Genesis — Musical Box Chords

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...

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