Marillion - Incubus
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Marilion - Incubus
From the album Fugazi (1984)
Chords by Michael Trost (Mitch 18 Januar), with thanks to Ed Elloway, Marc Roy, Michel Schudel
and Darren Greaves, on whose work some of his transcriptions are based.
[Intro]
Am G/E Am G/E Am G/E Am G/E
[Verse 1]
When footlightsAm G/E dim in reverence Am G/E to prescient passion Am G/E
Forewarned,Am G/E my audience leaves the stage Am G/E
Floating aheAmad G/Eperfumed shift
Within the sAmtamG/Emering silence
The fAmace that lauG/Enched a thousand frames
Betrayed Am G/E by a porcelain tear,Am G/E a stained career Am G/E
[Interlude]
Am G/E Am G/E
[Verse 2]
You played Am G/E this scene beforeAm, G/E you played Am G/E this scene before Am/G
I the Ammote inG/E your eye, I the Ammote in G/Eyour eye
A misplaced reaction Am G/E Am G/E
[Synth solo]
Cm Gm7 Cm Gm7 Cm Gm7 Cm Gm7
[Bridge]
The Amdarkroom unleashes imagination in pornographic Bmimages
In which you will always be the star (always be the star)
EmUntouchable, unapproachable, Amconstant in the darkness
BmNursing an erection, a misplaced reaction
With no Emflower to place before this gravestone
And the Amwalls become enticingly newspaper thin
But Bmthat would only be developing the negative view
And you Emhave to be exposed in voyeuristic colour
The Ampublic act, let you model your shame
On the mannequin catwalk, Bmcatwalk
Let the cats walk, and the Emcat walks
[Interlude]
Am G/E Am G/E
[Verse 3]
I've played Am G/E this scene beforeAm, G/E I've played Am G/E this scene before Am/G
I the Ammote inG/E your eye, I the Ammote in G/Eyour eye
A misplaced reaction,Am saG/EtisfAmactG/Eion
[Interlude]
Am Em D D A Em D D A
[Bridge]
You can't Embrush me under the Dcarpet, you can't Dhide me under the Astairs
The cusEmtodian of your Dprivate fears, your leading actor of Ayesteryear
EmWho as you crawled out of the Dalleys of obscurity
Sentenced to rejection in the Amorass of anonymity
EmYou who I directed with Dlovers will, you who I let hypnotise the Alens
EmYou who I let bathe in the Dspotlights glare
You who wiped me Afrom your memory like a Emgreasepaint mask D
Just like a greasepaint mask A
[Guitar solo]
Fm(8 C#mtimeDs)E
[Bridge 2]
But now I'm the F#msnake in the grassC#m, the ghost of Dfilm reels pastE
I'm the proF#mducer of your C#mnightmare and the perDformance has Ejust beF#sus4gun F#
It's just C#sus4begun C#m
[Outro]
Your pF#sus4erimeter of courtiers jerk like cF#elluloid puppets
As you C#sus4stutter paralysed with rabbits eC#myes, F#sus4searing the shadows
FlF#ooding the wings, to pluck eC#sus4lusive salvation from the C#munderstudy's lips
ReF#sus4trieve the soliloquy, maintF#ain the obituary
MyC#sus4 cue line in the last act and you C#mwait in silent solitude
Waiting for the F#sus4prompt, waiting for the prF#ompt, waiting for the C#sus4prompt C#m
Waiting for the F#sus4prompt, waiting for the prF#ompt, waiting for the C#sus4prompt C#m
You've played this scene beC#fore