...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

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They are invincible.  They are immune to all our



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|--------------------------------6-----6-5--------7--8p7--|

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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

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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--|

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He captured it and brought it home.



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Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.



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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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Strike by night!

They are defenseless!

They all need the sun to photosensitize their venom.



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Still they're invincible.  Still they're immune to all our



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|--------------------------------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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|------7----7----7----7-7---7---7---7---4444444444--|

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the Giant Hogweed throughout the land.



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Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.



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|-----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.



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 Flute+guitar solo/THE DANCE OF THE GIANT HOGWEED            | 1.

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4:41

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|-----------------------------------10p8--10p8----|

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 4:58

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 5:22

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 6:03

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 6:31

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Mighty Hogweed is avenged.

Human bodies soon will know our anger.



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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

<7>    natural harmonics

7tr9   trill