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LAND OF CONFUSION
As recorded by Gensis
(From the 1986 Album INVISIBLE TOUCH)
Words and Music by Tony Banks, Phil Collins & Mike Rutherford
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Electric Guitar / 1/2 step down'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Synthesizer arr. for Gtr. / 1/2step down'
Intro
Q=120
N.C. A
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. / 1/2 step down)
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|----------|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|----------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
1st Verse
D5E5 G/D A/E
E E E E E E Q E E Q H H Q E S S E E Q H
|----------------||-------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------||-------------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|----------------||-7-9---------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7---7--||-7-9---------|---------12-12-12-|-12-14---------|
|-----7-------7--||-7-7---------|------------------|---------------|
|---5---5---5----||-------------|------------------|---------------|
H Q CE E E DE Q H H Q D5/EE E E E5E Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
2nd - 4th Verses
$
H Q D5/EE E E E5E Q H H Q G/D E E E A/E E Q H
|-------------||--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------||o-------------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||--7-9---------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||--7-9---------|---------12-12-|-12-14---------|
|---------7-7-||o-7-7---------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------||--------------|---------------|---------------|
H Q CE E E DE Q H H Q D5/EE E E E5E Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|-------------|-------------|
|---------5-5-|-5-7---------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-9---------|
|-------------|-------------|---------7-7-|-7-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Pre-Chorus
W H E E5Q. +Q Q E A/E S S Q H E E5Q.
|----------||-------------|---------------------|-------------|
|----------||-------------|-----------14-14-14--|-------------|
|----------||--------9----|-(9)-------14-14-14--|--------9----|
|----------||--------9----|-(9)-------14-14-14--|--------9----|
|----------||--------7----|-(7)-----------------|--------7----|
|----------||--------0----|-(0)-----------------|--------0----|
+H E A/E S S Q Q Q E E5Q.
|--------------------|---------------|
|----------14-14-14--|-14------------|
|-(9)------14-14-14--|-14-------9----|
|-(9)------14-14-14--|-14-------9----|
|-(7)----------------|----------7----|
|-(0)----------------|----------0----|
+H E A/E S S S S E +Q Q E E5S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|----------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)--------------|
|-(9)------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)-------9-9-9--|
|-(9)------14-14-14-14-14-|-(14)-------9-9-9--|
|-(7)---------------------|------------7-7-7--|
|-(0)---------------------|------------0-0-0--|
Chorus
H E D/F# S S S S S S Q E5E E E C5E E E
|--------10-10-10-10-10-10-||----------------|
|--------10-10-10-10-10-10-||----------------|
|--------11-11-11-11-11-11-||----9-----5---5-|
|--------------------------||----9-----5---5-|
|--------------------------||----7-----3---3-|
|--------------------------||----------------|
D5 B5 E5 C5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5--|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5--|
|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3--|
|----------------|-----------------|
Q D5E E E B5E E E Q E5E E E C5E E E Q D5E E E B5E E E Q E5E E E C5E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|
|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|
|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Interlude
To Coda
D5 B5 A
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-----4---4--||---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|----5-----2---2--||-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-----------------||---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
Bridge
N.C.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|---------------|------------------|
|----------------o||---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|
|-----------------||---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|
|---------7---7---||------------------|----4---6------|------------------|
|-----7-------7--o||------------------|----4----------|------------------|
|---5---5---5-----||------------------|---------------|------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---7-7-5-5-------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|---6-6-6-6-8-8---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|----4---6------|------------------|-----------7-7---|-------------------|
|----4----------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|----7p5-/7---/9---|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|----6---/8---/9---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|------------------|------------------|----4---6------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----4----------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5---|---7-7-5-5-------|---/9-9-7-7-5-5----|
|--------6------|---/9-9-8-8-4-4---|---6-6-6-6-8-8---|---/9-9-8-8-4-4----|
|----4---6------|------------------|-----------7-7---|-------------------|
|----4----------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A6A
Q E E E E E E E Q. +H +W
|------------------|----------------|--------||
|----7p5-/7---/9---|-7p=5----(5)----|-(5)----||
|----6---/8---/9---|-6-(6)---(6)----|-(6)----||
|------------------|-7-(7)---(7)----|-(7)----||
|------------------|----------------|--------||
|------------------|----------------|--------||
Interlude
C5 W +W
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--5----------------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|--3----------------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Synth. arr. for Gtr. / 1/2step down)
| E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E Q Q
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|-------------15-14------|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|-13--15-(15)--------15--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
W +W
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--5----------------------------|-(5)--------------------|
|--3----------------------------|-(3)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E Q Q
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|-------------15-14------|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|-13--15-(15)--------15--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
D5
H H
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5--------------7-------------|
|--3--------------5-------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|
|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|
|-------------12-11---9--(9)----|
|-10--12-(12)----------------12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
C5 D5 C5 D5
H H H H
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5--------------7------|--5--------------7-------------|
|--3--------------5------|--3--------------5-------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E Q Q E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-------------15-14------|-------------15-14--12-(12)----|
|-13--15-(15)--------15--|-13--15-(15)----------------15-|
|-------------12-11------|-------------12-11---9--(9)----|
|-10--12-(12)--------12--|-10--12-(12)----------------12-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
C5 H D5 Q D5/E E E E E5 E +H. +H Q E E
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------7--7-|--7--9--(9)----------|--(9)-------9-9--||
|--5--------------7---7--7-|--7--9--(9)----------|--(9)-------9-9--||
|--3--------------5---7--7-|--7--7--(7)----------|--(7)-------7-7--||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|
| E. S +E E Q E E E Q. +H +H H
|-------------15-14--------|---------------------|-----------------||
|-13--15-(15)--------15-15-|-15-17-------(17)----|-(17)------------||
|-------------12-11--------|---------------------|-----------------||
|-10--12-(12)--------12-12-|-12-14-------(14)----|-(14)------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
&
Q E5E E E C5E E E Q D5E E E B5E E E Q E5E E E C5E E E Q D5E E E B5E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||-----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4---||
||-----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4-|----9-----5---5-|----7-----4---4---||
||o----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2-|----7-----3---3-|----5-----2---2--o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
Outro
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------7-------|---------7-------|---------7-------|
|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
E E E E E E D5S S S S E E5Q. +H +W
|---------------------|---------------|--------*|
|---------------------|---------------|--------*|
|-------------7-7-7-7-|-7-------------|--------*|
|---------7---7-7-7-7-|-7-2----(2)----|-(2)----*|
|-----7-------5-5-5-5-|-5-2----(2)----|-(2)----*|
|---5---5---5---------|---0----(0)----|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths