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--- tabs:going_to_marrakesh [2006/06/09 07:45]
kjk Finished and tidied
+++ tabs:going_to_marrakesh [2021/08/24 21:42] (current)
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 by the Extra Glenns
 tabbed by Mark Popham
+Chords used
+G     320033
+C     x32010
+D     x00232
+Em    022000
+G/F#  200033
+The riff the second guitar plays is:
+e----------------------------------------------|
+B--0---3-3-1-0---3-3-1-0---3-3-1-0---3-3-1-0---|
+G--0---4-4-2-0---4-4-2-0---4-4-2-0---4-4-2-0---|
+D----------------------------------------------|
+A----------------------------------------------|
+E----------------------------------------------|
 Intro: G
 G          C                G
-the fog is lifting from the water.
+The fog is lifting from the water.
-    G         C               D     Dsus D
+    G         C               D     (Dsus4 D)
-the bells are sounding on the boats.
+The bells are sounding on the boats.
    G    C         G                 Em
-and our love is a monster plain and simple.
+And our love is a monster plain and simple.
-G                              D                C
+           G                  D                C
-though you weight it down with stones to try to drown it,
+Though you weigh it down with stones to try to drown it,
-D
+   D
-it floats.
-G
 it floats.
+   G
+It floats.
-G          C            G
-the day of reckoning is coming
+G, riff
-               C            D
+    G      C            G
+The day of reckoning is coming
+ G             C            D
 faster than anyone here realizes.
     G   C            G          Em
-and our love is like jesus, but worse.
+And our love is like Jesus, but worse.
-           G                D                     C
+           G                D                   C
-though you seal the cave up where you've lain its body,
+Though you seal the cave up where you'd lain its body,
-D
+   D
 it rises
-G
+   G
-it rises.
+It rises.
+G, riff
 G D C D G
-i
+I
-G                    Em      D
+G                          D
 keep waiting for our love to die.
-      G             C            G                         Em
+      G             C            G             G/F#        Em
-the machines by its bed dim and flicker, but it won't stay dead.
+The machines by its bed dim and flicker, but it won't stay dead.
        G                 D                C          D
-and it perks up when the nurses bring its medication by.
+And it perks up when the nurses bring its medication by.
-G D C D G
-i       wish
-    G                 Em         D
+G D C D G
+I       wish
+    G                            D
 our love could go the way of all flesh.
-             G                  C               Em                  C
+             G                  C               G       G/F#        Em
-but it's not right, and its not nice to try and kill the same thing twice.
+But it's not right, and it's not nice to try to kill the same thing twice.
                     G              D             G
-would you pack your things? we are going to marrakesh.
+Would you pack your things, we are going to Marrakesh.
+Outro: the second guitar solos over these chords:
+G C G
+G C D (Dsus D)
+G C G Em
+G D G
+G
+Revision: This is what I hear when I listen to the song, but please correct it if it's wrong. Cheers/enjoy. -Dan Demmitt
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