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]
        / / / /  / / / /

         Em                       D/F#
         v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    -12---------|-------12b14|-11---------|-----b12r11\-|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|
    ------------|------------|------------|-------------|

        Em  A    Em  C
        / / / /  / / / /
        Ba  ba   ba  ba

        Em  A    Em  C
        / / / /  / / / /
        Ba  ba   ba  ba

Verse 1:

         Em          A          Em           C
        Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
         Em          A          Em         C
        Dead kings, many things I can't define
        Em             A           Em           C
           Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
        Em           A                Em       C
        Incense and peppermints, the color of time

Chorus:

        Em   Ebm         Dm        A
        Who cares  what games we choose
         Em       Ebm       Dm         A
        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:

         D           G     D           G
        Look at yourself, look at yourself
        F#m   F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
        Yeah,    yeah
         D           G     D           G
        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:

        (A)
         v   v   v   v
        -----------------|
        -----------------|
        -----4---6---7---|
        -----------------|
        -----------------|
        -----------------|

        bass:

         v   v   v   v
        -------------4---|
        -----5---7-------|
        -----------------|
        -----------------|

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):

         D          G         D         G
         v      v   v   v     v     v   v   v
        --------------------|-------------------|
        -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------|
        ----------7---7-----|-------------------|
        ----------------7---|-5b7r5-3-----------|
        --------------------|---------5---5---5-|
        --------------------|-------------------|

        F#m  F#m(maj7)/F F#m7/E F#m6/D#
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -2---4-4-----4s6-|-----6s8-----6---|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|

         D          G         D         G
         v      v   v   v     v     v   v   v
        --------------------|-------------------|
        -8b10r8-6-----------|-------------------|
        ----------7---7-----|-------------------|
        ----------------3-5-|-5b7r5-3-----------|
        --------------------|---------5---5---5-|
        --------------------|-------------------|

        F#m  F#m(maj7)/F
                   F#m7/E  A                        [N.C.; drum fill]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v    v     v   v
        -----------------|------------------|--------|
        -----------------|------------------|--------|
        -2---4-4---4s6---|-6---7-9---7976-9-|s14-----|
        -----------------|------------------|--------|
        -----------------|------------------|--------|
        -----------------|------------------|--------|
                                     ^^^^ trill

[repeat verse 1]

[repeat chorus]

Coda:

        fuzz guitar:

         Em                       D/F#
         v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v   v  v  v  v
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|
        -9----------|------------|-7----------|-------6h7--|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|
        ------------|------------|------------|------------|

        Em Ebm      Dm     A
        Incense and peppermints
        Em Ebm      Dm     A
        Incense and peppermints

        fuzz guitar:

         Em   Ebm          Dm  Emaj7 [N.C. except organ]
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -12---11---------|-10---s13--------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|

             Dmaj7/F#
        Sha la la
             Emaj7/G#
        Sha la la
             Dmaj7/A
        Sha la la
             Emaj7/B
        Sha la la
             Dmaj7
        Sha la la    [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers