Exile On Princes Street
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Step 1 / 172Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
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Play This with the verse until riff 2 comes in
RIFF 1 - G D G Bm
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p
e|-0-2-5-2----|
B|---------3--|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
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RIFF 2
******* p p
e|-0-2-5-2---0-2-5-2---|-3-2---3-2---|
B|---------3---------3-|-----3-----3-|
G|---------------------|-------------|
D|---------------------|-------------|
A|---------------------|-------------|
E|---------------------|-------------|
There is no actual guitar chord for the verse just the RIFFS, so here is the keyboard chords.
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RIFF 1
VERSE 1
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GI saw a blue umbrella in DPrinces Street Garden
GHeading out west for the Lothian BmRoad
GAn evening news stuffed deep in the Dpocket
Little did I know that Geven a heavy Bmload
GI found us walking Grierson's Ddockyards
GWhere the only thing working was foreign Bmfilm crews
GMaking an impressive docuDmentary
For the big news ??? To the Bmsatellite
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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EmAnd all we're Gleft with is the Dblack black oil
EmWith a sense of Gpride and identiDty
EmThe waters Gleft behind we Dshould forget
Laid Emlow in the Gbooks of histoDry
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RIFF 1
VERSE 2
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GI saw the starlings wheel round DGeorgian spires
GGathering on patrol in the Bmskies
GIn the distance burns the flame of DGrangemouth
And the dream is lost everyGthing what it could Bminspire
GFrom the take you know there is no Ddistance
GHow we talk about in the secret Bmaffairs
GTaking our ride into the Ddistance
To be what it was or could have Gbeen
What I should have Bmsaid
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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EmAnd all we're Gleft with is the Dblack black oil
EmWith a Strong Gsense of National Dpride
EmTill we take Gsome more steps to Dunity, Take it back to me
Take it Emback In a Gcity run out of Dluck
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RIFF 1
SYNTH - G D G BmX2
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RIFF 1
VERSE 3
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GAnd all we're left with is the Dblack, black oil
GWith a strong sense of national Bmpride
GCalling the ??? for Didentity
What it meant to me, what I Gsaid
What we could have Bmhad
GI saw a blue umbrella in DPrinces Street Gardens
GHeading out west for the Lothian BmRoad
GAn evening news stuffed deep in the Dpocket
Little did I know that Geven carring a heavy Bmload
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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EmAnd now we're Gleft with is the Dblack black oil
EmWith a strong Gsense of national Dpride
EmCalling a Gname in the sake of Dunity
What it means to me you'll never Emknow
GYou'll never Dknow
EmI see myself Gforced in servant Dexile
EmTurning Garound at another's Dcommand
EmAll I Gwant to see is Didentity
What I could have been, What I Emdid
GCould have Dbeen
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OUTRO
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Em GInternal Dexile
Em GInternal Dexile
Em GInternal Dexile
Em GInternal Dexile
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SLIDE GUITAR
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e|--s---s---8\10-|--s---s---s----|-15\17-\-|--s-s----|--s---10--10-12-12\15/14----|
B|-8\10-\--------|-8\10-\--8\7---|---------|-7\8/7---|-8\10--------------------15-|
G|---------------|-------------7-|---------|-------7-|----------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
04:24
04:18 s s s s s s s s s
e|--s---10--10-12-12\15/14----|-17--14\15/14--15\14-17-|-17\22-\--17\22--17\22~~~~~~~~-|
B|-8\10--------------------15-|------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
04:36
s s s s s s s
e|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-10\12/10----10-|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-|---------s----|
B|-------10----|-------10----|-------10-------------10----|-------10----|-------10----|-8-7----8\7---|
G|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----7------7-|
D|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
05:00
04:48 s s
e|------s-------s------------s--s----s------10-|-14\15-14-----14\15-14------s------|
B|-5-7-8\7-8-7-8\10-10--8-8-8\10/8--5\7-7------|----------15-----------15-16\10-10-|
G|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
s s s s s s
e|-14-14\15----s---17--17\19-17--17-|-22-17\22--17\22--17-20\22-|-22----22-22\24--------|
B|----------15-\17------------------|---------------------------|----22-----------19----|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------19-|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
OUTRO
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This is a different guitar than the slide.
