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Tablature "Return Of The Giant (2)" , Genesis
Return Of The Giant Tab by Genesis
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Genesis: The Return of the Giant Hogweed
From: Nursery Cryme
Copyright 1971 Yellow Dog Music
Written by Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford
Transcribed by Macahan (the_unifaun@hotmail.com) and Nick Rose
Uploaded by Travis Lausch
...as played on Genesis Live
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Play each [bracket] 4 times
Notation: + = tap, p = pull off from tap, h = hammer on
GUITAR:
tapping on A string,
+ p h + p h etc.
[ 10 3 6 11 3 6 ] [ 10 2 5 11 2 5 ] [ 10 1 4 11 1 4 ]
then tapping on low E string,
+ p + p + p
[ 15 5 8 ] [ 15 4 8 ] [ 15 3 15 3 15 3]
SYNTH: the synth plays the exact same thing but one octave higher
0:39
It's hard to hear poor Hackett here, but he's playing something like the bass
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|-5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\------------|
|--3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5----------------------|
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Turn and run!
Nothing can stop them!
Around every river and canal their power is growing.
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|--5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\--|
|---3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5------------|
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Stamp them out!
We must destroy them!
They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odour.
1:04
|--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--|
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They are invincible. They are immune to all our
|--6tr9-9-8-8-5tr8-8-5tr8-8-------------------------------|
|----------------------------6-4---6-4--------------8-----|
|--------------------------------6-----6-5--------7--8p7--|
|--------------------------------------------5h7h8--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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herbicidal battering.
Gm Cm F Bb Dm C
Long ago in the Russian hills,
Dm Gm Cm C F
A Victorian explorer found the regal Hogweed by a marsh.
1:40
|-------------------------7---7---7---7-3333333333--|
|--10p7-10p7-10p7-10p7---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3333333333--|
|------7----7----7----7-7---7---7---7---4444444444--|
|---------------------------------------5555555555--|
|---------------------------------------5555555555--|
|---------------------------------------3333333333--|
He captured it and brought it home.
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|--7-8-5-7-3-5-1~---------2~---------------7//------|
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Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.
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|--9-8---7-6---|
|-----8-----6--|
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Royal beast did not forget.
Dm Gm Cm
He came home to London
C F G GGGGGGGGGGGG
And made a present of the Hogweed to the Royal Gardens at Kew.
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|-5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\------------|
|--3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5----------------------|
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Waste no time!
They are approaching!
Hurry now, we must protect ourselves and find some shelter.
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|--5---3h5-8-7-333h5----3h5-8-7-3--12\---------4h5h7------4h5h7-7\--|
|---3h5--------------3h5----------5/--5-5---5----------5------------|
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Strike by night!
They are defenseless!
They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom.
|--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--|
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Still they're invincible. Still they're immune to all our
|--6tr9-9-8-8-5tr8-8-5tr8-8-------------------------------|
|----------------------------6-4---6-4--------------8-----|
|--------------------------------6-----6-5--------7--8p7--|
|--------------------------------------------5h7h8--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
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herbicidal battering.
Gm Cm F Bb Dm C Dm Gm Cm
Fashionable country gentlemen had some cultivated wild gardens
C F
In which they innocently planted
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|--10p7-10p7-10p7-10p7---8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3333333333--|
|------7----7----7----7-7---7---7---7---4444444444--|
|---------------------------------------5555555555--|
|---------------------------------------5555555555--|
|---------------------------------------3333333333--|
the Giant Hogweed throughout the land.
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|--7-8-5-7-3-5-1~------1010-----2///---------------|
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Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.
|--------------|
|--9-8---7-6---|
|-----8-----6--|
|--------------|
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Royal beast did not forget.
Dm Gm Cm C F
Soon they escaped, spreading their seed, preparing for an onslaught,
G GGGGGGGGGGGG
Threatening the human race.
4:17 _____________
Flute+guitar solo/THE DANCE OF THE GIANT HOGWEED | 1.
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|.------3--3---------------------------2223~--3p0----3--2223~--3p1-------.|
|--0h2h3--3---2-3--0-2------------3-2~----------2p0----------------3p2p0--|
|.---------------------3-5---0h3h5----------------2p0--------------------.|
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4:41
___________
| 2.
|--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--9-9-9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--|
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|--6tr9-9-8-8-6h8-6h8-8--6tr9-9-8-8---------------|
|-----------------------------------10p8--10p8----|
|---------------------------------------10----10--|
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4:58
|----8~-----11-----------------8~-----11---------|
|---8---------13--------------8---------13-------|
|--9------------13-----------9------------13-----|
|-----------------13~------10---------------13~--|
|------------------------------------------------|
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5:22
|--11--8-10-------/11--8-10--------/11--8-10---------------|
|----------11~-------------11~--------------8~-9-9/11-11~--|
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6:03
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|----------13/18-/20--20\13-------------------|
|--12-13-15------------------10------10-------|
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|-------------------------------8888----8888--|
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|----------------------------------18--------------18----16-13\8------------|
|-----11-------11-----11/16--/18/20--18----18/20-18---20--------------------|
|--/8---10--/8---10---------------------------------------------1010101010--|
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|--11~\8/10\6~---11~\8/10--------------|
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|-----------------------------8--------|
|----------------------------6-----10--|
|---------------------------------8----|
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6:31
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|--9-8-9-6-8---6-8-|-13-11-13----11------11--|
|------------8-----|----------13----12-13----|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|--------x2--------|-----------x2------------|
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Mighty Hogweed is avenged.
Human bodies soon will know our anger.
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|--9-8-9-6-8---6-8-|-13-11-13----11------11---12-11-12----11------11--|
|------------8-----|----------13----12-13--------------13----12-13----|
|------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------x2--------|--------------------------------------------------|
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Kill them with your Hogweed hairs.
HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANI.
D C# G#m
Giant Hogweed lives.
F# G#m Bb C# F# D E F#m G# G Bb Eb
Bb C D C# D# F Bb C D C# G#m
F# G#m Bb C# F# D E F#m G# G Bb Eb
Bb C D C# D# F C# D# F C# D# F F~~~
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7~ hold (longer than other notes)
7h9 hammer-on
9p7 pull-off
7(9) bend
(9)7 release
(9)r release
7/9 slide up
9\7 slide down
natural harmonics
7tr9 trill
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