" Cuckoo Cocoon " by Genesis From ' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ' TABLATURE: By Jeff Nicolaus ([email protected]) 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 ***************************************************************** INTRO: () | 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: () | 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 () | 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. () | 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 ( ) | 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 ) ( ) | 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 ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-2-----------------2-----------| |-2---------------2---2---------| |-3-------------3-------3-------| |-4-----------------------4-----| |-2-------2---2-----------------| |-2-----------------------------| 2nd verse: you? STRUM / HOLD CHORD ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-2---------------2-------------| |-2-----------------2-----------| |-3---------------3-----3-------| |-4-----------------4-----4-----| |-2---------------------2-------| |-2-----------------------2-----| MIDDLE: ( FLUTE SOLO ) ( / A ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-3---------3-----3---------3---| |-------3---------------3-------| |-----4-------4-------4-------4-| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-5---------------5-------------| ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | ================================================= |-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---| |-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------| |-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-| |-------------------------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|---------------| |-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------| ( ) | 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-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | ================================================= |-1---------1-----1----------1--|-0-------------| |-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----1-| |-----2-------2-------3-------3-|-----0---------| |-1-----------------------------|---------------| |-----------------1-------------|-3---------3---| |-------------------------------|---------------| () | 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 () | 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. () | 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 ( ) | 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 ) ( ) | 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 ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-2---------------2-------------| |-2-----------------2-----------| |-3---------------3-----3-------| |-4-----------------4-----4-----| |-2---------------------2-------| |-2-----------------------2-----| END: ( FLUTE SOLO ) ( / A ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-3---------3-----3---------3---| |-------3---------------3-------| |-----4-------4-------4-------4-| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-5---------------5-------------| ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & | ================================================= |-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---| |-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------| |-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-| |-------------------------------|---------------| |-------------------------------|---------------| |-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------| ( ) | 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-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ( ) | 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 ( ) | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ================================= |-2-----------------------------| |-3-----------------------------| |-2-----------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-2-----------------------------|
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