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Squonk – Genesis
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Genesis
Squonk (1976)
(Rutherford/Banks)
From: "A Trick of the Tail"
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[Verse] main riff
Dm7 C/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1---1-1-----1-0-|
B|1---1-1-----1-1-|
G|2---2-2-----2-0-|
D|0-------0-0-----|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
[Interlude] Dsus4
D E/D D7 D G/D D D A/D G/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------0-----|------3-3-------|2-3-2-0---5-0---|--3-------------|
B|3-3-3-3---0---1-|--3---3-3-------|3-3-3-2---2-2-3-|----3-3---------|
G|2-2-2-2---1---2-|--2---4-4-------|2-2-2-2-------4-|----4-4---------|
D|0---------0---0-|--0---0---------|0-------------0-|----0-0---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D E/D D7 D G/D D D A/D G/D Gm/D Gm6 Gm/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
e|----------0-----|------3-3-------|2-3-2-0---5-0---|--3-----------------|
B|3-3-3-3---0---1-|--3---3-3-------|3-3-3-2---2-2-3-|----3-3-----5---3-5-|
G|2-2-2-2---1---2-|--2---4-4-------|2-2-2-2-------4-|----4-3-----3---3-3-|
D|0---------0---0-|--0---0---------|0-------------0-|----0-0-----0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------|
Dm7 Gm/D
Am/D Dm7 Am/D Bb/D Gm/D Bb/D Dm7add11 Dm7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-----1-----0-1-|1-----3-----1-3-|3-----5---------|
B|1-----1-----1-1-|3-----3-----3-3-|6-----6---------|
G|2-----2-----2-2-|3-----3-----3-3-|5-----5---------|
D|0-----0---------|0-----------0---|0-----0---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dm7 x-x-0-2-1-1
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
G/A x-0-5-4-3-x
A x-0-7-6-5-0
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
D7 x-x-0-2-1-0
A/D x-x-0-2-2-0
G/D x-x-0-4-3-3
Gm/D x-x-0-3-3-3
Gm6/D x-x-0-3-5-3
Am/D x-x-0-2-1-0
Bb/D x-x-0-3-3-1
Dm7add11 x-x-0-5-6-3
Dm7 x-x-0-5-6-5
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[Intro]
| Dm7 | C/D | Dm7 | C/D |
| Dm7 | C/D | Dm7 | C/D |
| G/A | A | G/A | A |
[Verse]
Dm7 C/D
Like father like son
Dm7
Not flesh nor fish nor bone
C/D
A red rag hangs from an open mouth
Dm7 C/D
Alive at both ends but a little dead in the middle
Dm7 C/D
A-tumbling and a-bumbling he will go
G/A A
All the kings horses and all the kings men
G/A A
Could never put a smile on that face
[Verse]
Dm7
He’s a sly one, he's a shy one
C/D
Wouldn’t you be too
Dm7 C/D
Scared to be left all on his own
Dm7 C/D
Hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with, the ugly duckling
Dm7 C/D
The pressure on, the bubble will burst before our eyes
G/A A
All the while in perfect time
G/A
His tears are falling on the ground
A
But if you don't stand up you don't stand a chance
[Interlude]
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D |
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D Gm/D Gm6/D |
You don’t stand a chance 5/4
Am/D Dm7 |
Go a little faster now
Bb/D Gm/D | Dm7add11 Dm7 |
You might get there in time (break)
[Middle 8]
F Am7 Dm7
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Eb Bb F
His heart was broken long before he ever came to you
Am7 Dm7
Stop your tears from falling
Eb Bb F
The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night
Am7 [ D ]
All to see at night
[Interlude]
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D |
(... at night)
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D |
They don’t have eyes
[Verse]
Dm7 C/D
In season, out of season
Dm7 C/D
What's the difference when you don't know the reason
Dm7 C/D
In one hand bread, the other a stone
Dm7 C/D
The hunter enters the forest
G/A A
All are not huntsmen who can blow the huntsman’s horn
G/A A
By the look of this one you’ve not got much to fear
[Verse]
Dm7 C/D
Here I am, I'm very fierce and frightening
Dm7 C/D
Come to match my skill to yours
Dm7 C/D
Now listen here, listen to me, don't you run away now
Dm7 C/D
I am a friend; I'd really like to play with you
G/A A
Making noises my little furry friend would make
G/A A
I’ll trick him, then I'll kick him into my sack
A [ D ]
You better watch out ... You better watch out
[Interlude]
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D |
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D Gm/D Gm6/D |
5/4
Am/D Dm7 |
I've got you, I've got you
Bb/D Gm/D | Dm7add11 Dm7 |
You’ll never get away (break)
[Middle 8]
F Am7 Dm7
Walking home that night
Eb Bb F
The sack across my back, the sound of sobbing on my shoulder
Am7 Dm7
When suddenly it stopped
Eb Bb F
I opened up the sack; all that I had: a pool of bubbles and tears
Am7 [ D ]
Just a pool of tears
[Interlude]
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D |
(... of tears)
| D E/D D7 | D G/D | D A/D | G/D A/D |
Just a pool of tears
[Coda]
Bsus4 B F#m
All in all you are a very dying race
A E
Placing trust upon a cruel world
B
You never had the things you thought you should have had
F#m
And you'll not get them now
A
And all the while in perfect time
E/B B
Your tears are falling on the ground
[Outro] (just the basics; keyboard plays a lot of chords here)
| E | % |
| E | E Bsus4 | B |
| C#m | F# B |
| C#5 | % | G#m/D# A/D# | % |
| C# | % | ...
(fade)
