Childhoods End

Marillion

s Slide h Hammer-on p Pull-off T Tap B Bend the note to the fret after the R Release back to the originally bent note A.H. Artificial Harmonic m Palm Muted // Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible) Gtr. 1 - Clean Electric Gtr. 2 - Aoustic Guitar Gtr. 3 - Slightly Distorted Guitar Gtr. 4 - Distorted Electric ============================== Intro ===== m m m m m m m m m m e|---------------------| B|-7---5---5-7---5---5-| G|---7---------7-------| Gtr. 1 D|-------7---------7---| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| e|----2-|-----0-|-----2-|------3-| B|---3--|----2--|----3--|-----3--| G|--2---|---2---|---4---|----0---| Gtr. 2 (comes in with drums) D|-0----|--2----|--4----|---0----| A|------|-0-----|-2-----|--2-----| E|------|-------|-------|-3------| Verse ===== And it was morning And I found myself mourning, For a childhood that I thought had disappeared I looked out the window And I saw a magpie in the rainbow, the rain had gone I'm not alone, I turned to the mirror Chorus ====== e|-7~-9--5~-10~-9--7~-| B|-9~-10-7~-12~-10-9~-| G|-9~-9--7~-11~-9--9~-| Gtr. 1 D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|--------------------| | e|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|-9~-9--7~-----9--7~-| Gtr. 3 D|-9~-7--7~-9~--7--7~-| A|-7~-7--5~-9~--7--5~-| E|----------7~--------| I saw you, the child, that once loved The child before they broke his heart Our heart, the heart that I believed was lost Verse (as before) ===== Hey you, surprised? More than surprised To find the answers to the questions Were always in your own eyes Do you realise that you give it on back to her? But that would only be retraced in all the problems that you ever knew So untrue For she's got to carry on with her life And you've got to carry on with yours Chorus (as before w/extra parts) ====== So I see it's me, I can do anything And I'm still the child e|-----------------------| B|-12b14-12-10s9-10-9----| G|--------------------9~-| Gtr. 4 D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| 'Cos the only thing misplaced was direction And I found direction There is no childhood's end e|-14b16-14b16~r14-12~-| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| Gtr. 4 D|---------------------| A|---------------------| E|---------------------| You are my childhood friend e|-17b19-17b19-17-16--------| B|-------------------17-----| G|----------------------16~-| Gtr. 4 D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------| lead me on Guitar Solo (Gtr. 4) - w/Chorus Gtr.1 part played behind =========== e|--------------------------------12b14-12-10-9-9h10p9--------| B|-12b14r12-12~-10p9-10-9h10p9-------------------------10-12~-| G|-----------------------------9~-----------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------12b14-12-10-9-10-9--------| B|-----12~-9s10-9-10-9s10-9-----------------------10s12~-| G|-9-9----------------------9~---------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------| Verse (as before) ===== Hey you, you've survived. Now you've arrived To be reborn in the shadow of the magpie Now you realise, that you've got to get out of here You've found the leading light of destiny, burning in the ashes of your memory You want to change the world You'd resigned yourself to die a broken rebel But that was looking backward Now you've found the light Chorus (as before) ====== You, the child that once loved The child before they broke his heart Our heart, the heart that I believed was lost e|--------------| B|-9h10-9h10----| G|-----------9~-| Gtr. 4 D|--------------| A|--------------| E|--------------| So it's me I see, I can do anything. I'm still the child |--x7---| e|-19p17p16--------| B|----------17-----| G|-------------16~-| D|-----------------| A|-----------------| E|-----------------| 'Cos the only thing misplaced was direction And I found direction There is no childhood's end I am your childhood friend, lead me on Outro (Gtr. 4) ===== e|-------13----------15----15s14-------------------| B|----13----------15-------------15----15s14-------| G|-14-------14s16-------16----------14-------14----| x 4 D|----------------------------------------------14-| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|

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