• Song:

    Down And Out

  • Artist:

    Genesis

  • Album:

    ...And Then There Were ...

Intro: Synth Strings High B sustained and play underneath:
       4/4  E5  E5  Bm( D5 inversion) Bm(root)  E5  E5        

5/4  B(guitar riff) F#5    E5    F#5 
     B5              F#5    E5 D5  D(Guitar changes to D5 )   

D5 Bass Pedal Throughout, Organ Chords: D5 , F5 , C5 , D5 , A5 , 
                                       D5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 , G5 , D5

D5   F5          C5     D5     A5   D5
It's good to be here, how've you been?
Bb5       F5         C5       G5  D5
Check my bags, boy where's my room?
  F5          C5      D5     A5  D5  
I sit on the phone, that's my game
Bb5          F5         C5   G5   D5    
Keep up the pressure all the way


(synth notes in parentheses)
D5 ( D5 F#5 A5 C5 B5 )                 G(land on B5 synth note on bush)
I don't want to beat about the bush
( G5 B5 D5 F5 E5 ) 

C(Land on E5 ) ( C5 E5 G5 Bb5 A5 )      Dm( F#5 A5 C5 Eb5 D5 )
But none of us are getting any younger

D7b9(Land on D5 then down an octave to D5 F#5 A5 C5 Bb5 ) 

                                   Gm(land on Bb5 )( G5 Bb5 D5 F5 )
There's people out there who could take your place

Cm( Eb5 C5 Eb5 G5 Bb5 A5 )     A( E5 F#5 G5 A5 D5 )   
A more commercial view, a fresher face


D5
F5        C5       D5   A5 D5
I need a shower, take a nap
Bb5                   F5            C5    G5 D5
I'll meet you in the bar, we must have a rap
          F5          C5       D5  A5  D5 
There's a lot on the line, a lot to say
        Bb5               F5    C5   G5 D5 
There's something I must tell you today

                        G5
You and I both know the score
C5                            D5
You can't go on like this forever
D7b9                   G5
So it's with regret, I tell you now
C5                       A5
That from this moment on  you're on your own

4/4
D5                C5               
I don't talk round corners
D5                    C5
It's right between the eyes
A5                           G5 G5
If you're slow they'll run  past    you
A5                    G5     A5 G5
Stand tall, see them falling ov er

D5      C5
I walk a straight line
D5                    C5
It's right between the eyes
A5                G5 G5 
Well show me the door
A5                        G5   A5 G5   
Show me someone who'll do it better


5/4 Back To D5 Bass Pedal: Organ Chords: D5 , F5 , C5 , D5 , A5 , 
                                        D5 , Bb5 , F5 , C5 , G5 , D5

    F5             C5   D5 A5  D5 
The drinks are on me, be my guest
Bb5      F5      C5    G5   D5
Smoke a cigar, take the best
      F5          C5            D5   A5 D5
Don't hedge your bets, we can make a deal
Bb5                 F5          C5   G5   D5
You got it in your pocket and how you feel?


                             G5
So glad that's over, now you know
C5                         D5
But I'm only acting under orders
D7b9                         G5 
And looking down on you from way up here
C5                         A5
You've got to sink or swim , get off the floor


Solo: D5  F5  x3 
      G5  A5  D5

4/4
D5                C5   
I don't talk round corners
D5                    C5
It's right between the eyes
A5                          G5 G5
If you're slow they'll run past    you
A5                    G5     A5 G5   
Stand tall, see them falling ov er


D5      C5
I walk a straight line
D5               C5
Right between the eyes
A5                G5 G5
Well show me the door
A5                      G5   A5 G5
Show me someone who'll do it better


Outro: E5  A5     B5   Bm9 E5   A5  
        B5   F#5 E5  F#5     B5  x2  Synth runs up E5 scale to end on High B5
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