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An Accidental Man

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Marillion - An Accidental Man
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Tabbed by Mike C ([email protected])

Tab Explanation
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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)

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***         CAPO 1ST FRET           ***
***ALL PARTS GTR. 1 UNLESS INDICATED***

Intro
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*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)
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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
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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
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    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)
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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)
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    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
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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
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  |--------------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 

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