Tablature the last straw - Marillion

          



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  From: James Osgood <jco100@tower.york.ac.uk>

  

  The Last Straw - Lyrics by Fish, music by Marillion.

  Transcribed by James Osgood - jco100@tower.york.ac.uk

  

  Legend

  

  10b12 means bend from the tenth fret to the twelfth.

  (10)b12 means pre-bend

  20r18 means release bend 

  

  ~ indicates vibrato.

  / means slide

  / means dive with whammy bar.

  p indicates pull off, and

  h indicates hammer on

  q indicates quarter tone bend.

  

  Intro and Verse - Clean guitar with Chorus and Delay

  

  e-----------------------------------------------|

  B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----0-h-1--0----------------|

  G-----2--------------2------------2--2-p-0--0---|

  D-----2-----------------------------------------|

  A--0--0-----------------------------------------|

  E-----------------------------------------------|

  

  e--------------------------------2--

  B-----1--3--1h3p1p0-----1--------3--

  G-----2--------------2-----0-----2--

  D-----2-----------------------3--0--

  A--0--0-----------------------------

  E-----------------------------------

  

  There are slight fills at the end of this, which are different

  for the two verses. They are 

  

    1         2 

  e---0h2--|--3-2---|

  B--------|--------|

  G--------|--------|

  D--------|--------|

  A--------|--------|

  E--------|--------|

  

  The bits between verses are just Eb and F chords played as

  follows

  

      Eb    F

  

  e---6---------|

  B---8----10---|

  G---8----10---|

  D---8----10---|

  A---6----8----|

  E-------------|

  

  It goes Eb - F - Eb - F - Eb - F -Eb - F - F - F.

  

  SR arpeggiates the chords second time around.

  

  After the second 'chorus' he whips on a capo at the third fret 

  and plays an arpeggiated Cm7 as follows.

  

  e------------------6--|

  B-----------4p3h4-----|

  G--------5------------|

  D-----5---------------|

  A--3------------------|

  E---------------------|

  

  He plays this repeadedly until the solo (There are various odd

  bits of guitar under it but I haven't bothered to work them out)

  

  Solo - a cracker. It's simple and very effective and I think I read

  somewhere that he improvised it!!

  

  e--------------------------------------------------------|

  B--(16)b18~---11--9--11--(11)b13~------------------------|

  G--------------------------------------------------------|

  D---------------------------------------3--6--3--8/108--|

  A--------------------------------------------------------|

  E--------------------------------------------------------|

  

               dive with bar

  e----------------------------------------------------13--|

  B-----------------------16-p-13--16~--16p13--(16)b18-----|

  G--------------------------------------------------------|

  D--8p6p3--3--6q----/------------------------------------|

  A-----------------/-------------------------------------|

  E----------------/--------------------------------------|

  

                                              |-------| rpt x 8

  e--(15)b16~-16--(15)b16--16--18--(18)b20~------16p13-----|

  B-------------------------------------------13-----------|

  G--------------------------------------------------------|

  D--------------------------------------------------------|

  A--------------------------------------------------------|

  E--------------------------------------------------------|

  

  e----------------------------------------------------------|

  B--(16)b18-------------------------------------------------|

  G-----------13--13~--13h15p13--13~------------------------|

  D------------------------------------6~-3--6h8-6-8/10--10~-|

  A----------------------------------------------------------|

  E----------------------------------------------------------|

  

  e----------------------------------------------16-18-(18)b20~|

  B-----------------------------------16-(16)b18---------------|

  G--10-------------------------------------------------------|

  D-------6~-8--6--8/10--8~--10-6p5p3--------------------------|

  A------------------------------------------------------------|

  E------------------------------------------------------------|

  

  Then this bit which is great fun - still distorted.

  

  e-----3---------------------3--3-----------------|

  B-----4--3------------------4-----4-----6--------|

  G-----5-----3-----5---------5--------3--5--------|

  D-----5--------3--6---------5-----------3--------|

  A--3--3-----------6------3--3--------------------|

  E-----------------4------------------------------|

  

  This chord sequence is used until the end. Steve solos over it

  after a while, using the same melodic ideas as the solo, but

  now in Cm as opposed to Fm.

  

  

   


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