Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail (Guitar)

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Intro: F#m7Bmadd9 – F#msus2sus4 – Bmadd9
F#m7          Bmadd9              C#m7
Bored of the life in the city of gold

      C#m7         F#m7   B
He'd left and let nobody know

F#m7          Bmadd9                      C#m7
Gone were the towers he had known from a child

   C#m7         F#m7       B
Alone with the dream of a life

     Db           Gb        Ab7
He travelled the wide open road

                Fm
The blinkered arcade

               Ab        Gb          Fm
In search of another to share in his life

Ab7/Eb  Bb/D  Db
  No - whe -  re

Ebm       Gb/Db      Ab/C     Ab
Everyone looked so strange to him

        Ebm7
They've got no horns and they've got no tail

     Abm7
They don't even know of our existence

      Ebm7
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold

       Abm7
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And wept as they led him away to a cage "Beast that can talk", read the sign The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame And questioned his story again But soon they grew bored of their prey Beast that can talk? More like a freak or publicity stunt Oh, no They've got no horns and they've got no tail They don't even know of our existence Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold That lies in the deep distance, he cried
            Eb                                      Gb/Db
And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out

     Ab7                                                   Db    F
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out

Bb                F6          Eb6          Bb
There, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination

Bb             F6           Eb6               F/C
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold

Eb/G F   G                  D7sus4             C     Eb
Let  me take you there and show you a living story

Bb/D            Db             Eb
Let me show you others such as me

       Abm7     Abm7/Db
Why did I ever leave?
They've got no horns and they've got no tail They don't even know of our existence Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold That lies in the deep distance, he cried And wept And so we set out with the beast and his horns And his crazy description of home After many days journey we came to a peak Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out We followed his gaze and we thought maybe we saw A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all But the beast was gone and a voice was heard They've got no horns and they've got no tail They don't even know of our existence Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold That lies in the deep distance, he cried
                       F#m7 - Bmadd9 - F#msus4sus2 - Bmadd9
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