Cinema Show Tab by Genesis

Cinema Show tab by Genesis

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CINEMA SHOW From "Selling England By the Pound"

words and music by Genesis

TAB transcribed by Gordon Ranney

This tuning is for 12-string, and is the correct , original tuning
(according to a "Guitar Player" interview with Mike Rutherford.)
Actually, he sort of mentioned it offhand, and I went from there
to derive the full, correct tuning, checking it against the record.

Tune the high string of the 4th pair of strings (D) down to A, so
the notes form a fifth.  Tune the high string of the 3rd pair down
to E, so the notes form a sixth, thusly:

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 1st E
 2nd B
 3rd G/e
 4th D/a
 5th A
 6th E

INTRO

|--17--17--17--17|--13--13--13--13-|--13--13--13--13-|--10--10--10--10-|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-----15--15--15-|----15--15--15---|----12--12--12---|----12--12--12---|

|-0--------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|--12--12--12--12|---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8-|--5---5---5---5--|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----10--10--10--|----10--10---10--|-----7---7---7---|----7---7---7----|

|-0--------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|---3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
|--8---8---8---8-|-----------------|---6---6---6---6-|
|----7---7---7---|-----5---5---5---|-----5---5---5---|
|-0--------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|--1---1---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|---1---1---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|-3--------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|

VERSE

Home from work our Juliet           clears her morning meal . . .   She
|-----10------10-|------10--10--10-|------10------10-|------10--10--10-|

|--7-------7-----|---7-------------|---8-------8-----|---8-------------|

|----9-------9---|-----9---9---9---|-----9-------9---|-----9---9----9--|

|-0------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|--------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

dabs her   skin with  pretty   smells concealing      to  appeal
|-----10------10-|------10--10--10-|------10------10-|------10--10--10-|

|--7-------7-----|---7-------------|---8-------8-----|---8-------------|

|----9-------9---|-----9---9---9---|-----9-------9---|-----9---9----9--|

|-0------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|--------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

"I            will   make  my  bed"  she said  but turned to go
|-----12-10---12-|------12-10---12-|------12-10---12-|------12-10---12-|

|--10-----10-----|--10------10-----|--11------11-----|--11------11-----|

|---10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|----10------10---|

|-0--------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



      Can she be       late for her    cinema         show
|------------13--|-------------15--|----12-----------|-12--------------|

|-----11---------|-----13----------|------------13---|---------13--10--|

|---------10-----|---------12------|--------10-------|-----10----------|

|-0--------------|-0---------------|--0--------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|



    Cinema         show
|-----10------10-|------10--10--10-|------10------10-|------10--10--10-|

|--7-------7-----|---7-------------|---8-------8-----|---8-------------|

|----9-------9---|-----9---9---9---|-----9-------9---|-----9---9----9--|

|-0------0-------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|

|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|--------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Repeat for second verse, except go to a "G" chord
at the line "chocolate surprise"

Haven't gotten to the rest of the song yet,
but this is a start at least.  Have fun!




Bob Paley
rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu



Gmaj7                               C
chocolate surprise
----7--------7--------7--------7--------8--------8--------8----10-8--
--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7----8---8----8---8----8---8--8--8--
7--------7--------7--------7--------9--------9--------9--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gmaj7                               C
Take a little trip back with         Father Tiresias
----7--------7--------7--------7--------8--------8--------8----10-8--
--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7----8---8----8---8----8---8--8--8--
7--------7--------7--------7--------9--------9--------9--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gmaj7                               C
----7--------7--------7--------7--------8--------8--------8----10-8--
--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7----8---8----8---8----8---8--8--8--
7--------7--------7--------7--------9--------9--------9--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Gmaj7                               C
listen to the old one speak         of ...
----7--------7--------7--------7--------8--------8--------8----10-8--
--7---7----7---7----7---7----7---7----8---8----8---8----8---8--8--8--
7--------7--------7--------7--------9--------9--------9--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

F                              Em            D              C
I have crossed between the     poles and for  me there's no m....
----8-------8-------8------8-----7----7----7----5-------------3------
--10-10---10-10---10-10--10-10--8-8--8-8--8-8--7-------------5-5-----
10------10------10-----10------9----9----9----7-------------5--------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

          B      C#m                      B      A
          Once a man like the sea I raged once a woman ....
--3----3----2------4----4----4----4----4----2-----0----0----0---3-0--
-5-5--5-5--4------5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--4-----2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--
5----5----4------6----6----6----6----6----4-----2----2----2----2-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

                 A7     A         C    Cdim
I gave but there is in fact more earth t...
-----------------3-----0-0--------0----2---
-----------------2-----2-2--------1----1---
-----------------2-----2-2--------0----2---
-----------------2-----2-2--------2----1---
----------------------------------3--------
----------------------------------3--------

________________________________________...........
| 1st ending(quiet interlude)
|sea
||-------13----13----13----13----13-||-||-------0----0----0----0----0-||
||-----11----11----11----11----11---||-||-----12---12---12---12---12--||
|| -0------------------------------ ||-|| --14---14---14---14---14--- ||
|| --12----12----12----12----12---- ||-|| -0------------------------- ||
||----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------||
||-----------(repeat 4X)------------||-||----------(repeat 4X)--------||
  (first guitar)


||---6---8---10---8---10---8--------||-||--13--15--13--15--13--15-----||
||---8---10--11---10--11---10-------||-||-----------------------------||
|| -------------------------------- ||-|| --------------------------- ||
|| -------------------------------- ||-|| --------------------------- ||
||----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------||
||-----------(repeat 4X)------------||-||---------(repeat 4X)---------||
  (second guitar)                      (this seems to fade out of the mix)

[REPEAT THE SECTION ABOVE 3X, then, only one guitar for the next part]

||-------0------0-------0-------0----------0-------0------0-------0--||
||-----6------6-------6-------6----------6-------6------6-------6----||
|| --7------7-------7-------7----------7-------7-------7------7----- ||
|| 0------0-------0-------0----------5-------5-------5------5------- ||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
  (Repeat 4X; 2X without vocals, 2X with CSN-like vocals)


-----0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0---------------------------
----6----6----6----6------8----8----8----8----------------------------
---7----7----7----7------9----9----9----9-----back to verse (Gmaj7)
--8----8----8----8-----10---10---10---10------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________
| 2nd ending  (instrumental..)
| (Strum chords)

G     Gmaj7   C     G  Gmaj7  C    Gm         Eb       C     D

                              | beginning of keyboard solo
C(choke)        Em(arpeggiate)| A5       G5       F#m__________etc.
                              |

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