Supper's Ready
| Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford From the Genesis album: Foxtrot, 1972 |
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Key: A minor, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 133
Verse 1: {With a.guitars and cello}
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|Am6 | |Bsus4 |B |
Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the tele-vision off.
|Bm |/C# /D /E /F# |Bsus2 F# G#m7-5 |F#/A# |
Sitting be-side you, I look in-to your eyes.____
|Am6 | |Bsus4 |B
As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time,
|D#m/A# |F7/A |Bb |
I swear I saw your face change, it didn't seem quite right.
Chorus 1: (0:29-)
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||Eb/Bb |Bb |F7/A |Bb /D |
...And it's hello babe with your guardian eyes so blue
|Eb |Bb/F |F#dim |Gm | ||
Hey my baby don't you know our love is true.
Interlude:
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|G6/A |A |G6/A |A ||
[Verse 2] (0:52-)
Coming closer with our eyes, a distance falls around our bodies.
Out in the garden, the moon seems very bright,
Six saintly shrouded men move across the lawn slowly.
The seventh walks in front with a cross held high in hand.
[Chorus 2] (1:21-)
...And it's hey babe your supper's waiting for you.
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true.
Coda: (1:37-)
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|Gm |Dm/F | |Gm/D |
I've been so far from here, far from your warm arms.
|G/D |D |G |
It's good to feel you again,
|D |Am | | |
It's been a long long time.____
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{Spoken} Hasn't it?
{Faster, tempo: 148} (1:58-)
||:Dm | | | |Dm7 | | | :|| (x 7)
(2x) {Enters "Ah" chorus}
(4x) {Enters electric piano}
(5x) {Enters electric piano solo}
(6x) {Enters cello}
{Enters flute} (3:19-)
|Dm | | | |Dm7 | | ||
{Enters electric piano solo} (3:31-)
|Gm | (x 4 bars) |Eb | ||
|Am7 | (x 4 bars)
Intro: {A.guitar chords fade in} (3:47-)
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|Am | (x 4 bars)
Verse: (3:54-)
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|Am |D |E/D |Dm7 |
I know a farmer who looks after the farm.______
|Cmaj7 |5/4 Bm7 E/G# |4/4 Am |
With wa - ter clear, he cares for all his harvest.
|D/A Am7| |D/A ||
{Enters organ}
|Am |D D/A |E/A |Dm7/A |Dm/A |
I know a fireman who looks after the fire.________
{Enter drums}
|Fdim | ||
Ah,____________
Chorus 1: (4:24-)
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|A | | | |G/A | | |
You,_________ can't you see he's fooled you all._______
| |A | | |
Yes, he's here a-gain,
| |G/A |
Can't you see he's fooled you all.
| ||Bm |Amaj7
Share his peace, sign the lease.
|C |D
He's a supersonic scientist,
|C |G D ||
He's the guaranteed eternal sanctu-ary
[Chorus 2] (4:58-)
man. Look, look into my mouth he cries,
And all the children lost down many paths,
I bet my life you'll walk inside
Hand in hand, gland in gland
With a spoonful of miracle,
|C |G Am6| ||
He's the guaranteed eternal sanctu-ary.___
Coda: (5:30-) {Children's chants with organ only, slower}
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|Am6 | |
We will rock you, rock you little snake,
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We will keep you snug and warm.
Intro: {Cf. (i)-Verse, flute solo, tempo: 121} (5:43-)
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|Am6/C | |Bsus4 |B |
|Bm | |Bsus2 F# E/G# |F#/A# |
|Am6/C | |Bsus4 |B |
Verse A: {Enter a.guitar chord, organ & drums} (6:10-)
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| ||C6 |D |
Wearing feelings on our faces while our faces took a rest,
| |C6 |D |
We walked across the fields to see the children of the West,
| |C6 |D | ||
We saw a host of dark skinned warriors standing still below the ground,
{Accelerando}
|Fmaj7 |C/E |Am7 | ||
Waiting for
Interlude A: {Forte, enters e.guitar, tempo:130} (6:35-)
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|:D | G/D :| (x 4)
battle.
