A Trick Of The Tail Chords by Genesis

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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Dbm] _ He left it [A] nobody [Abm] _
knows.
_ [Gbm] Gone were [D] the times he had known [Dbm] from chow.
Along with the dream of a [Ebm] life.
_ _ [Db] _ Traveled the [Gb] wide open [Ab] road.
A blanket [Fm] arcade.
_ Such a [Ab] non-stop [Ebm] sharing his [Fm] life.
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
[Db] Nowhere.
_ [Ebm] Everyone [Gb] looks [Ab] so strange to him.
[Ebm] He got no horns and he got no tail.
[Abm] He don't know [Db] our [Abm] existence.
[Ebm] Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold?
[Abm] Lies in the [Db] distance.
_ _ [Gbm] Crying when they led him away to [Dbm] a cage.
Beast that [A] can talk read [B] the sign.
_ [Gbm] The creatures they pushed and they broadened his [Dbm] frame.
And questioned his story [Ebm]
again.
_ [Db] It seemed they'd embodied [Ab] their prey.
The beast [Fm] that can talk.
More [Ab] like a freak.
Part of the [Fm] city stunt.
_ [Eb] Oh.
[Bb] _ _ [Db] Oh.
[Ebm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ He got no [Ebm] horns and he got no tail.
[Abm] He don't know [Db] of [Eb] our existence.
_ [Ebm] Am I wrong to believe in the city of gold?
_ [Abm] Lies in the [Db]
distance.
_ [Eb] Crying broke down the door of the cage and marched [Db] on out. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Crab, creamed by the scruff of his neck, [Db] pointing out.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Bury me on [F] the bounds of [Eb] your weak _ _ [Bb]
imagination.
_ _ _ Like [F] noble towers of [Eb] my city.
Bright [F] and gold.
Let [G] me take you there.
[Dm]
Show you [C] living stories.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Let me show [Db] you others such [Eb] as me.
Why [Abm] did I _ _ _ _ [Db] ever leave?
_ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] He got no horns and he got no tail.
[Abm] He don't know of [Ab] our existence.
Am [Ebm] I wrong to believe in the city of gold?
_ [Abm]
Lies in the distance.
He cried [Gbm] when _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ he saw we set out.
He _ [Dbm] got no horns and he [Gbm] _ [B] got no tail.
He don't know of our existence.
Am [Gbm]
I wrong to believe [Bm] in the city of gold?
Lies in the distance.
He cried [Dbm] _ _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [B] when _ [Db] he saw we _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] set _ _ [Ab] out.
He don't know _ _ _ _ of our existence.
Lies [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] in the distance.
He was gone [Ab] when the voice was heard.
[Eb] He got no horns and he got no tail.
[Abm] He don't know [Db] of our existence.
[Eb] Am I wrong to believe in the city [Ebm] of gold?
[Abm]
Lies [Db] in the distance.
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