Marillion

Blind Curve(Tabs)

Marillion

Key: C

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s       Slide 
h       Hammer-on 
p       Pull-off 
T       Tap 
B       Bend the note to the fret after the B 
R       Release back to the originally bent note 
A.H.    Artificial Harmonic 
m       Palm Muted 
//      Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible) 

Guitar 1 - Distorted Electric 
Guitar 2 - Distorted Electric 
Guitar 3 - Clean Electric 
Guitar 4 - Distorted Electric 
Guitar 5 - Distorted Electric 
Guitar 6 - Acoustic Guitar 
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   F#5 G5 F#m G  D5 C5 
e|--------------------| 
B|---------2--3-------| 
G|---------2--4--7--5-| Chord List 
D|--4--5---4--5--7--5-| 
A|--4--5---4--5--5--3-| 
E|--2--3---2--3-------| 

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I. Vocal Under A Bloodlight 
=========================== 

e|-------------| 
B|-------------| 
G|-4~-2~----4~-| Gtr. 2 (play 4 times) 
D|-4~-2~-4~-5~-| 
A|-2~-0~-4~-5~-| 
E|-------2~-3~-| 

        hold 
e|----------------------------------------------| 
B|-17b19~-19r17-17~-----------------------------| 
G|------------------18-18b19r18----18b19r18-16~-| Gtr. 1 
D|------------------------------19--------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------| 

Last night you said I was cold, untouchable 
e|-----------------| 
B|-14b15-12s10-----| 
G|-------------11~-| Gtr. 1 
D|-----------------| 
A|-----------------| 
E|-----------------| 
A lonely piece of action from another town 
I just want to be free 
e|--------------| 
B|-10b12r10-----| 
G|----------11~-| Gtr. 1 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 
 I'm happy to be lonely 
e|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|-6b7r6----| Gtr. 1 
D|-------4~-| 
A|----------| 
E|----------| 
Can't you stay away?  
Just leave me alone with my thoughts 
Just a runaway 
e|--------| 
B|-14b15~-| 
G|--------| Gtr. 1 
D|--------| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 
Just a runaway 
e|-12b14r12b14r12b14r12-| 
B|----------------------| 
G|----------------------| Gtr. 1 
D|----------------------| 
A|----------------------| 
E|----------------------| 
I'm saving myself 

II. Passing Strangers 
===================== 
N.B. Guitar 2 plays the associated chord once at the beginning of each bar 

  G5 
e|--------------------------5-| 
B|---3p2h3-2p0----3p2h3-2p0---| 
G|-------------4--------------| Gtr. 3 (play x2) 
D|----------------------------| 
A|----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------| 

  G5                            F#5 
 |-------------x2-------------|---------------x2--------------| 
e|--------------------------5-|---4-----5-----4-----5-----5---| 
B|---3p2h3-2p0----3p2h3-2p0---|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------4--------------|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-| Gtr. 3 (x 2.5) 
D|----------------------------|-------4-----4-----4-----4-----| 
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------| 
Strung out below a necklace of carnival lights 
Cold moon, held on the crest of the night 
I'm too tired to fight.  
So now we're passing strangers, at single tables 
Still trying to get over 
Still trying to write love songs for passing strangers 
All those passing strangers 
And the twinkling lies, all those twinkling lies 
Sparkle with the wet ink on the paper 

Guitar Solo (Gtr. 1) 
=========== 
N.B. Guitar 2 plays the associated chord once where indicated 

  F#m          F#m                                  G 
e|-14----14----14----14----14-16-16-16b17r16-----------------------| 
B|-17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19-------------------17b19~-19r17-15-------| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------18b19-| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|----------------------------------15-------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------15-19----19b20r19-15-19-15-------------| 
G|-18b19r18p16-18-16-15-16-18----------------------------18-19-16-18-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
            G                                                  // F#m 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-16-15-16-15h16----15----15b16-16r15----15-16-15h16----15h16-16-14~-| 
D|----------------17----17-------------17-------------17--------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 
                              // // //    F#m 
e|----------------------------16-17-19-17-19b21-19b21-19b21-19b21-| 
B|-------------14-17b19-17b19-------------------------------------| 
G|----14-16b18----------------------------------------------------| 
D|-16-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
                 G                         G 
e|-19b21~-19b21~b22~r19-19b21r19-19s17-19~-14-15----14-------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------17----15s14-14b15-| 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
                    F#m         F#m 
e|-----------------------9b12r9-----------------------------------| 
B|-14b15-12-11h12s0-----------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------9t11--------9h11~-11s18-18-18-18-18-18-18b19~-| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 

III. Mylo 
========= 
   Gtr. 4 
e|-19-17-15-17-----19-17-15-17-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------15~-------------15~-15-14h15p14----14~-15-14h15p14----14~-| 
G|---------------------------------------------16-----------------16-----| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 | Gtr. 5 
e|-15-14-12-14-----15-14-12-14-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------12~-------------12~-12-10h12p10----10~-12-10h12p10----10~-| 
G|---------------------------------------------12-----------------12-----| 
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-3-2---3-2----------5-------5-| 
B|-----0-----0--3p2p0---3p2p0---| 
G|------------------------------| Gtr. 3 (repeats throughout) 
D|------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------| 
N.B. Guitar 6 strums associated chords 

     Em7 
Oh I remember Toronto when Mylo went down 
       A 
And we sat and cried on the phone 
                Em7 
I never felt so alone 
                        A 
He was the first of our own 
Em7 
Some of us go down in a blaze of obscurity 
A 
Some of us go down in a haze of publicity 
    Em7                          A 
The price of infamy, the edge of insanity 
        Em7                      
Another Holiday Inn, another temporary home 
        A 
And an interviewer threatened me with a microphone 
Am7                                 A 
'Talk to me, won't you tell me your stories.' 
     Em7 
So I talked about conscience and I talked about pain 
        A 
And he looked out the window and it started to rain 
          Em7                     A 
I thought maybe I've already gone crazy 
     Em7 
So I reached for a bottle and he reached for the door 
      A 
And I picked up the sleeping pills crushed on the floor 
Em7                     A 
Inviting me to a casual obscenity.  

