• Song:

    The Carpet Crawlers

  • Artist:

    Genesis

  • Album:

    The Lamb Lies Down on B...

Hey, this is my first Tab and one of my fav songs!

The song is basically D and Em on the verses and it, though it can be strumed, 
sounds good when you play it like this.

   D (xx0232@1)                Eme|---3--3--3--3--3--3--------------| (022000@1)   You should listen to the song 
b|----2--2--2--2--2----------------|    and try that against it. Played
g|---------------------0--0--0--0--|  at a paced speed it should work!
d|--0--0--0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2-|    Also use your fingers it helps!
a|--------------------2--2--2--2---|
E|---------------------------------|

The chorus is another story I can't see the finger picking working for a beginner 
but try it on these chords. It works it just sounds strange if not worked on.

F#m 
The carpet crawlers heed their callers 
A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)You got to get in to get ou  -  -  -t 
A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)       Bm (x24432@1)You got to get in to get ou  -  -  -t 
Bm (x24432@1)               C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)You got to get in  to get ou -  -  -t 

    F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  G (320003@1)Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
e|---------3--2--2--|
b|--2---2--3--3--3--|
g|--2---2--0--4--2--|
d|--4---2--0--4--0--|
a|--4---0--2--2-----|
E|--2------3--------|

Now here is the bit everyone loves about this song. The Steve Hackett bit when 
it gets to, "You gotta get in to get out". 

Also remember I have figured this out through the live versions but can be put 
in the studio one just as easily. 

e|--15vvvv-15B-13-12-13-15vvvv-15b-13-15-12-10-12-12b-10-8-10/12\10--|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Thank you very much for trying this tab. I doubt there are many with the Steve Hackett 
bit but if you watch the video of Genesis Live zyou'll see how it done. Once again thank you.
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