Marillion – Assassing (Guitar)

B5   Asus2
                                  I am the ass-

C#m  Bsus2    C#m  Bsus2
assin, with tongue forged from eloquence

B5   Asus2     B5   Asus2
I am the assassin, providing your nemesis

       F#          E
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend

          B               A
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend

        A                E
No incantations of remorse, my friend

              E                F#
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, my

C#m  Bsus2    C#m  Bsus2
friend   ....         I am the a-

B5   Asus2     B5   Asus2
ssassin       Assassin

C#m  Bsus2
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot

C#m  Bsus2
Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare

    B5   Asus2
Who gouged the notches from the family tree

    B5   Asus2
Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance

F#   E
Assassing,

B    A
assassing,

A    E
assassing,

E    F#
assassing

Bm                 A                          G               A
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision

Bm               A        G               A
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision

Bm             A           G               A
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption

Bm                 A               G          A            B
Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassins fervour

B           E
Apocalyptic alphabet... casting

D         F#m
spell the creed of tempered

B
diction (my friend, your friend, the assassin)

E
(my friend, your friend, the assassin)

D
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds

C#m
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds

           B
Let bitter silence infect the wound

           D
Let bitter silence infect the wound

          F#
I am the assassin, My friend

          G
I am the assassin, My friend

         A
I am the assassin

C#m  Bsus2    C#m  Bsus2
Assassing

       C#m  Bsus2
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone

  C#m  Bsus2
Parading a Hollywood conscience

           B5   Asus2
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish

   B5   Asus2
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of

C#m  Bsus2    C#m  Bsus2
Success   . A non com observer -

B5   Asus2     B5   Asus2
I assassin the collector - defector

       F#           E
So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend

       B                   A
And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend

    A            E
To eradicate the problem, my friend

              E         F#
Unsheathe the blade within the voice

    F#     E
within the voice

    B      A
within the voice

    A      E        E   F#
within the voice

                                                            B5  C#m
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway, my friend?