Sympathy Chords
by Marillion
Sympathy by Marillion is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by Mike C ([email protected])
Tab Explanation
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s Slide
h Hammer-on
p Pull-off
T Tap
B Bend the note to the fret after the B
R Release back to the originally bent note
A.H. Artificial Harmonic
m Palm Muted
// Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible)
This song contains 3 guitars (although it can easily be played on 1 or 2).
Guitar 1 is a distorted electric as is guitar 3. Guitar 2 is a clean electric
with delay which made this guitar quite hard to tab. Watch out for the fast
parts in the guitar solo!
Guitar 1 - Distorted Electric
Guitar 2 - Clean Electric
Guitar 3 - Distorted Electric
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Intro
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No guitar just a metronome
Verse
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Now when you climb into your bed tonight
And when you lock and bolt the door
Just think of those out in the cold and dark
Chorus
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'Cause there's not enough love to go 'round
No there's not enough love to go 'round
And sympathy is what we need my friends
And sympathy is what we need
And sympathy is what we need my friends
'Cause there's not enough love to go 'round
No there's not enough love to go 'round
Verse
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Now half the world hates the other half
And half the world has all the food
And half the world lies down and
Chorus
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quietly starves
'Cause there's not enough love to go 'round
No there's not enough love to go 'round
Gtr. 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------6p5---------5-----------7-------------7---------|
G|--------7-----9~-9-5~---5---9~-7~-----9~-9--------7-9~-7~-|
D|-7-5-3~-7-----9~---7~-------9~-7~-----9~---9-7~-----9~-7~-|
A|-7-5-3~-5-----7~---7~-------7~-5~---7--------7~-----7~-5~-|
E|-5-3-1~-------------------0------------------5~-----------|
Bridge
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Gtr. 2
e|-------------------------------------------5-----|
B|-------5---------------8-------5-----8-----------|
G|-----5---5---7-5---5---------5---5-----5-----5---|
D|---7-------7-----7---7-----7-------7-----7-----7-|
A|-0-----------------------0-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------3-----3-----3-----3-|
B|--------------------8-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|-----5-4~---7~---5~-----4-----4-----4-----4---|
D|---7------7----7------------------------------|
A|-0--------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
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Gtr. 3
e|--------15-------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b17~----17b15p13----13~-------------5-8-5-8b10~r8p5---5-|
G|--------------------14-----5-5---5-7b9-----------------7---|
D|-------------------------------7---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------17-17b19~-17b19-----------------|
B|-----5-------------------------------------15~----17b19r17-|
G|-7b9---5---5-5~--------------------------------16----------|
D|---------7------7-5----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------7-5------------------------------------|
E|------------------------8~---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------9b10r9------------------7------|
B|-15-14h15---------------------------10-7-10p7----------10-7-|
G|----------14----16~---7-9b11------------------9-9b11--------|
D|-------------16-----9---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------12b14~-14r12-------|
B|-10b12r10p7----------------------10s12--------------10----|
G|------------9b11-7---7~---7-9s11-----------------------11-|
D|-------------------9----9---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----9b10-9---------------------------|
B|-12--------10----10s12~--------------|
G|--------------11---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
Chorus
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Gtr. 1
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------5~-2~----------5~-7~-|
A|-5~-2~-0~-2-4-5~-2~-0~-2-4-------5~-3~-1~-------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------8b10r8-------------------------8b10r8-------|
G|-7~-9-10-9--------10-9-9-10-9h10-7~s5s3s2--------10-9~-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|