Tablature squonk - Genesis

          



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  From: cbk8702@hertz.njit.edu (christopher b king bmed stnt)

  Subject: CRD: Squonk (Genesis)

  Date: 24 Oct 93 18:25:31 GMT

  

  Hello again! here's something a little newer, still from a time when

  Genesis was writing very creative songs. This one's actually

  written by Banks and Rutherford.

  

  

  

                         Squonk

                      by Genesis, from

                   _A Trick of the Tail_

  

  unless otherwise noted, chords are in open position.

  

  The intro is basically just like the first verse.

   

  (1)

  Dm7               C/D

  Like father, like son

  

  Dm7                          C/D

  Not flesh nor fish nor bone, 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

  

  Em7/A                     F#m7/A 

  All the king's horses and all the king's men

  

        Em7/A                     F#m7/A 

  could never put a smile on that face

  

  (2)  follows the same pattern as (1)

  

  He's a sly one, he's a shy one, wouldn't you be too?

  Scared to be left all on his own

  Hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with the ugly duckling

  The pressure on, the bubble will burst before our eyes

  All the while in perfect time 

  his tears are falling on the ground

  But if you don't stand up you don't stand a chance!

  

  This is a "chorus" bit, which comes after:

     "...don't stand a chance"

     "...all to see at night"

     "...you'd better watch out"

     "...just a pool of tears"

                                                                        (repeat)

  D(no 3rd) G#o D7   D   G/D             D     A/D       G/D 

  -5-5-5-5---4---5-|---2---3-3---------|-2-3-2-0----5-0----|---3------------- ||

  -3-3-3-3---3---3-|---3---3-3---------|-3-3-3-2----2-2--3-|---3--3---------- ||

  -2-2-2-2---4---5-|---2---4-4---------|-2-2-2-2----2-2--0-|---0--0----------*||

  -0-0-0-0---0---0-|---0---0-0---------|-0-0-0-0----0-0--0-|---0--0----------*||

  -----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------- ||

  -----------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------- ||

  chance.                                                  you don't stand a :||

  tears.                                                   just a pool of tears

  out.

  night.                                                    They don't have eyes 

  

  Bridge 1

  The second time through the bit above, the measure of the G/D chord becomes

  in 5/4 time, with a Gm6/D on the second half of beat 2. This only happens

  here, leading into the first bridge.

  

  C/D         Dm7             Gm7                Gm        Dmsus2,4   Dm add E

  Go a little faster now, you might get there in time

  

  F       Am7          Dm7      Dm7  Em7  Dm7  Em7

  Mirror mirror on the wall

  

      Eb                              Bb           F

  his heart was broken long before he ever came to you

  

            Am7         Dm7      Dm7  Em7  Dm7  Em7

  Stop your tears from falling

  

      Eb                                 Bb            F 

  The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night

  

         Am7

  all to see at night

  (to "chorus")

  

  (3)  like (1)

  In season, out of season

  what's the dff'rence when you don't know the reason?

  In one hand bread, the other a stone

  the hunter enters the forest

  All are not huntsmen who blow thw huntsman's horn

  By the look of this one, you've not got much to fear

  

  (4)

  Here I am, I'm very firce and fright'ning

  Come to match my skill to yours

  Now listen here, listen to me, don't you run away now

  I am a friend, I'd really like to play with you

  Making noises my little furry friend would make

  I'll trick him, then I'll kick him into my sack

  You'd better watch out, you'd better watch out

  (to "chorus", no lyrics this time)

  

  

  Bridge 2 

  (just like bridge 1)

  I've got you, I've got you, you'll never get away

  Walking home that night

  the sack across my back, the sound of sobbing on my shoulder

  when suddenly it stopped

  I opened up the sack, all that I had

  a pool of bubbles and tears

  just a pool of tears

  (to "chorus")

  

  Second time through chorus, go up to an A chord on the second half

  of beat 2 (still in 4/4), then go to the ending

  

  Ending

  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                                    E             B 

  and all the while in perfect time your tears are falling on the ground

   

  

  Where this goes from there, I'm not sure. I think there's a C# after the 

  B, but again I'm not entirely sure. But, this is the grand portion of

  Sqounk, so don't let a little thing like the ending stop you from

  enjoying it!

  

  -Chris

  

   


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 Squonk, de Genesis 

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