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Slainte Mhath

Marillion
Tab

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

Song

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Marillion - Slainte Mhath

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Tabbed by Mike C (smilock@hotmail.com)

Tab Explanation

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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)

The song is mainly made up of guitar's 1 and 2 however guitar 3 (this might be

two seperate guitars) plays overdub parts in the outro! These can however be

played as part of guitar 2. Enjoy!

Guitar 1 - Clean Guitar (w/delay) ***CAPO 3RD FRET***

Guitar 2 - Distorted Guitar ***CAPO 3RD FRET***

Guitar 3 - Distorted Guitar ***CAPO 3RD FRET***

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***CAPO 3RD FRET***

***ALL FRET NUMBERS RELATIVE TO CAPO***

Intro (i) - Just piano

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Intro (ii)

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e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-4-2~------| Gtr. 2
D|-4-2~-4-2~-|
A|-2-0~-4-2~-|
E|------2-0~-|

Verse

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m m m m m m m m m m m m m

e|-----------------------------|
B|-1-0h1---------1-0h1-------3-|
G|---------0-2-----------0-2---| Gtr. 1
D|-------0-----0-------0-------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

A hand held over a candle in angst fuelled bravado

A carbon trail scores a moist stretched palm

Trapped in the indecision of another fine menu

And you sit there and ask me to tell you the story so far

This is the story so far

Shuffling your memories dealing your doodles in margins

You scrawl out your poems across a beermat or two

And when you declare the point of grave creation

They turn round and you to tell them the story so far

This is the story so far

Chorus

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e|------------15----15------------|
B|------3--------15-------3-------|
G|-2s9~-2--------------2~-2-------| Gtr. 2
D|-2s9~-0-5~s----------2~-0-5~s12-|
A|-0------5~s----------0~---5~s12-|
E|--------3~----------------3-----|

And you listen with a tear in you eye

To their hopes and betrayals and your only reply

Is Slàinte Mhath

Verse (as before)

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Princes in exile raising the standard Drambuie

Parading their anecdotes tired from old campaigns

Holding their own last orders commanding attention

We sit here and listen to all of the story so far

This is the story so far

Bridge (play each figure twice)

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m m m m m m m m m m m m m

e|-----------------------------|
B|-1-0h1---------1-0h1-------3-|
G|---------0-2-----------0-2---| Gtr. 1
D|-------0-----0-------0-------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Take it away, take it away, take it away

e|-----------------------------|
B|-1-0h1---------1-0h1-------3-|
G|---------0-2-----------0-2---| Gtr. 2
D|-------0-----0-------0-------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

Take me away, take me away, take me away

m m m

e|----------------------------------------|
B|-13-12h13-----------13-12h13---------15-|
G|------------12-14--------------12-14----| Gtr. 2
D|----------0-------0----------0----------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Take me away, take me away, take me away

Outro

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\1/ \1/ \1/

e|---------------------17----17-|
B|-------3~--------3~s----18----|
G|-2~----2~--2~----2~s----------| Gtr. 2
D|-2~--5-0~--2~--5-0~-----------|
A|-0~--5-----0~--5--------------|
E|-----3---------3--------------|

\1/ \1/

e|-----------|
B|-------3~--|
G|-2~----2~--| Gtr. 2 (repeat this part playing fills where noted)
D|-2~--5-0~--|
A|-0~--5-----|
E|-----3-----|

From the dream on the barbed wire at Flanders and Bilston Glen

e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-2-0h2p0----0-2p0-2p0----| Gtr. 3
D|---------4------------2~-|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

From a Clydeside that rusts from the tears of its broken men

e|-3-2---------|
B|-3-3---------|
G|-----2~p0----| Gtr. 3
D|----------2~-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

From the realisation that we've been left behind

A.H---|

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-4b5~r4-2~-| Gtr. 2 & 3
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Is to stand like our fathers before us in the firing line

e|-14--------14-------|
B|----15--------15----|
G|-------14--------14-| Gtr. 3
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

Waiting on the whistle to blow

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|-2-0h2p0----2-0h2p0---| Gtr. 3
D|---------4----------4-|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

We stand here waiting on the whistle to blow

e|-2p0-2--2p0-----|
B|------------3---|
G|--------------2-| Gtr. 3
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

They promised us miracles, and the whistle still blows

e|-14-14-14-14-|
B|-------------|
G|-------------| Gtr. 3
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

Broken promises but the whistle still blows

e|-2p0-----|
B|-----3---|
G|-------2-| Gtr. 3
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|

Waiting on the whistle to blow

We stand here waiting on the whistle to blow

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