Verse B: (6:50-)
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|D | G/D |
The Fight's begun, they've been re-leased.
|D | G/D |D |
Killing foe for peace... bang, bang, bang.
| G/D |D | G/D ||
Bang, bang, bang... And they're
|D | G/D
giving me a wonderful po-tion,
|D | G/D |D | G/D ||
'cos I cannot contain my emot - ion.
|Fmaj7 | C/E |
And even though I'm feeling good,
|Am7 |C/D ||
Something tells me, I'd better activate my
Interlude B: {Guitar solo} (7:24-)
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|:D | G/D :| (x 12)
prayer capsule.
{Fast guitar & key solos} (8:05-)
|D | | | |
|Em | |A |A/D ||
Verse C: (8:19-)
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|:D | G/D :| (x 4)
|D | G/D |D | G/D |
To-day's a day to cel-ebrate, the foe have met their fate.
|D | G/D |D | G/D
|D | G/D |D | G/D |
The order for re -joicing and dancing has come from our war-
|:D | G/D :| (x 4)
-lord.
Coda: (9:10-)
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|Fmaj7 | C/E |Am7 |D ||
{Diminuendo}
|:Fmaj7 |D | :| (x 3)
|:Fmaj7 |D :| (x 2 and fade)
Intro: {Only with organ, tempo rubato} (9:42-)
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|:Cmaj7/B |Am6 :| (x 2)
Verses:
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|Cmaj7/B |Am6
Wandering in the chaos the battle has left,
|Cmaj7/B |Am6
We climb up a mountain of human flesh,
|Gmaj7 |Em6/G |Gmaj7 |Em6/G
To a plateau of green grass, and green trees full of life.___
||Cmaj7/B |Am6
A young figure sits still by a pool,
|Cmaj7/B |Am6
He's been stamped "Human Bacon" by some butchery tool.
|Gmaj7 |Em6/G |Gmaj7 |Em6/G
(he is you).
||Cmaj7/B |Am6
So- cial Security took care of this lad.
|Cmaj7/B |Am6 |B/F# ||
We watch in reverence, as Nar-cissus is turned to a flower.
|N.C. ||
{Spoken} A flower?
Verse A-1: {Enter others, tempo: 110} (11:05-)
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|2/4 N.C./D# /C# | /B /A
||G#5 |B |
If you go down to Willow Farm,
|Ebm |Gb |Fm7-5 |Ebm/Bb | ||
to look for butterflies, flutterbyes, gutterflies
|Eb | |Abm | Eb/G |Abm Eb/G |Abm
Open your eyes, it's full of sur-prise, everyone lies,
Eb/Ab ||E |E/D# |
like the fox on the rocks,
|E/D | |Eb |Eb/D |
and the musical box.
|Eb/Db | |Dmaj7 |G#m/D#
Oh, there's Mum & Dad, and good and bad,
|E |D#sus4 | |N.C./D# /C# | /B /A
and everyone's happy to be___________ here.
[Verse A-2] (11:38-)
There's Winston Churchill dressed in drag,
he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag.
The frog was a prince, the prince was a brick, the brick was an egg,
the egg was a bird. (Fly away you sweet little thing, they're hard on your tail)
Hadn't you heard? (They're going to change you into a human being!)
Yes, we're happy as fish and gorgeous as geese,
|E |D#sus4 | |D# |/B /A# ||
and wonderfully clean in the morn - ing. We've got
Verse B: (12:07-)
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|E/G# |A |E/G# |
everything, we're growing everything,
|A |E/G# |A
We've got some in, we've got some out
|C#m | |G# | ||
We've got some wild things floating a-bout
{Simile}
Everyone, we're changing everyone,
You name them all, we've had them here,
And the real stars are still to appear.
{Whistle}
|4/4 N.C. ||
ALL CHANGE!
Verse C: {Enters piano} (12:31-)
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|Ab Ab/Gb|
Feel your body melt; (Mum to mud to mad)
|Db Ab/C Db Ab/C |Eb
to dad diddley office, diddley office,
Db/Eb ||Ab Ab/Gb
You're all full of ball. Dad to dam to dum
|Db Ab/C Db Ab/C |Eb
(to mum, Mum diddley washing, Mum diddley washing, phew)
Db/Eb ||Ab
You're all full of ball.
