Assassing

Song

#----------------------------------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 - Assassing

=====================

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)

Gtr. 1 - Clean Electric

Gtr, 2 - Slightly Distorted Electric

Gtr, 3 - Distorted Electric

==============================

Intro (w/Clean Electric)

=====

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

=======

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

======

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)

=======

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)

======

Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing

Guitar Solo (Gtr. 3)

===========

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

==========

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

=========

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)

=======

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)

======

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?