Marillion – Power (Bass Tab)

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Marillion-Power Sounds That Can’t Be Made Bass Tab This whole song has a strong pattern that keeps repeating itself, only the fills change. I have shown when you should play which note in which the pattern is then playing. 0:00-0:12 first verse

Cm
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------3-1------------------------------------|
A-3-3-3-3---1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----------------------------|
E---------3--------3-------------------------------------------------|

0:13-0:35 The pattern is the same as shown above, but goes to Gm at 0:33 when H sings “…to feel it though” Just play single notes, then go back to Cm at 0:37

Gm                    Cm
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
E-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------------------------|

0:35-1:12 still first verse *0:39 Fm slide downwards from the 8th fret on the E string *0:42 Bb *0:46 Gm *0:49 Cm *0:52 Fm with the same slide downwards from the 8th fret on the E string *0:55 Bb (no fill) *0:58 Gm *1:01 Cm *1:04 Fm *1:07 Bb *1:10 Gm

Fm                Bb          Gm          Cm          Fm
G-------------------------3----------------------------------------|
D-------------3-1-----------1-----------5----------------3---------|
A-----------------1-1-1-1-----------------3-3-3-3------------------|
E-8\1-1-1-1-1--------1--------3-3-3-3-3------3----8\1-1-1-1-1------|

Bb              Gm          Cm        Fm         Bb        Gm
G------3------3----------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------5---------3----------3---------3---------|
A-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------3-3-3-3--------------1-1-1-1-----------|
E---------------3-3-1-3-3------3------1-1-1-1-1-----1------3-3-3-3-|

1:12-1:37 Chorus The pattern above is not played in the chorus, but I will show again which notes are played. The ‘groove’ on the other hand is still being kept in the chorus, just listen to the song and you’ll get what I mean. *1:12 Cm *1:16 Fm *1:19 Bb *1:22 Ab *1:25 Cm *1:28 Fm *1:31 Bb *1:34 Ab *1:37 Cm

Cm       Fm      Bb              Ab      Cm      Fm     Bb       Ab
G-------------------------------------------------------------3------|
D------------------------------------------------3-3-3-3-------3-----|
A-3-3-3-3--------1-1-1-1-1-0-1-3---------3-3-3-3--------1-1-1---3----|
E--------1-1-1-1-----------------4-4-4-4-------------------------4-4-|

G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---6----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----6---------------------------------------------------------------|
E-4---4--------------------------------------------------------------|

1:37-2:38 Second verse, follows the same pattern as the first verse 2:38-3:26 Chorus, follows the same pattern as first chorus 3:27-4:26 This part is played slow and in the background, so it’s difficult to hear in the beginning. Repeat the figure beneath until the next part starts at 4:27.

G-----8--8-7-5--5----------------------------------------------------|
D---8--8------3--3---------------------------------------------------|
A-6---------------3-5-6----------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

4:27-5:01 “But now you can’t function…” This figure basically is just playing the scale of Cm. You can hear it in the song when the scale is being progressed, but I will also show it here like I did before. It’s possible that some of the fills are wrong and I didn’t tab the right amount of notes to play within each chord, but listen to the song and you’ll know what I mean.

Cm              Dm             Eb            Fm     Gm          Ab
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-2-3-4-4-4-|

          Bb               Gm      Ab           Gm      Ab      Gm
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----2-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------3-------------------1--|
E-4-4------------------1-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-6--3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-|

Fm  (“From heaven…”)
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-1-1-1--------------------------------------------------------------|

5:01-5:31
Again the scale of Cm is being played. The bass stops at 5:26, just hold the 3rd fret on the A string.
Cm          Dm        Eb       Fm               Gm      Ab      Bb
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------5--------------|
A-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-10-----3----------------|
E-----------------------------------------------3-3-3---4-4-4-4-6-6-6-|

      Cm
G--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------1-3----------------------------------------------------|
A-----3-3-3-3----3---------------------------------------------------|
E-6-6----------------------------------------------------------------|

5:31-6:05 play the intro again. So, that was Power from Marillion! If you got any suggestions, improvements or corrections..let me know! If you got a request to tab a Marillion song on bass, also let me know! I’m happy to try.