• Song:

    Fly On A Windshield

  • Artist:

    Genesis

  • Album:

    The Lamb Lies Down on B...

Tabbed by Charles Seymour . 
 
Intro: alternating between Em and G 
 
      G5                E5      
There's something solid forming in the air, 
                G5                                                        E5 
And the wall of death is lowered in Times Square. 
C5            E5 
No-one seems to care, 
           A5                                        E5 
They carry on as if nothing was there. 
 

B5                               G5         
The wind is blowing harder now, 
                 G5            E5 (VII) 
Blowing dust into my eyes. 
         B5                           G5 
The dust settles on my skin, 
                  G5              E5 (VII) 
Making a crust I cannot move in 
Em(XII)                            E5                   E5                         E5 
And I'm hovering like a fly, waiting for the windshield on the freeway. 
 
Instrumental Interlude:  alternating Em and G for many measures, then 
 

F#5  G5  F#5  G5 
 
B5  C5  B5  C5 D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 
 
F5                                                   F5 
Echoes of the Broadway Everglades, 
                 Bb5                 Db5               F5 
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades: 
F5                                                           F5 
Lenny Bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand. 
Bb5                                         Db5                    F5 
Marshall Mcluhan, casual viewin', head buried in the sand. 
F5                      F5                          Bb5   Db5                                       Eb5 
Sirens on the rooftops wailing, but there's no ship sailing. 
F5                               F5                       B5                                 Eb5 
Groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline 
Db5    F5 
failing. 
 
(as above except for last line) 

Klu Klux Klan serve hot soul food and the band plays 'In the Mood' 

The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand, there's a smell of 

                      peach blossom and bitter almonde. 

Caryl Chessman sniffs the air and leads the parade, he knows 

                     in a scent, you can bottle all you made. 

There's Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes, smiling at the 

               majorettes smoking Winston Cigarettes. 

And as the song and dance begins, the children play at home 
                 Bb5       C5           D5      
            with needles; needles and pins. 
 
Outro: 
D5 (X)  C5 (VIII)  Bb5 (VI)  C5 (VIII)  D5 (X) 
 
Chord definitions: 
 
B/G: {xxx042} 
G5: {xxx033} 
Gadd9: {xxx035} 
Em (VII): {xxx087} 
Em (XII): {xxxccc} 
Em/maj7: {xxxccb} 
Em6: {xxxcc9} 
F5+: {xx3221} 
D (X): {xxcbaa} 
C (VIII): {xxa988} 
Bb (VI): {xx8766}
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