Living With The Big Lie chords

Marillion

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			

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 
H       Harmonic 
A.H.    Artificial Harmonic 
m       Palm Muted 
//      Trem Pick (Pick as fast as possible) 
x       Dead Note 
\1/     Trem Dip (denote note by given value using trem bar) 

This track is harder than it looks to tab. The outro guitar I get very lost on 
the solo so have just left this for you to play your own part there. To make it  
easier for playing, I have put the actual fret numbers for the outro solo and  
the fret numbers relative to the capo for the other parts. 
Enjoy! 

Guitar 1 - Clean Electric w/Delay (400ms) ( 
) 
Guitar 2 - Slightly Distorted Electric ( 
) 
Guitar 3 - Distorted Electric ( 
) 
Guitar 4 - Acoustic Guitar ( 
) 
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*** FRET NUMBERS RELATIVE TO CAPO *** 

Intro 
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   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H H    H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H 
e|----12---------7~----12----------|----12---------7~----12-----5~-| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~------|-------12~-7------------12~----| 
G|-12----------7----12----------7~-|-12----------7----12-----------| 
D|----------------------------7~---|-------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 

verse 1 
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   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H H    H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H 
e|----12---------7~----12----------|----12---------7~----12-----5~-| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~------|-------12~-7------------12~----| 
G|-12----------7----12----------7~-|-12----------7----12-----------| 
D|----------------------------7~---|-------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| 
It all began with the bright light  
The bright light and the noise  
The chaos of the senses and the scream of desire  
   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H H    H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H  H H  
e|----12---------7~----12----------|----12---------7~----12---------| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~------|-------12~-7------------12~-----| 
G|-12----------7----12----------7~-|-12----------7----12---------7~-| 
D|----------------------------7~---|---------------------------7----| 
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
Touching and being touched  
A million loose ends to tie up  
Ticking of the clock and the cradle rock 

Interlude 
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   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H H    H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H  H H 
e|----12---------7~----12----------|----12---------7~----12---------| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~------|-------12~-7------------12~-----| 
G|-12----------7----12----------7~-|-12----------7----12---------7~-| 
D|----------------------------7~---|---------------------------7----| 
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H   H H    H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H  H H 
e|----12---------7~----12----------|----12---------7~----12---------| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~------|-------12~-7------------12~-----| 
G|-12----------7----12----------7~-|-12----------7----12---------7~-| 
D|----------------------------7~---|---------------------------7-7~-| 
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

verse 2 (as interlude) 
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The colours stand still  
And then they move around  
Comin' in and out of focus upside down 

Empty winter trees  
How space feels  
Love of the soft ... the flowers and the sky  

Bridge 
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   H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H 
e|----12-------12-------12----------------| 
B|----------------7~-------------12-------| 
G|-12----7~-12-------12----7~-12-------7~-| 
D|----------------------------------7~-7~-| 
A|----------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------| 
One fine day  
The chaos subsides  
Bleeds into awareness  
And a lifetime of surprise  
The beauty of your mothers eyes 
The pain when you fall  
You drink it in and marvel at it all  
But you never really figure it out  
   H  H  H   H H H  H  H  H  H H 
e|----12---------7~----12---------| 
B|-------12~-7------------12~-----| 
G|-12----------7----12---------7~-| 
D|---------------------------7-7~-| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 
You get used to it  

Chorus (Gtr. 2) 
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            m m m m 
e|-------------------------------| 
B|----0---x-----3------0---x-x-x-| 
G|----0-2-x---0---0----0-2-x-x-x-| (adlib) 
D|-2~---2-x-0-------2~---2-x-x-x-| 
A|-2~-----x---------2~-----x-x-x-| 
E|-0~---------------0~-----------| 

