Genesis – Watcher Of The Skies (Guitar)

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[Instrumental Intro] |BM7/F# |C#/F# | (x3) |Bb/F |Fm7 |Bbm7 |G |C | |F# ||Bm7add13 |AmM7 |A#m7-5 |G#m | |F# E/F# |Bm C/B ||G#m |C#/G# G#m C#/G#| |Bbm |Eb/Bb Bbm Eb/Bb |Cm |F/C Cm F/C ||6/4 {Slower} (1:00-) |6/4 G#m/B A#m | F#/A# G#m | B A | | A G#m |F#m Fm |Fdim |Cdim |Bdim || Intro B: (1:30-) {mp, tempo: 122} -------- |BM7 |C# | {Enters the band, cresc.} |BM7/F# A |C#/F# | (x6) |F# | || [Verse 1]
B              E     F#              B
Watcher of the skies watcher of all

E                       F#
His is a world alone no world is his own

B                E  F#              B
He whom life can no longer surprise

E                          F#
Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown
D#m C# D#m B C# [Verse 2]
D#m                   C#
Creatures shaped this planet's soil

D#m                            C#
Now their reign has come to an end

    BM7
Has life again destroyed life

C#
Do they play elsewhere, do they know

BM7       A#m7  D#sus4              A# F#
More than their childhood games?

B           E      F#                B
Maybe the lizard's shed its tail

E                             F#
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
[Interlude] Bm6 Am6 Gm6 D A# D#/A# F#/A# B E/B G/B C F/C G#/C C# F#/C# B F# [Verse 3]
B                   E  F#              B
Judge not this race by empty remains

E                                 F#
Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?

B              E      F#
For now, the lizard's shed its tail

E                             F#
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
[Verse 4]
     D#m           C#
From life alone to life as one

D#m                          C#
Think not now your journey's done

    BM7
For though your ship be sturdy, no

C#
Mercy has the sea

         BM7            A#m7     D#sus4  A# F#
Will you survive on the ocean of being?

B                E    F#               B
Come ancient children hear what I say

E                              F#
This is my parting counsel for you on your way
[Interlude] Bm6 Am6 Gm6 D A# D#/A# F#/A# B E/B G/B C F/C G#/C C# F#/C# B F# [Verse 5]
B              E        F#                 B
Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars

E                               F#
Where we have gone you know you never can go

B              E     F#              B
Watcher of the skies watcher of all

E                             F#
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own
[Instrumental Outro] Coda: (5:52-) ----- |6/4 F# |F#m6 |F# |F#m6 |F#m7 |F#m6 |F#m7-5 | |F# |2/4 |6/4 |2/4 ||6/4 {Organ solo} (6:20-) |G#m C#m/G# G#m |G#m C#/G# G#m | |G#m C#/G# D#m/G# C#/G# | |G#m C#/G# G#mM7 C#/G# | % | |G#mM7 G#m6 G#mM7 | |G#m6 G#mM9 G#m6 |G#mM9 || {Slower} (6:42-)
|G#m  G#m/B  F#/A#   |       E/G#   |     G#m  A   |
|     A      G#m     |F#m    C#/E#  |3/4           ||4/4
{E. guitar solo with volume pedal, tempo rubato} |4/4 EM7 |E6 |D#m7 |B/D# |C#m7 |C#m6 | || |G# | | ||