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Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford
From Genesis album: "Selling England By The Bound," 1973
{Enters organ}
|A |B/A B |E | |
"Paper late!" cried a voice in the crowd. Umm,
|E |B | |C#m
"Old man dies!" The note he left was signed 'Old Father Thames'
|B ||
- it seems he's drowned;
|C#m A |B C#m | G#m |Amaj7 C#m ||
selling England by the pound.
|Esus4 E |Esus4 E |
Easy now, sit you down.
|B/E |B
Chewing through your Wimpey dreams,
|C#m |B
they eat without a sound;
|C#m A |B C#m ||
di-gesting England by the pound.
|B | |2/4 |4/4
cold. Dancing out with the moonlit knight,
|F#m D |2/4 E ||4/4
Knights of the Green Shield stamp and
||A || (X 16 bars)
(3:05-)
|:Am7 B/A |D/A A :| (X 2)
||Am7 G/A D/A Am7 || (X 2 bars)
||A G/A A G/A || (X 2 bars)
Chorus 2: (4:14-)
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|B ||E | F# |G#sus4 |
The Captain leads his dance right on through the night
| C# |F#
- join the dance...
|4/4 Bsus4 B |
You play the hobbyhorse,
|Bsus4 B |
I'll play the fool.
|E B/D# C#m B |
We'll tease the bull ringing
|G#m A |Bbm/F F# ||2/4
round & loud, loud & round.
|:Em7 | | | |Em6 | | | :| (X 2)
|Em7 | | |Em6 |Em7 | |Em6 | |
|Em7 | |Em6 | |Em7 | | |Em6 | ||