05:23 fading out.............
e|------------h-p--------|---------------------10-10-|
B|-10--8-7-8-7-8-7-------|-----b-r---s---10-12-------|
G|-----------------9-7-7-|-7-9-9--7-9\11-------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|
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Exile On Princes Street
by Marillion
Chords in this song · guitar
G
D
Bm
Em
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Tuning = Standard
INTRO
******
Play This with the verse until riff 2 comes in
G D G Bm
RIFF 1 -
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p
e|-0-2-5-2----|
B|---------3--|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|
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RIFF 2
******* p p
e|-0-2-5-2---0-2-5-2---|-3-2---3-2---|
B|---------3---------3-|-----3-----3-|
G|---------------------|-------------|
D|---------------------|-------------|
A|---------------------|-------------|
E|---------------------|-------------|
There is no actual guitar chord for the verse just the RIFFS, so here is the keyboard chords.
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RIFF 1
VERSE 1
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G D
I saw a blue umbrella in Princes Street Garden
G Bm
Heading out west for the Lothian Road
G D
An evening news stuffed deep in the pocket
G Bm
Little did I know that even a heavy load
G D
I found us walking Grierson's dockyards
G Bm
Where the only thing working was foreign film crews
G D
Making an impressive documentary
Bm
For the big news ??? To the satellite
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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Em G D
And all we're left with is the black black oil
Em G D
With a sense of pride and identity
Em G D
The waters left behind we should forget
Em G D
Laid low in the books of history
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RIFF 1
VERSE 2
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G D
I saw the starlings wheel round Georgian spires
G Bm
Gathering on patrol in the skies
G D
In the distance burns the flame of Grangemouth
G Bm
And the dream is lost everything what it could inspire
G D
From the take you know there is no distance
G Bm
How we talk about in the secret affairs
G D
Taking our ride into the distance
G
To be what it was or could have been
Bm
What I should have said
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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Em G D
And all we're left with is the black black oil
Em G D
With a Strong sense of National pride
Em G D
Till we take some more steps to unity, Take it back to me
Em G D
Take it back In a city run out of luck
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RIFF 1
G D G Bm
SYNTH - X2
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RIFF 1
VERSE 3
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G D
And all we're left with is the black, black oil
G Bm
With a strong sense of national pride
G D
Calling the ??? for identity
G
What it meant to me, what I said
Bm
What we could have had
G D
I saw a blue umbrella in Princes Street Gardens
G Bm
Heading out west for the Lothian Road
G D
An evening news stuffed deep in the pocket
G Bm
Little did I know that even carring a heavy load
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RIFF 2
CHORUS
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Em G D
And now we're left with is the black black oil
Em G D
With a strong sense of national pride
Em G D
Calling a name in the sake of unity
Em
What it means to me you'll never know
G D
You'll never know
Em G D
I see myself forced in servant exile
Em G D
Turning around at another's command
Em G D
All I want to see is identity
Em
What I could have been, What I did
G D
Could have been
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OUTRO
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Em G D
Internal exile
Em G D
Internal exile
Em G D
Internal exile
Em G D
Internal exile
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SLIDE GUITAR
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e|--s---s---8\10-|--s---s---s----|-15\17-\-|--s-s----|--s---10--10-12-12\15/14----|
B|-8\10-\--------|-8\10-\--8\7---|---------|-7\8/7---|-8\10--------------------15-|
G|---------------|-------------7-|---------|-------7-|----------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
A|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------|
04:24
04:18 s s s s s s s s s
e|--s---10--10-12-12\15/14----|-17--14\15/14--15\14-17-|-17\22-\--17\22--17\22~~~~~~~~-|
B|-8\10--------------------15-|------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
04:36
s s s s s s s
e|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-10\12/10----10-|-12\10----10-|-12\10----10-|---------s----|
B|-------10----|-------10----|-------10-------------10----|-------10----|-------10----|-8-7----8\7---|
G|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----7------7-|
D|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
05:00
04:48 s s
e|------s-------s------------s--s----s------10-|-14\15-14-----14\15-14------s------|
B|-5-7-8\7-8-7-8\10-10--8-8-8\10/8--5\7-7------|----------15-----------15-16\10-10-|
G|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
s s s s s s
e|-14-14\15----s---17--17\19-17--17-|-22-17\22--17\22--17-20\22-|-22----22-22\24--------|
B|----------15-\17------------------|---------------------------|----22-----------19----|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------19-|
D|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
OUTRO
******
This is a different guitar than the slide.
05:23 fading out.............
e|------------h-p--------|---------------------10-10-|
B|-10--8-7-8-7-8-7-------|-----b-r---s---10-12-------|
G|-----------------9-7-7-|-7-9-9--7-9\11-------------|
D|-----------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|
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