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From: Gunga
Band: Gentle Giant
Album: "Acquiring The Taste" (1971)


Notation:
h  - hammer on
p  - pull off
~  - let ring


ENJOY!


Guitar 1 (Intro):

(Clean)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------5-----8-5---5--------------------------|
D|------------------3---3-6----6------6---8--3---4-3---------------|
A|----1----1-4--1-4---4------------------------4-----6-4-3--1-3----|
E|-1-----1------------------------------------------------------1~-|

(Distortion)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------5-----8-5---5-----------------------------|
D|---------------3---3-6----6------6---8--3---4-3------------------|
A|-1----1-4--1-4---4------------------------4-----6-4-3--1-3-------|
E|----1------------------------------------------------------1~----| --> Tune E half a ton down and let ring.


Guitar 2

(Distortion)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  Play it 3 times.
D|--------------------------------7--7-5---------------------------|  
A|---0----0-3----3-5h7-5-3--5-0----------7-5--5--------------------|  
E|-0----0------5--------------------------------8-7-5--------------|

(Distortion)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
D|--------------------------------7--7-5----------5-7--7-5---------|  
A|---0----0-3----3-5h7-5-3--5-0----------7-5--5-7----------7-5-----|  
E|-0----0------5---------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|  
G|----------------7-5--5-------------------------------------------|  
D|-----5-7--7-5----------7-5--5-5-5--------------------------------|  
A|-5-7----------7-------------------7------------------------------|  
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

-Repeat these riffs until the slow, relaxed part.-
 
In that mentioned part you have this guitar solo: 

(Clear):
E|-10----8-7------------10h12----10--------8--7----8p7p8----10--7------------|
B|--------------10-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-8-8------12----10-------8--7--12h15----13-15-15h17----15-17-17h19~---19~--|
B|------10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

After this solo, play the riffs a few times (5 if I remember correctly) and then
you have this slow, relaxed part again with a fluit solo.
In that part play the guitar solo again once as described above.

After the guitar solo the song comes to its regular riff again.
Play it about 7 times and fade out...


Lyrics:

The ship's rising up from the sea to the sky heyeheh Hold on
Just one sorry scream and a desperate cry heyeheh Hold on
Their lives pass before them before they die heyeheh --

The sea yawns around like a boiling hell heyeheh hold on
And souls disappear with the toll of that bell heyeheh hold on
The arms of the sea they are dragging them down heyeheh hold on
And sorrows and sins they are lost as they drown heyeheh --

How strange when you think that the sea was their way;
And a meaningless death is the price they pay
For their living was made from the deep
To their people in comfort and keep
Keep all their people and places there
Never to be seen again, never to be loved and their last embrace --
And the kiss has a salt bitter taste

Now all that remains is the deep cruel sea heyeheh hold on
And wreckage of things that used to be heyeheh hold on
No stone marks the place of that watery grave heyeheh hold on
Together they die both the weak and the brave heyeheh hold on

The arms of the sea.... etc.


I hope you've enjoyed playing this song...




* Good ratings would be most welcome for the reason that this is my first time tabbing and my first time
sending my own tab to the website.

Thanks,
Gunga