From: James Osgood
The Last Straw — Lyrics by Fish, music by Marillion.
Transcribed by James Osgood — [email protected]
Legend
10b12 means bend from the tenth fret to the twelfth.
(10)b12 means pre-bend
20r18 means release bend
~ indicates vibrato.
/ means slide
/ means dive with whammy bar.
p indicates pull off, and
h indicates hammer on
q indicates quarter tone bend.
Intro and Verse — Clean guitar with Chorus and Delay
e————————————————|
B——1—3—1h3p1p0——0-h-1—0—————-|
G——2—————2————2—2-p-0—0—|
D——2——————————————|
A—0—0——————————————|
E————————————————|
e———————————2—
B——1—3—1h3p1p0——1———3—
G——2—————2——0——2—
D——2————————3—0—
A—0—0——————————
E————————————
There are slight fills at the end of this, which are different
for the two verses. They are
1 2
e—0h2—|—3-2—|
B———|———|
G———|———|
D———|———|
A———|———|
E———|———|
The bits between verses are just Eb and F chords played as
follows
Eb F
e—6———|
B—8—-10—|
G—8—-10—|
D—8—-10—|
A—6—-8—-|
E————-|
It goes Eb — F — Eb — F — Eb — F -Eb — F — F — F.
SR arpeggiates the chords second time around.
After the second ‘chorus’ he whips on a capo at the third fret
and plays an arpeggiated Cm7 as follows.
e——————6—|
B————4p3h4——|
G———5————|
D——5—————|
A—3——————|
E———————|
He plays this repeadedly until the solo (There are various odd
bits of guitar under it but I haven’t bothered to work them out)
Solo — a cracker. It’s simple and very effective and I think I read
somewhere that he improvised it!!
e———————————————————|
B—(16)b18~—11—9—11—(11)b13~————————|
G———————————————————|
D—————————————3—6—3—8/108—|
A———————————————————|
E———————————————————|
dive with bar
e—————————————————-13—|
B————————16-p-13—16~—16p13—(16)b18——|
G———————————————————|
D—8p6p3—3—6q—-/————————————|
A——————/————————————-|
E—————-/—————————————|
|——-| rpt x 8
e—(15)b16~-16—(15)b16—16—18—(18)b20~——16p13——|
B——————————————-13————|
G———————————————————|
D———————————————————|
A———————————————————|
E———————————————————|
e———————————————————-|
B—(16)b18————————————————-|
G————13—13~—13h15p13—13~————————|
D————————————6~-3—6h8-6-8/10—10~-|
A———————————————————-|
E———————————————————-|
e———————————————-16-18-(18)b20~|
B————————————16-(16)b18—————|
G—10——————————————————-|
D——-6~-8—6—8/10—8~—10-6p5p3—————————|
A————————————————————|
E————————————————————|
Then this bit which is great fun — still distorted.
e——3———————3—3——————|
B——4—3——————4——4——6———|
G——5——3——5———5———3—5———|
D——5———3—6———5————3———|
A—3—3————6——3—3———————|
E——————4——————————|
This chord sequence is used until the end. Steve solos over it
after a while, using the same melodic ideas as the solo, but
now in Cm as opposed to Fm.