Marillion – A Few Words For The Dead (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ==================================== Tabbed by Mike C ([email protected]) Tab Explanation =============== s Slide h Hammer-on p Pull-off T Tap B Bend the note to the fret after the B R Release back to the originally bent note A.H. Artificial Harmonic m Palm Muted // Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible) A nice little song here. Takes a while to get going but once it does, how good it is! There's 5 guitars (suprisingly). Enjoy! Gtr. 1 - Very Slightly Distorted Electric Gtr. 2 - Clean Electric (w/echo) Gtr. 3 - Clean Electric (Acoustic Sim?) Gtr. 4 - Very Dirty Electric Gtr. 5 - Acoustic Guitar
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Intro (Guitar fades in around 2:02) 
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  Gtr. 1 (pick with fingers)
e|-------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9-| (just repeats in background)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Verse 1
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  Gtr. 1 (pick with fingers)
e|-------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9-| (just repeats in background)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

  Gtr. 2
e|-5s9-9~-7-9-9b10-9----------7----------------------------|
B|-------------------10~-8-10---10----7s8-7h8p7------------|
G|---------------------------------9~-----------9-7-6-7-9~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Can you make it your own 
Can you take it by the throat 
Make your own luck, learn the skills 
Get in early for the kill
It carries on Verse 2 ======= Pick up the weapon Marry it, give it your name Define yourself by it Take it down 'the disco
Interlude
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  Gtr. 1 (pick with fingers)
e|-------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9-| (just repeats in background)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
It carries on

Verse 3 (as interlude)
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Trigger happy, pulling power 
Lady killer, take 'em out
  Gtr. 2
e|-5s9-9~-7-9-9b10-9----------7----------------------------|
B|-------------------10~-8-10---10----7s8-7h8p7------------|
G|---------------------------------9~-----------9-7-6-7-9~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
It carries on
See the weirdos on the hill
Come to get you if you stand still 

Verse 4
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   A G D
e|-5-3-5-|
B|-5-3-7-|
G|-6-4-7-| (Gtr. 1 - strums chords where shown)
D|-7-5-7-|
A|-----5-|
E|-------|
A            G       D          A
Somewhere in history you were wronged
A            G     D            A
Teach your children to bang the drum 

Interlude
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  Gtr. 2
e|-5s9-9~-7-9-9b10-9----------7----------------------------|
B|-------------------10~-8-10---10----7s8-7h8p7------------|
G|---------------------------------9~-----------9-7-6-7-9~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr. 1 (pick with fingers)
e|-------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|--9--9--9--9--9--9-| (just repeats in background)
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Tell all your family, tell all your friends 
Teach your brothers to avenge
It carries on Break (only gtr. 2 plays) =====
Chorus
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  Gtr. 3
e|----9~----10~----10~----13~-|
B|---10~---12~----10~----10~--| (on repeats 2 and 3, chords 2 and 3)
G|--9~----12~----11~----10~---| (are strummed from top to bottom)
D|-11~---12~----12~----12~----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Or you could love
You could love

Interlude
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  Gtr. 4
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------7---7-|
A|--------------|
E|-5--5-5---5---|

Verse
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   A G D
e|-5-3-5-|
B|-5-3-7-|
G|-6-4-7-| (Gtr. 1 & 5 - strums chords where shown)
D|-7-5-7-|
A|-----5-|
E|-------|

  Gtr. 4
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------7---7-|
A|--------------|
E|-5--5-5---5---|

    A               G   
Lie down in the flowers 
        D               A
In the blue of the air (Gtr. 4 fades away)
  Gtr. 2
e|-5s9-9~-7-9-9b10-9----------7----------------------------|
B|-------------------10~-8-10---10----7s8-7h8p7------------|
G|---------------------------------9~-----------9-7-6-7-9~-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
A G Open your eyes D A Why use up your life for anything else? A G D A No need to fight for what everyone has A What do you need? G It's already there D It's already there A It's already there Chorus (as before) ====== You could love Outro (as chorus) ===== So he carried the stars in his pocket Drank the sunrise till he was drunk He embraced the angels They swam like little minnows in his blood Ghosts in his eyes Out walking beside him Laughing like children in his mind They chanted his mantra together You could love They were happy