Genesis – Burning Rope (Guitar)

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----------------------------------- If you enjoyed this, please add it to your favourites and/or give a rating to show appreciation for the work that went into providing it for you I have given the full piano chords for the instrumental sections but if playing along with a bass player or in a band setting then you could ignore the inversions used and play the plain chords. There are several key, tempo and time sig changes - I have notated the time signature changes in the instrumental sections to hopefully make those easier to follow. [Intro] | Dm | Dm/G G | Bb/Ab Fm7/Ab | Bb Fm7/Bb | Db | Cb/Db | Db | Cb/Db |
| Cm  F/C | Dm/G  G | Em7   | Em7   |
                                                   2/4        4/4
| E/Db Eb/Db E/Db D/C | D/B Db/B Db/Bb C/Bb | C/A B/A | B/Ab Bb/Ab B/Ab| | Bb/Ab Cm/Ab| Bb/Ab | Cm/Ab Bb/Ab | | D Bm/D | G/D A7/D | F/D G/D | C/G Am | D Bm/D | G/D A7/D | F/D G/D | C/G Am | | F/D Gm/D | C F | Bb A | [Chorus]
D           Bm/D     G/D     A7/D  F/D           G/D             C/G           Am
The warming sun, the cooling rain, the snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze

D             Bm/D                G/D     A7/D  F/D      G/D            C/G      Am
The lightning bolt that frees the sky for you,  yet only eagles seem to pass on through

    F/D      Gm/D      C        F
The words of love, the cries of hate

Bb      A          Bb         F              Bb      F            Dm   | Dm/G  G |
And the man in the moon who seduced you then finally loosed you
[Verse]
    Am/C           Bm7     G         Am/C           Em
You climbed upon a burning rope to escape the mob below

    Am/C            Bm7     G           Esus2/A
But you had put the flaming out so that others could now follow

                 E              F#m7     C#m/G#           A
To be out of the bounds and the barks of those who do not wish you well

    Bsus4                      Bm/G   Cmaj7/G   D6/G     G7
You must blaze a trail of your own, unknown,   alone but keep in mind

Em
Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal

    Em7/A             Bb                 A
The only survivors on this world of ours are
[Chorus]
D           Bm/D     G/D     A7/D  F/D           G/D             C/G           Am
The warming sun, the cooling rain, the snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze

D             Bm/D                G/D     A7/D  F/D      G/D            C/G     Am
The lightning bolt that frees the sky for you,  yet only eagles seem to pass on through

    F/D      Gm/D      C        F
The words of love, the cries of hate

Bb      A          Bb          F             Bb      F            Dm   | Dm/G  G |
And the man in the moon who seduced you then finally loosed you
[Instrumental] | Am/C | Bm7 G | Am/C | Em | | Dm | Dm/G G | Bb/Ab Fm7/Ab | Bb Fm7/Bb | Db | Cb/Db | Db | Cb/Db | | Cm F/C | Dm/G G | Em7 | Em7 | | F#m/C# G#m/C# | F#m/C# G#m/C# | A/C# A#m/C# | B/C# | D#m7 | F# | | D#m7 | F# A#m | C#m6 | C#m6 | F# | | F#m/C# G#m/C# | F#m/C# G#m/C# | A/C# | B/C# | | C#m G#m | D#m B | C#m G#m | D#m B | D#/C# | G#m | F#m7 | | C#m G#m | D#m B | C#m G#m | D#m B | D#/C# | G#m | F#m7 B9 | | C#m | C#m | C#m |
| Db  Db/F | Gb   | Db/F    | Fm/Eb  Ab/Eb | Ab/F  Fm | Fm/Eb  Ab/Eb | Ab/F  Fm |
                 6/4

| Gb   | Bbm    | A/B    |
 3/4                                                     4/4
| Dm | Am/C | Bbsus2 | Bbadd9 | A7/G | Em/G | D | [Verse]
       Am/C         Bm7      G          Am/C       Em
You're old and disillusioned now as you realise at last

     Am/C           Bm7        G              Esus2/A
That all you have accomplished here will have soon have turned to dust

               E            F#m7       C#m/G#           A
You dream of a future after life, well that's as maybe, I don't know

    Bsus4                        Bm/G        Cmaj7/G   D6/G    G7
But you can't take what you left behind, you're all,  alone so keep in mind

Em
Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal

    Em7/A             Em/G               D
The only survivors on this world of ours are
[Chorus]
D           Bm/D     G/D     A7/D  F/D           G/D             C/G           Am
The warming sun, the cooling rain, the snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze

D             Bm/D                G/D     A7/D  F/D      G/D            C/G     Am
The lightning bolt that frees the sky for you,  yet only eagles seem to pass on through

    F/D      Gm/D      C        F
The words of love, the cries of hate

Bb      A          A
And the man in the moon
[Outro] 6/4 | D D/F# | G | D/F# | E C#m/E | Em7 | Em7 | B | B