A Trick Of The Tail, 1976
music and words by Tony Banks
Any corrections or hints welcome! :-)

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Moderato, time 4/4, E minor

INTRO

C     D    Em

VERSE

Em/D                             D/C
Was it summer when the river ran dry,
B4              B            E
or was it just another dam,
Em/d                   D/C
when the evil of a snowflake in June
         G/B                  C
could still be a source of relief

Em9           Em
oh how I love you
          Em7         A/E
I once cried long ago
     Em9         Em
but I was the one
            Em7     A/E
who decided to go
Am9                     Dm7            Fdim
        to search beyond the final crease,
                                         Em7
though I'd heard it said just birds
          Bm7     C
could dwell so high

1. D
2., 3. C D

CHORUS

E                                  F#m
If this desert's all there'll ever be
F#dim                     F           C
then tell me what becomes of me
D         Bb/C     F
a fall of rain?
       Fdim                 Bb                             F
That must have been another of your dreams
                 E9/A  E11   E13
a dream of mad    man   moon
D    E   A/D   D    E/D

MIDDLE EIGHT
Fast, time 7/8

C# F# / C# E F# / C# F# / C# E F# / C# B7
C# E F# / C# B7 / C# B / E A B / % / % / %
4/8 C# / 7/8 F Bb C / % / % / % [harmony change to Dm] [see scan]
4/8 D E

7/8 F#/C# B C# / % [B] / % [A#] / % [G#]               [x] = bass tone

Db ...
[piano solo]

Db        Gb/Db Db       Cb   Gb
     Hey man      I'm the sand man and
Db            Gb/Db   Db
boy have I news for you
Cb     Gb     Db                Gbm
they're gonna throw you in goal
             Db                    Cb
and you know they can't fail
       Db       Gbm                  Db
'cos sand is thicker than blood
Cb   E             A/E      E            B/E
but a prison in sand is a haven in hell
A      E          A
for a goal can give you a goal
11/8 E      A      B  Db  Eb
       and a goal can find you a
7/8  F            Bb       C/F      F            Bb
       sole on a muddy pitch in Newcastle
   C/F     F        Bb/F
where it rains so much
       C/F  F            Bb     C/F
you can't wait for a touch of
2/4 Eb/G   F/Ab
      sun      and
4/4 Gb/E
      sand
            Eb4
sun and sand
 

to VERSE

then:
OUTRO

C    D   C
C    D   C
C#m (repeat intro)