IV. Perimeter Walk (All parts Gtr. 3 unless indicated) 
================== 
e|-------4-5-4-----------------------|-------4-5-4---------------------5-| 
B|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------| 
G|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6-4-|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6---| 
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 

e|-9----9-10-------------|-9----9-10----| 
B|-----------12----12s17-|-----------12-| 
G|-----------------------|--------------| x2 
D|---11---------11-------|---11---------| 
A|-----------------------|--------------| 
E|-----------------------|--------------| 

e|-------4-5-4-----------------------|-------4-5-4---------------------5-| 
B|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------|-7---7-------7---5---7-5-----------| 
G|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6-4-|---6-----------6---4-----7-6h7p6---| 
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 

e|-9~-9b10r9-------------------| 
B|-----------12~-10~-9~--------| 
G|----------------------9~-----| Gtr. 1 (repeat 'til 'Threshold') 
D|-------------------------11~-| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 
It would be incredible if we could 
Retrace all the times that we lived here 
All the collisions 
Wasted, I've never been so wasted 
I've never been this far out before 

Perimeter walk 
There's a presence here 
I feel could have been ancient, 
I could have been mystical 

There's a presence 
A child, my child 
My childhood, a misplaced childhood 
Give it back to me, give it back to me 
A childhood, that childhood 
Oh please give it back to me.  

V. Threshold (All parts Gtr. 2 unless indicated) 
============ 
               \.5/\.5/\.5/         A.H   Scrape down fret board 
e|--------------------------------------------|  
B|----2------------------------2--------------| 
G|-2~-4b6~------------------2~-4b6~-4b6----//-| 
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~----------5~-//-| 
A|-0~------5~---------------0~----------5~-//-| 
E|---------3~---------------------------3~----| 
                \.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/             w/bar 
e|-----------------------------------7b9~--------| 
B|----2------------------------------------------| 
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~---------0~~-| 
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-| 
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----| 
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----| 
I saw a war widow in a launderette 
Washing the memories from her husband's clothes 
She had medals pinned to a threadbare greatcoat  
A lump in her throat with cemetery eyes 

Gtr. 2 just plays the associated chords once where indicated 

      D5                   D5 
I see convoys curbcrawling West German Autobahns 
C5                  C5 
Trying to pick up a war 
                          D5 
They're going to even the score 
D5            C5                C5 
Oh... I can't take any more 

                \.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/             w/bar 
e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|----2------------------------------2-----------| 
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~-4b6~----0~~-| 
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-| 
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----| 
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----| 
I see black flags on factories 
Soup ladies poised on the lips of the poor 
I see children with vacant stares, destined for rape in the alleyways 
Does anybody care, I can't take any more! 

N.B. Gtr. 1 plays this interlude part alongside Gtr. 2 

e|-17-15-14-17-15-14-------17-15-14-17-15-14-------| 
B|-------------------15----------------------15----| 
G|----------------------14----------------------14-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 

e|-15-13-12----13-12-------15-13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-15-13-12-| 
B|----------13-------13----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------12-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-17-15-14----15-14-------17-15-14----15-14-------| 
B|----------15-------15-------------15-------15----| 
G|----------------------14----------------------14-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 

e|-15-13-12----13-12-------15-----------| 
B|----------13-------13-------13-15b17~-| 
G|----------------------12--------------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 
Should we say goodbye? 

                \.5/\.5/ \.5/\.5/             w/bar 
e|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|----2------------------------------2-----------| 
G|-2~-4b6~------------------------2~-4b6~----0~~-| 
D|-2~------5~-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-2~------5~-5~~-| 
A|-0~------5~---------------------0~------5~-----| 
E|---------3~-----------------------------3~-----| 
I see priests, politicians?  
Heroes in black plastic body-bags under nations' flags  
I see children pleading with outstretched hands 
Drenched in napalm, this is no Vietnam 

Gtr. 2 plays associated chords once where indicated (with lots of bar use) 
        D5              D5 
I can't take any more 
e|-15-14--------| 
B|-------15-----| 
G|----------14~-| Gtr. 1 
D|--------------| 
A|--------------| 
E|--------------| 
          C5            C5 
Should we say goodbye 
        D5              D5 
How can we justify? 
e|-15-14---------| 
B|-------15~-----| 
G|-----------14~-| Gtr. 1 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 
          C5            C5 
They call us civilised!  

  Gtr. 1 
e|--------------12~-9-10-12-10p9--------9-10-9--------------------|----| 
B|----10---10--------------------12~-12--------10~-10----10b12r10-|-*--| 
G|-9~----9----9---------------------------------------11----------|-9~-| x 4 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|----| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|----| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----| 
  *4th time only
	        

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