A Trick Of The Tail Chords by Genesis

[Gbm] [D] .
[Ab] [Dbm] [Gbm] [Ab] .
[Gbm] He thought [D] of the life in the city [Dbm] before He left [A] and let [Abm] nobody know .
[Gbm] Gone [D] were the towns he had known [Dbm] from a child Along [Gbm] with the dream [Abm] of a life .
[Db] He travelled [Gb] the wide [Ab] open road, the [Fm] blinkered arcade To search [Ab] up [Ebm] numbers, [Fm] sharing his [Eb] life.
[Bb] [Db] Nowhere, .
[Ebm] [Gb] everyone looked [Ab] so strange to him [Ebm] He got no horns and he got no tail.
[Abm] He don't even [Db] know of our [Abm] existence And [Ebm] am I wrong to believe in the city of gold?.
[Abm] He lies in [Db] distance, he cried [Gbm] and wept As they laid him [Bm] away to [E] a cage.
Beasts that [Gbm] can talk read [Abm] the sign [Gbm] The creatures [D] they pushed and they brighted [Dbm] his frame.
And questioned [A] his story [Abm] again But [Db] .
soon they [Gb] grew bored as [Ab] they prayed.
The beasts that [Fm] can talk, more like [Ab] a freak, [Ebm] are what the [Ab] city's stunt.
[Cm] [Bb] Oh, oh, [Db] .
[Ebm] oh, oh, oh, [Gb] oh, [Ab] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,.
They [Ebm] got no horns and they got no tail [Abm] They don't [Db] even know of [Abm] our existence.
[Ebm] And am I wrong to believe in the city of gold?.
[Abm].
He lies [Db] in distance, he cried [Eb] and broke.
Down the door of Cajun [Ab] Farms [Gb] run out.
Grab [Ab] .
Queen Joy a scruff of his neck [Db] pointing out.
[F] [Bb] .
There beyond [F] the bounds of [Cm] your weak [Bb] imagination.
Lies noble [F] towers of [Cm] my city.
Bright [F] and gold, let [G] me take you there.
[F] Show you a living [C] story.
[Cm] [Bb] Let me show you [Db] others such [Eb] as me.
[Abm] Why did I .
[Db] ever leave?
.
[Ebm] You got no poison, you got no tail.
[Abm] You don't even [Db] know of our existence.
[Abm].
[Ebm] Am I wrong to believe in your sin?.
Your gold [Abm] lies in [Db] the deep distance.
You cried [Gbm] and wept.
[Ab] .
[Dbm] [Gbm] .
And so we [D] set out with the beast and [Dbm] his horns.
And his crazy [Gbm] description [Abm] of all .
[Gbm] After many [D] days journey we came to [Dbm] a peak.
Where the beast gazed [Gbm] abroad and [Abm] cried out.
We [Db] .
[Gb] followed his gaze and we [Ab] thought.
That maybe [Fm] we saw a spiral [Ab] gold.
[Ebm] Not the trick of [Ab] the eye, [Cm] [Bb] that's [Db] all .
[Ebm] The beast was [Gb] gone and [Ab] the voice was heard.
You [Ebm] got no poison, you got no tail.
[Abm] You don't even [Db] know of our [Abm] existence.
[Ebm] Am I wrong to believe in your sin?.
Your gold [Abm].
lies in [Db] the deep distance.
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[Gbm] [E] .
[D] [N] .