Grendel tab by Marillion

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[I told someone I'd post this last week, so here it is...share and enjoy]

Okay, this is gonna be a PAIN as the song is 18+ minutes long!!!

I love the story of Beowulf and Marillion, and this is one of my favourite
songs, so I have tried to do my best on it.

Sure, there may be some parts that aren't correct, but it's better than
what was out there, which was nothing.  If I receive any flames I will
forward them to the postmaster at your site along with a complaint. :)
Nice advice/thanks/critisism is welcome though!

                    -Dan Newcombe
                     dnewcomb@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

A little guide to some of my own notations:

6 lines of ----   are guitar tab (From top to bottom E B G D A E)
5 lines of ----   are keyboards (yeah, it's a guitar group, but there
                   are more flames and discussions so at least this is
                   music :)
For Key music - & is treble cleff,) is bass clef and o is a note,
    listen to the music for the length/beat/other.

And Now...
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Grendel  by   Marillion      (from B-Sides Themselves)
as heard by Dan Newcombe (newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu for now)

Guitar Riff A: Intro    (Played Twice)
----------0------------2-3-2h3p2p0---2-0-2-----0-2-0------0-2-0----------
--0---2h3---3-0---0----------------3-------2---------3-2--------3-2------
----------------2--------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------0-------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------4-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------0-2-3-2-------------
--0-2-3---------3-2h3p2-0---
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------

Guitar Riff B (Mainly just chords, one note at a time.)
(This is how I play it.)
Bm                    A
--------------------0------------------------------0-----------------------
-----------3-----------3----3---------------2--------2-----2---------------
--------4----4-----------4----4-----------2---2--------2-----2-------------
-----4----------4---------------4-------2-------2--------------2-----------
--2-----------------------------------0------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

G               F#
-------------3------------------------------2------------------------------
---------------0------0-----------------------4-----4----------------------
-------0---------0------0-------------3---------3-----5--------------------
-----0---0----------------0---------4---4---------------4------------------
---2-------0----------------------4-------4--------------------------------
-3------------------------------2------------------------------------------

Keyboard: Main Rythym A (lightly, in the background)
B  |  A  |  G  |  F#    <-Played one full measure each

Midnight sun bids moors farewell, retreats ....
Guitar and Keys: Main Riff A - LOUD


Guitar: Riff B
Keyboard: Main Rythym A - softly, a little more presence than above.

Wooden figures, pagan gods stare ....


Guitar and Keys: Main Rythym A - LOUD

Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare ....


Guitar plays Main Rythym A until solo.
Keyboard Run Number One
Repeat each run for one whole measure|
    Bm       A       G       F#      |
-#---O-----|-------|-------|---------|-----------------------------------
           | O     |       |         |
-------O---|-------|-O-----|---------|-----------------------------------
  #        |   O   |       |  O      |
---------O-|-------|---O---|---------|-----------------------------------
           |     O |       |    #O   |
-----------|-------|-----O-|---------|-----------------------------------
           |       |       |       O |
-----------|-------|-------|---------|-----------------------------------

As Grendel leaves his mossy home ....

(Solo) - Pretty much that's it, except the fast part - no clue

--19--19--19-19--19p17--------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar Riff C:
Background plays Main Rythym A
The *'s are the main notes that stand out, the other are just little
trasnsitional fills.
    *              *         *             *
--------7--9b10b9------5-5-------2h3p2p0--------------------------------------
----7--------------5---5-5---3-------------2----------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

As Grendel leaves his mossy home ....

Guitar and Keys: Main Rythym A - LOUD

Earth-rim walker seeks his meals, prepare ....


Bass: Octaves (On a E or B?)
Guitar Riff D: (Done on electric using volume swells. I also
use delay during this part, to make it sound a little more errie)
------------------------------------
--12-----10------13-----17----------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------
------------------------------------

(Assorted growls)
Silken membranes, span his path, .....

(BIG Sounding Keyboard Riff)
Big Soudning Organ Riff.
 E     D      D?     D     Em   D        Bb    Em     E
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------O--------------------------O-------------------------------

--O------------------------O-------------O-----O------O------------------
        O     O      O      O
-#O------------------------O-------------------O-----#O------------------
       #O    #O     #O         #O   #O
--O------------------------O-------------------O------O------------------
    O        O      O

(guitar Rythym) Play once before keyboard comes in.
Em                     C
-3------3-------3-----3--------3------3--------3------3---------------
---5------5-------5-----5--------5------5--------5------5-------------
-----4------4-------4-----4--------5-------5-------5------5-----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

D               F#
-2-------2-------2-------2--------2------2------2------2----------------
---3-------3-------3-------3--------3------3------3------3--------------
-----2--------2-------2------2--------4------4------4------4------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


(Keyboard Riff)
Hounds freeze in silence, bewitched by .....

Chants rise in terror, pray round .....
Keyboard Riff (This is a little to fast for me to really hear and catch)

(Guitar riff E) C B C  E

Keyboard Riff (This is the same as above)

(Guitar riff E) C B C E


(Guitar acoustic) - Play xx times
Em                       G/Em         F#/Em
---------0----------------0----------------0----------------0---------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------0---0------------0---0------------0---0------------0---0-------------
-----2-------2--------2-------2--------2-------2--------2-------2-----------
---2-----------2----2-----------2----2-----------2----2---------------------
-0---------------0-----------------3----------------2--------------2-3------


(Octave guitar riff for a while) E e EE e E ee
(The guitar is pretty much just playing The low E string and
and E or E "power" chord on the 5th string)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-(9)--(9)(9)----(9)--------------------------------------------------------
--7----7--7------7---------------------------------------------------------
----0--------0------0--0---------------------------------------------------

So you thought that your bolts and your .....

(Keyboard riff/fill)
(More emphasis on the E chord - Here, the guitar starts playing more
full E chords instead of just the power chords.)

So you say you believe in all of Mother .....

Well I've had enough of all your ....

(Keyboard riffs)
let the blood flow, let the blood flow, ....

(Guitar Riff E) twice:
-----7---5h7p5--------------5--------------------------------------
--5------------8--7------5-----7-----------------------------------
----------------------7--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

(Guitar Riff F) twice (same as E, one octave higher)
-----19--17h19p17----------------17--------------------------------
--17--------------20--19-----17------19----------------------------
-------------------------19----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(Guitar Riff G) twice    (not real sure about it.)
-----7--5h7p5----5h7p5h7p5h7p5----5h7p5h7p5h7p5--------------------
--5-----------------------------7----------------8--5--------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(Guitar Riff ) twice
---12---12----14--14b(15)r14--12---10--7--5--5h7p5--3--2--0--------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

(Outro) - I don't do solos.  I mess them up too bad and I prefer
      not to copy others solo. I usually meddle around this
      part on an E Minor Penatonic scale(12th fret) on the middle
      four strings.
Starts off with:
--15b--15b-15b-15b-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

(Keyboard Voice Sound comes in the background)

Solo/Song ends with:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-(18)r17---15---14---10........---12-------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Well that's it.  It may not look like something publsihed in Guitar
Magazine and some of the leads are iffy, but if you listen to the song
and follow along you should be able to figure it out.  If I hear
Grendel again, it'll be too soon.

--
Daniel A. Newcombe                                  Clayton State College
Computing Services                                  Morrow, GA 30260
E-Mail Address: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu        (404)-961-3421
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