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Cuckoo Cocoon
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Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1997 18:53:55 +0000 (UT)
From: "Jeffrey R. Nicolaus"
Subject: TAB: "Cuckoo Cocoon" by 'Genesis'
" Cuckoo Cocoon "
by Genesis
From ' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway '
TABLATURE: By Jeff Nicolaus (jnicolaus@msn.com) Sept 3, 1997.
TUNING: Standard
ARRANGEMENT: Taken off studio version. The guitars are mellow and
effects laden. The intro and regular verse seem to have
been recorded using a 'Travis' style of finger picking,
where the thumb is alternating. This version is a little
more syncopated and more to my liking.
I will also include an 'optional' more aggressive
style of picking for comparison.
Time signature : 4/4
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INTRO:
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
OPTIONAL:
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2-----2---------2-----2---|-----0-----0---------0-----0---|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-----|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1st verse:
Wrapped up in some powdered wool I guess I'm losing touch.
2nd verse:
There's nothing I can recognize, this is nowhere that I've known
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1st verse:
Don't tell me this is dying, 'cause I ain't changed that much.
2nd verse:
With no sign of life at all, I guess that I'm alone.
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
1st verse:
The only sound is waterdrops, I wonder where the hell I
2nd verse:
And I feel so secure, that I know this can't be
( F / G ) ( G7 / F )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
================================================|
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---|
|-------1---------------1-------|-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----0-------0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-1-------------|
1st verse:
am? Some kind of jam? Cuckoo cocoon, have I come to,
2nd verse: too soon for
real. But I feel good.
( A ) ( A7 / G ) (F#m) (G#m) (F#m) (G#m)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
===================================================================
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-0-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
|-------2---------------2-------|-----2-------4-------2-------4---|
|-----2-------2-------0-------0-|---2-------4-------2-------4-----|
|-------------------------------|-4-------6-------4-------6-------|
|-0-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
1st verse:
you?
STRUM / HOLD CHORD
( F# / B )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-2-----------------2-----------|
|-2---------------2---2---------|
|-3-------------3-------3-------|
|-4-----------------------4-----|
|-2-------2---2-----------------|
|-2-----------------------------|
2nd verse:
you?
STRUM / HOLD CHORD
( F# / B )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-2---------------2-------------|
|-2-----------------2-----------|
|-3---------------3-----3-------|
|-4-----------------4-----4-----|
|-2---------------------2-------|
|-2-----------------------2-----|
MIDDLE: ( FLUTE SOLO )
( G / A )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------3---------------3-------|
|-----4-------4-------4-------4-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5---------------5-------------|
( F / G ) ( F / G )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
=================================================
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---|
|-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------|
( D / C ) ( Bb )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-2---------2-----2---------2---|-1---------1-----1---------1---|
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3---------------3-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----3-------3-------3-------3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-1---------------1-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
( D min ) ( Bb ) ( C )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
=================================================
|-1---------1-----1----------1--|-0-------------|
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----1-|
|-----2-------2-------3-------3-|-----0---------|
|-1-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------1-------------|-3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-----------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-2-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
3rd verse:
I wonder if I'm a prisoner locked in some Brooklyn jail, or
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3rd verse:
some kind of Jonah, shut up inside the whale.
(D 9) (Dmaj7) (D 9) (Dmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7) (C) (Cmaj7)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------|
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-|
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------|
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
3rd verse:
No, I'm still Rael, and I'm stuck in some kind of
( F / G ) ( G7 / F )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
================================================|
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---|
|-------1---------------1-------|-------0-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----0-------0-|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-1-------------|
3rd verse:
cave, what could've saved me? Cuckoo cocoon, have I come to
too soon for
( A ) ( A7 / G ) (F#m) (G#m) (F#m) (G#m)
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
===================================================================
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-0-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
|-------2---------------2-------|-----2-------4-------2-------4---|
|-----2-------2-------0-------0-|---2-------4-------2-------4-----|
|-------------------------------|-4-------6-------4-------6-------|
|-0-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
3rd verse:
you?
STRUM / HOLD CHORD
( F# / B )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-2---------------2-------------|
|-2-----------------2-----------|
|-3---------------3-----3-------|
|-4-----------------4-----4-----|
|-2---------------------2-------|
|-2-----------------------2-----|
END: ( FLUTE SOLO )
( G / A )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-3---------3-----3---------3---|
|-------3---------------3-------|
|-----4-------4-------4-------4-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5---------------5-------------|
( F / G ) ( F / G )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
=================================================
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---|
|-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------|
( D / C ) ( Bb )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================================================
|-2---------2-----2---------2---|-1---------1-----1---------1---|
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3---------------3-------|
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----3-------3-------3-------3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-3---------------3-------------|-1---------------1-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
( D min ) ( Bb ) ( C )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & |
=================================================
|-1---------1-----1----------1--|-0-------------|
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----1-|
|-----2-------2-------3-------3-|-----0---------|
|-1-----------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------1-------------|-3---------3---|
|-------------------------------|---------------|
STRUM
( D / F# )
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
=================================
|-2-----------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------|
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