"  Cuckoo  Cocoon " 
                           by Genesis 
              From ' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway ' 
 
TABLATURE:  By Jeff Nicolaus (jnicolaus@msn.com) Sept 3, 1997. 
 
TUNING: Standard 
 
ARRANGEMENT:  Taken off studio version. The guitars are mellow and 
        effects laden. The intro and regular verse seem to have 
        been recorded using a 'Travis' style of finger picking, 
        where the thumb is alternating. This version is a little 
        more syncopated and more to my liking. 
              I will also include an 'optional' more aggressive 
        style of picking for comparison. 
 
        Time signature : 4/4 
 
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INTRO: 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
OPTIONAL: 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2-----2---------2-----2---|-----0-----0---------0-----0---| 
|-0-------0-------0-------0-----|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-----| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
1st verse: 
 Wrapped up in some powdered wool   I guess I'm losing touch. 
2nd verse: 
 There's nothing I can recognize, this is nowhere that I've known 
 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
1st verse: 
 Don't tell me this is dying, 'cause I ain't changed that much. 
2nd verse: 
 With no sign of life at all, I guess that I'm alone. 
 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
1st verse: 
 The only sound is waterdrops, I wonder where the hell I 
2nd verse: 
 And I feel so secure,    that I know this can't be 
 
( F / G )                       ( G7 / F ) 
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================================================| 
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|-------1---------------1-------|-------0-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----0-------0-| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-1-------------| 
 
1st verse: 
 am? Some kind of jam?           Cuckoo cocoon, have I come to, 
2nd verse:                               too soon for 
 real.     But I feel good. 
 
( A )           ( A7 / G )      (F#m)    (G#m)   (F#m)   (G#m) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   | 
=================================================================== 
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|-------2---------------2-------|-----2-------4-------2-------4---| 
|-----2-------2-------0-------0-|---2-------4-------2-------4-----| 
|-------------------------------|-4-------6-------4-------6-------| 
|-0-----------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-----------------3-------------|---------------------------------| 
 
 
1st verse: 
 you? 
 
STRUM       /    HOLD CHORD 
( F# / B ) 
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================================= 
|-2-----------------2-----------| 
|-2---------------2---2---------| 
|-3-------------3-------3-------| 
|-4-----------------------4-----| 
|-2-------2---2-----------------| 
|-2-----------------------------| 
 
 
2nd verse: 
 you? 
 
STRUM      /     HOLD CHORD 
( F# / B ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================= 
|-2---------------2-------------| 
|-2-----------------2-----------| 
|-3---------------3-----3-------| 
|-4-----------------4-----4-----| 
|-2---------------------2-------| 
|-2-----------------------2-----| 
 
 
MIDDLE:  ( FLUTE SOLO ) 
( G / A ) 
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================================= 
|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------3---------------3-------| 
|-----4-------4-------4-------4-| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-5---------------5-------------| 
 
( F / G )                       ( F / G ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   & | 
================================================= 
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---| 
|-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------| 
 
( D / C )                       ( Bb ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-2---------2-----2---------2---|-1---------1-----1---------1---| 
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3---------------3-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----3-------3-------3-------3-| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-1---------------1-------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
( D min )       ( Bb )          ( C ) 
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================================================= 
|-1---------1-----1----------1--|-0-------------| 
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----1-| 
|-----2-------2-------3-------3-|-----0---------| 
|-1-----------------------------|---------------| 
|-----------------1-------------|-3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-----------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-2-----------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
3rd verse: 
 I wonder if I'm a prisoner locked in some Brooklyn jail,   or 
 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
3rd verse: 
 some kind of Jonah,       shut up inside the whale. 
 
(D 9) (Dmaj7)    (D 9) (Dmaj7)  (C) (Cmaj7)      (C) (Cmaj7) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-----------------0-------------|-----------------0-------------| 
|-3-----2-----3---------2-----3-|-1-----0-----1---------0-----1-| 
|-----2---------------2---------|-----0---------------0---------| 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
3rd verse: 
 No,   I'm still Rael,  and I'm stuck in some kind of 
 
( F / G )                       ( G7 / F ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   & | 
================================================| 
|-1---------1-----1---------1---|-1---------1---| 
|-------1---------------1-------|-------0-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----0-------0-| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-1-------------| 
 
3rd verse: 
 cave, what could've saved me?   Cuckoo cocoon, have I come to 
                                        too soon for 
( A )           ( A7 / G )      (F#m)    (G#m)   (F#m)   (G#m) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   | 
=================================================================== 
|-0---------0-----0---------0---|-0-----0-------0-------0-------0-| 
|-------2---------------2-------|-----2-------4-------2-------4---| 
|-----2-------2-------0-------0-|---2-------4-------2-------4-----| 
|-------------------------------|-4-------6-------4-------6-------| 
|-0-----------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-----------------3-------------|---------------------------------| 
 
3rd verse: 
 you? 
 
STRUM      /     HOLD CHORD 
( F# / B ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================= 
|-2---------------2-------------| 
|-2-----------------2-----------| 
|-3---------------3-----3-------| 
|-4-----------------4-----4-----| 
|-2---------------------2-------| 
|-2-----------------------2-----| 
 
 
END:  ( FLUTE SOLO ) 
( G / A ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
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|-3---------3-----3---------3---| 
|-------3---------------3-------| 
|-----4-------4-------4-------4-| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|-5---------------5-------------| 
 
( F / G )                       ( F / G ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   & | 
================================================= 
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|-------1---------------1-------|-------1-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----2-------2-| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-3-------------| 
 
( D / C )                       ( Bb ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 
================================================================= 
|-2---------2-----2---------2---|-1---------1-----1---------1---| 
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3---------------3-------| 
|-----2-------2-------2-------2-|-----3-------3-------3-------3-| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
|-3---------------3-------------|-1---------------1-------------| 
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
 
( D min )       ( Bb )          ( C ) 
| 1   &   2   &   3   &   4   & | 1   &   2   & | 
================================================= 
|-1---------1-----1----------1--|-0-------------| 
|-------3---------------3-------|-------3-----1-| 
|-----2-------2-------3-------3-|-----0---------| 
|-1-----------------------------|---------------| 
|-----------------1-------------|-3---------3---| 
|-------------------------------|---------------| 
 
STRUM 
( D / F# ) 
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