Marquee Moon

Television

Compositor: Tom Verlaine

Tom: G


   Bm Bm   Bm Bm   Bm Bm   Bm Bm   D  D    D  D    D  D    D  D    
E|------------------------------------------------------------------    
B|--3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----
G|--4--4----4--4----4--4----4--4----2--2----2--2----2--2----2--2---- Rhythm
D|--0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0---- Guitar
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------



E|---7>5-7>5-7>5-7>5-7----------------------------------------------
B|---7>5-7>5-7>5-7>5-7---------------7>5-7>5-7>5-7>5-7--------------
G|-----------------------------------7>5-7>5-7>5-7>5-7--------------  Lead
D|------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------

Lead guitar picks "7"s, pulls off for "5"s

I remember, how the darkness doubled
I recall, lightning struck itself.

I was listening, listening to the rain
I was hearing, hearing something else

(Break)


  C       Em7     Am7                     Rhythm 
E|------------------10-8-7------------
B|------7-8-10--7----------10-8-7-----
G|-9-----------------------------9-7-       Lead
D|------------------------------------      Guitar
A|------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------

Repeat 3x



  Am7
E|---------------10-8-7----7----------
B|--10-8-7---7-8--------10------------
G|---------9--------------------------       Lead
D|------------------------------------      Guitar
A|------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------



Life in the hive puckered up my night

  D                                    Full
E|---------------10~-------10~---10~--12^(14)-----------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------  Lead
D|------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------


The kiss of death, the embrace of life

  D                                        Half
E|----------------14~-----14~------14~----16^(17)-------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------  Lead
D|------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------


     There I stand neath the Marquee Moon     Just waiting...

  D                                        Gmaj7 
E|----------------17~-----14~------14~----------------8>7-----------
B|--------------------------------------------------------7---------
G|----------------------------------------------------------7-------  Lead
D|------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar
A|--------------------------------------------------------------10>-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    (slide     (slide down

                                                     8>7)      fingerboard)

I spoke to a man down at the tracks
and I asked him how he don't go mad
He said "Look here junior, don't you be so happy.
And for Heaven's sake, don't you be so sad."

Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death,, the embrace of life
There I stand neath the Marquee Moon Hesitating...

1st solo


   D(no 3rd)                                                 C  C   Rhythm
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--15~-15~-15>13-10----10------------------------------------------
G|-------------------12----12-11----11------------------------------  Lead
D|-------------------------------12----12-10----10------------------ Guitar
A|-------------------------------------------12----12>10-8-9--------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
           slide                                  slide



   D(no 3rd)                                                 C  C   Rhythm
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--10~-10~-10-8-7---7----------------------------------------------
G|-----------------9---9-7---7--------------------------------------  Lead
D|-------------------------9---9-7---------------------------------- Guitar
A|---------------------------------9>7-5-7-9-(slide down fretboard)-
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
             (pull off           (slide

              8 and 7)            9-7)


   D(no 3rd)                                            Gmaj7       Rhythm
E|--19--19--19-17-15-17-19-17-15-17-19-17-15-17-19----17-22--8>7----
B|---------------------------------------------------------------7--
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------7  Lead
D|------------------------------------------------------------------ Guitar
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------


Well a Cadillac, it pulled out of the graveyard
Pulled up to me, all they said "Get in" (Get in!) 
Then the Cadillac, it puttered back into the graveyard
And me, I got out again.

Life in the hive puckered up my night
The kiss of death,, the embrace of life
There I stand neath the Marquee Moon 
I ain't waitin...

2nd solo(Tom always wings this, so I do too ;-)
 Start with an open D string, then play around in this scale:
                    D E F# G A B C. 
 The end of the solo where it really starts to build to a climax
 are just those 7 notes played in order.  Sometimes in octaves,
 sometimes back and forth.  Hell, even if I knew it I wouldn't have
 patience to type it in...

At the end of the solo/climax, the chords are:

D Bm D Bm Em Bm C D