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Marblehead Johnson

The Bluetones
Tab
★4.3(8)

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

Intro

Em

e|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------0-------------|--------0-------------|--------0--------------|
D|----0h2---2------2--0-|----0h2---2------2--0-|----0h2---2------2--0--|
A|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-0------------0-------|-0------------0-------|-0------------0--------|
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-2--0---------------|
A|-------2p0----------|
E|------------3h5--0--|

Verse 1

Em7add9 Asus2

e|-----------3---|-------------3----|--0--0---------------------------------|
B|-----------3---|-------------3----|--0--0------------0--------------0-----|
G|--0---0-0--0---|---0---0-0---0----|--2--2-------0h2-----2------0h2-----2--|
D|--2---2-2------|---2---2-2--------|--2--2----2--------------2-------------|
A|--2---2-2------|---2---2-2--------|--0--0---------------------------------|
E|--0---0-0------|---0---0-0--------|---------------------------------------|

Toniiiihihihihight the geese are flying

C C7 B7 B7

e|---0--0---0--0------0---2----|---------------------------|-----------|
B|---1--1---1--1------0---0----|---------------------------|-----------|
G|---0--0---3--0------2---2----|--------------0------------|-x2--------|
D|---2--2---2--2------1---1----|---------0h2-----2-----2--0|--Back-to--|
A|---3--3---3--3------2---2----|---------------------------|beginning--|
E|---0--0---0--0------0---0----|------0-------------0------|-----------|

Tonight you...my patience...a debt

Em Asus2

Tonight I'm wound tighter than a watchspring

C B7 Em

Tonight you owe my patience quite a debt

Em Asus2

Toniiiiiihihihight we're not gonna solve anything

C B7 Em

I might say something that we both regret

Chorus

Dsus2 D7

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

And now the pressure's on,

C C/B C/A C/G

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-----------0-----------0--------------------|
D|----2-----2-----2-----2-----2------2---------0--2---|
A|-3-----------2-----------0---------------0h2--------|
E|--------------------------------------3-------------|

heat iiiis riii - sing

G G7us4 Asus4 A Asus2 A

e|----3--3-------3------------|----0-----0----0-----0---|
B|----3--3-------3------------|----3-----2----0-----2---|
G|----0--0-------5------------|----2-----2----2-----2---|
D|----0--0-------3------------|----2-----2----2-----2---|
A|----2--2-------5------------|----0-----0----0-----0---|
E|----3--3-------3------------|-------------------------|

The time has come to stop a- po - lo - gi - sing

C C(maj7)

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

'coz when the go clear the threat of rain is always here with

skies

Em

e|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------0-------------|--------0-------------|--------0--------------|
D|----0h2---2------2--0-|----0h2---2------2--0-|----0h2---2------2--0--|
A|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|-0------------0-------|-0------------0-------|-0------------0--------|

you

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-2--0---------------|
A|-------2p0----------|
E|------------3h5--0--|

Verse 2

Em Asus2

Tonight the geese are flying

C B7 Em

And everything you say is a call to arms

Em Asus2

Tonight there's something in the air

C B7 Em

Don't come too close and you'll come to no harm

Chorus 2

Dsus2(1 strum) D7 C C/B C/A C/G

And now the pressure's on the heat is rising

G Gsus4 Asus2

The time has come to stop apologising

C

Cos when the skies go clear

B7

The threat of rain is always here with you

Solo

Em Asus2

e|---------------------------------|----|-----------------------------|----|
B|-------------0-------------0-----|----|-------------0-------------0-|----|
G|-------------0-------------0-----|----|-------------2-------------2-|----|
D|--------0h2-----2-----0h2-----2--|-x2-|--------0h2-----2-----0h2----|-x2-|
A|---------------------------------|----|-----------------------------|----|
E|-----0-------------0-------------|----|-----0-------------0---------|----|

with you.... with you....

C B7 Em (distortion kicks in)

e|-------------------------------|--------------3---|----|
B|-------1-1---1----0---0-0--0---|--------------3---|----|
G|---0---0-0---0----2---2-2--2---|--0---0-0-----0---|-x2-|
D|---2---2-2---2----1---1-1--1---|--2---2-2---------|----|
A|---3--------------2------------|--2---2-2---------|----|
E|------------------0------------|--0---0-0---------|----|

with some kind of wahwah...

e|-------5--/-7--/----8------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---5--/-7--/----8-------13-12~~~~--------------------------------------|
G|---2---6--/-8--/----9-----------------------12----9--9--7--8--9~~---9--9p7-|
D|---2---7--/-9--/----10-----------------12h13--13---------------------------|
A|---0---7--/-9--/----10-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-------5--/-7--/----8------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-9-----|
A|----10-|
E|-------|

Chorus 3

Dsus2(1 strum) D7 C C/B C/A C/G

And now the pressure's on the heat is rising

G Asus2

The time has come to stop apologising

C twiddles B7

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

With all that's gone before, my motives...never felt so pure

G

And now my heart's beset

D Dsus4 D

With 18 carat gold regrets

C

And when the skies go clear

B7

The threat of rain is always here with you

End

------- Em

e|-------------------------|----|--------------------0-|
B|-------------------------|----|--------------------0-|
G|----------0--------------|----|--------------------0-|
D|-----0h2-----2-----2--0--|-x3-|--2--0--------------2-|
A|-------------------------|----|--------2--0--------2-|
E|--0-------------0--------|----|--------------3--5--0-|

Tabbed by Frederic Maquet

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| x Dead note

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

| Back

| beginning

| to

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