Squonk (Genesis)

Dm7 C/D 1. 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. 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! C/D Dm7 Gm7 Gm Dm Dm E *1: Go a little faster now, you might get there in time F Am7 Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Mirror mirror on the wall Eb B F his heart was broken long before he ever came to you Am7 Dm7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 Stop your tears from falling Eb B F The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night Am7 all to see at night 3. 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 *2: 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 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