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Marillion - A Few Words For The Dead
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Tabbed by Mike Cannon (smilock@hotmail.com)

Tab Explanation
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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
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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)
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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)
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You could love

Outro (as chorus)
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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

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