• Song:

    Judas Unrepentant

  • Artist:

    Big Big Train

Big Big Train - Judas Unrepentant
from English Electric (2012)
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com)
Standard tuning

(Riff 1)
  1   2   3       1   2   3  (4)
| Abm     Eb/Ab | Abm     Eb/Ab |
| Abm     Eb/Ab | Abm Bbm |
| B       F#/B  | B       F#/B  |
| B       F#/B  | B   C#m B   Eb7 |

C#m

(Riff 1)
Abm        Bbm B
Venetian exper-tise
            B C#m B Eb7
Inspired by Titian
Abm        Bbm B
Which he modi -fied
            B C#m B    Eb7
Fine tuned along dutch lines

C#m  B          F#sus F#
He's painting revenge
C#m  B                  F#
Embittered by lack of success

D#7sus Eb7
Oooh   oohhh

(Riff 1)
Abm       Abm  Bbm B
With signature techniques
             B C#m B Eb7
Attention to details
Abm           Abm  Bbm  B
And fine tell tale brushstrokes
              B C#m B Eb7
Of badger and sable

C#m  B        F#sus F#
Expressing contempt
C#m        B        
For greedy dealers
        F#sus
Getting rich
       Eb E     D Eb
At the artist's expense

E        B          F#      E
Infamous forger and restorer
  B       F#       E
Judas Unrepentant
          B            F#      E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      Hey
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      Hey
  B      Eb7
Judas! 

(Riff 1)
Abm            Abm Bbm B
His time bombs are in  place
           B C#m B Eb7
And anachronisms
Abm            Abm Bbm B
Clues pointing to  the truth
        B C#m    B Eb7
If ever they are X-rayed

C#m      B               F#
He wrote legends in lead white

C#m          B        
To trick the experts
     F#
And hoodwink
    Eb   E   D       Eb
Hoodwink the trained eye

E        B          F#      E
Infamous forger and restorer
  B       F#       E
Judas Unrepentant
          B            F#      E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      Hey
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      Hey
  B      Eb7    E
Judas Unrepentant 

E
Establishing provenance
              B                     F#
Acquiring old frames with Christies numbers
E                                 B      F#
Then paints a picture in the same style 
E                     B              F#       Abm
Specialising in minor works by major artists 

Flute Solo:
Abm      | %        | C#m     | %       |   
Abm      | %        | C#m     | %       |  
E        | E   E/Eb | C#m     | C#m Eb7 |
Ab       | %        | %       | %       |
Viola Solo:
Abm      | %        | C#m     | %       |   
Abm      | %        | C#m     | %       |  
E        | E   E/Eb | C#m     | C#m Eb7 |
Ab       | %        | %       | %       |
                            All rise

Abm           Eb/Bb             B
Thirteen watercolours by Samuel Palmer
               A#m7b5/C# Eb7  Abm
Have proven to be his undoing
             Eb/Bb             B
And so he confesses then he is arrested
                 A#m7b5/C# Eb7   E
Charged him with conspiracy to defraud
                                        B          F#            E
Years of chain smoking and breathing in fumes from restorations
                                            B       F#
The stress of the court case had taken it's toll
E                                B       F#
His trial was halted due to I'll health

(Riff 1+Organ Solo) 
   B   C#m B   Eb7 C#m
So now we  can all buy
C#m  B       F#     
Real genuine fakes
C#m    B          F#
That's posthumous fame

     Eb E   D   Eb
It's always the same

E        B          F#      E
Infamous forger and restorer
  B       F#       E
Judas Unrepentant
          B            F#      E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      
             B     
Feeling like Robin Hood
F#           E
Just as good
   B            F#      E
As Rembrandt or Titian,   Hey
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant      Hey
  B       F#     E
Judas Unrepentant    
  B      Eb7    to Riff 1 with Guitar solo
Judas Unrepentant 

D#7sus D#sus
Aaaaa aaaaah
D#7sus D#sus
Oooooh ooohhh
Ab
oooh
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