The Musical Box

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
[F#]  [F#] [Bm] [F#] [E]  [E] [F#] [Bm] [F#]  [F#] [Bm] [F#] [E]

[Bm]Play me old king [F#]cole
[E]That I may join with [F#]you,
All your h[A]earts now seem so f[D]ar from me
It hardly seems to [A]matter now.

[Bm]And the nurse will tell you [F#]lies
Of a k[E]ingdom beyond the s[F#]kies.
But I am l[A]ost within this ha[D]lf-world,
It hardly seems to m[A]atter now.

[E]Play me my song.
[F#]Here it comes again.
[E]Play me my song.
[F#]Here it comes again.

[F#m] [F#m] [F#m] [G]
[F#m] [F#m] [F#m] [Em]  / x2
[F#m] [F#m] [F#m] [G]

[F#m]Just a little bit,
Just a little bit more time,
Time left to live out my life.
la la la la [Am]la la la la la la

[D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[Am] [C#m] [Am] [C#m] [Am]  [A]

[E]Play me my song.
[F#]Here it comes again.
[E]Play me my song.
[F#]Here it comes again.

[E] [F#]  x6  [D] [E] x4
[E] [F#]  x4  [D] [E] x4 }x2  [D]
[E] [F#]  x4  [D] [E] x4 }x2  [D] [F#m]

[F#m]Old king cole was a [B]merry old soul,
And a m[D]erry old soul wa[F#m]s he.
So he called for his pipe,
And he [B]called for his bowl,
And he [D]called for his fiddlers [F#m]three.

[F#m]But the clock, tick-[E]tock,
On the ma[D]ntlepiece -
And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
[E]Her w[F#]armth...

[E] [F#] x4
[E] [D] [F#]
[E] [F#] x4
[E] [D] [F#]

[Ebm]Shes a lady, shes got time,
[F#]Brush back your hair, a[E]nd let me get to know your [F#]face.
[Ebm]Shes a lady, she is mine.
[F#]Brush back your hair, an[E]d let me get to know your [F#]flesh.

[F#] [B] [C#] [F#]   [B] [C#]

[F#]Ive been [Ebm]waiting [Bbm]here for s[Abm]o long
And all this [F#]time has passed me by
[B]It doesnt seem to matter no[F#]w

[F#]   [B]You stand there [C#]with your fixed exp[F#]ression [B]   [C#]
[F#]Casting [Ebm]doubt on all I [Bbm]have to s[Abm]ay.
Why dont you [F#]touch me, tou[E]ch[F#] me,
[E]Why d[F#]ont y[E]ou touch m[F#]e, [E]to[F#]uch[E] m[F#]e,
         [B]      ( [E] [F#] [E] [B] [E] [F#]     [E] [F#] [E] [B] [E] [B] ) - repeat several times
Touch me now, now, now, now, now...
[E] [F#] [E] [B] [E] [B]
[B] [C#] [F#]
[B]F#[C#] C#[F#] F# C# x4 --- [very fast]
[F#]  [C#]  [F#]  [F#] [C#]    [F#]

[I recommend to play the last part like that,
otherwise the fast part wouldn't be playable:]

E  - 7-7-9-9-9-7
F# - 9-9-11-11-11-9
B  - 7-9-9-8-7-7
C# - 9-11-11-10-9-9

{sot}But the last F# chord play on 2-4-4-3-2-2, but I think it's obvious ;){eot}

Anyway this is one of my favourite Genesis songs, I know that my work is not
100% correct, but makes it able to play and sing at once, I hope you'll

enjoy
as much as I do,

                                                      Wiktor
                                              Lublin, Poland
                                                    21.08.08