The Cinema Show
| Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From the Genesis album: Selling England By The Pound, 1973 |
Key: G major, Time: 4/4
Intro: {Ac. guitars only, tempo rubato}
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[Text]
|Am7 | | |Dm/A |
| |Dm7/A | | |
|G/A |Am7 |F/A ||
|Gm7 |Gm6 |Gm7 |Gm6 ||
{Faster} (0:31-)
|:Dmaj7/A | |G/A | :| (x 2)
(2x enters organ)
Verse A-1: (0:46-)
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|Dmaj7/A | |
Home from work our Juliet
|G/A |
Clears her morning meal.
|Dmaj7/A |
She dabs her skin with pretty smells
|G/A | ||
Con-cealing to ap-peal.
Chorus 1: {rit.} (1:02-)
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|Dm |
I will make my bed,
|Bb/D | |
She said, but turned to go.
| C/D ||
Can she be late for her
|C/D Dm7 ||
cinema show?
{A tempo}
|:Dmaj7/A | |G/A | :| (x 2)
cinema show?________
(2x enters organ)
[Verse A-2] (1:33-)
Romeo locks his basement flat,
And scurries up the stair.
With head held high and floral tie,
A weekend millionaire.
Chorus 2: (1:50-)
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|Dm |
I will make my bed
|Bb/D | |
With her tonight, he cries.
| C/D ||
Can he fail armed with his
{Enters the band, tempo: 80} (2:02-)
|Gmaj7 |Am/G ||
chocolate surprise?
Verse B: (2:08-)
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|Gmaj7 |Am/G |
Take a little trip back with father Tiresias,
|Gmaj7 |Am/G |
|Gmaj7 |Am/G ||
Listen to the old one speak of all he has lived through.
|F |Em D |
I have crossed between the poles, for me there's
|C B |C#m |2/4
no mystery. Once a man, like the sea I raged,
|2/4 B |4/4 A |2/4
Once a woman, like the earth I gave.
|2/4 |4/4 A A7/G C/G F#dim ||
But there is in fact more earth than
Interlude: (2:46-)
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|:Gm7 | | | |Dm7 | | | :| (x 3)
sea.
(2x enters flute)
|Dm7 | ||
Verse C: (4:05-)
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|Dm | |
Na, na, na-na,__ na, na, na, na-na, na
|C | |
Na, na, na-na, na-na, na,__ na
|Dm | |
Na, na, na-na, na, na, na, na-na, na
|C | |
Na, na, na-na, na-na, na,__ na,__ na
|Bb |C ||
Na, na-na,__ na, na, na-na-na, na, na
{Enters lead guitar}
|Gmaj7 |Am/G ||
Na____
(Verse B) (4:43-)
Coda:
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[Text]
{Guitar solo}
|:G |C/G :| (x 2)
sea.
|Gmaj7 Gm |7/8 Bb |9/8 Eb |7/8 |
|9/8 C/E D/F# D ||3/4
{Enters synth solo, tempo rubato} (5:52-)
|3/4 C |Em ||7/8
{Synth solo 1, tempo: 120} (5:57-)
|7/8 A | |Gmaj7 | ||
|F#5 | | ||
{Enters organ chords} (6:08-)
|G/F# |F#m7 |Bm/F# |E/F# ||
|F#m | |G/F# | |
|F#m | |B/F# |Bm/F# |
|G/F# |F#m |E/F# |D/F# |
|F#m7 |Bdim/F#||
{Enters low synth} (6:37-)
|F# | | | ||
{Enters Mellotron} (6:44-)
||F#7/G# || (x 7 bars)
|A5 | | | ||
[Text]
{Synth solo 2, long notes}
|:A |E/A |D/A | |
|A |E/A |D/A | |
|A |Bm/A |E/A |A |
|G6/A |D/A |E/A |A G6/A |
|Dm6/A A | G6/A |Dm6/A A :|
(Repeat with Mellotron, forte} (7:31-)
||A/E Em || (x 4 bars)
{Rhythm guitar and synth solo} (8:08-)
|:Gmaj7 | |Amaj7 | :| (x 3)
{Enters organ chord} (8:27-)
|:Em/G | |A | :| (x 2)
{Enters arpeggio solo} (8:39-)
|Em | |F#m | |
|G | |A | |
|G | ||
[Text]
|F#5 | | | |
{Faster solo} (9:01-)
||F#5 || (x 10 bars)
{Faster solo + Solo 2} (9:17-)
|Bm/F# |F#m |Em/F# |F#m7 |
|Bm/F# F#m |Em/F# F#m7 |G/F# F#m |G/F# F#m7|
|Bm/F# F#m |G/F# F#m7 |G/F# F#m | ||
{Enters Mellotron} (9:35-)
||E/F# F#m7 G/F# B/F# || (x 6 bars)
{Enters bass, longer notes solo} (9:45-)
|:E/F#|A |E | ||G |D |A/E | :| (x 2)
{Rhythmic solo}(10:09-)
|:E/F# B/F# F# | :| (x 2)
|:G/F# D/F# F#m7 | :| (x 2)
(Repeat)
{dim. a.guitar fade in} (10:33-11:06)
|4/4 ||: C#m B |A C#m :|| (x 8)
|C#m B |A ||
{Segue into next song} "I don't belong here..."
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