Hocus Pocus Lyrics

HOCUS POCUS by Focus (from Moving Waves, their fourth album)
#97
B ----------------- ----------------- -8--10-------8--- -----6---8~~~~~~~
D -5^7-7-7-7---7-7- -5^7-7-7-7---7-7- -9--10-------9--- -----7---6-------
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ } !
\___/
B ~7--------------- ----------------- -9--10-------7--- -----7---9-------
D -5^7-7-7-7---7-7- -5^7-7-7-7---7-7- -9--10-------7--- -----9---9-------
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ } }
\___/
E -0------3----5--- ----------------- ~5------8----10-- -----------------
B -2------5----7--- ----------------- ~7-----10----12-- -----------------
G -2------5----7--- ----------------- ~7-----10----12-- -----------------
D -2------5----7--- ----------------- ~7-----10----12-- -----------------
A -0------3----5--- ----------------- ~5------8----10-- -----------------
_ . ) @ _ . ) @
\_/ \_/ \___/ \_/ \_/ \___/
#9
G -7--------------- - - - [As a true Focus purist, I think it would be
D -6--------------- - - - blasphemous to transcribe yodelling for the
A -7--------------- - - - guitar...so I won't]
"Hendrix" chord (as far as I can tell....either that, or I just use it
as a surrogate for distorted-guitar-chaos). The pinky slide from the
G in this chord to the F# (added sixth) at the start of the A is, at
best, a subtle effect. I think I hear it in places, others disagree.
Anyway, I like it, and it occurs naturally with my lousy (lazy) fingers.
On the A strumming in measures 1, 2, and others, pick real hard, and
shake the fretted A (D string). The out-of-tuneness this causes is very
noticable on the song. BTW, if your amp is not capable of at least 50%
total harmonic distortion, don't even bother with this song!
Key:
@ = whole note } = quarter rest
! = half note \__/ = tied notes (don't re-sound)
= quarter note ^ = hammer or pull (you figure which one)
_ = single eighth note ~ = slide (you figure which way)
_ . = dotted eighth note
_ = eighth notes
) = sixteenth note