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first part (on acoustic guitar) and Bill Thomas did the electric solo at
the end here in Pittsburgh. Love that internet. Frankly, I think Andreas
did the hard part, and his is certainly better developed, with timing
and everything!
We hope this will shake loose some more Steve Hackett fans.
After The Ordeal by Genesis - Selling England By The Pound (1973)
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(From Andreas Lemke:)
03/14/93
This is my personal interpretation of the non-drum part of the song.
It is not intended to be an exact transcription of the original
guitar part only. The weakest part of this interpretation is the
beginning of Part C (sorry).
Please send comments to andreas.lemke@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de
Intro:
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1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Dm C Bb
-|10----------------------8-----------------------1-----------------------|
-|10----------------------8-----------------------3-----------------------|
-|10----------------------9-----------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
C
-|8-----------------------------------------------|
-|8-----------------------------------------------|
-|9-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------|
Part A:
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1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Am G Fmaj7
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|1-----------------1-----0-----------------------------0-----1-----------|
-|------2-----2-----------------2-----0-----------2-----------2-----------|
-|---------2--------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
G Am G
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------------------1-----------------1-----0-----h1----3-----------|
-|------------0-----------------2-----2-----------------------------------|
-|------0--------------------------2--------------------0-----------------|
-|------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
-|3-----------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
C F
-|------------0-----------1-----------0-----------5-----------------3-----|
-|1-----3-----1-----------1-----------1-----------4-----------------------|
-|2-----------------------0-----------0-----------5-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Bb C Bb(C)
-|1-----------0-----1-----0-----------------------------------------------|
-|3-----------------------1-----------1-----------------------3(1)--------|
-|3-----------------------------------0-----------3(0)--------3(0)--------|
-|------------------------------------------------3(2)--------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat Part A and play notes in parenthesis in last bar
Part B:
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Bbmaj7 Cadd12 Bb
-|------------5-----------3-----------------------------------1-----------|
-|3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------------------|
-|3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------------3-----|
-|3-----------------------5-----------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
C
-|------------0-----------------------3-----1-----0-----------------------|
-|3-----------------1-----3-----------------------1-----------1-----------|
-|------------------------3-----------------------0-----------0-----------|
-|------------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Bbmaj7 Cadd12
-|0-----------3-----------5-----3-----5-----------3-----------0-----------|
-|1-----------1-----------3-----3-----3-----------1-----------1-----------|
-|------------------------3-----3-----3-----------0-----------0-----------|
-|------------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Bb
-|------------1-----------------------0-----------------------3-----1-----|
-|3-----------------------3-----------------1-----3-----------------------|
-|3-----------------3-----------------------------3-----------------------|
-|3-----------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
C A B
-|0-----------------------------------0-----------------------2-----------|
-|------------1-----------2-----3-----2-----------4-----------4-----------|
-|------0-----------------2-----2-----2-----------4-----------4-----------|
-|------------------------2-----------------------------4-----------------|
-|3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
G# C#m B
-|------------------------------------0-----------2-----0-----------------|
-|------------4-----------2-----------2-----------4-----------4-----------|
-|5-----6-----5-----------1-----------1-----------4-----------4-----------|
-|6-----------------------2-----------------------4-----------4-----------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Part C:
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1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
A B
-|0-----------------------------------------------2-----4-----/5----5-----|
-|------2-----------------------------------------4-----------------------|
-|------------2-----1-----------------------------4-----------------------|
-|------------------------4-----2-----1-----2-----------------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
A
-|------4-----------2--p0-0-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------2-----1-----------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------4-----2-----1-----2-----|
-|------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------0-----------2-----------------------|
-|------1-----2-----1-----------------------1-----------------------2-----|
-|4-----------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
-|------------------------2-----------------------0-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
B
-|------------------0--------0--2-----------------------------2-----p0----|
-|------2-----------2-----4-----------------4--------------------------4--|
-|------2-----------------------------------------4-----------------------|
-|2-----------2-----------------------------------------4-----------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
A B
-|------------------------------------------0--------0--2-----------------|
-|2-----------------------------2-----------2-----4-----------------4-----|
-|------------------2-----------2-----------------------------------------|
-|------------2-----------2-----------2-----------------------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
C# G
-|------------2-----p0-4--1-----2-----4-----------------------------------|
-|------------------------2-----------------------0-----1-----3-----------|
-|4-----------------------1-----------------------0-----------------------|
-|------4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
B E Dm
-|------------2-----------------------0-----------1-----------------------|
-|4--------------------------------------------------------3--------------|
-|4-----------------------1-----------------------------------------2-----|
-|4-----------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
E increasing volume Dm
-|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------1-----------------------|
-|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------------3--------------|
-|------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----------------------------2-----|
-|------------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
E increasing volume Dm
-|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------1-----------------------|
-|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------------------3--------------|
-|------1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----------------------------2-----|
-|------------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - -
E
-|------------0-----------|
-|------0-----------------|
-|1-----------------------|
-|------------------------|
-|------------------------|
-|0-----------------------|
repeat Part A (parenthesis variation), PART B and PART 3
Bridge to drum part:
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1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Am G F
-|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|1-----------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
-|2-----------------------0-----------------------2-----------------------|
-|2-----------------------0-----------------------3-----------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------3-----------------------|
-|------------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
G
-|------------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------|
-|0-----------------------------------------------|
-|------------------------------------------------|
-|3-----------------------------------------------|
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(From Bill Thomas:)
ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO
Note that the main part repeats. Also, the notes in the parentheses are
only played the second time through.
Play LEGATO, as in, very smoothly and with no discernible connection
between notes -- a hallmark of the Steve Hackett guitar style.
----------------------------------------------7)--12--12--12--12-
-12--12--12--12--10--10--10--8--7--8--(8--10---------------------
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-10--10--10--8--7--8--(8--10--12)--15--14--12------13--12----------
-----------------------------------------------15----------15--13--
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-13--11--10--11--10--12s13s12---o||---------------------------------
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--------------------------------o||---------------------------------
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-17b15--14--15-----------------------------------------------------
----------------12b10--8--10-----8--7------------------------------
------------------------------9--------7---------------------------
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Then there's the ending, when Gabriel plays flute, and the guitar part
becomes very minor.
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Originally transcribed and posted by Bill Thomas, corrected by Andreas Lemke.
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official GENESIS tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the NY Times Article. We hope one of the larger tablature sites will have the money to fight this. Until then, we urge you all to keep tabbing songs and sharing them in any way you can.
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