Genesis – The Battle Of Epping Forest (Guitar)
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Useful notation for chords played in the song: Fm7b5 x-x-3-4-4-4 Db7/F x-x-3-4-2-4 Gadd#11/D x-5-5-6-0-x Eadd#11/G# x-x-6-9-9-6 Em/D x-x-0-4-5-3 Em6add9 x-x-2-0-2-2 [Flute intro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|4--------5--7--------5--|4--------5--7-----| B|5--------7--9--------7--|5--------7--9-----| G|4--------4--9--------4--|4--------4--9-----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|4--------5--7--------5--|4--------5--7-----| B|5--------7--9--------7--|5--------7--9-----| G|4--------4--9--------4--|4--------4--9-----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|6--------7--9--------7--|6--------7--9-----| B|7--------9--11-------9--|7--------9--11----| G|6--------6--11-------6--|6--------6--11----| 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E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|------------0--------2--|4--------2--0-----| B|2--------4--2--------4--|5--------4--0-----| G|2--------4--2--------4--|4--------4--1-----| D|4--------4--------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|---------0--2--------4--|5--------4--2-----| B|4--------0--4--------5--|7--------5--4-----| G|4--------1--4--------4--|4--------4--4-----| D|4-----------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|2--------4--5--------7--|9--------7--5-----| B|3--------5--7--------9--|10-------9--7-----| G|4--------4--4--------9--|11-------9--4-----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|4--------5--7--------5--|4--------5--7-----| B|5--------7--9--------7--|5--------7--9-----| G|4--------4--9--------4--|4--------4--9-----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|4--------5--7--------5--|4--------5--7-----| B|5--------7--9--------7--|5--------7--9-----| G|4--------4--9--------4--|4--------4--9-----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|6--------7--9--------7--|6--------7--9-----| B|7--------9--11-------9--|7--------9--11----| G|6--------6--11-------6--|6--------6--11----| D|------------------------|------------------| A|------------------------|------------------| E|------------------------|------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + e|6--------7--9--------7--|6--------7--9-----| 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[Verse 1]
F#/B B F#/B B B4 B B4 B B4 Along the Forest Road, there's hundreds of cars - luxury cars. F#/B B F#/B B B4 B B4 B B4 G#4 G# G#4 G# Each has got its load of convertible bars, cutlery cars - superscars! G# B/F# E F#/B B B F#/B B B For to---day is the day when they sort it out, sort it out, Fm7b5 Db7/F Fm7b5 Gadd#11/D A B 'cause they dis-----agree on a gangland boundary. Fm7b5 Db7/F Fm7b5 Gadd#11/D A B Yes, they dis-----agree on a gangland boundary.
[Verse 2]
F#/B B F#/B B B4 B B4 B B4 There's Willy Wright and his boys - one helluva noise, that's Billy's boys! F#/B B F#/B B B4 B B4 B B4 G#4 G# G#4 G# With fully-fashioned mugs, that's Little John's thugs, the Barking Slugs - supersmugs! G# B/F# E F#/B B B F#/B B B For to---day is the day when they sort it out, sort it out, Fm7b5 Db7/F Fm7b5 Gadd#11/D A B These Christian soldi-ers fight to protect the poor. Fm7b5 Db7/F Fm7b5 Gadd#11/D A East-end hero--es got to score in...
[Chorus]
B B4 B The Battle of Epping Forest, B B4 B It's the Battle of Epping Forest, F# Right outside your door. B B4 B And you ain't seen nothing like it. B B4 B No, you ain't seen nothing like it, F# Not since the Civil War.
[Verse 3]
G#m Coming over the hill are the boys of Bill, F# F#4 F# And Johnny's lads stand very still. G#m With the thumpire's shout, they all start to clout F# F#4 F# - there's no guns in this gentleman's bout. G#m Georgie moves in on the outside left F# F#4 F# With a chain flying round his head; E And Harold Demure, from Art Literature, D#m Nips up the nearest tree.
(Here come the cavalry!)
[Bridge]
Emaj7 D#m E D#m
[Verse 4]
G# Admidst the battle roar, Eadd#11/G# Accountants keep the score: 10-4. A# C They've never been alone, after getting a radiophone. A# Fm Cm C# Fm A# The bluebells are ringing for Sweetmeal Sam, real ham, G# D# F#m6 Fm Handing out bread and jam just like any picnic. Cm Picnic. Fm Picnic. B Picnic.
