Marillion - An accidental man

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # Marillion - An Accidental Man ============================= Tabbed by Mike C (smilock@hotmail.com) Tab Explanation =============== 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 - Slightly Distorted Electric (Capo 1st Fret) Guitar 2 - Clean Electric (Capo 1st Fret) ============================== *** CAPO 1ST FRET *** ***ALL PARTS GTR. 1 UNLESS INDICATED*** Intro ===== *3(D) on B played occasionally (80% of the time) e||---------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---|| G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-|| D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------|| A||-0---0---------------------------------------------|| E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------|| Verse (as intro) ===== I was taught from much too young To never give myself away Yes I was taught for every secret There's a price you have to pay An accident of gender An accident of birth That holds me to this point of view This time and place on earth This time and place on earth You ask me how I'm feeling I only wish you knew How hard it is for me to share Share those kind of things with you Bridge ====== e||-------------------------------------------------------|| B||---1---1-------1---4-3-1-------1---4-3-1-----1----1----|| G||---------0---------------3---1---1---------------------|| D||-------------3---3-------------------------3---3~---3~-|| A||-3---3-----1-----------------------------1-------------|| E||---------------------------4---------------------------|| It's not that I don't love you It's just I can't connect 'Cause I was taught from much too young To shine and not reflect e|-----------------------| B|---3-----------------3-| G|-----2-------------0---| D|-0-------2-----3-------| A|-------------3---------| E|-------0---1-----3-----| Chorus ====== m m m m m m e||-----------------|| B||---------3-----3-|| G||-----0-2---0-2---|| D||---0-------------|| A||-----------------|| E||-3---------------|| I'm an accidental man e||---------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---|| G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-|| D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------|| A||-0---0---------------------------------------------|| E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------|| Verse (as before) ===== You ask me if I'm happy I only wish I knew 'Cause happiness is not something That I ever learned to do Bridge ====== e||-------------------------------------------------------|| B||---1---1-------1---4-3-1-------1---4-3-1-----1----1----|| G||---------0---------------3---1---1---------------------|| D||-------------3---3-------------------------3---3~---3~-|| A||-3---3-----1-----------------------------1-------------|| E||---------------------------4---------------------------|| It's not that I'm complaining It's all the same to me e|-----------------------| B|---3-----------------3-| G|-----2-------------0---| D|-0-------2-----3-------| x 2 A|-------------3---------| E|-------0---1-----3-----| If everything that happens, happens accidentally Chorus (as before) ====== m m m m m m e||-----------------|| B||---------3-----3-|| G||-----0-2---0-2---|| D||---0-------------|| A||-----------------|| E||-3---------------|| I'm an accidental man Interlude ========= e||-------------------------5-------|| B||-----5---5-----------------------|| G||---------------------7-----------|| Gtr. 2 D||---7---7---7-------7---7---7-----|| A||-------------7---------------7---|| E||-5-------------5-5-------------5-|| I was taught for every secret There's a price you have to pay I was taught from much too young To never give myself away I was born to worthy causes I was born to take the reins I was taught from much too young To never give myself away Synth Solo ========== |--------------x3--------------| e||------------------------------||---------------------------|| B||-------1-----------------3----||---------------------------|| G||-----0-------5---5-----5---5--||-----0---0-2---0-2---0-2-0-|| D||---3-------3------------------||---0-----------------------|| A||-3-------5-----6---6-5--------||-------0-----1-----0-------|| E||------------------------------||-3-------------------------|| |--------------x3--------------| e||------------------------------||-----------------------| B||-------1-----------------3----||---3-----------------3-| G||-----0-------5---5-----5---5--||-----2-------------0---| D||---3-------3------------------||-0-------2-----3-------| A||-3-------5-----6---6-5--------||-------------3---------| E||------------------------------||-------0---1-----3-----| Outro ===== e||---------------------------------------------------|| B||---------------0---1-1p0---------(3)-------0-1-0---|| G||---2---2-------2---------2---2----*--2-----2-----2-|| D||---------2---2---2-------------3---------2---------|| A||-0---0---------------------------------------------|| E||-----------3---------------1-----------3-----------|| An accident of gender An accident of birth That holds me to this point of view This time and place on earth So try and understand If I don't say all I can A stranger to myself I am An accidental man I'm an accident I'm an accidental man