Slainte Mhath Chords

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Slainte Mhath by Marillion is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, Am, G, F, Eb, Bb, Ab, Csus4, Bbsus4 and Csus4/7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Then, some chords:

	D C	  Am G	(4 times)


Now, a guitar:

	e ----------------------------
	b -4-3-4---------4-3-4------6-
	g --------3-5-3---------3-5---	(repeat this forever and ever)
	d ----------------------------
	a ----------------------------
	e ----------------------------
chords:	  F            Eb

Time for some singing:

	A F hand held over a Eb candle in angst fuelled braFvado Eb
	A F carbon trail Eb scores a moist stretched F palm Eb

	(etc.)

	And you C listen with a F tear in Bb your eye
	to their C hopes and beFtrayels and your Bb only reply
	is Slainte mhath.

The guitar-riff starts again, with the same chords:

	F Princes in exile Eb raising the standard DramFbuie Eb
	PaFrading their anecdotes Eb tired from old camFpaigns Eb

	(etc.)

	Take it aAbway
	Take it aBbway
	Take it aCsus4way
	Take it aBbsus4way, take it away
	Take it aCsus4/7way, take it away
	Take me aCway! Bb F
	C Bb F

	From the C dream on a the barbed wire 
		at Flanders and Bb Bilston F Glen
	From a C Clydeside that rusts
		from the tears of its Bb broken F men

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante