A Trick Of The Tail

Genesis

předehra: F#m – E6 – D6maj7 – E6

F#m          E6         D6maj7  E6
Bored of the life in the city of gold
E           F#m      H
He'd left and let nobody know
F#m           E6      D6maj7             E6
Gone were the towers he had known from a child
E             F#m       H
Alone with the dream of a life
C#           F#        As
He travelled the wide open road
Fm
The blinkered arcade
As        F#          Db/F
In search of another to share in his life
Eb B C#
Nowhere
Esm       F#          As
Everyone looked so strange to him

   Esm
R: They've got no horns and they've got no tail
   Asm
   They don't even know of our existence
   Esm
   Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
   Asm
   That lies in the deep distance, he cried

And wept as they led him away to a cage
"Beast that can talk", read the sign
The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame
And questioned his story again
But soon they grew bored of their prey
Beast that can talk ?
More like a freak or publicity stunt
Oh, no

R: They've got no horns and they've got no tail...

Eb                                      Db
And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out
As                                                    Eb     F7
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out
B                Bmaj7          Eb       B
There, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination
B             Bmaj7       Eb               F
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold
Eb  F   G                  F                   C        Eb
Let me take you there and show you a living story
B                C#           Eb
Let me show you others such as me
Asm     C#
Why did I ever leave ?

R: They've got no horns and they've got no tail...

And wept

And so we set out with the beast and his horns
And his crazy description of home
After many days journey we came to a peak
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out
We followed his gaze and we thought maybe we saw
A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard

R: They've got no horns and they've got no tail...

F#m – E6 – D6maj7 – E6
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