Marillion – Waiting To Happen (Guitar Tab)

#----------------------------------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) Guitar 1 - Acoustic Guitar Guitar 2 - Distorted Electric ============================== Chord List ==========

  Eadd9 C#m7   A1 F#m  G#m   A2  B C#5 E5 F#5 A5 E5(2) D5
e|--0-----0----0---2----4----0---2-----------------------|
B|--0-----0----5---2----4----2---4-----------------------|
G|--1-----6----6---2----4----2---4--6---9------2-------7-|
D|--4-----6----7---4----6----2---4--6---9---4--2---2---7-|
A|--2-----4----0---4----6----0---2--4---7---4--0---2---5-|
E|--0--------------2----4-------------------2------0-----|

*In the recording, there is an acoustic and an electric guitar but playing live, Steve just uses an acoustic sound on his electric ============================== Verse 1 (w/Acoustic Guitar) ======= Eadd9 Eadd9 I lie awake at night C#m7 Listening to you sleeping A1 I hear the darkness breathe Eadd9 And the rain against the window Eadd9 After all this time C#m7 Cynical and jaded A1 All the stones are diamonds Eadd9 All the blues are faded Bridge (w/Acoustic Guitar) ====== F#m G#m Everything I've been through A2 B All I've seen and heard F#m G#m Spend so much of my life A2 F#m In the spiritual third world F#m G#m A2 But you came and brought the rain here B Something Waiting.... Chorus (w/Distortion) ====== C#5 .... to happen E5 Something learning to fly C#5 We can talk without talking E5 From inside to inside F#5 A5 I have waited to feel this E5(2) For the whole of my life Verse 2 (w/Acoustic Guitar) ======= Eadd9 We took ourselves apart C#m7 We talked about our faces A1 You said you didn't like yours Eadd9 I said I disagree Eadd9 I keep the pieces separate C#m7 I clutch them in my coat A1 A jigsaw of an angel Eadd9 I can do when I feel low Bridge (w/Acoustic Guitar) ====== F#m G#m From emptiness and dryness A2 B The famine of our days F#m G#m I watch the heavens open A2 F#m Wash it all away F#m G#m A2 You came and brought the rain here B Something waiting.... Chorus (w/Distortion) ====== C#5 .... to happen E5 Something learning to fly C#5 On the edge of exploding E5 Something wild and alive F#5 Something waiting to happen D5 Any time that you like F#5 A5 I have waited to feel this E5(2) For the whole of my life Outro/Solo (Gtr. 2) ========== Chord Proression: | C | D | Am | Bm | x3 | C | D | E |

e|---------------------10-------------------|
B|-10b12-10b12r10p8-10----7-8---------------|
G|----------------------------7~-7-9--------|
D|-----------------------------------7-9----|
A|---------------------------------------7~-|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------14h15h17-|
B|-------------------------------15-17----------|
G|----------------------12-14s16----------------|
D|----------------12-14-------------------------|
A|-------10-12s14-------------------------------|
E|-10-12----------------------------------------|

e|-15h17p15-17-17b19---------------------------|
B|-------------------15~-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------9-11-12-|
D|-----------------------7s9-9h10p9-12---------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|----------15s17--------------------------------|
G|-11-12s14-------16~-------12-14b16r14p12-14b16-|
D|-----------------------14----------------------|
A|--------------------14-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-14-12-12----14b16~-|
D|----------14--------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|