Genesis – Squonk (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Rutherford/Banks From: "A Trick of the Tail" (1976) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[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-----0-0-|
A|0-------0-0---0-|
D|0-------0-0---0-|

[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|2-2-2-2---4-----|------3-3-------|2-3-2-0---5-0---|--3-------------|
B|3-3-3-3---5---1-|--3---3-3-------|3-3-3-2---2-2-3-|----3-3---------|
G|2-2-2-2---4---2-|--2---4-4-------|2-2-2-2-------4-|----4-4---------|
D|0---------0---0-|--0---0-0-------|0-----0-------0-|----0-0---------|
A|0---------0-----|--------0-------|0-----0-------0-|----------------|
D|0---------0-----|--------0-------|0-----0-------0-|----------------|

  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|2-2-2-2---4-----|------3-3-------|2-3-2-0---5-0---|--3-----------------|
B|3-3-3-3---5---1-|--3---3-3-------|3-3-3-2---2-2-3-|----3-3-----5---3-5-|
G|2-2-2-2---4---2-|--2---4-4-------|2-2-2-2-------4-|----4-3-----3---3-3-|
D|0---------0---0-|--0---0-0-------|0-----0-------0-|----0-0-----0-------|
A|0---------0-----|--------0-------|0-----0-------0-|------------0-------|
D|0---------0-----|--------0-------|0-----0-------0-|------------0-------|

               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-----0---------|
A|0-----0-----0---|0---------------|0---------------|
D|0-----0-----0---|0---------------|0---------------|
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CHORDS
          D-A-D-G-B-e
Dm7       0-0-0-2-1-1
C/D       0-0-0-0-1-0
G/A       x-0-5-4-3-x
A         x-0-7-6-5-0

E/D       0-0-0-4-5-4
D7        0-0-0-2-1-0
A/D       0-0-0-2-2-0
G/D       0-0-0-4-3-3
Gm/D      0-0-0-3-3-3
Gm6/D     0-0-0-3-5-3
Am/D      0-0-0-2-1-0
Bb/D      0-0-0-3-3-1
Dm7add11  0-0-0-5-6-3
Dm7       0-0-0-5-6-5
F         3-x-3-2-1-1
F#m       4-4-4-2-2-2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Dm7 | C/D | Dm7 | C/D | | Dm7 | C/D | Dm7 | C/D | | G/A | A | G/A | A | [Verse 1]
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 2]
       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 3]
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 4]
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)