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White Feather by Marillion
White Feather
~ Play Twice
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--------5------5---------7---------7-------5-------7>5>0-----
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-7---------------------------7----------------7--------------
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This next part is tricky to hear, cause there is so much
going on with the guitar and keys and effects. This sound
close to me. You can expand upon this if you want to find
something that you think sounds better.
Palm Muted
----5----------------5----10-------------------10---5-----
------5-5-5-5-5-5-5----5------7-------7---------------5---
--------------------------------7---7---7---7-----------7-
-7--------------------------------7-------7---------------
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When I hit the streets back in '81
Found a heart in the gutter and a poet's crown
I felt barbed wire kisses and icicle tears
Where have I been for all these years?
I saw political intrigue, political lies
Gonna wipe those smiles of self-satisfaction from their eyes
I will wear your white feather
I will carry your white flag
I will swear I have no nation
But I'm proud to own my heart
I will wear your white feather
I will carry your white flag
I will swear I have no nation
But I'm proud to own my heart
My heart, this is my heart
We don't need no uniforms, we have no disguise
Divided we stand, together we'll rise
We will wear your white feather
We will carry your white flag
We will swear we have no nations
But we're proud to own our hearts
We will wear your white feather
We will carry your white flag
We will swear we have no nations
But we're proud to own our hearts
These are our hearts
These are our hearts
You can't take away our hearts
You can't steal our hearts away
I can't walk away
No more
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version 2
I play this in the seventh position using a the D-Barre form:
A: X-X-7-9-10-X-|
D: X-X-7-7-7-X--|
Dsus4: X-X-7-7-8-X--|
Intro (x2): stereo chorus, stereo delay (~450ms) and a little OD.
A D Dsus4 D A
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--------10-------10--------7-8-7-8-7-----------------------------------|
-----------9~~-----9--9~---7-7-7-7-7-7------9-7-6----------------------|
-7--7------7~~-----7--7~---------------7----------5--------------------|
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Verse (palm mute): clean with stereo chorus and stereo delay.
Don't try to count the 3rd string 9th fret E's. Listen to the song as this is the rhythm
think "Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)". There is a lot of room for improvisation
Occasionally, Steve ends the phrase in A with the parenthetical 3rd string 7th fret D. I
include a little 5th string open A to add some bottom end when I am playing this
on an acoustic guitar.
A D Dsus4 D A
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--------10-----------10------------------7-8-7-8-7---------------------|
----------9-9-9-9------9-9-9-9-9-9-9(7)------------9-9-9-9-9-9---------|
----7-7----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Outro: stereo chorus, stereo delay and a little OD.
A D Dsus4 D A
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--------22-20-19---------19----------------22-20-19--------------------|
-----------------21-19-21---21----------------------21-19-21-19-18-----|
-------------------------------19----------------------------------19--|
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A D Dsus4 D A
--22-21------------------------------22-21-----------------------------|
--------22-20-19---------19----------------22-20-19--------------------|
-----------------21-19-21---21----------------------21-19-18-----------|
-------------------------------19----------------------------19--------|
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When I hit the streets back in '81
Found a heart in the gutter and a poet's crown
I felt barbed wire kisses and icicle tears
Where have I been for all these years?
I saw political intrigue, political lies
Gonna wipe those smiles of self-satisfaction from their eyes
I will wear your white feather
I will carry your white flag
I will swear I have no nation
But I'm proud to own my heart
I will wear your white feather
I will carry your white flag
I will swear I have no nation
But I'm proud to own my heart
My heart, this is my heart
We don't need no uniforms, we have no disguise
Divided we stand, together we'll rise
We will wear your white feather
We will carry your white flag
We will swear we have no nations
But we're proud to own our hearts
We will wear your white feather
We will carry your white flag
We will swear we have no nations
But we're proud to own our hearts
These are our hearts
These are our hearts
You can't take away our hearts
You can't steal our hearts away
I can't walk away
No more
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