Genesis

Dancing With The Moonlight Knight

Genesis


Tom: E

"Can you tell me where my coutry lies?"
Said the unifaun to his true love's eyes

   C#m                     G#m
"It lies with me" cried the queen of maybe
       C#m            A             C#m   G#m A
For her merchandise he traded in his prize
A     B                            E
"Paper late" - cried a voice in the crowd, old man dies
                     B                 C#m
The note he left was signed "old father Thames",
             B
it seems he's drowned
C#m         A       B     C#m    G#m Amaj7
    Selling England by the pound 

C#m         B       A                B                        E
Citizens of hope and glory, time goes by it's the time of your life
E
Easy now, sit you down,
        B                             C#m            B
Chewing through you wimpey dreams they eat without a sound
C#m       A       B      C#m    G#m Amaj7
disgesting England by the pound 

C#m   G#m   Amaj7,  C#m   G#m   Amaj7

C#m                G#m          Am7
Young man says "You are what you eat,
 C#m     G#m Am7
eat well"
C#m              G#m          Am7
Old man says "You are what you wear,
   C#m    G#m Am7
wear well"

C#m              G#m
You know what you are
   Am7          C#m  G#m Am7
you don't give a damn
C#m         G#m               Am7        B
Bursting your belt that is your home-made sham

B
The captain leads his
E             F#         G#
Dance right on through the night
C#7     F#
join the dance

F#    C# F#       C#   F#      C#     D#m
Follow on till the grail sunset in the mould
F#   C#  F#       C#      B
Follow on till the gold is cold
E      B   E       F#m  E     B
Dancing out with the moonlight knight
F#m            D           E    F#   C#
Knight soft the greenshield stamp and shout

C#m             G#m      A       C#m     G#m A
There's a fat old lady outside the saloon
C#m        G#m     A             C#m      G#m A
Laying out a credit card she plays fortune
C#m         G#m   A            C#m     G#m A
The desk is uneven right from the start
C#m        G#m        A      B
All of their hands are playing apart
B
the captain leads his
E            F#          G#
Dance right on through the night
C#7    F#
join the dance

F#    C# F#     C#     F#     C#      D#m
Follow on, around table talking down we go
F#       C#     F#     C#
You're the show, off we go
C#
with you play the bobby horse,
C#                             G#m      C#m     G#m
I'll play the fool, we'll tease the dull…  ring…    ing
G#m     A        C#         F#
Round and round     round and round

F#    C#  F#     C#    F#     C#      D#m
Follow on, will a twist of the world we go
F#   C#  F#       C#      B
Follow on till the gold is cold
E      B   E       F#m  E      B
Dancing out with the moonlight knight
F#m            D           E     F#  C#
Knight soft the greenshield stamp and shout