Firth of Fifth
Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From the Genesis album: Selling England By The Pound, 1973 |
In
B, five sharps, chords are *above* the words they belong to.
B
The
path is clear
A
6/9
E/G#
Though
no eyes can see
B
Em/G# F#m7
F#m Bsus4
B7
The
course laid down long be
fore.
E
F#m7/E (ugh!)
And
so with gods and men
Bm/D
Cmaj7/D (ugh again!)
The
sheep remain inside their pen,
G
E
Bb dim
Though
many times they've seen the way to leave.
This
is exactly the same as above. They're written both together, one
verse
under the next.
||:
He
rides majestic
Past
homes of men
Who
care not or gaze with joy,
To
see reflected there
The
trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The
scene of death is lying just below.
:||
E
A
Emaj7 A
The
mountains cuts off the town from view,
Bbm Ebm
Bb7 Eb
Like
a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Eb/F F G
Let
it be re
vealed.
Bb/C
Cm/F
A
waterfall, his madrigal.
E6 B
An
inland sea, his symphony.
Instrumental
passage before Undinal: E6 B C#m7/F# (ugh!)
B
Undinal
songs
A
6/9 E/G#
Urge
the sailors on
B
Em/G Asus4
D C#m7 F#
Till
lured by sirens' cry.
No
music for these verses, they're listed only as lyrics.
Now
as the river dissolves in sea,
So
Neptune has claimed another soul.
And
so with gods and men
The
sheep remain inside their pen,
Until
the Shepherd leads his flock away.
The
sands of time were eroded by
The
river of constant change.
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