The Rakes Progress Chords

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The Rakes Progress by Marillion is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			

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) 

A nice little interlude between two of my favourite tracks. There's 2 guitars. 
Guitar 2 is a distorted electric with a slow attack. Guitar 2 is a clean 
electric with delay of approx 370ms (the same as Cover My Eyes). Enjoy 

Guitar 1 - Clean Electric (w/Delay of 370ms) *** 
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Guitar 2 - Distorted Electric (w/Slow Attack) 

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What do you do when your roots have dissolved and broken down  
e|----------12----------12--------------| 
B|-------14----------14-----------------| 
G|-13-14-------13-14-------13-14----11~-| Gtr. 2 
D|-------------------------------14-----| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------| 
And the soil that you grew in when you were small  
Has become nothing more than dirt in some dirty town  
e|-15b17~r15-| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| Gtr. 2 
D|-----------| 
A|-----------| 
E|-----------| 
When you list all the qualities that you despise  
And you realise  
You're describing yourself  

And breaking someone up inside  
Is your only source of pride 

  Gtr. 1 (repeat) 
e|--------------------0-|-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------0-|-------------| 
B|----3---3-------------|-----------|----3---3-------------|-------------| 
G|-2--------0-------0---|-----------|-2--------0-------0---|-------------| 
D|------2-----2-2s4-----|-----------|------2-----2-2s4-----|-------0-0---| 
A|-0--------------------|-----------|-0--------------------|-----------3-| 
E|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|-0-3s5-------| 

  Gtr. 2 (1:29)   (1:46) 
e|----------------|----------| 
B|-10~------------|-7~s10-12-| 
G|-----9s11s2~-2~-|----------| 
D|----------------|----------| 
A|----------------|----------| 
E|----------------|----------| 
    	

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