Genesis – Vancouver (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Vancouver (1979) (Collins/Rutherford)
B-side of "Many too Many" (7”)
Now on: “Genesis Archives #2”
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          E-A-D-G-B-e
G/D       x-5-x-0-0-3
D/F#      2-x-0-2-3-x
C/E       0-3-2-0-1-0
D6        x-5-4-4-3-x  or
          x-x-0-4-3-2
C6 x-3-2-2-1-0 G/B x-2-0-0-3-3 Gm/Bb x-1-0-0-3-3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
F                Bb
  She packed her bags and dressed

F                  G
Long before the sunrise

       Bb
No one knew

F                Bb
  She told them many times

 F                        G
About how she would teach them

             | Bb | F | C# | F |
And now it's time

F                F#
Standing quietly by the door

B             F#
  Her face is numb with fear

B               F#
  She stops and then goes on

 G                    G
"Leave forever - it's now or never"

F                 Bb
  Quickly walking down the street

     F                     G
It's cold and grey, dawn's breaking

          Bb              [F]
She don't mind (she don't mind)

F                  Bb
  Why she feels so grown up now

    F                 G
Her life is just beginning

           Bb            | F | C# | F |
She don't know (she don't know)

      F               F#
She's standing in the pouring rain

B               F#
  Her make-up's running down

B             F#
  She wonders now she's here

 G                G
"Where will I go? Who do I know?"

G/D                        D/F#
        Now, now she's not quite so sure

         C/E       D6                      C6            G/B
I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now

G/D                                     D/F#
   And they might worry but she doesn't want them to

            C/E   D6                           C6       | G/B | Gm/Bb | % |
Cos causing pain, that's not the thing she set out to do

F                  Bb
  So she's back in bed before

F          G
Anyone can miss her

          Bb              [F]
She feels good (she feels good)

F             Bb
  Knowing the chance was there

  F                  G
Deciding not to take it

           Bb                | F | C# | F |
That's her choice (that's her choice)

      F                F#
She's still awake, her mum comes in

 B                 F#
"Me and dad, we've had a chat

          B             F#
And we're sorry for the things we said

G                       G
Please forgive us - you wouldn't leave us?"