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Easter by Marillion
Easter
Intro
G D Em C x2
Verse 1
G D Em C
A ghost of a mist was on the field
G D Em C
the grey and the green together
G D Em C
The noise of a distant farm machine
G D Em C
out of the first light came
Verse 2
G D Em C
A tattered necklace of hedge and trees
G D Em C
on the southern side of the hill
G D Em C
Betrays where the border runs between
G D Em C
where Mary Dunoon's boy fell
Chorus
D C Am Em
Easter, here again,
D/F# Em/C C/G G
a time for the blind to see
D C Am Em
Easter, surely now,
D/F# C Em/D D C/D D Em/D D C/D D
can all of your hearts be free
Verse 3
G D Em C
Out of the port of Liverpool
G D Em C
bound for the north of Ireland
G D Em C
The wash of the spray and horsetail waves
G D Em C
the roll of the sea below
Repeat chorus
D Em Hm Em/C x2
Guitar solo
D Em Bm Em/C x4
Em/D D C/D D x4
Em D/E C/E D/E x2
Em/C D/C C D/C x2
G Am C G
G
What will you do?
Make a stone of your heart?
Am
Will you set things right?
When you tear them apart?
C
Will you sleep at night?
G
With the plough and the stars alight?
G
What will you do?
With the wire & the gun?
Am
That'll set things right
When it's said and done?
C
Will you sleep at night?
G
Is there so much love to hide?
G Am C G repeat / fade
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version 2
3/4 time.
(Rhythm 1) -arpeggio-
E---------3----------2-(3)-2-----------0-----------0-----
B-----------3----------------3-----------0-----------1---
G-------------0----2-----------2-----------0-----0-----0-
D-------0--------0-------------------2---------2--------- repeat 4x
A-----2----------------------------2---------3-----------
E---3----------------------------0-----------------------
(Chorus)
E---------2-----------3------------3-----------0-----------------------0------
B-------3---3-----------1------------1-----------0---------3-------------1----
G-----2-------2-----0-----0------2-----2-----------0---------2-------0-----2--
D---0-------------2-----------2--------------2-----------0-----0---2----------
A---------------3-----------0--------------2-----------0---------3------------
E----------------------------------------0-----------2------------------------
E---------0-----------3------I-------2-(3)-2-----------3-----------3----------
B-----------3-----------3----I-----3---------3-----------1-----------1--------
G-------------0-----------0--I---2-------------2-----0-----0-----2-----2------
D-------0-----------0--------I-0-------------------2-----------2--------------
A-----2-----------2----------I-------------------3-----------0-------------2--
E---3-----------3------------I-------------------------------------------0----
(post-chorus...)
E-----0-----------------------0------II-------3-----------2-----------0-------
B-------0---------3-------------1----II-----3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----
G---------0---------2-------0-----0--II---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---
D---2-----------0-----0---2----------II-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-
A-------------0---------3------------II---------------------------------------
E-----------2------------------------II---------------------------------------
E-------2-------
B-----3---3-----
G---2-------2--- repeat this figure 1x,
D-------------0- then repeat Rhythm 1
A---------------
E---------------
(Rhythm 2) -strum-
E----2----I----3----I----2----I----3----II
B----3----I----3----I----3----I----3----II
G----2----I----0----I----4----I----0----II etc...repeat 4x,
D----0----I----2----I----4----I----2----II then for duration of solo...
A---(0)---I----2----I----2----I----3----II
E---------I----0----I---------I---------II
Anyway, this is most of the rhythm guitar...you should be able to
figure out the rest by listening to it. If I get enough requests, I'll
take the time to transcribe the solo for you, it typically showcases Steve
Rothery's ability to make his guitar sing (in much the same manner he does
in "Kayleigh"), and is a wonderful exercise in melodic playing!
Also, if anyone is a Marillion freak, perhaps you'd interested in the
Rhythm 1 of "The King of Sunset Town" which goes like this...
E---------0-----------0-----------0-------
B-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
G-----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
D---3-----------2-----------0-----------2- etc.
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Perhaps more from this album and their others later!
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version 3
~ - vibrato (finger or whammy -whatever fits)
p - pull off
h - hammer on
r - release bend
s - slide /s - slide from infinity
b(n) - bend to pitch of fret (n)
Guitar Solo - beginning at about 2:29
|--------------------------------------------------------------14-15~-
|-12~-10~-10s12------------------------------------------17~-17-------
|--------------11~-11s12-11-----7s9~-11p9--12p9--/s16~p14-------------
|--------------------------12~-9--------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
---14-15-15b(17)~--14-15-17b(19)~-------------14h15p14h15p14--------
-17-------------------------------15~--15s17~----------------15-----
-------------------------------------16-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------15-15b(17)~-15b(17)~
-14s12s11-12~-11--------(11)s12~-11~-------16-14--------------------
----------------12-9-12-------------12~--14-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-19b(20)-19~-------------19b(20)-19~--------------------20----------
-------------19-16h19p16------------19-16-19b(20)~--19~----19b(20)~-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-14h15p14---------14h15p14h15p14------17b(19)~--17b(19)~--17~-------
---------15---------------------15----------------------------------
-----------14s16~-----------------14--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-14h15p14h15p14--------------14h15p14h15p14----17b(19)~-17b(19)~-17~
---------------15--------------------------15-----------------------
-----------------14s16h19p16~----------------14---------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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3:41
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---------------------------------------------------------?-?--------
-(11)s12~-11--12--9--7--7~--5--4--4h5p4h5p4--2--4~------?---?-------
-------------------------------------------------------?-----?------
------------------------------------------------------?-------?-----
-----------------------------------------------------?---------?----
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------17~--15-----15--------17--15--------------------------------|
-12~s16---------14~---16~--16--------14~--12~-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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version 4
-----------------12h14h15p14p12----------------------------------
---------12h13h15--------------15p13p12--------------------------
----12---------------------------------12------------------------
------------------------------------------14---------------------
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(You can see it on the Easter video, on the 6 of 1... compilation.)
By the way, I think Steve starts the solo on the 7th fret of the top E
string and works up from there. I'm sure you've got the notes right,
but it might make a difference to the tone. Also, at the end, it
sounds to me like he somehow takes that final note up an octave as it
fades. I can only guess he uses a harmonic...
(I play:)
(touch for harmonic)
(top E) --12---10---5------3-------(15)---
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