Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
| Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From the Genesis album: Selling England By The Pound, 1973 |
Key: C-sharp minor, Time: 4/4
Intro: {No instruments, tempo freely}
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| ||No Chord |
"Can you tell me where my country lies?"
| |
said the unifaun to his true love's eyes.
{Enter guitars, tempo: 105}
||C#m |G#m
"It lies with me!" cried the Queen of Maybe
|C#m |A |C#m |2/4 G#m ||4/4
- for her merchandise, he traded in his prize.
{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.
{Enters piano} (0:51-)
|C#m G#m |A
Citizens of Hope & Glo-ry,
|B/A B |E |
Time goes by - it's "the time of your life".
|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.
Verse 1: (1:20-) {Enters drums; faster, tempo: 125}
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|:C#m |G#m Amaj7 :| (X 3)
|:C#m |G#m Amaj7 ||C#m |G#m Amaj7:|
Young man says "you are what you eat" - eat well.
Old man says "you are what you wear" - wear well.
You know what you are, you don't give a damn;
{Enters Mellotron (choir)}
|C#m |G#m Amaj7 ||B
bursting your belt that is your home-made sham.
Chorus 1: (1:59-) {Forte, faster, tempo: ca.140}
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|B ||E | F# |G#sus4 |
The Captain leads his dance right on through the night
| C# |F#
- join the dance...
F#6 |C# /G# F#6/A# /C# |C# D#m7 C#/D# /F# |
Follow on! Till the Grail sun sets in the
|D#m/F# /G# F#6/A# |2/4 A#m7 C# |4/4 D#m7 C#/D# /G# |
mould. Follow on! Till the gold is
|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
Interlude: (2:24-) {Enters synth bass; faster, tempo: 168}
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||F#m || (X 8 bars)
Shout!
{Fast guitar solo with right-hand tapping} (2:35-)
|A | | | |C | ||
||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)
{Enters organ chord}
|A | ||
{Re-enters guitar solo} (3:19-)
|A |Amaj7 |A7 | D |
|A |Amaj7 |A7 | G ||
{Fast guitar solo with right-hand tapping} (3:30-)
|A7 | | | |
| | | F#m| ||
{Enters synth bass} (3:41-)
|F#m | | | ||
Verse 2: (3:47-) {Enters Mellotron (choir)}
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|C#m/G# |G#m A |C#m |G#m A ||
|:C#m |G#m A ||C#m |G#m A :|
There's a fat old lady out-side the sa - loon;
laying out the credit cards she plays Fortune.
The deck is un-even right from the start;
|C#m |G#m A ||B
and all of their hands are playing a- part.
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...
F#6 |C# /G# F#6/A# /C# |C# D#m7 C#/D# /F# |
Follow on! A Round Table-talking down we
|D#m/F# /G# F#6/A# |A#m7 C# D#m |2/4 C#/D# /G# ||
go. You're the show! Off we go with -
|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.
|F#6 |4/4 C# /G# F#6/A# /C# |C# D#m7 C#/D# /F# |
Follow on! With a twist of the world we
|D#m/F# /G# F#6/A# |A#m7 C# D#m |2/4 C#/D# /G# ||
go. Follow on! Till the gold is
|4/4 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
Coda: (4:53-) {Enters synth bass}
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||F#m || (X 4 bars)
Shout!
{Enters synth solo} (4:58-)
|N.C. C | D | G | Em7 |
|Bb | Bb/F |Gm7 | ||
{Enters guitar solo} (5:10-)
|Ab6 | | | |
| | | |2/4 ||4/4
{Faster, improvisational} (5:21-)
|N.C. |17/8 |N.C./A | |
||5/4 |4/4 /G ||
|3/4 |6/4 /Eb /D ||
{Enters edgy organ} (5:34-)
|Gaug B/G | '/, |
||6/8 '/, || (X 4 bars)
|2/4 '/, ||4/4
{Slower, enter organ & clean guitar} (5:42-)
||Bsus4/F# || (X 4 bars)
||Dmaj7/A || (X 4 bars)
||Cmaj7/G || (X 4 bars)
{Enters flute, slower} (6:00-)
||6/4 G-5/B /C# /G || (x 6 bars)
|2/4 ||4/4
{Faster, acoustic guitar & organ riff, + flute, synth, etc.}
(6:17-8:00)
|:Em7 | | | |Em6 | | | :| (X 2)
|Em7 | | |Em6 |Em7 | |Em6 | |
|Em7 | |Em6 | |Em7 | | |Em6 | ||
|:Em7 | |Em6 | |Em7 | |Em6 | :|(x 2)
|Em7 | |Em6 |Em7 | |Em6 | |
|Em7 | |Em6 | |Em7 | | |
|Em6 | | | |Em7 | | ||
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