The Great Escape Chords
by Marillion
The Great Escape by Marillion is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, Em, C, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|-----------|
B|-0~-0--0---| Heading for the open road
G|-0~------0-|
D|-0~--------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
e|-0~-----0~-|
B|-2~-2---2~-|
G|-0~---0-0~-| Goodbye to all that
D|-2~--------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
e|-2-------2---|
B|-2---0---2---|
G|---2---2-4-4-| Heading for the automatic overload
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
e|------------|
B|-3~-0---3---|
G|-0~---0-4-0-| Standing in the open boat
D|-0~---------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
e|-0~-------|
B|-2~-2-2-0-|
G|-0~-------| Standing in the swing
D|-2~-------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
e|------5~-|
B|-3~-3-3~-|
G|-2~-2-2~-| Waiting for the ringing and the bright light
D|-0~---0~-|
A|---------|
E|---------|
e|----------------|
B|-3~-------0-----|
G|-0~-2-0-----0---| Waiting to be recognised
D|-2~-----0-----0-|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
e|-0~-|
B|-2~-|
G|-0~-| Quiet applause will do
D|-2~-|
A|----|
E|----|
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-2~-2~-| They shower you with flowers when they bury you
D|-0~-2~-|
A|----4~-|
E|-------|
The Last of You
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Oooh, Woah, Woah, Aah
You're holding on, you're holding on ...
Gtr. 1
e|-------------|
B|-3~-1~-3~-1~-|
G|-0~-2~-0~-2~-|
D|-0~-3~-0~-3~-|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
|Gtr. 3
e|----------1~-|
B|----------1~-|
G|----------2~-|
D|----------3~-|
A|----------3~-|
E|----------1~-|
Gtr. 1
E|-2-----2-----0-----3-----2---5---|
B|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4---------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
|Gtr. 3
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-4~------------------------------| **First Time Only***
D|-4~------------------------------|
A|-2~------------------------------|
E|-2~------------------------------|
Just when I thought I'd seen the last of you
You come here scratchin' at my door
Your pain and anger's in the howling dark
Of every corridor I walk
Guitar Solo 1
=============
Gtr. 1
E|-2-----2-----0-----3-----2---5---|
B|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
G|-----4-----4-----4-----4---------| (repeats in background)
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Gtr. 2
E|-8h10p8p5h8h10p8h10s12-------------------10-----------|
B|-----------------------10-12--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------11s12-11-12----11-12-7-9-|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------17-19----------------------|
B|---s15s17----17----17s19-------17-15----15h17-17-15-|
G|----------16----16-------------------16-------------|
D|-7--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
// //
E|-----19-19-19-20-19h20p19--------------17-19-20-20b22-|
B|--------------------------20--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------19~-16-19----------------|
D|-16~--------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
So tell me more about the love that you rejected
Tell me more about the trust you disrespected
e|-10b12r10--------------10-------------------------|
B|----------10b12~-10b12----(12)r10-8~-7~-----------|
G|----------------------------------------9p7-9~-7~-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Hold Bend
I still don't know, why did you hurt the very one
Why did you hurt the very one
That you should have protected?
Hold Bend
e|------14b15r14p12---------14-15-17-17b19-19------|
B|-12~~----------------12~--------------------17~~-|
G|------------------14-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Interlude (no guitar)
=========
Falling From The Moon
=====================
Gtr. 1
E|-3---2-------------------|
B|---------3---1---3-1-0---|
G|---0---0---0---0-------0-|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Don't ask me why I'm doing this
You wouldn't understand
You're asking the wrong questions
You couldn't understand
A bridge is not a high place
The fifty-second floor
Icarus would know
A mountain isn't far to fall
When you've fallen
When you've fallen from the moon
Gtr. 1
E|-3---2---3---2---3---5---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2 (Gtr. 5 strums chords |G|Em|G|Em|C|Am|D| (upon 5th fret))
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Gtr. 1
E|-3---2---3---2---3---5---|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Gtr. 2
e|----------------------------15-13p12------------|
B|-12b13r12-------------12-13----------15~~----13-|
G|----------12~-12~-------------------------14----|
D|------------------10~---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
m m m m
e|-------------------------------------------12-15-|
B|-15b17r15-13-12-------------------------13-------|
G|----------------12-14----------------14----------|
D|----------------------12-------12-14-------------|
A|-------------------------14-15-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Repeat
// // // // // // // // // //
e|----------12-13-15-15p13p12-15s17-15-17s20-17-20-|
B|-12-13-15----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
//
e|-20-20b22-20b22-20b22-17-15-17p15----------------|
B|----------------------------------18-17-15----15-|
G|-------------------------------------------17----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Hold Bend
e|-------17-------------20-22b24~-|
B|-15b17----17r15p13h15-----------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
There's murder on the street
I'm ashes on the water now, somewhere far away
I have fallen, fallen from the moon