| Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From Genesis album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974 |
Key: B minor, Time: 4/4
Intro: {Only with bass & organ, slowly, with a 12/8 feel}
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|4/4 Bm |Bm7 |A
I got sunshine in my stomach
|G |Bm
Like I just rocked my baby to sleep.
|Bm |A
I got sunshine in my stomach
|G A/G |G A/G |
But I can't keep me from creeping sleep,
|G A/G ||Bm/F# || (x 6 bars)
Sleep, deep in the deep.
{Enter organ riff, drums and guitar} (0:56-)
|:Ebm/Gb |Gbmaj7 :| (x 2)
{cresc.}
|6/4 ||:Ebm/Bb |Bbm :| (x 2)
Verse 1: (1:18-)
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||: Ebm/Bb |
Rockface moves to press my skin
|Bbm :||
White liquid turn sour within
{Simile}
Turn fast - turn sour
Turn sweat - turn sour.
Must tell myself that I'm not here.
I'm drowning in a liquid fear.
Bottled in a strong compression,
My distortion shows obsession
In the cave.
Get me out of this
Cave!
Chorus 1: (1:51-)
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||Eb Ebsus4
If I keep my self-control,
I'll be safe in my soul.
And the childhood be-lief
Brings a moment's re-lief,
|C#m
But my cynic soon returns
|Ab
And the lifeboat burns.
|C#m A | Gb ||3/4 ||6/4
My spirit just never learns.
[Verse 2] (2:15-)
Stalactites, stalagmites
Shut me in, lock me tight.
Lips are dry, throat is dry.
Feel like burning, stomach churning,
I'm dressed up in a white costume
Padding out leftover room.
Body stretching, feel the wretching
In the
Cage
Get me out of the
Cage!
[Chorus 2] (2:47-)
In the glare of a light,
I see a strange kind of sight;
Of cages joined to form a star
Each person can't go very far;
All tied to their things
They're netted by their strings,
Free to flutter in memories of their wasted wings.
Interlude: (3:10-) {Time: 4/4}
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{Bass solo}
||4/4 Eb || (x 4 bars)
{Synth solo: 31 bars} (3:17-)
|Eb |F/Eb Fm/Eb |Ebm7 |F/Eb |
|Ebm7 |F/Eb Bb/Eb |Eb Ab/Eb |Eb Ab/Eb |
|Bb ||
||Ebm7 Abm7/Eb Ebm7 Abm7/Eb || (x 3 bars)
||2/4 Ebm7 Abm7/Eb ||4/4
|Ebm7 Abm7 |E Amaj7 ||Abm(9) |Dbm6 |
|Abm(9) |Bbm7 |B |Gb/Bb Ab/Eb|
|Db |Bbm/Db Fm7 |Bmb ||Abdim |
|Ebm/Bb |Abdim |Ebm/Bb |Abdim |
|Bb5 | ||
Synth Solo (31 bars, 3:17 - 4:14)
{Bass solo & organ chord} (4:15-)
|4/4 Bb5 | | |Ab/Bb |
|Eb/Bb |Bb |Ab/Bb |Bbm7 |
|Ebm/Bb ||
Bridge: (4:35-)
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|4/4 F/Bb | |Bb7
Outside the cage I see my Brother John,
| |Eb/Bb
He turns his head so slowly round.
| |Bb7 |
I cry out "Help!" be-fore he can be gone,
|Eb/Bb |Cm7/Bb |Bb |
And he looks at me with-out a sound.____
{Faster}
||Bb7
And I shout out 'John please help me!'
|Eb/Bb |Bb7
But he does not even want to try to speak.
|Cm7/Bb |Bb
I'm helpless in my violent rage
|Ab/Bb Eb/Bb |Bb7sus4 Eb/Bb
And a silent tear of blood dribbles down his cheek,
|Abm/Bb |Ebsus4/Bb
And I watch him turn away and leave the cage.
Bb ||Eb Ab/Eb |
My little runaway.
|Eb Ab/Eb |Bb ||
||Ebm7 Abm7/Eb Ebm7 Abm7/Eb || (x 5 bars)
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Rain - drops keep failing on my,
Head they keep falling on my,
Rain - drops keep failing on my,
Head they keep falling on my,
|2/4 Ebm7 Abm7/Eb ||6/4
Rain - drops keep...
{Enters organ riff} (5:40-)
|6/4 ||:Ebm |Bbm :|| (x 2)
[Verse 3] (5:52-)
|:Ebm |
In a trap, feel a strap
|Bbm :|
Holding still. Pinned for kill.
{Simile}
Chances narrow that I'll make it,
In the cushioned straight-jacket.
Just like 22nd St,
And they got me by my neck and feet.
Pressures building, can't take more.
My headaches charge, earaches roar.
In this pain
Get me out of this
Pain.
[Chorus 3] (6:23-)
If I could change to liquid,
I could fill the cracks up in the rocks.
I know that I am solid
And I am my own bad luck.
Outside John disappears,
And my cage dissolves,
And without any reason my body revolves.
Coda: (6:46-) {Time: 6/4}
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|:Ebm |Bbm :|
Keep on turning, keep on
Turning; keep on turning, keep on
Turning; keep on turning, turning a-
Round,_____________ just spinning a-
Round.___(round, round, round)
Round, round, round, round,
Round, round, round...(fade)
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