From: Stefan
«Slainte Mhath»
by Marillion
First, the piano:
—#———————————-
————————————- O = 1/4 note
o = 1/8 note
————————O————-
————————————- (4 times)
O o o
—————o—————o——-
— — — —
o o o o
Then, some chords:
[D] [C] [Am] [G] (4 times)
Now, a guitar:
e —————————-
b -4-3-4———4-3-4——6-
g ———3-5-3———3-5— (repeat this forever and ever)
d —————————-
a —————————-
e —————————-
chords: [F] [Eb]
Time for some singing:
A [F] hand held over a [Eb] candle in angst fuelled bra[F]vado [Eb]
A [F] carbon trail [Eb] scores a moist stretched [F] palm [Eb]
(etc.)
And you [C] listen with a [F] tear in [Bb] your eye
to their [C] hopes and be[F]trayels and your [Bb] only reply
is Slainte mhath.
The guitar-riff starts again, with the same chords:
[F] Princes in exile [Eb] raising the standard Dram[F]buie [Eb]
Pa[F]rading their anecdotes [Eb] tired from old cam[F]paigns [Eb]
(etc.)
Take it a[Ab]way
Take it a[Bb]way
Take it a[Csus4]way
Take it a[Bbsus4]way, take it away
Take it a[Csus7]way, take it away
Take me a[C]way! [Bb] [F]
[C] [Bb] [F]
From the [C] dream on a the barbed wire
at Flanders and [Bb] Bilston [F] Glen
From a [C] Clydeside that rusts
from the tears of its [Bb] broken [F] men
(etc.)
And that’s all folks!
Stefan (pronounced: Stay-fun) Frank
[email protected]
Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(With thanks to Mark van ‘t Zet for the tab-notation)
