Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

     Dsus2             Dsus2/C
You thought the leaden winter
       Dsus2/B        Asus4/A#
Would bring you down forever
        Dsus2              Dsus2/C
But you rode upon a steamer
         Dsus2/B       Asus4/A#
To the violence of the sun

And the colours of the sea
Bind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave Ulysses

How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To kiss their white laced lips

And you see a girl's brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the sea

And when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mind

Tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter

Her name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her

For you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing

Tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Asus4

Guitar chord Asus4

B

Guitar chord B

C

Guitar chord C

Dsus2

Guitar chord Dsus2

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" by Cream.