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.
