Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight from Selling England by the Pound Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com), 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. (C#m) (G#m) "Can you tell me where my coutry lies?" (C#m) (G#m) (A) said the unifaun to his true love's eyes. C#m G#m "It lies with me!" cried the Queen of Maybe C#m F#m/A C#m Amaj7 for her merchandise he traded in his prize. --------4----------------------------9-----9-11--9-11-9---7---4-------9----| --------5--------------7--5---4------9-----9-----------9------4---9--------| --------6--------------6---------6---9-----9----------------4---4-9-14--9--| --------6--------------7---------7---11-------------------6----------------| --------4--------------0-------------11---------------------------0--------| -------------------------------------9-------------------------------------| A B/A B E "Paper late" cried a voice in the crowd, ---9--------7--------------7-----------7-----| -----10-----7--------------7---------9--9----| --9------8---------------8---8------9----9---| ------------------------------------------9--| -0-----0-----------------------------------7-| -----------------------7-----------0---------| Esus E Esus E mm mm hmm old man dies ------------------------------------| -10----9-9--------10----9---9-------| -----9-----9---9------9-------9---9-| ---9---------9------9-----------9---| -7-------7--------7---------7-------| ------------------------------------| B B7 The note he left was signed "Old Father Thames", -------------------------------------------------| --------7----------------10-------10-------------| ------8---8---9-8------8----8---8----------------| --------------9-9----9--------9------------------| -------------------------------------------------| ----7-------7--------7---------------------------| C#m B it seems he's drowned; ------12---0-----------------0---------| ----9----9-----------------7-----------| --9----------------------------9-8-----| -------------11--------------------9---| -------------------------------------9-| -9-----------------------7-------------| C#m F#m6/A B C#m Amaj7 selling England by the pound -----------------------9--------9-11-9--------------| -5------4--------------9---------------9-12------14-| -6------6-------8------9------9----------13--13--13-| -6------7-------9------11--11------------13------14-| -4------0-------9------11----------------11------12-| ----------------7------9----------------------------| C#m G#m Amaj7 A B/A Citizens of Hope and Glory, time goes by B E it's the time of your life Esus E Esus E Easy now, sit you down, B/E B7/E B7 Chewing through you Wimpey dreams C#m B they eat without a sound; C#m A B C#m digesting England by the pound CGAmaj7 CGAmaj7 CGAmaj7 C#m G#m Amaj7 CAmaj7 Young man says "You are what you eat" - eat well. C#m G#m Amaj7 C#m GAmaj7 Old man says "You are what you wear" - wear well. C#m G#m Amaj7 C#mAmaj7 You know what you are you don't give a damn; C#m G#m Amaj7 B Bursting your belt that is your homemade sham. The captain leads his Esus E F# G#sus Dance right on through the night C# F# join the dance F# C# Follow on F# C# D#m C# F# D#m till the Grail sun sets in the mould DC# D#m C# F# B Follow on till the gold is cold Em B Em F#m/B Em B Em Dancing out with the moon - lit knight F#m D E F# Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout | F# | | | | | | | | | | A | | | | | C | | A | | | A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C B | D A | C B | D A | | CBDA | CBDA | AGAG | AGAG | | A | | | A | E/A | G | D | | A | E/A | G | D | | A | | | | | | | | F#m| | F#m | | | | | C#m | G#m Amaj7 | C#m | G#m Amaj7 | C#m G#m Amaj7 Amaj7 There's a fat old lady outside the saloon C#m G#m Amaj7 C#m Amaj7 Laying out the credit cards she plays fortune C#m G#m Amaj7 Amaj7 The deck is uneven right from the start C#m G#m Amaj7 B And all of their hands are playing apart. The captain leads his Esus E F# G#sus Dance right on through the night C# F# join the dance F# C# F# C# D#m C# F# D#m Follow on, a round table-talking down we go D#m C# D#m C# C#/G# You're the show, off we go with Bsus B you play the hobbyhorse, Bsus B E B/D# C#m B I'll play the fool, we'll tease the bull ringing ----------------------------| 9-----4---------5----4------| 9-----4---------6----4------| 9-----4---------6----4------| 7-----6---------4----2------| ----------------------------| G#m Amaj7C#/E# F# Round and loud loud and round -----------------------------------------| -4----------5-------2------------2-------| -4----------6-------1------------3-------| -6----------6-------3------------4-------| -6---------------------------------------| -4----------5-------1------------2-------| F# C# F# C# F# C# F# D#m Follow on, with a twist of the world we go D#m C# D#m C# F# B Follow on till the gold is cold Em B Em F#m/B Em B Em Dancing out with the moon - lit knight F#m D E F# Knights of the Green Shield stamp and shout