Chord/Tab song: Dancing With the Moonlit Knight

Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
from Selling England by the Pound
Transcribed by Cory ([email protected]), March 2012
The other copies of this song are not very good. Here's a mostly
accurate chord transcription, with a few tabbed suggestions.
Go check out the guitar pro copy if you want the instrumental parts.

"Can you [(C#m)]tell me where my [(G#m)]coutry lies?"
said the [(C#m)]unifaun to his [(G#m)]true love's [(A)]eyes.

"It [C#m]lies with me!" cried the [G#m]Queen of Maybe

for her [C#m]merchandise he [F#m/A]traded in his [C#m]prize.[C#m][G#m][Amaj7]

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[A]"Paper [B/A]late" cried a [B]voice in the [E]crowd,

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[Esus]mm mm [E]hmm [Esus] old man [E]dies

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The [B]note he left was signed [B7]"Old Father Thames",

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[C#m] it seems he's [B]drowned;

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[C#m]selling [F#m6/A]England [B]by the [C#m]pound[G#m][Amaj7]

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[C#m]Citizens of [G#m]Hope and [Amaj7]Glory, [A]time goes [B/A]by
it's the [B]time of your [E]life
[Esus] Easy [E]now,[Esus] sit you [E]down,
[B/E]Chewing [B7/E]through you [B7]Wimpey dreams
they [C#m]eat without a s[B]ound;
[C#m]digesting [A]England [B]by the [C#m]pound

[C#m] [G#m] [Amaj7]
[C#m] [G#m] [Amaj7]
[C#m] [G#m] [Amaj7]
[C#m]Young man says "You [G#m]are what you [Amaj7]eat" - eat well[C#m].[G#m][Amaj7]
[C#m]Old man says "You a[G#m]re what you [Amaj7]wear" - wea[C#m]r well[G#m].[Amaj7]
[C#m]You know what you [G#m]are you [Amaj7]don't give a da[C#m]mn;[G#m][Amaj7]
[C#m]Bursting your [G#m]belt that [Amaj7]is your [B]homemade sham. The captain leads his

[Esus] Dance right [E]on [F#]through the [G#sus]night
[C#]join the [F#]dance

[F#]Follow [C#]on
[F#]till the [C#]Grail [D#m]sun [C#]sets [F#]in the [D#m]mould
[D#m] [C#] Follow on [D#m]till the [C#]gold [F#]is [B]cold
[Em]Dancing [B]out [Em]with the [F#m/B]moon - [Em]lit [B]knight[Em]
[F#m]Knights of the [D]Green Shield [E]stamp and [F#]shout

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| C#m | G#m Amaj7 | C#m | G#m Amaj7 |

[C#m]There's a fat old [G#m]lady out[Amaj7]side the saloon[C#m][G#m][Amaj7]
[C#m]Laying out the [G#m]credit [Amaj7]cards she [C#m]plays fortune[G#m][Amaj7]
[C#m]The deck is un[G#m]even [Amaj7]right from the start[C#m][G#m][Amaj7]
[C#m]And all of their [G#m]hands are [Amaj7]playing a[B]part. The captain leads his

[Esus] Dance right [E]on [F#]through the [G#sus]night
[C#]join the [F#]dance
[F#]Follow [C#]on, [F#]a round[C#] table-[D#m]talking [C#]down [F#]we [D#m]go
[D#m]You're the s[C#]how, o[D#m]ff we go[C#] wi[C#/G#]th
[Bsus]you play the [B]hobbyhorse,
[Bsus] I'll play the [B]fool, [E]we'll [B/D#]tease the [C#m]bull [B]ringing

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[G#m] Round and [Amaj7]loud [C#/E#] loud and [F#]round

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[F#]Follow [C#]on, [F#]with a [C#]twist [F#]of the [C#]world [F#]we [D#m]go
[D#m]Follow [C#]on [D#m]till the [C#]gold [F#]is [B]cold
[Em]Dancing [B]out [Em]with the [F#m/B]moon - [Em]lit [B]knight[Em]
[F#m]Knights of the [D]Green Shield [E]stamp and [F#]shout