Biography:
At least two artists have used the name "Genesis":
1. A British progessive rock band
2. A 60s psychedelic band from Los Angeles, California
For the Colombian band, please see Génesis.
1. Genesis formed in 1967 in Godalming, Surrey (United Kingdom) and was one of the most popular progressive rock bands in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. During the 1970s, Peter Gabriel was the lead singer until his departure, when drummer Phil Collins stepped up to the mic and replaced him.
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Other songs:
- I Can't Dance
- I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)
- Invisible Touch
- Land Of Confusion Acoustic
- Misunderstanding
- The Cinema Show
- Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
- A Trick Of The Tail
- Abacab
- Afterglow
- Aisle Of Plenty
- Alone Tonight
- Am I Very Wrong
- Amor Vs Amistad
- Another Record
- Calling All Stations
- Congo
- Counting Out Time
- Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
- Down And Out
- Duchess
- Dusk
- Entangled
- Fading Lights
- Fireside Song
- Firth Of Fifth
- Fly On A Windshield
- Follow You Follow Me
- For A While
- For Absent Friends
- Guide Vocal
- Harlequin
- Harold The Barrel
- Heathaze
- Hold On My Heart
- Home By The Sea
- I Cant Dance
- I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe
- If Thats What You Need
- Illegal Alien
- In Hiding
- In The Cage
- In The Rapids
- In The Wilderness
- In Too Deep
- Inside And Out
- It
- Its Gonna Get Better
- Jesus He Knows Me
- Just A Job To Do
- Keep It Dark
- Land Of Confusion
- Like It Or Not
- Mad Man Moon
- Mama
- Man On The Corner
- Many Too Many
- Match Of The Day
- Mi Alma Bendishon Jehova Live
- More Fool Me
- Musical Box
- Never A Time
- No Reply At All
- No Son Of Mine
- Not About Us
- Not About Us Video Edit
- One Eyed Hound
- One For The Vine
- Paperlate
- Pigeons
- Please Dont Ask
- Ripples
- Rosa Di Saron Live
- Say Its Alright Joe
- Scenes From A Nights Dream
- Shipwrecked
- Silent Sun
- Silver Rainbow
- Since I Lost You
- Snowbound
- Squonk
- Suppers Ready
- Suppers Ready I
- Taking It All Too Hard
- Tell Me Why
- Thats All
- Thats Me
- The Carpet Crawlers
- The Chamber Of 32 Doors
- The Colony Of Slippermen
- The Lady Lies
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
- The Lamia
- The Light Dies Down On Broadway
- Throwing It All Away
- Time Table
- Tonight Tonight Tonight
- Turn It On Again
- Uncertain Weather
- Undertow
- Vancouver
- Way Of The World
- We Cant Dance
- Window
- You Might Recall
- Your Own Special Way
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From: [email protected] (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
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected] (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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