Artist: Genesis
Song: The Musical Box
Album: Nursery Cryme
Tabbed by: Wiktor R. Kolowiecki
E-mail: variat11@gmail.com
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F# F# Bm F# E E F# Bm F# F# Bm F# E
Bm F#
Play me old king cole
E F#
That I may join with you,
A D
All your hearts now seem so far from me
A
It hardly seems to matter now.
Bm F#
And the nurse will tell you lies
E F#
Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
A D
But I am lost within this half-world,
A
It hardly seems to matter now.
E
Play me my song.
F#
Here it comes again.
E
Play me my song.
F#
Here it comes again.
F#m F#m F#m G \
F#m F#m F#m Em / x2
F#m F#m F#m G
F#m
Just a little bit,
Just a little bit more time,
Time left to live out my life.
Am
la la la la la la la la la la
D G D G D
Am C#m Am C#m Am A
E
Play me my song.
F#
Here it comes again.
E
Play me my song.
F#
Here it comes again.
E F# x6 D E x4
E F# x4 D E x4 }x2 D
E F# x4 D E x4 }x2 D F#m
F#m B
Old king cole was a merry old soul,
D F#m
And a merry old soul was he.
So he called for his pipe,
B
And he called for his bowl,
D F#m
And he called for his fiddlers three.
F#m E
But the clock, tick-tock,
D
On the mantlepiece -
And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
E F#
Her warmth...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/genesis/musical_box_crd.html ]
E F# x4
E D F#
E F# x4
E D F#
D#m
Shes a lady, shes got time,
F# E F#
Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your face.
D#m
Shes a lady, she is mine.
F# E F#
Brush back your hair, and let me get to know your flesh.
F# B C# F# B C#
F# D#m Bbm G#m
Ive been waiting here for so long
F#
And all this time has passed me by
B F#
It doesnt seem to matter now
F# B C# F# B C#
You stand there with your fixed expression
F# D#m Bbm G#m
Casting doubt on all I have to say.
F# E F#
Why dont you touch me, touch me,
E F# E F# E F# E F#
Why dont you touch me, touch me,
B ( E F# E B E F# E F# E B E B ) - repeat several times
Touch me now, now, now, now, now...
E F# E B E B
B C# F#
B C# F#
F# C# F# C# x4 --- [very fast]
F# C# F# F# C# F#
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[I recommend to play the last part like that,
otherwise the fast part wouldn't be playable:]
E - 7-7-9-9-9-7
F# - 9-9-11-11-11-9
B - 7-9-9-8-7-7
C# - 9-11-11-10-9-9
But the last F# chord play on 2-4-4-3-2-2, but I think it's obvious ;)
Anyway this is one of my favourite Genesis songs, I know that my work is not
100% correct, but makes it able to play and sing at once, I hope you'll
enjoy
as much as I do,
Wiktor
Lublin, Poland
21.08.08