Bbm |2/4 Ab/C Gb/Db |4/4
Let me hear you lies, we're living this up to the
|4/4 Fm Fm/Eb| Dbmaj7| |D |D/A |
eyes.___ Oo-ee aa________ oo-______ wa-a- a,__ dada-da___
|5/8 Bdim |4/4 Ab | ||2/4
Momma I want you now.__
[Verse A-3] (13:07-)
And as you listen to my voice
To look for hidden doors, tidy floors, more applause.
You've been here all the time, Like it or not, like what you got,
You're under the soil (the soil, the soil),
Yes, deep in the soil (the soil, the soil, the soil, the soil!).
So we'll end with a whistle and end with a bang
|E |D#sus4 | |N.C./D# /C# | /B /A ||4/4
and all of us fit in our pla - ces.___
Coda: {No drums, freely} (13:38-)
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|4/4 Gm7 |(x 8 bars)
|F#/G |(x 4 bars)
|B7/F# |(x 5 bars)
|Am ||
Intro: {tempo: 89} (14:16-)
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|Am | ||
{Flute solo}
|:Am |D |F |C G |
|D |Amaj7 |Am7 Bm/A |E D/F# E/G#:| (x 3)
{Enter drums}
|Am |D E |F/C |G#dim ||9/4
Verse A: {Time: 9/4 = (3/8 + 2/8 + 4/8) x 2 } (15:38-)
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|9/4 F#5 |
With the guards of Magog, swarming around,
|Am6/C |
The Pied Piper takes his children underground.
|F#m |
Dragons coming out of the sea,
|Am6/C |
Shimmering silver head of wisdom looking at me.
|F#m |
He brings down the fire from the skies,
|Am6/C
You can tell he's doing well by the look in human eyes.
D |E5 ||
Better not compromise. It won't be ea-sy
Interlude A: {Keyboard solo} (16:20-)
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|9/4 E5 | | |
{Enters organ chord, all chords over E} (16:39-)
| Em A B | |
| E |A E A E |
|C G D A | C G C |
|G C Em | G C Em |
|G C A D D#dim | E A |
|F# B | E B E |
|A E A E A E A E ||
{Enters flue, all chords over E} (17:58-)
|Em Bm D A Bm D A C G Em Bm |
|A C G Bm F#m A Bm Em D F#m C |
|Bm Em F#m G D ||
{Accending keyboard solo} (18:16-)
||Em || (x 6 bars)
Verse B: {Forte} (18:53-)
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|C/E |
666 is no longer alone,
|D/E
He's getting out the marrow in your back bone,
|C/E |
And the seven trumpets blowing sweet rock and roll,
|D/E |
Gonna blow right down inside your soul.__
|C/E |
Pythagoras with the looking glass reflects the full moon,
|D/E ||9/8 E |
In blood, he's writing the lyrics of a brand new tune.
Interlude B: (19:33-)
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|Emaj7 |D/E |Am/E |E |
|Emaj7 |D/E |Am/E |5/4 Esus4 ||
{Enters flute, tempo rubato}
|3/4 B |4/4 Ebm |Ebdim Bb/D | Bb |
Coda: {Cf.(i)-Chorus/Coda, tempo: 120} (20:12-)
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| ||Eb |Bb/D |F7/C |Bb |
And it's hey babe, with your guardian eyes so blue,
|Eb |Bb/F |F#dim |Gm ||
Hey my baby, don't you know our love is true,
{Enter drums and bass}
|Gm |Gm(9) | |Gm |
I've been so far from here, far from your loving arms,
{Enters guitar solo}
|G/A |D/A |G/A |G D/A ||
Now I'm back again, and babe it's gonna work out
|A | | ||
fine._____
Verse 1: {cf. (ii)-Chorus} (20:53-)
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|A |G/A | | |
Can't you feel our souls ignite
| |A | |
Shedding ever changing colours,
| | |G/A |
in the darkness of the fading night,
| ||Bm |C#m |C |D
Like the river joins the ocean, as the germ in a seed grows
|C |G D |A | |
We have finally been freed to get back home.
[Verse 2] (21:33-)
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There's an angel standing in the sun,
And he's crying with a loud voice,
"This is the supper of the mighty one",
Lord of Lords, King of Kings, has returned to lead his children home,
To take them to the new Jerusa-
Coda: {Guitar solo} (22:06-)
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|A | | | |G/A | | | |
-lem._______
|A | | | |G/A | ||Bm |C#m |
|C |D |C |G D||A | | | |{fade}
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