Chord/Tab song: After the Ordeal

This was an intercontinental project. Andreas Lemke in Germany did the
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)


(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 [email protected]


Intro:

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:

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:

1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - - -

[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:

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:

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-----------------------------------------------
-----------

(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---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-10--10--10--8--7--8--(8--10--12)--15--14--12------13--12----------
-----------------------------------------------15----------15--13--
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
-13--11--10--11--10--12s13s12---o ---------------------------------
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
--------------------------------o ---------------------------------
--------------------------------- ---------------------------------
-17b15--14--15-----------------------------------------------------
----------------12b10--8--10-----8--7------------------------------
------------------------------9--------7---------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

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.