Marillion - Tux On Chords & Tabs

 

Tux On Chords & Tabs

Marillion Chords & Tabs

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Tux On Chords

   
Here is an obscure track by the not very well known band Marillion that in spite 
of sounding incredibly bad ass, has never (as far as I know) been played live by 
the band (Aug 2013), and I doubt it ever will.
So what this means is that if they won't do it, we have to do it ourselves!
Here are the chords, grab your instrument and start playing!
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Scale: C minor/Aeolian (bbb) 
Scale during the solo: D minor/Aeolian (b)
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Intro: 
4/4
| Csus4 |         | Ab       |     |
| Eb    |         | Bb       |     | x2 
("Tux on" is whispered 4 times during the intro)

       Csus4 
He has eyes down at the bingo on that lucky Friday night 
    Ab
The match was rained off Saturday but the panel came in bright 
       Eb
And on Sunday your mates were toasting you with champagne down the pub 
       Bb
And on Monday you went to London To pick the cheque up with your mum 

          Csus4
You had a tux on
          Ab
You had a tux on 
                         Eb
The first time you had a tux on
Bb
lucky man 

          Csus4
There's a photo on the mantelpiece, when you bought your first guitar 
         Ab
And your girlfriend came to see you when you were the rising star 
    Eb
You knew your luck was holding when you filled the local hall 
    Bb
The first time and the last time that you thought you had control 

          Csus4
You had a tux on, lucky man
          Ab
you had a tux on 
          Eb
You got a tux on
Bb
tux on 
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/marillion/tux_on_crd.html ]
Csus4
Now you're touring stadiums, you've let it go too far 
Ab
Standing with your manager, your back to every bar 
Eb
Burning all your credit cards, chopping out the pain 
Bb
Crowding into toilets with a host of your new-found friends 

          Csus4
You got a tux on, nothing's changed
          Ab
you got a tux on
                 Eb 
Lucky man with a tux on
                             Bb
you're still the same with a tux on

Solo: 
| Dm    |        | Bb   |       | x3
| Dm    |        | F    | C/F   |
| Dm    |        |
Interlude:
| Csus4 |           | Ab      |     |
| Eb    |           | Bb      |     |

       Csus4
It was eyes down in the parlour, they prayed it wouldn't rain 
  Ab
A brother pulled his cuffs down to hide the blue-black vein 
    Eb
His razor'd more than lines out, they found him just too late 
    Bb
The final performance, the main man lies in state 

       Csus4
With a tux on, look at him now 
       Ab
with a tux on 
                     Eb
The last time with a tux on
                     Bb
take him away with a tux on 

Csus4
Somewhere in a tenement, in a well-thumbed magazine 
Ab
Someone finds a photograph that triggers of a dream 
    Eb
The uniform that symbolises the comfortable life 
     Bb
He's always known his luck's in but now he's found the drive 

           Csus4
He's got a tux on, look at him now
       Ab
with a tux on
                          Eb
He's gonna get one with a tux on
                      Bb
free admission with a tux on
                     Csus4
Get it anyway with a tux on
           Ab
He's got a tux on
                    Eb
the easy way with a tux on
Bb
tux on

End on Cm
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Is your index finger too weak to play barre-chords? Put a capo on the 3rd fret and 
play these chords:
Asus4 < Csus4
F < Ab
C < Eb
G < Bb
Remove the capo during the solo.