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Assassing

Marillion
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Assassing Music

Intro - keyboard and guitar sustain A

leads in A

do the following runs a few times each

1----------------------------------

2--5-7-8-7--5-7-8-7-3-5--5-7-8-10--

3----------------------------------

4----------------------------------

5----------------------------------

6----------------------------------

Intro continued:

hold: A A A B D E C#m (strum for awhile)

1 1 1 1 1 1

into funky strumming (4 times) C#m D#m

6 2

Verse:

1------------------------------|
2------------------------------|
3---6--4--rest---6---4-rest----|   4   2 rest  4  2 rest
4--6--4---------6---4----------|  4   2       4  2
5-4--4---------4---4-----------| 2   2       2  2
6------------------------------|

play the above structure 2 times

Chorus:

(chords played twice through)

F# E B A A E E F#

2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6

transition:

1

2

3 6 4 4 2 rest 6 4 8 6

4 6 4 4 2 6 4 8 6

5 4 4 2 2 4 4 6 6

6

bridge:

do bass-like run B-A-B-A-B-A and B-A-B-D-E-F# over and over

to chords:

(3 times) B E D C#m

4 4 4 4

to chords B D F# G A to

4 4 4 2 2

1

2

3 4 2 4 2 to verse

4 4 2 4 2

5 2 2 2 2

6

end of song: (right after last chorus) B C# (let sustain)

structure of song: intro - verse - chorus - verse -chorus - verse - chorus -

transition - bridge - verse - chorus - end of song.

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