADGBe G 320033 Gmaj7/F# 220033 Em 022000 A X02220 F 133211 C/G 332010 A7/G 302220 (best played, as a partial barre) Em7/D XX0000 INTRO: |G G/F# |Em | |G G/F# |Em | VERSE 1:
When the waGgons Gmaj7/F#leave the Emcity, A F
 For the forest and further on. G Gmaj7/F# Em
 Painted wagons of the morning, A C/G
 Dusty roads where they have gone.

 VERSE 2: G Gmaj7/F# Em 
 Sometimes travelin' through the darkness, A A/G F
 At the summer comin' home. G Gmaj7/F# Em 
 Fallen faces by the wayside, Em7/D C/G Am7 G
 Looked as if they might have known.
 CHORUS 1: Em Bm
 Oh, the sun was in their eyes, Em Bm
 And the desert that's dry. C/G G
 In the country town, Em A C/G
 Where the laughter sounds. VERSE 3:

Oh, the danGcingGmaj7/F# and the sinEmging, A A/G F
 Oh, the music when they played. G Gmaj7/F# Em 
 Oh, the fires that they started, A C/G
 Oh, the girls with no regret.
VERSE 4:
Sometimes they Gfound Gmaj7/F#it, Sometimes they kept Emit. Often Alost it A7/Gon the Fway. For each GotGmaj7/F#her to possess Emit, Em7/DSometimes C/Gdied in sAm7ight ofG day.
CHORUS 2: Em Bm
 Oh, the sun was in their eyes, Em Bm
 And the desert that's dry. C/G G
 In the country town, Em A C/G
 Where the laughter sounds. INSTRUMENTAL: |C/G |G Gmaj7/F# | |Em |A A/G | |F |G Gmaj7/F# | |Em |A C/G | |G Gmaj7/F# |Em | |A A/G |F | |G Gmaj7/F# |Em | |A A/G |F | CODA:(Fade) |C/G Am7 |Em | [End] 1. "Theme for an Imaginary Western" is a song written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown. The song is sometimes referred to as "Theme from an Imaginary Western." It has been performed by many artists, including Mountain, Jack Bruce, Leslie West, Colosseum, Greenslade, DC3 and Johan Asherton. The song originally appeared on Bruce's Songs for a Tailor album in 1969. The lyrics by Pete Brown are mentioned in Brown's autobiography "White Rooms and Imaginary Westerns" (ISBN 978-1906779207) as being in reference to Bruce's erstwhile bandmates Dick Heckstall-Smith and Graham Bond of The Graham Bond Organisation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_for_an_Imaginary_Western 2. It has been creatively merged with Jack’s solo vocals and Leslie West’s unique guitar style, but it is incorrectly attributed to Leslie West on YouTube, by MISTY2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTUpzsDkuA 3. This is my interpretation of Jack Bruce’s original, which differs from other versions.