Marillion are a rock band formed in Aylesbury, England . Their 30-year career is marked by two distinctive phases; the early years fronted by Fish which saw their greatest commercial success, and much longer period fronted by Steve Hogarth in which the band have constantly re-invented themselves so as to continue to be relevant into the 21st century.
The Fish era is often categorized as neo-progressive. They originally started as "Silmarillion"
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#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Stefan
"Slainte Mhath"
by Marillion
First, the piano:
--#----------------------------------
------------------------------------- O = 1/4 note o = 1/8 note -----------------------O-------------
------------------------------------- (4 times) O o o --------------o--------------o-------
--- --- --- --- o o o o
Then, some chords:
[D] [C] [Am] [G] (4 times)
Now, a guitar:
e ---------------------------- b -4-3-4---------4-3-4------6- g --------3-5-3---------3-5--- (repeat this forever and ever) d ---------------------------- a ---------------------------- e ---------------------------- chords: [F] [Eb]
Time for some singing:
A [F] hand held over a [Eb] candle in angst fuelled bra[F]vado [Eb] A [F] carbon trail [Eb] scores a moist stretched [F] palm [Eb]
(etc.)
And you [C] listen with a [F] tear in [Bb] your eye to their [C] hopes and be[F]trayels and your [Bb] only reply is Slainte mhath.
The guitar-riff starts again, with the same chords:
[F] Princes in exile [Eb] raising the standard Dram[F]buie [Eb] Pa[F]rading their anecdotes [Eb] tired from old cam[F]paigns [Eb]
(etc.)
Take it a[Ab]way Take it a[Bb]way Take it a[Csus4]way Take it a[Bbsus4]way, take it away Take it a[Csus7]way, take it away Take me a[C]way! [Bb] [F] [C] [Bb] [F]
From the [C] dream on a the barbed wire at Flanders and [Bb] Bilston [F] Glen From a [C] Clydeside that rusts from the tears of its [Bb] broken [F] men
(etc.)
And that's all folks!
Stefan (pronounced: Stay-fun) Frank [email protected] Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(With thanks to Mark van 't Zet for the tab-notation)