SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES As recorded by Chicago (From the 1969 Album CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY) Transcribed by Tone Jones Words and Music by Robert Lamm N.C. (Am) (Dm) F7+9 E5 D5 C5 B5 5 fr. x 5 fr. x x 7 fr. 7 fr. x x 5 fr. x x 3 fr. x 2 fr. A Intro Moderately Slow = 88 N.C. (Am) P 8va 4x 1 4 k I 4 V V V V V V Terry Kath-Overdriven V V gV V V V V gV V V V V gV Gtr I Neck Pickup mf T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 B Verse N.C. (Am) 8vaT TT 4 I V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 (Dm) 8va 8va 8va 7 V V V V V V I V V V R V gV V V V V R V gV V V V V V V bP V bP V V V gV T 2 2 2 2 2 2 A 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 B 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 0 3 4 sl. sl. (Am) 8va 10 I V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 1969 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES - Chicago Page 2 of 12 F7+9 8va 8va 12 P gW V V P g WW VV k I V V V V V V R V bP W V V V V V gV V V bP V z u T 8 9 7 8 A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 B 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 5 sl. sl. E5 D5 C5 B5 C5 D5 N.C. (Am) 8va 15 c c VV VV VV V 5 V V V V VV VV 4 I V V V VV 4V V g V VV VV V V 4 V V V V V V V V gV T 9 7 5 (5) 4 5 7 A 9 7 5 (5) 4 5 7 2 2 2 B 7 5 3 (3) 2 3 5 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 To Dbl. CodaTo Coda 8va 18 I V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 C Organ Solo N.C. (Am) 8va 21 I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Robert Lamm - V V gV V V gV V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 (Dm) 8va 8va 8va 24 V V V V V V I V V V R V gV V V V V R V gV V V V V V V bP V bP V V V gV T 2 2 2 2 2 2 A 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 B 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 0 3 4 sl. sl. Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES - Chicago Page 3 of 12 (Am) 8va 27 I V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 F7+9 8va 8va 29 P gW V V P g WW VV k I V V V V V V R V bP W V V V V V gV V V bP V z u T 8 9 7 8 A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 B 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 5 sl. sl. E5 D5 C5 B5 C5 D5 N.C. (Am) 8va 32 c c VV VV VV V 5 V V V V VV VV 4 I V V V VV 4V V g V VV VV V V 4 V V V V V V V V gV T 9 7 5 (5) 4 5 7 A 9 7 5 (5) 4 5 7 2 2 2 B 7 5 3 (3) 2 3 5 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 D.S. al Coda 8va 35 I V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES - Chicago Page 4 of 12 D Guitar Solo N.C.(Am) S 8va 38 R R I V V V V V V V t t t V V V V V V P V V V P V V V V V uTerry Kath-Overdriven u V V Gtr II V fff Full N.H. 1/2 M Full Full Full 1/4 M [[[[[[ M M M M [[[[ T 7 (7) 7 (7) (7) (7) ([7]) 7 5 7 5 A O O O O 7 5 7 7 7 5 7 7 7 7 5 B 7 5 3 H H H 8va I V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV V V V V gV Gtr I mf Terry Kath-Overdriven T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 (Dm) 8va 41 V V V V V V V V P V V V V } V V V eV V V V l z `P V V I } u u 3 z V V Full Full Full 1/2 Full 1/2 M 5 M M M M 5 M T 5 5 8 8 10 (10) 8 10 10 A 5 7 O 8 7 5 7 8 7 5 B 0 5 x x sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. P 8va 8va 8va V V V V V V I V V V R V gV V V V V R V gV V V V V V V bP V bP V V V gV T 2 2 2 2 2 2 A 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 B 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 0 3 4 sl. sl. Generated using the Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen. http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES - Chicago Page 5 of 12 (Am) 8va 8va 8va 44 eV V V V V V V I V V V l l eV V V V V l V V V V V V 3 3/4 1 1/2 Full Full M M M M [[[[[[ T 5 7 8 10 (10) (10) 8 5 7 5 (5) 5 A 7 O 8 7 7 O 7 7 B P sl.sl. 8va I V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V V gV T A 2 2 2 2 2 2 B 3 3 3 3 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 0 3 4 F7+9 8va V V V 46 V V V V V V V V V V `P V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V R V V V 3 I z V `P V V VfV V Full Full 1 1/2 V V 1 1/2 M5 M5 5 M 12 [[[ M[[[[[ 8 10 T 5 8 8 8 10 8 8 10 10 10 8 10 7 8 7 7 5 7 5 5 7 9 9 A 7 5 5 7 B 6 5 3 5 7 5 5 sl. sl. sl. sl. H 8va 8va PgW V V eP WW gVV k I V V V V V V R V bP W V V V V V gV V V bP V z u T 8 9 7 8 A 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 7 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 B 4 5 5 0 3 4 5 5 5 sl.