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Marillion - An Accidental Man
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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)

Guitar 1 - Slightly Distorted Electric (Capo 1st Fret)
Guitar 2 - Clean Electric (Capo 1st Fret)

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*** CAPO 1ST FRET ***
***ALL PARTS GTR. 1 UNLESS INDICATED***

Intro
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*3(D) on B played occasionally (80% of the time)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---||
G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-||
D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------||
A||-0---0---------------------------------------------||
E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------||

Verse (as intro)
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I was taught from much too young
To never give myself away
Yes I was taught for every secret
There's a price you have to pay
An accident of gender
An accident of birth
That holds me to this point of view
This time and place on earth
This time and place on earth

You ask me how I'm feeling
I only wish you knew
How hard it is for me to share
Share those kind of things with you

Bridge
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e||-------------------------------------------------------||
B||---1---1-------1---4-3-1-------1---4-3-1-----1----1----||
G||---------0---------------3---1---1---------------------||
D||-------------3---3-------------------------3---3~---3~-||
A||-3---3-----1-----------------------------1-------------||
E||---------------------------4---------------------------||
It's not that I don't love you
It's just I can't connect
'Cause I was taught from much too young
To shine and not reflect

e|-----------------------|
B|---3-----------------3-|
G|-----2-------------0---|
D|-0-------2-----3-------|
A|-------------3---------|
E|-------0---1-----3-----|

Chorus
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m m m m m m
e||-----------------||
B||---------3-----3-||
G||-----0-2---0-2---||
D||---0-------------||
A||-----------------||
E||-3---------------||
I'm an accidental man

e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---||
G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-||
D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------||
A||-0---0---------------------------------------------||
E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------||

Verse (as before)
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You ask me if I'm happy
I only wish I knew
'Cause happiness is not something
That I ever learned to do

Bridge
======
e||-------------------------------------------------------||
B||---1---1-------1---4-3-1-------1---4-3-1-----1----1----||
G||---------0---------------3---1---1---------------------||
D||-------------3---3-------------------------3---3~---3~-||
A||-3---3-----1-----------------------------1-------------||
E||---------------------------4---------------------------||
It's not that I'm complaining
It's all the same to me
e|-----------------------|
B|---3-----------------3-|
G|-----2-------------0---|
D|-0-------2-----3-------| x 2
A|-------------3---------|
E|-------0---1-----3-----|
If everything that happens, happens accidentally

Chorus (as before)
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m m m m m m
e||-----------------||
B||---------3-----3-||
G||-----0-2---0-2---||
D||---0-------------||
A||-----------------||
E||-3---------------||
I'm an accidental man

Interlude
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e||-------------------------5-------||
B||-----5---5-----------------------||
G||---------------------7-----------|| Gtr. 2
D||---7---7---7-------7---7---7-----||
A||-------------7---------------7---||
E||-5-------------5-5-------------5-||
I was taught for every secret
There's a price you have to pay
I was taught from much too young
To never give myself away
I was born to worthy causes
I was born to take the reins
I was taught from much too young
To never give myself away

Synth Solo
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|--------------x3--------------|
e||------------------------------||---------------------------||
B||-------1-----------------3----||---------------------------||
G||-----0-------5---5-----5---5--||-----0---0-2---0-2---0-2-0-||
D||---3-------3------------------||---0-----------------------||
A||-3-------5-----6---6-5--------||-------0-----1-----0-------||
E||------------------------------||-3-------------------------||

|--------------x3--------------|
e||------------------------------||-----------------------|
B||-------1-----------------3----||---3-----------------3-|
G||-----0-------5---5-----5---5--||-----2-------------0---|
D||---3-------3------------------||-0-------2-----3-------|
A||-3-------5-----6---6-5--------||-------------3---------|
E||------------------------------||-------0---1-----3-----|

Outro
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e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---||
G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-||
D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------||
A||-0---0---------------------------------------------||
E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------||
An accident of gender
An accident of birth
That holds me to this point of view
This time and place on earth
So try and understand
If I don't say all I can
A stranger to myself I am
An accidental man
I'm an accident
I'm an accidental man

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