[Bridge]
B E B E
[Verse 5]
B E It's 5-4 on William Wright; he made his pile on Derby night. B E When Billy was a kid, walking the streets, G# The other kids hid - so they did! E B And now, after working hard in security trade, he's got it made. C# Em6/G F#m7 B The shops that need aid are those that haven't paid.
[Verse 6]
B E "I do my double-show quick!" said Mick the Prick, fresh out the nick. B E "I sell cheap holiday. The minute they leave, G# Then a visit I pay - does it pay!" E B And his friend, Liquid Len by name, of Wine, Women and Wandsworth fame, C# Em6/G F#m7 B Said "I'm breaking the legs of the bastard that got me framed!" C# Em6/G F#m7 B "I'm breaking the legs of the bastard that got me framed!" A/B "Got me framed..."
[Verse 7]
D Em/D D They called me the Reverend when I entered the Church unstained; Em/D D My employers have changed but the name has remained. A#/F It all began when I went on a tour, A#/E Hoping to find some furniture. A#/F I followed a sign - it said "Beautiful Chest". Gm It led to a lady who showed me her best. A G D She was taken by surprise when I quickly closed my eyes. A#/F A#/E So she rang the bell, and quick as hell A#/F G Bob the Nob came out on his job C Em6add9 To see what the trouble was. B F#6 "Louise, is the Reverend hard to please?" A# "You're telling me!" F6 "Perhaps, sir, if it's not too late. A We could interest you in our old-fashioned Staffordshire plate?"
[Verse 8]
D Em/D D "Oh no, not me, I'm a man of repute." Em/D D But the Devil caught hold of my soul and a voice called out "Shoot!" A#/F To save my steeple, I visited people; A#/E For this I'd gone when I met Little John. A#/F His name came, I understood, Gm A G D When the judge said "You are a robbing hood." A#/F A#/E He told me of his strange foundation, A#/F G7 Conceived on sight of the Woodstock nation; C Em6add9 He'd had to hide his reputation. B F#6 When poor, 'twas salvation from door to door. A# F6 But now, with a pin-up guru every week, A It was Love, Peace & Truth Incorporated for all who seek. D Em/D D He employed me as a karmamamechanic, with overall charms. Em/D D His hands were then fit to receive, receive alms.
[Bridge]
D Em/D F# F#4 F# F#7 That's why we came
[Chorus]
B B4 B The Battle of Epping Forest, B B4 B This is the Battle of Epping Forest, F# Right outside your door. B B4 B We guard your souls for peanuts, B B4 B And we guard your shops and houses F# For just a little more.
[Verse 9]
G#m In with a left hook is the Bethnal Green Butcher, F# F#4 F# But he's countered on the right by Mick's chain-gang fight, G#m And Liquid Len, with his smashed bottle men, F# F#4 F# Is lobbing Bob the Nob across the gob. G#m With his kissar in a mess, Bob seems under stress, F# F#4 F# But Jones the Jug hits Len right in the mug; E And Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure, D#m Fires acorns from out of his sling.
(Here come the cavalry!)
[Bridge]
Emaj7 D#m E D#m
[Verse 10]
G# Up, up above the crowd, Eadd#11/G# Inside their Silver Cloud, done proud, A# C The bold and brazen brass, seen darkly through the glass. A# Fm Cm C# Fm A# The butler's got jam on his Rolls; Roy doles out the lot, G# D# F#m6 Fm With tea from a silver pot just like any picnic. Cm Picnic. Fm Picnic. B Picnic.
[Synth solo]
D#7 G#m D#7 G#m C#m
C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m
D#7 G#m D#7 G#m C#m
C#m G#m C#m G#m C#m
A B/A A B/A B4
B4 B B4 B B4
F# B F# B E
E B E B E
[Verse 10]
F# B F# B E B Along the Forest Road, it's the end of the day E B E And the Clouds roll 'way. F# B F# B E B Each has got its load - they'll come out for the count C#m G#m At the break-in of day. A# Fm Cm C# Fm A# When the limos return for their final review, it's all through' G# D# F#m6 F# - all they can see is the morning goo. A#m G#m F# F# A#m G#m B F# "There's no-one left alive - must be draw." F# A#m G#m B F# A#m G#m B A# So the Blackcap Barons toss a coin to settle the scoooooooooooooore.
[Guitar solo outro]
(A#) Fm Cm C# Fm A#
G# D# F#m6
F#/B B F#/B B E
E B E B E
B7 A B7 A B7
Gmaj9 Em6/G Gmaj9 Em6/G Gmaj9
D7 D D7 D D7
C7 A# C7 A# C7
B
A6
Gmaj9
Am6
B