Watcher Of The Skies


Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford
From the Genesis album: Foxtrot, 1972

 
Key: F-sharp major

Intro A: {Synth (Mellotron) solo, tempo rubato}
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[Text]
|4/4  |:Bmaj7/F# |C#/F#   :| (x 3)
|Bb/F      |Fm7      |Bbm7     |G       |C       |
|F#       ||Bm7(13)  |Ammaj7   |A#m7-5  |G#m     |
|F#   E/F# |Bm   C/B ||G#m     |C#/G#  G#m  C#/G#|
|Bbm    |Eb/Bb  Bbm  Eb/Bb |Cm     |F/C  Cm  F/C ||6/4

{Slower} (1:00-)
|6/4  G#m/B  A#m  |   F#/A#  G#m  |  B  A   |
|  A  G#m  |F#m  Fm |Fim    |Cdim   |Bdim   ||


Intro B: (1:30-) {mp, tempo: 122}
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|Bmaj7     |C#        |

{Enters the band, cresc.}
|:Bmaj7/F# |C#/F#    :| (x 6)

|F#        |         ||


Chorus 1: (2:18-)
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|B/F#               E/F# |F#             B/F# |
     Watcher of the skies watcher of all
|E/F#                   |F#               |
 His is a world alone no world is his own,
|B/F#             E/F#  |F#              B/F# |
     He whom life can no longer surprise,
|E/F#                      |F#             |    ||
 Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

|D#m/F#  |C#/F#   |D#m/F#  B/F# |C#/F#    ||


Verse 1: (2:56-)
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|D#m/F#                     |C#/F#         |
       Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
|D#m/F#                              |C#/F#
       Now their reign has come to an end,
   |Bmaj7/F#                   |
Has life again destroyed life,
|C#                                   |
 Do they play elsewhere, do they know
|Bmaj7/F#        Bbm7/F   |Ebsus4     Bb |   F#|
 more than their childhood games?________

|B/F#              E/F# |F#            B/F# |
     Maybe the liz-ard's shed its tail,_____
|E/F#                         |F#               ||
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.


Interlude: {Guitar solo} (3:34-)
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|Bm6/F#      E/F# |F#m7-5      D/F# |
|Gm6         C/G  |D/A              ||

{Organ solo}
|Bb  Eb/Bb  Gb/Bb |B    E/B      G/B     |
|C   F/C    Ab/C  |C#  F#/C#  B/C#  F#/C#||


[Chorus 2] (3:56-)

 Judge not this race by empty remains
 Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?

 For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

|F#     ||Bmaj7/F#  |C#/F#     |


[Verse 2] (4:28-)

 From life alone to life as one,
 Think not now your journey's done
 For though your ship be sturdy, no
 Mercy has the sea, will you sur-
 vive on the ocean of being?

 Come ancient children hear what I say
 This is my parting council for you on your way.


(Interlude) (5:06-)


[Chorus 3] (5:28-)

 Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
 Where we have gone you know you never can go.

 Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.

|2/4  ||6/4


Coda: (5:52-)
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|6/4 F#  |F#m6  |F#   |F#m6  |F#m7  |F#m6  |F#m7-5 |

|F#     |2/4  |6/4    |2/4   ||6/4 

{Organ solo} (6:20-)
[Text]
|G#m      C#m/G#   G#m  |G#m     C#/G#   G#m  |
|G#m   C#/G#  D#m/G#  C#/G# |
|G#m   C#/G#  G#mmaj7 C#/G# | '/, |
|G#mmaj7      G#m6  G#mmaj7 |
|G#m6         G#mmaj9  G#m6 |G#mmaj9          ||

{Slower} (6:42-)
|G#m  G#m/B  F#/A#   |       E/G#   |     G#m  A   |
|     A      G#m     |F#m    Db/F   |3/4           ||4/4

{E.guitar solo with volume pedal, tempo rubato}
|4/4 Emaj7 |E6   |D#m7 |B/D# |C#m7 |C#m6 |    ||
|Ab   |    |     ||

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