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Lavender

Marillion

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"Lavender" from the album _The_Thieving_Magpie_
by Marillion

transcribed by Shane P. Faulkner (faulkner@acsu.buffalo.edu)

NOTE: use a capo on the 2nd fret, this is essential

The following two staffs are repeated as the intro.  The chords are "swelled" 
in and out with a volume pedal.

"I was walkin' in the park ...... dreamin' of a spark........when I heard the
----------------------------5--4----------------------5--4-------------------
----------------------------5--5--5-------------------5--5--5----------------
----------------------------------4-------------------------4----------------
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sprinklers whisper shimmer in the haze of summer lawns...."
-----------5-------4-----------------------------------5--4--7---------------
-----------5-------5------5----------------------------5--5--5---------------
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Band enters: (no more volume pedal).  The following part is repeated 
several times.

--------5--4------------5--4-------------5--4-----------5--4-----------------
--------5--5--5---------5--5--5----------5--5--5--------5--5--5--------------
-----4--------4------2--------4-------2--------4-----2--------4--------------
--2--------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------5----------------4-----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------5--------------------------

Switch to distortion:

--16B(17)R16~---------16B(17)R16~-----------------16B(17)R16~----------------
--------------17------------------17~---17B(19)~---------------17------------
-----------------16~-----------------------------------------------16~-------
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--16--16B(17)16--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------17-------------17--19--19B(21)R19_17-------------------------
-------------------16~--16--18------------------------18---------------------
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The two staffs above are repeated with little variation.

Legend:
~    normal finger vibrato
/    slide...7/9 means start on the 7th fret and slide to the 9th
_    (underline) hammer-on or pull-off as notated above the tabs 
B    a bend..start on fret to the left of the B and bend to the note in ()
R    a release
PM   palm mute