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Genesis

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7
There is lambswool under my naked
Amaj7
feet
There is lambswool under my naked feet
F#m6
The wool is soft and warm,
C#
Gives off some kind of heat
C#m Dmaj7 C#m Dmaj7 C#m
A salamander scurries into flame to
Dmaj7 C#m Dmaj7
be destroyed
A salamander scurries into flame to be destroyed
B5 Dmaj7 B5 Dmaj7 Amaj7
Imaginary creatures are trapped in
birth
Imaginary creatures are trapped in birth
Emaj7
On celluloid
Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7
On celluloid
F#m6
The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
The fleas cling to the golden fleece,
C#
Hoping they'll find peace
C#m Dmaj7 C#m Dmaj7 C#m
Each thought and gesture are caught
Dmaj7 C#m Dmaj7
in cellu-loid
Each thought and gesture are caught in cellu-loid
Dmaj7 Bm Dmaj7
There's no hi - ding in my memory
Bm
There's no hi - ding in my memory
A7sus4 A7 A7sus4 A7 [ D ]
There's no room to avoid
[Verse]
D Em
The crawlers cover the floor
D
In the red ochre corridor
Em
For my second sight of people
D
They've more lifeblood than before
Em
They're moving in time to a heavy
D
wooden door
They're moving in time to a heavy wooden door
Em
Where the needle's eye is winking,
closing in on the poor
Where the needle's eye is winking, closing in on the poor
[Chorus]
F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their
callers:
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
A G
We've got to get in to get out
A G
We've got to get in to get out
D C
We've got to get in to get
Em/B D
out
We've got to get in to get out
[Verse]
D Em
There's only one direction in the
D
faces that I see
There's only one direction in the faces that I see
Em
It's upward to the ceiling
D
Where the chamber's said to be
Em
Like the forest fight for sunlight,
Like the forest fight for sunlight,
D
That takes root in every tree
Em
They are pulled up by the magnet,
believing they're free
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing they're free
[Chorus]
F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their
callers:
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
A G
We've got to get in to get out
A G
We've got to get in to get out
D C
We've got to get in to get
Em/B D
out
We've got to get in to get out
[Verse]
D Em
Mild mannered supermen are held in
kryptonite,
Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite,
D
And the wise and foolish virgins
giggle
And the wise and foolish virgins giggle
Em
With their bodies glowing bright
D Em
Through a door a harvest feast is lit
by candlelight;
Through a door a harvest feast is lit by candlelight;
D
It's the bottom of a staircase that
Em
spirals out of sight
It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight
[Chorus]
F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their
callers:
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
A G
We've got to get in to get out
A G
We've got to get in to get out
D C
We've got to get in to get
Em/B D
out
We've got to get in to get out
[Verse]
D Em
The porcelain manikin with shattered
skin fears attack
The porcelain manikin with shattered skin fears attack
D
And the eager pack lift up their
pitchers
And the eager pack lift up their pitchers
Em
They carry all they lack
D
The liquid has congealed, which has
Em
seeped out through the crack,
The liquid has congealed, which has seeped out through the crack,
D
And the tickler takes his
Em
stickleback
And the tickler takes his stickleback
[Chorus]
F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their
callers:
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
A G
We've got to get in to get out
A G
We've got to get in to get out
D C
We've got to get in to get
Em/B D
out
We've got to get in to get out
[Bridge]
D Em
We've got to get out, we've got to
[ D ]
get in to get out
We've got to get out, we've got to get in to get out
D Em
We've got to get out, we've got to
[ D ]
get in to get out
We've got to get out, we've got to get in to get out
D Em
We've got to get out, we've got to
[ D ]
get in to get out
We've got to get out, we've got to get in to get out
D Em
We've got to get out, we've got to
[ F#m ]
get in to get out
We've got to get out, we've got to get in to get out
[Chorus]
F#m
The carpet crawlers heed their
callers:
The carpet crawlers heed their callers:
A G
We've got to get in to get out
A G
We've got to get in to get out
D C
We've got to get in to get out
Em/B D
We've got to get in to get out
(fade)