#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Marillion - Three Minute Boy ============================ Tabbed by Mike C (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) Here's a quality track from Radiation. There's 3 guitars as described below. I haven't bothered to do the lead guitar in the outro but I might on a later date due to the randomness of it! Have fun playing! Gtr. 1 - Acoustic Guitar Gtr. 2 - Slightly Distorted Electric Guitar Gtr. 3 - Distorted Electric Guitar ============================== B Em7 D/F# G Am C9 D F Bb Dm E/G# Gm Ab e|----3---2---3--0--3--2--1--1---1--0----3--4-| B|-4--3---3---3--1--3--3--1--3---3--0----3--4-| G|-4--0---2---0--2--0--2--2--3---2--1----3--5-| D|-4--2---0---0--2--2--0--3--3---0--0----5--6-| A|-2--2---x---2--0--3-----3--1------2----5--6-| E|----0---2---3-----------1---------4----3--4-| Verse 1 ======= Here today Gone this afternoon Another tune we almost remember What's the story Sex and drugs again Business as usual The clock's already ticking La la la la Verse 2 (Gtr. 1 strums up to Interlude) ======= B Em7 When he was young D/F# G Staring at the TV Am C9 D He watched the fun happenin' to other people B Em7 Now they scream D/F# G As they run after him Am Like a dream C9 D Like Elvis and the Beatles Chorus ====== Am G A three minute song is all he wrote F He only did it for a joke Bb They played him on the radio Dm G E/G# From Tokyo to Timbuktu Am G A three minute boy, ain't that somethin' F They named their children after him Bb The good times rolled beneath his feet Dm G E/G# He skipped along the one-way street Verse 3 ======= B Em7 She's a pretty girl D/F# G She don't know how it started Am She made a movie C9 D He almost remembered B Em7 She measured up D/F# G They moved into a basement Am "We're so in love!" C9 D They giggled to the nation Am G La la la la La la la la C D La la la la La Chorus ====== Am G Three minute millionaire they said F The numbers rattled round his head Bb They spun him three times round the globe Dm G E/G# She waited patiently at home Am G And all the pretty girls wanted him F In places that he'd never been Bb Too much love will do you in Dm G E/G# Forgive Forgive Forgive Forgive Interlude (Gtr. 2) ========= |--hold--| e|-----------------------3-|---------------------| B|---7-5-----------7-5---5-|---7-5-----------7-5-| G|-4-7-5---------4-7-5---5-|-4-7-5---------4-7-5-| D|-5-7-5---------5-7-5---5-|-5-7-5---------5-7-5-| A|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-2-3-|-5-5-3-2-3-2-0-5-5-3-| E|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3-----| C Gm Bb Ab C Gm Bb F e|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------| G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords) D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-| (Chord progression repeated until end of song) A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-| E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------| Guitar Solo (Gtr. 3) =========== e|-----------------------------8---------------------11------------| B|---------------8---------------11b13~13r11p8---------------------| G|---------------8-----8-10b12-----------------10b12----12r10-8----| D|------------10---10~------------------------------------------10-| A|-----6s8-10------------------------------------------------------| E|-6s8-------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------11-13b15r13p11-13-11-| B|--------------------------------11----11s13----------------------| G|-8b9---------8b9--------8s10-12----12----------------------------| D|-----10p8--------10-10~------------------------------------------| A|----------10-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e|-13-13b15-15-15-15r13-11----11----------------------------------8-| B|-------------------------13-14b16r14p11------------8--------------| G|----------------------------------------12~------8-8----8-10b12---| D|--------------------------------------------8s10-----10-----------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------8-8-8-8~----------------18--------| B|--------------------8-11----------------16-18b20----18b20~-| G|-10b12-8-10-8~----8---------------10s17--------------------| D|---------------10------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------| Outro ===== e|-------------|-------------| B|-------------|-------------| G|-5~----------|-5~----3~-5~-| (Gtr. 1 plays associated chords) D|-5~-5~-8~-6~-|-5~-5~-3~-3~-| A|-3~-5~-8~-6~-|-3~-5~-1~-3~-| E|----3~-6~-4~-|----3~-------| Three minute kid is here again Surrounded by three minute friends He found someone to understand To shock the world and hold his hand No religion, no restraint No direction, no complaints No future and no way out No time now to think about it All the money's gone He don't know what he spent it on Girlfriends gone off with the Jag Gone back to her mum and dad He's curled up on the studio floor He just can't do it anymore The flashgun went off without warning He'll read about it tomorrow morning She's goin' out with someone new In this week at number two Three minute boy ain't that somethin'