The babble of the family  
And the dumb TV 
Roar of the traffic and the thunder of jets 
Chemicals in the water  
Drugs in the food  
The heat of the kitchen and the beat of the system  
  Gtr. 2 
e|-----------------------0-0-----------3----| 
B|-5-5-xx-3~-x-3-3-xx-2~-0-0-xx----x-0-0----| 
G|-4-4-xx-2~-x-2-2-xx-2~-0-0-xx-2~-x-0-0-0~-| 
D|-5-5-xx-0~-x-2-2-xx-2~-x-x-xx-0~-x-x---0~-| 
A|-3-3-xx-0~-x-0-0-xx-0~-3-3-xx-0~-x-3---x~-| 
E|---------------------------------------3~-| 

The attitude of authority  
The laws and the rules  
Hit me square in the face, first morning at school 
  Gtr. 2 
e|-----------------------0-0-----------3-2~-| 
B|-5-5-xx-3~-x-3-3-xx-2~-0-0-xx----x-3-3-3~-| 
G|-4-4-xx-2~-x-2-2-xx-2~-0-0-xx-2~-x-0-0-2~-| 
D|-5-5-xx-0~-x-2-2-xx-2~-x-x-xx-0~-x-0---0~-| 
A|-3-3-xx-0~-x-0-0-xx-0~-3-3-xx-0~-x-0---0~-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
The heroes and the zeroes 
The first love of my life  
When to kiss and to kick and to keep your head down  
When they're choosing the sides  

Interlude 
========= 
  Gtr. 2 
e|-----------------------------xx-| 
B|-2-2-x-3-3-xx-3-3-x-0-0-x-2~-xx-| 
G|-2-2-x-2-2-xx-2-2-x-0-0-x-2~-xx-| 
D|-2-2-x-0-0-xx-0-0-x-0-0-x-2~-xx-| x2 
A|-0-0-x-0-0-xx-0-0-x-0-0-x-0~-xx-| 
E|-----------------------------xx-| 
I was never any good at it  
I was terrified most of the time  
I never got over it  

I got used to it 

Solo (Gtr. 3) 
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*** FRET NUMBERS GIVEN INDICATE ACTUAL *** 
***  FRET NUMBERS FOR EASE OF READING *** 

Gtr. 4 Strums Background Chords 

e|-13-----13----------15~-----------| 
B|-16b18~-13b15r13p11-----18b20~s10-| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------| 

                        H H  H H  H  H  H H  H H \..(slack)../ 
e|---------------------15-10-8-10----10-8-10-8-10~-| 
B|--------------------------------10---------------| 
G|-15p14h15p14h15p14s12----------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------| 

e|------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------11s13~-13~-| 
G|----------10-12----10-12----12------------| 
D|-12-10-12-------12-------12---------------| 
A|------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------| 

e|----------------------------| 
B|-13s15-17~-17~--------------| 
G|------------------12s15-17~-| 
D|----------------------------| 
A|---------------15-----------| 
E|----------------------------| 

Break (no guitar worth tabbing) 
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Alone in the city at seventeen  
With the hollow and the lonely  
The drowning and the drowned 
I was made to feel worthless  
The wretched and the mean  
Beat me up like a weapon I can't run away from or find a way round 

Holdin' on, holdin' on  

Chorus (as before) 
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The greed and the missiles  
Exploding somewhere every day  
Hideous dark secrets under the sea and in holes in the ground 
The cold war's gone  
But those bastards'll find us another one  
They're here to protect you, don't you know?  
So get used to it  
Get used to it!  

Outro (Gtr. 1)  
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e|----0---0------0---0---| 
B|----1-0-1-0----3-0-3-0-| 
G|----0-0-0-0-2~-2-0-2-0-| 
D|-2~---------0~---------| 
A|-3~--------------------| 
E|-----------------------| 

The clash of religions  
And the loaded prayers 
Information  
The face of starvation and the state of the nation  

The sense that it's useless  
And the fear to try 
Not believing the leaders, the media that feed us 
Living with the big lie  

You get used to it  
Get used to it! 
It's okay, I got used to it 

Outro Solo (Gtr. 3) 
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                \1....2....3....4....5.../ 
   H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H  H 
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-10----10----10----10----10----10----| 
D|----10----10----10----10----10----10-| 
A|-------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------| 

e|--------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------| 
D|-8----8s12-15-----get a bit lost here-| 
A|---10---------15----------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------|