Genesis – Land Of Confusion (Guitar Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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As recorded by Gensis (From the 1986 Album INVISIBLE TOUCH) Words and Music by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar / 1/2 step down' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr. / 1/2step down' Intro Q=120 N.C. A 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. / 1/2 step down) W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|----------|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|----------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|

                   1st Verse
                    D5E5                  G/D           A/E
  E E E E E E Q     E E Q  H      H    Q   E  S  S    E  E Q  H
|----------------||-------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------||-------------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|----------------||-7-9---------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7---7--||-7-9---------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|-----7-------7--||-7-7---------|------------------|---------------|
|---5---5---5----||-------------|------------------|---------------|

          C       D                   D5/E    E5
  H    Q  E E   E E Q  H      H    Q  E E   E E Q  H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

                 2nd - 4th Verses
              $
          D5/E      E5                  G/D        A/E
  H    Q  E E     E E Q  H      H    Q   E  E    E  E Q  H
|-------------||--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------||o-------------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||--7-9---------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||--7-9---------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||o-7-7---------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------||--------------|---------------|---------------|

          C       D                   D5/E    E5
  H    Q  E E   E E Q  H      H    Q  E E   E E Q  H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

             Pre-Chorus
                     E5               A/E                E5
  W           H    E Q.     +Q   Q  E  S  S  Q    H    E Q.
|----------||-------------|---------------------|-------------|
|----------||-------------|-----------14-14-14--|-------------|
|----------||--------9----|-(9)-------14-14-14--|--------9----|
|----------||--------9----|-(9)-------14-14-14--|--------9----|
|----------||--------7----|-(7)-----------------|--------7----|
|----------||--------0----|-(0)-----------------|--------0----|

           A/E                  E5
  +H     E  S  S  Q     Q  Q  E Q.
|--------------------|---------------|
|----------14-14-14--|-14------------|
|-(9)------14-14-14--|-14-------9----|
|-(9)------14-14-14--|-14-------9----|
|-(7)----------------|----------7----|
|-(0)----------------|----------0----|

           A/E                         E5
  +H     E  S  S  S  S  E    +Q   Q  E S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)--------------|
|-(9)------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)-------9-9-9--|
|-(9)------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)-------9-9-9--|
|-(7)---------------------|------------7-7-7--|
|-(0)---------------------|------------0-0-0--|

                             Chorus
         D/F#                    E5    C5
  H    E  S  S  S  S  S  S    Q  E E E E E E
|--------10-10-10-10-10-10-||----------------|
|--------10-10-10-10-10-10-||----------------|
|--------11-11-11-11-11-11-||----9-----5---5-|
|--------------------------||----9-----5---5-|
|--------------------------||----7-----3---3-|
|--------------------------||----------------|

     D5    B5         E5    C5
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5--|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5--|
|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3--|
|----------------|-----------------|

     D5    B5         E5    C5         D5    B5         E5    C5
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|
|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                    Interlude
          To Coda
     D5    B5          A
  Q  E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4--||---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|----5-----2---2--||-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-----------------||---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|

                    Bridge
                       N.C.
  E E E E E E Q      E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------o||---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|
|-----------------||---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|
|---------7---7---||------------------|----4---6------|------------------|
|-----7-------7--o||------------------|----4----------|------------------|
|---5---5---5-----||------------------|---------------|------------------|

  Q  E E E E Q    E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---7-7-5-5-------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|---6-6-6-6-8-8---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|----4---6------|------------------|-----------7-7---|-------------------|
|----4----------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  Q  E E  E E  E E   E  E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E Q    E  E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7p5-/7---/9---|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|----6---/8---/9---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|------------------|------------------|----4---6------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----4----------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|

  Q  E E E E Q    E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E  E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---7-7-5-5-------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|---6-6-6-6-8-8---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|----4---6------|------------------|-----------7-7---|-------------------|
|----4----------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

                     A6A
  Q  E E  E E  E E   E  Q.   +H       +W
|------------------|----------------|--------||
|----7p5-/7---/9---|-7p=5----(5)----|-(5)----||
|----6---/8---/9---|-6-(6)---(6)----|-(6)----||
|------------------|-7-(7)---(7)----|-(7)----||
|------------------|----------------|--------||
|------------------|----------------|--------||

 Interlude
  C5
   W                              +W
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--5----------------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|--3----------------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Synth. arr. for Gtr. / 1/2step down)
|  E.  S  +E   E  E.  S  +E   E    E.  S  +E   E  Q   Q
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|-------------15-14------|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|-13--15-(15)--------15--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|

   W                              +W
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--5----------------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|--3----------------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
|  E.  S  +E   E  E.  S  +E   E    E.  S  +E   E  Q   Q
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|-------------15-14------|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|-13--15-(15)--------15--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|

                 D5
   H              H
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5--------------7-------------|
|--3--------------5-------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
|  E.  S  +E   E  E.  S  +E   E
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|
|-------------12-11---9--(9)----|
|-10--12-(12)----------------12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

  C5             D5        C5             D5
   H              H         H              H
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5--------------7------|--5--------------7-------------|
|--3--------------5------|--3--------------5-------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
|  E.  S  +E   E  Q   Q     E.  S  +E   E  E.  S  +E   E
|-------------15-14------|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|
|-13--15-(15)--------15--|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|
|-------------12-11------|-------------12-11---9--(9)----|
|-10--12-(12)--------12--|-10--12-(12)----------------12-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|

                                                      D.S. al Coda
  C5             D5  D5/E       E5
   H              Q   E  E    E  E  +H.             +H     Q  E E
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------7--7-|--7--9--(9)----------|--(9)-------9-9--||
|--5--------------7---7--7-|--7--9--(9)----------|--(9)-------9-9--||
|--3--------------5---7--7-|--7--7--(7)----------|--(7)-------7-7--||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|
|  E.  S  +E   E  Q   E  E    E  Q.       +H        +H     H
|-------------15-14--------|---------------------|-----------------||
|-13--15-(15)--------15-15-|-15-17-------(17)----|-(17)------------||
|-------------12-11--------|---------------------|-----------------||
|-10--12-(12)--------12-12-|-12-14-------(14)----|-(14)------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||

   Chorus
    &
       E5    C5         D5    B5         E5    C5         D5    B5
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4---||
||-----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4---||
||o----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||

 Outro
    A
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|

              D5          E5
  E E E E E E S S S S   E Q.   +H       +W
|---------------------|---------------|--------*|
|---------------------|---------------|--------*|
|-------------7-7-7-7-|-7-------------|--------*|
|---------7---7-7-7-7-|-7-2----(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-----7-------5-5-5-5-|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---5---5---5---------|---0----(0)----|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths