Marillion – Berlin (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
The intro vamps on 4 chords.
For the first 4 bars it's Gm to F (Riff 1)
Set a delay for quarternotes, with 3-4 repeats and plenty of mix and play "off it" to fill out the sound.
Let the delay do the heavy lifting.
[Intro]
[Riff 1] x 2 e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|----3-3-2-2-----2-2-----3-3-2-2----2-2-| D|3-5---------3-3-----3-5---------3-3----| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| [Riff 2] x 2 e|---------------------------------------| B|--4-4-3-3----3-3---4-4-3-3----3-3------| G|5--------3-3––––3–5––––––––3–3––––3–5––| D|-----------––––––––––––––––––––––––––––| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Gm F Gm F The mascara'd blonde from the Berliner bar Gm F Gm F Rises at twilight, gets dressed in a daze Cm Bb Cm Bb Black leather crackles and cold water runs Cm Bb Cm Bb As she touches the walls of her memory maze
[Verse 2]
Gm F Gm F And the shadows of men she has known fill her day Gm F Gm F She's held half the world in her arms so they say Cm Bb Cm Bb But she wakes up without them with a hole in her heart Cm Bb Cm Bb And she puts on her clothes lives her life behind bars
[Instrumental]
Dm – C / Riff 3
[Riff 3] x 2 e|--------------------------------------–––-| B|--6-6-5-5----–5-5---––6-6-5-5----–5-5-----| G|7--------–5-5–––––5–6–––––––––5–5–––––5–5–| D|-----------–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––| A|--------------------------------------–––-| E|--------------------------------------–––-|
[Verse 3]
Gm F Gm F The mascara'd blonde from the Berliner bar Gm F Gm F Sighs at the skylight gets lost in the haze Cm Bb Cm Bb Black leather crackles and cold water runs Cm Bb Cm Bb As she touches the walls of her memory maze
[Instrumental]
Em - Bm – C – D x2
[Verse 4]
Em Bm C D Someone got stranded in no man's land Em Bm C D Dancing in the spotlight to the sound of clapping hands Em Bm C D Nobody knows who's side he was on Em Bm C D It's a risk that you take in no man's land Em Bm C D Nobody knows what made him decide Em Bm C D To run for freedom and to certain suicide Em Bm C D When they turn off the guns and his fingers uncurl Em Bm C D Em He's clutching a photograph of a Berlin party girl
[Verse 5]
Play the Esus4–E section like this:
e|--------5--------------4---------------| B|--------5--------------5---------------| G|----4---4----------4---4---------------| D|---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| Esus4 E Come in from your checkpoints on your lonely roads Esus4 E Come in from your ditches in your silent fields Esus4 E Where intensified light from a rifle sight Esus4 E Makes the darkness day, and the day too bright
[Instrumental]
Esus4 E
[Verse 6]
Esus4 E And we wake up without you Esus4 E We wake up without you Esus4 E And we wake up without you Esus4 E We wake up without you
[Verse 7]
Gm F With a hole in our hearts Gm F With a hole in our hearts
[Instrumental]
Cm Bb (Bbsus4) Cm Bb (Bbsus4)
[Verse 8]
Gm F (Fsus4) You mad dog shaven head bottle-boy freaks Gm F (Fsus4) In Martens and khaki, drunk on sake Cm Bb (Bbsus4) You stare at yourself in the cruel flush of dawn Cm Bb (Bbsus4) Terrified, sunken eyed, withered and drawn Gm F (Fsus4) The butcher, the baker, the munitions maker Gm F (Fsus4) The over-achiever, the armistice breaker Cm Bb (Bbsus4) The freebase instructor, the lightning conductor Cm Bb (Bbsus4) The psycho, the sailor, the tanker, the tailor Gm The black market mailer F (Fsus4) The quick and the dead Gm The spotlight dancer F (Fsus4) The quick and the dead Cm Bb (Bbsus4) The quick and the dead Cm Bb (Bbsus4) The quick and the dead
[Guitar solo #1]
Gm F
[Verse 9]
Cm Bb We wake up without you Cm Bb We wake up without you Gm F With a hole in our hearts
Gm F
[Guitar solo #2]
Cm Bb x2
Gm F x2
Cm Bb x2
Gm F x2
[Outro]
Gm F The mascara'd blonde Gm F From the Berliner bar Eb F G5 Rises at twilight, gets dressed in a daze