Genesis – Firth Of Fifth (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From: "Selling England by the Pound" (1973) Great live versions on: "Genesis Archive, Vol. 1: 1967-1975" and "Seconds Out" Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Very difficult to pin down. This is an attempt to make the vocal parts playable for folkies like myself. Feel free to comment - I'd be happy to discuss this great song and to amend this tab. So if you like the tab, don't forget to vote. If you don't, let me know what's wrong so I can fix it. Thank you very much! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capo: 2nd fret For chords in original key transpose +2

CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Aadd9/G   3-x-2-2-0-0

Asus4/F#  2-x-2-2-3-0
A/E       0-x-2-2-2-0
Dm/F      1-x-2-3-2-x
Dm/E      0-x-3-2-3-x
Dm/B      x-2-3-2-3-x
Asus4     x-0-2-2-4-0

D         x-x-0-2-3(2)
G/D       x-x-0-0-0(3)
Am/C      x-3-2-2-1-x
Asus4/C   x-3-2-2-3-x
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-x
G#dim     4-x-0-4-3-x

Db/Eb     x-x-1-1-2-1

Bb7sus4   x-x-3-3-4-4
Bbm       x-x-3-3-2-1
D6        x-x-0-4-3-2

B/E       0-2-4-4-4-2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse]

A            Aadd9/G
 The path is clear

          Asus4/F# A/E
Though no eyes can see

    Dm/F        Dm/E Dm/B   Asus4  
The course laid down long before

[Bridge]

D            G/D
 And so with gods and men

    Am/C           Asus4/C
The sheep remain inside their pen

            F             D/F#            G#dim
Though many times they've seen the way to leave

[Verse]

A           Aadd9/G
 He rides majestic

     Asus4/F# A/E
Past homes of men

    Dm/F        Dm/E Dm/B   Asus4  
Who care not or gaze   with joy

[Bridge]

D         G/D
 To see reflected there

    Am/C                Asus4/C
The trees, the sky, the lily fair

    F                  D/F#        G#dim
The scene of death is lying just below

[Middle Part]

    D        G/D          Dmaj7     G/D
The mountain cuts off the town from view

       Abm    Dbm         Ab       Db 
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill

       Db/Eb Eb F
Let it be    re-vealed

  Bb7sus4        Bbm
A waterfall, his madrigal

   D6              A
An inland sea, his symphony

D               A
Na, na, na, na, na

    B/E
Na, na, na, na

[Verse] (variation)

A        Aadd9/G
 Undinal songs

         Asus4/F# A/E
Urge the sailors  on

     Dm/F     Gsus4 G     Am/C
Till lured by si  - rens' cry

[Instrumental Part] [Verse]

A           Aadd9/G
 Now as the river 

   Asus4/F#  A/E
Dissolves in sea

   Dm/F        Dm/E     Dm/B   Asus4  
So Neptune has claimed another soul

D            G/D
 And so with gods and men

    Am/C           Asus4/C
The sheep remain inside their pen

  F                D/F#             G#dim
Until the shepherd leads his flock away

[Verse] (variation)

A             Aadd9/G
 The sands of time 

      Asus4/F# A/E
Were eroded    by

    Dm/F     Dm/E Dm/B  Asus4  
The river of con- stant change

[Instrumental Coda]