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The King of Sunset

Marillion
Tab

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Song

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:16:59 -0500 (EST)

From: "Yaman M. Aksu" <yaman@psi.ece.jhu.edu>

Subject: Sunset Town: addition to guitar/m/marillion

THE KING OF SUNSET TOWN

Here is a rough interpretation of the King of Sunset Town

as it appears in the album Seasons End. I don't have my

guitar with me, so there might be a few memory errors.

Yaman Aksu

s slide

b bend

r release

h hammer on

p pull off

(vn) vibrato bar n times

Guitar intro:

----12-13-13b15--------------------------------------------
-13-------------13----11-10-11-10--------------------------
----------------------------------10-----------------------

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-------10h11-10--------------------------------------6s8s6-
----10----------10-------------------------2h3p2-----------
-10----------------10-10-10h12p10s3-3----3---------3-------
---------------------------------------3-------------------

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-13-15-15b17--17r15-13-15-------17s18-17-------------------
--------------------------13-------------18-15-------------

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-12s13-------------8-8h10p8----------------------20--------
-------13-------------------11----18-17h18p17--------------
----------10----10----------------------------17-----------

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Verse:

-------0-------------0-------------0--------------0--------
-----1---1---------1---1---------1---1----------1---1------
---3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3------3-------3----
-3-------------2-------------0--------------2--------------

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-------0-------------0-------------0--------------1-0------
-----1---1---------1---1---------1---1----------1-1---1----
---3-------3-----3-------3-----3-------3------3------------
-3-------------2-------------0--------------2--------------

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(change the end of line 2 when played just before chorus)

Chorus:

G D C G(or stay on C if you wish)

Watch a big wheel turning round

G D C

Some go up, some go down

Guitar Solo:

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---------------------------8--------8-10b12r10--8h10p8-----
-----------------------9-7------5s9------------------------
-5--------5----7s9-7---------------------------------------
----3s5-5--------------------------------------------------

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-10-10s12-10---------------17b19-19r17--17--19-------------
-------------8-8-10--8(v5)---------------------17----------

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ok, time for some fudge...

---------7h8h10p8p7----------------------------------------

-7h8h10--------------10--8--7------------------------------
-------------------------------9--7--9b10r9--7-------------

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-s10------s17------19-19s20-19-17----17-20-----------------
-----8--------15------------------20-----------------------

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More on the song later...

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