OK, this has always been credited to John Carter and Tim Gilbert, but according to the SAC article in _Goldmine_ #359 John Carter wrote lyrics to SAC (and future Lynyrd Skynyrd) guitarist Ed King's instrumental track, 'The Happy Whistler'; Tim Gilbert had written other songs with John Carter before (most notably the Rainy Daze 'That Acapulco Gold', which hit #70 nationwide before program directors found out what 'Acapulco Gold' was) and was apparently co-credited by mistake.
"Incense and Peppermints" (Ed King - John Carter)
Intro:
[drum roll]
Em [organ holds high E] / / / / / / / /
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/ / / / / / / / ba ba ba
/ / / / / / / / ba ba ba
Verse 1:
Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time
Chorus:
Who cares what games we choose
Little to win, but nothing to lose
Verse 2 (half-length):
Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around
Refrain:
Look at yourself, look at yourself
Yeah, yeah
Look at yourself, look at yourself F#m F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E A [N.C.] Yeah, yeah, yeah
Fill:
fuzz guitar w/cowbell:
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bass:
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Verse 3:
To divide this cockeyed world in two Throw your pride to one side, it's the least you can do Beatniks and politics, nothing is new A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view
[repeat chorus]
Guitar solo (chords as per refrain):
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[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
fuzz guitar:
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Incense and peppermints
Incense and peppermints
fuzz guitar:
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