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From: James Osgood
The Last Straw – Lyrics by Fish, music by Marillion.
Transcribed by James Osgood – [email protected]
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.
