Genesis Hall Chords

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Genesis Hall by Richard Thompson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Bb, C, F, Gm7 and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Dm
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16
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Intro: Dm 

    Bb       C               Dm 
My father he rides with your sheriffs 
      Bb                       C 
And I know he would never mean harm 
        F       Bb         Gm7 
But to see both sides of a quarrel 
       Bb                   Dm 
Is to judge without hate or alarm 

F   Gm  C 
Oh, oh, helpless and slow 
     F             Gm7         Dm 
And you don't have anywhere to go 

    Bb        C              Dm  
You take away homes from the homeless 
    Bb                       C        
And leave them to die in the cold 
    F         Bb              Gm7 
The gypsy who begged for your presents 
        Bb                             Dm 
He will laugh in your face when you're old 



      Bb         C             Dm 
Well, one man he drinks up his whiskey 
 Bb                      C 
Another he drinks up his wine 
            F                Bb       Gm7 
And they'll drink till their eyes are red with hate 
    Bb                   Dm 
For those of a different kind 



         Bb         C            Dm 
When the rivers run thicker than trouble 
        Bb                        C 
I'll be there at your side in the flood 
       F           Bb         Gm7 
It was all I could do to keep myself 
     Bb                Dm 
From taking revenge of blood 


Chorus X 2 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante