The Great Escape chords by Marillion

Verse 1:
C
Heading for the great escape
Am6
Heading for the rave
G                         Em
Heading for the permanent holiday
C
Heading for the winter trip
Am6
Heading for the slide
G                         G7
Heading for the dignified walk away

Verse 2:
C

Heading for the open road
Am6
Goodbye to all that
G                         Em
Heading for the automatic overload
C
Standing in the open boat
Am6
Standing in the swing
G                               G7
Waiting for the ringing and the bright light
C
Waiting to be recognised
Am6
Quiet applause will do
G                                 Dsus2
They shower you with flowers when they bury you


Verse 3:
Ab     Bb
Uh huh ouh
Ab         Bb
Oh ouh uh oh
Ab                Bb
You're holding on
Ab                   Bb
And you're holding on...
        Em
And you hold...

Instrumental interlude:
Em - C - A - G

Em
Just when I thought I'd seen the last of you
C                              A   G
You come here scratchin' at my door
Em
Your pain and anger's in the howling dark
C                   A   G
Of every corridor I walk

Solo:

Em - C - A - G (Repeat x2)

Verse 4:
Em
So tell me more about the love that you rejected
C                      A         G
Tell me more about the trust you disrespected
Em
I still don't know, why did you hurt the very one
C
Why did you hurt the very one
     A               Dsus2
That you should have protected?

Instrumental interlude:
Dm
(2 bars)

Bb
(2 bars)

Dm
(2 bars)

Bb
(2 bars)

G5
(2 bars)

Verse 5:
C
Don't ask me why I'm doing this
C
You wouldn't understand
Am
You're asking the wrong questions
Am
You couldn't understand
C
A bridge is not a high place
C
The fifty-second floor
Am
Icarus would know
Am
A mountain isn't far to fall
F
When you've fallen
Dm                          G
When you've fallen from the moon

Solo 2:
C
(4 Bars)

Am
(4 bars)

C
(4 Bars)

Am
(4 bars)

F
(2 bars)

Dm
(2 bars)

G
(4 bars)