{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1005768,"song":"A Trick Of The Tail","artist":"Genesis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11222076-a-trick-of-the-tail-chords-by-genesis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1005768?type=chord","rating":4.45831,"votes":23,"content":"Intro:\r\n[ch]F#m7[/ch] – [ch]Bmadd9[/ch] – F#msus2sus4 – [ch]Bmadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]          [ch]Bmadd9[/ch]              [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nBored of the life in the city of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m7[/ch]         [ch]F#m7[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe'd left and let nobody know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m7[/ch]          [ch]Bmadd9[/ch]                      [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nGone were the towers he had known from a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]         [ch]F#m7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAlone with the dream of a life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Db[/ch]           [ch]Gb[/ch]        [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nHe travelled the wide open road[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nThe blinkered arcade[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Gb[/ch]          [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nIn search of another to share in his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7/Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb/D[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n  No - whe -  re[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ebm[/ch]       [ch]Gb/Db[/ch]      [ch]Ab/C[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nEveryone looked so strange to him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ebm7[/ch]\r\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Abm7[/ch]\r\nThey don't even know of our existence[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ebm7[/ch]\r\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Abm7[/ch]\r\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd wept as they led him away to a cage\r\n\"Beast that can talk\", read the sign\r\nThe creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame\r\nAnd questioned his story again\r\nBut soon they grew bored of their prey\r\nBeast that can talk?\r\nMore like a freak or publicity stunt\r\nOh, no\r\n\r\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\r\nThey don't even know of our existence\r\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\r\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]                                      [ch]Gb/Db[/ch]\r\nAnd broke down the door of the cage and marched on out[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab7[/ch]                                                   [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F6[/ch]          [ch]Eb6[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThere, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F6[/ch]           [ch]Eb6[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nLie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nLet  me take you there and show you a living story[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb/D[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nLet me show you others such as me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Abm7[/ch]     [ch]Abm7/Db[/ch]\r\nWhy did I ever leave?[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\r\nThey don't even know of our existence\r\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\r\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried\r\nAnd wept\r\n\r\nAnd so we set out with the beast and his horns\r\nAnd his crazy description of home\r\nAfter many days journey we came to a peak\r\nWhere the beast gazed abroad and cried out\r\nWe followed his gaze and we thought maybe we saw\r\nA spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all\r\nBut the beast was gone and a voice was heard\r\n\r\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\r\nThey don't even know of our existence\r\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\r\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F#m7[/ch] - [ch]Bmadd9[/ch] - F#msus4sus2 - [ch]Bmadd9[/ch]\r\nHello friend, welcome home[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro:\nF#m7 – Bmadd9 – F#msus2sus4 – Bmadd9\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd wept as they led him away to a cage\n\"Beast that can talk\", read the sign\nThe creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame\nAnd questioned his story again\nBut soon they grew bored of their prey\nBeast that can talk?\nMore like a freak or publicity stunt\nOh, no\n\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\nThey don't even know of our existence\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\nThey don't even know of our existence\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried\nAnd wept\n\nAnd so we set out with the beast and his horns\nAnd his crazy description of home\nAfter many days journey we came to a peak\nWhere the beast gazed abroad and cried out\nWe followed his gaze and we thought maybe we saw\nA spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all\nBut the beast was gone and a voice was heard\n\nThey've got no horns and they've got no tail\nThey don't even know of our existence\nAm I wrong to believe in a city of gold\nThat lies in the deep distance, he cried","chords":["F#m7","Bmadd9","F#","C#m7","B","Db","Gb","Ab7","Fm","Ab","Ab7/Eb","Bb/D","Ebm","Gb/Db","Ab/C","Ebm7","Abm7","Am","Eb","F","Bb","F6","Eb6","F/C"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}