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Marillion - Assassing
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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)

Gtr. 1 - Clean Electric
Gtr, 2 - Slightly Distorted Electric
Gtr, 3 - Distorted Electric
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Intro (w/Clean Electric)
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   m  m  m  m  m  m  
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12b14-12~-12-9h12p9----|
G|---------------------------------------11-|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|
B|-9~------------------------------------|
G|----11p9-11p9----9~-9------------------|
D|--------------11------9h11p9-----------|
A|-----------------------------11-10p9s7-|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-9-9-9-9-9---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B|-9-9-9-9-9---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| (listen to the song)
G|-9-9-9-9-9---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-| (to get the idea of)
D|----------------------------------| (how this is played)
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

Verse 1
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  Gtr. 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6-----4~-----6-----4~-----4-----2~-----4-----2~-|
D|---6-----4------6-----4------4-----2------4-----2----|
A|-4-----4------4-----4------2-----2------2-----2------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence 
I am the assassin, providing your nemesis 

Bridge
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  Gtr. 2
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-1~-4-2~-2-1~-1-3~-|
D|-4-2~-4-2~-2-2~-2-4~-|
A|-4-2~-2-0~-0-2~-2-4~-|
E|-2-0~--------0~-0-2~-|
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend
No incantations of remorse, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, my friend

Verse 2 (as before)
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Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 
Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare
Who gouged the notches from the family tree 
Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance

Chorus (as before)
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Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing

Guitar Solo (Gtr. 3)
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e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------17b19r17p14-|
G|-16b18-16b18r16~-13h16p13----13-16b18-------------|
D|--------------------------16----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------14----12-|
B|--------------------------------------16-17----16----|
G|-16b18-16b18-16~-13h16p13----13-16b18----------------|
D|--------------------------16-------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-11-12-11--------11b12r11---------------------------|
B|----------12--------------12------------------------|
G|-------------11~-------------11s9s8-9s8-9s8-9s8-9s8-|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

                          |--x5--|
e|------------------12-9~-9-11-12-s14b16r14p12-14-14p12-|
B|-----------7s9-12-------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-9-9--------------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-9----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

e|-14p12s11--------------------------------9-------14p13-14p13-14~-|
B|----------12-------------------------------12b14-----------------|
G|-------------11s9s8~-------9~----9-11b13-------------------------|
D|------------------------11----11---------------------------------|
A|---------------------11------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Synth Solo
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  Gtr. 2
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-3-1~-4-2~-2-1~-1-3~-|
D|-4-2~-4-2~-2-2~-2-4~-|
A|-4-2~-2-0~-0-2~-2-4~-|
E|-2-0~--------0~-0-2~-|

  Gtr. 1
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6-----4~-----4-----2~-----6-----4~-----8----6~-|
D|---6-----4------4-----2------6-----4------8----6----|
A|-4-----4------2-----2------4-----4------6----6------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Interlude
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   m  m  m  m  m m   m m
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-9-11~-9-11~-| Gtr. 1
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cat with calm precision 
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision 
Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell the creed of tempered diction 
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption 
Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassins fervour 
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds
Let bitter silence infect the wound

Verse 3 (as before)
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You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 
Parading a Hollywood conscience 
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector 

Chorus (as before)
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So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend
And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend
To eradicate the problem, my friend
Unsheathe the blade within the voice
Within the voice

And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway, my friend?