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Heart of Lothian

Artist: Marillion
Album: Misplaced Childhood
Filetype: Guitar Tab
Author: Mike C

#----------------------------------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. #
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Marillion - Heart Of Lothian
============================

Tabbed by Mike Cannon (smilock@hotmail.com)

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)

What a difficult song to pick out all the guitar to. There's at least 3 guitars
in this track. I hope I have picked out all the correct guitar parts! Have fun!

Guitar 1 - Quite Distorted Guitar
Guitar 2 - Distorted Guitar
Guitar 3 - Distorted Guitar
==============================
(i) Wide Boy
============

Intro (i)
=========
m m m m m m m m
e|-----------------|
B|---------8-7-----|
G|-----7-9-----7-9-| Gtr. 1 (play 9 times)
D|-7-7-------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Intro (ii)
==========
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------8-7-----|---------8-7-----|
G|-----7-9-----7-9-|-----7-9-----7-9-| Gtr. 1
D|-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
|
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-2~--------------|-2---------------| Gtr. 2
D|-x---------------|-x---------------|
A|-0~--------------|-0---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
|
e|-----------------|-17~-------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-14~-------------|-----------------| Gtr. 3
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

Intro (iii)
===========
e|--------------12~-9-10-12-10p9--------9-10-9--------------------|
B|----10---10--------------------12~-12--------10~-10----10b12r10-|
G|-9~----9----9---------------------------------------11----------| Gtr. 1
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Wide boys, wide boys, wide boys, born with hearts of Lothian
Wide boys, we were wide boys, born with hearts of Lothian
Wide boys, we were wide boys, these hearts of Lothian

Verse
=====
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--------10~-------------10~----------------|
G|-9~----------------------------------------| Gtr. 1
D|-^first time only--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-2~----------------------------------------| Gtr. 2
D|-x-----------------------------------------|
A|-0~----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
|
e|-----------------------17~-16-17-17b19-17~-|
B|-----------15-14-15s17---------------------|
G|----14~------------------------------------| Gtr. 3
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Gtr. 1 and Gtr. 2 repeat their parts
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------14-15-14-15s17-17b19-17~-15-14-15-14h15p14----|
G|----14~--------------------------------------------14-| Gtr. 3
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

It's six o'clock in the tower blocks
// // // // // // // // // //
e|--------------------17~-16-17-19-17-19-17-16-17-19-17-16-------|
B|--------15-14-15s17--------------------------------------17----|
G|----14~-----------------------------------------------------16-| Gtr. 3
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Stalagmites of culture shock
e|-------------------17~-16b17r16-----------|
B|-------15-14-15s17--------------17b19r17~-|
G|---14~------------------------------------| Gtr. 3
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
And the trippers of the light fantastic, bow down, hoe-down
// // // // // // // // // //
e|--------------------17~-16-17-19-17-19-17-16-17-19-17-16-------|
B|--------15-14-15s17--------------------------------------17----|
G|----14~-----------------------------------------------------16-| Gtr. 3
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Spray their pheromones on this perfume uniform
e|-------------------17~-16b17--------|
B|-------15-14-15s17-----------17b19~-|
G|---14~------------------------------| Gtr. 3
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
And anarchy smiles in the Royal Mile
// // // // // // // //
e|--------------------17~-16-17-19-17-19-17-16-17-19b21~-|
B|--------15-14-15s17------------------------------------|
G|----14~------------------------------------------------| Gtr. 3
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
And they're waiting on the slyboys, flyboys, wideboys
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------14-15-14-15s17-17b19-17~-15-14-15-14h15p14----|
G|----14~--------------------------------------------14-| Gtr. 3
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Rooting, tooting cowboys
Lucky little ladies at the watering holes
e|-------------------17~-16-17-17b19~-|
B|-------15-14-15s17------------------|
G|---14~------------------------------| Gtr. 3
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
They'll score the Friday night goals

Chorus (Gtr. 1 and 2 continue as before)
======
Gtr. 1
e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--------10~-------------10~-------------|-------10~-------------10~--------|
G|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|Gtr. 2
e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-2~-------------------------------------|-2~-------------------------------|
D|-x--------------------------------------|-x--------------------------------|
A|-0~-------------------------------------|-0~-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|Gtr. 3
e|-----------------17~-16b17r16-----------|-----------------17~-16-17-17b19~-|
B|-----15-14-15s17--------------17b19r17~-|-----15-14-15s17------------------|
G|-14~------------------------------------|-14~------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
I was born with a heart of Lothian
I was born with a heart of Lothian
With a heart of Lothian
I was born with a heart of Lothian, with a heart of Lothian.

II. Curtain Call (hold all notes unless note change is indicated)
================

And the man from the magazine, wants another shot of you all curled up
'Cos you look like an actor in a movie shot.
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~s14~~~~~~~~-| Gtr. 1
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
But you're feeling like a wino in a parking lot
How did I get in here anyway?
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|-s18~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~16~~~~~-| Gtr. 1
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Do we really need a playback of the show?
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-s17s19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14~-| Gtr. 1
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
'Cos the wideboys want to head for the watering holes
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-s16s17s19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~14~~s16s18s16~-| Gtr. 1
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Let's go A.H-| (A.H fades in creating sound 1 octave higher)
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-s14s13s14~~~~s13s9s2~~~~-| Gtr. 1
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
And the man in the mirror has sad eyes
e|------------|
B|-10~~s22~~~-| Gtr. 3
G|------------|
D|-2~~~-------| Gtr. 1 (cont)
A|------------|
E|------------|

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