Biography:
1. Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish progressive rock singer, writer and actor. After an early career as a gardener and forestry worker, he came to public attention in 1981 with the British group Marillion, which he left in 1988.
Album sleeve artwork for his four Marillion albums and most of his solo albums has been done by Mark Wilkinson.
Fish is not to be confused with Phish, Chris Squire (“The Fish”)
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hey this is my first time putting up a tab, it's not officially mine, i got
it annonymously. iv been trying to find this for years, i have it, i can
play it. i think it should be shared more freely seeing as its not up on
here. beautiful song, i couldnt recomend it enough, its not the same on
just an acoustic but the lyrics are to good to care, maybe you can make it
sound better than me. enjoy this wonderfull song...
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A Gentleman's excuse me - Fish
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Tabbed by: sonnyransom15
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: standard
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G F Bbsus2
Do you still keep paper flowers in the bottom drawer with your Belgian lace
F/A Dsus4 Dm
Taking them out every year to watch the colours fade away?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
Do you still believe in fairy tales, in battlements of shining castles
Dm C/D Dm
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill?
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G F
Are you still a Russian princess rescued by a gypsy dancer
Bbsus2 F/A Dsus4 Dm
To anyone who'll listen is that a story you still tell?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction
Bb C/Bb Bb C C7
Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I am trying to say?
F Am
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side
Bb F
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
C/E Dm /C Bb
For every one step forward we're taking two steps back
Bb F/A Csus4/G C
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
Dsus Dm Dsus4 Dm Bsus2 F Eb Eb Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
Bb/C C
I know you still like old fashioned waltzes
Bb/C C
Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with as you glide across the floor
Bb/D C/D
But if I told you the music's over would you want to hear
Bb/D C/D
That your dance card is empty that there's no-one really there?
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G
Do you still believe in Santa Claus, that there's a millionaire
F Bbsus2 F/A Dsus4 Dm
Looking for your front door with a key to a life that you'd never understand?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
All I have to offer is the love that I have, it's freely given
Bb C/Bb Bb C C7
You'll see its value when you see what I've tried to say
F Am
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side
Bb F
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
C/E Dm Bb
For every one step forward I'm taking two steps back
Bb F/A Csus4/G C Dm
Can you get it inside your head that from this one step forward
Bb
There's no turning back?
Bb F/A Csus4/G C Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
We're finished dancing
it annonymously. iv been trying to find this for years, i have it, i can
play it. i think it should be shared more freely seeing as its not up on
here. beautiful song, i couldnt recomend it enough, its not the same on
just an acoustic but the lyrics are to good to care, maybe you can make it
sound better than me. enjoy this wonderfull song...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Gentleman's excuse me - Fish
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: sonnyransom15
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: standard
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G F Bbsus2
Do you still keep paper flowers in the bottom drawer with your Belgian lace
F/A Dsus4 Dm
Taking them out every year to watch the colours fade away?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
Do you still believe in fairy tales, in battlements of shining castles
Dm C/D Dm
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill?
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G F
Are you still a Russian princess rescued by a gypsy dancer
Bbsus2 F/A Dsus4 Dm
To anyone who'll listen is that a story you still tell?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction
Bb C/Bb Bb C C7
Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I am trying to say?
F Am
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side
Bb F
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
C/E Dm /C Bb
For every one step forward we're taking two steps back
Bb F/A Csus4/G C
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
Dsus Dm Dsus4 Dm Bsus2 F Eb Eb Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
Bb/C C
I know you still like old fashioned waltzes
Bb/C C
Your reflection in the mirror that you flirt with as you glide across the floor
Bb/D C/D
But if I told you the music's over would you want to hear
Bb/D C/D
That your dance card is empty that there's no-one really there?
Bbsus2 F/A Csus4/G
Do you still believe in Santa Claus, that there's a millionaire
F Bbsus2 F/A Dsus4 Dm
Looking for your front door with a key to a life that you'd never understand?
Bbsus2 F/A Eb/G Eb
All I have to offer is the love that I have, it's freely given
Bb C/Bb Bb C C7
You'll see its value when you see what I've tried to say
F Am
It's a gentleman's excuse me so I'll take one step to the side
Bb F
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
C/E Dm Bb
For every one step forward I'm taking two steps back
Bb F/A Csus4/G C Dm
Can you get it inside your head that from this one step forward
Bb
There's no turning back?
Bb F/A Csus4/G C Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
Can you get it inside your head I'm tired of dancing?
Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm
We're finished dancing
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