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Marillion - A Few Words For The Dead
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Tabbed by Mike C (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|----------------------------|
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Interlude
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  Gtr. 4
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------7---7-|
A|--------------|
E|-5--5-5---5---|

Verse
=====
   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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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 

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They were happy