Marquee Moon

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 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:38:51 -0500 
 From: verkuilen john v  
  
   
 Subject: TAB:  Marquee Moon by Television 
  
 As an incentive, here's the song mostly TABbed out.  I still need the 
 lyrics....  Thanks to whomever first sent me the TAB, since that's where 
 I learned much of the parts (also from my guitar teacher).  As is usual 
 with TV's stuff, you gotta listen closely to catch the rhythms--they're 
 not at all straightforward. 
  
 Marquee Moon, from the album Marquee Moon 
 Written by Tom Verlaine 
 Recorded by Television 
 TAbbed by Jay Verkuilen (who got it from some other people--if I knew who you 
 were, I wouldn't have to post this again :) 
  
 Key:  D mixolydian (D E F# G A B C). 
  
 Riff: 
                             Bm 
 Tom:                ---7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7-------| 
                     ---7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7-------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
  
 Richard:            -------------------------------------------| 
                     ---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------| 
                     ---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
  
                            D7 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     ---7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7-------| 
 Tom:                ---7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7 p 5 h 7-------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
  
 Richard:            -------------------------------------------| 
                     ---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----------| 
                     ---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
  
 I don't think I've got the timing right above, so you'll have to listen 
 real closely.  Richard's part goes for a beat or a part of a beat before 
 Tom's.  Most of the song is this riff.  The second solo (jam) is over 
 that. 
  
 Little scale part: 
  
                         Play 3x                  last time 
 Tom:                --------------10-8-7------|-----10-8-7-------------| 
                     ------7-8-10-7------10-8-7|-7-8--------10-8-7------| 
                     --sl/9--------------------|--------------------9-7-| 
                     --------------------------|------------------------| 
                     --------------------------|------------------------| 
                     --------------------------|------------------------| 
 Richard:              Em      C     Am                   Am 
  
  
 I misremember the chords under this scale, so check them. 
  
  
 Then the Life in the hive... part (listen to vocal): 
  
 |D    C|, with someone playing notes from the D mixolydian scale (Tom?), 
  
 ended with Gmaj7 chord and the following riff (Tom?): 
  
 Tom:                ------------8-p-7--------------------------| 
                     ------------------7------------------------| 
                     --------------------7----------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
 The first solo (Tom) is a set of three scales with pauses in between, played 
 with alone, each in D mixolydian.  The first starts on 15th fret D on the 
 B string and ends on 9th fret F# on the A string.  It covers all notes in 
 between.  The second starts on 10th fret A on the B string and goes to 
 5th fret D on the A string (then slides to 9th fret F#).  Listen closely to 
 the song to catch the repeats.  I don't have a guitar here, so I can't 
 check it to be sure and can't exactly remember what to do here.  :( 
  
 The third part is: 
  
                                                                     v 
 Tom:                -----19-19-19-19-17-15-17-19-17-15-17-19-17-15-17---22----| 
                     ----------------------------------------------------------| 
                     ----------------------------------------------------------| 
                     ----------------------------------------------------------| 
                     ----------------------------------------------------------| 
                     ----------------------------------------------------------| 
  
 ("v" indicates staccato with pause) 
  
 Tom:                ------------8-p-7--------------------------| 
                     ------------------7------------------------| 
                     --------------------7----------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
                     -------------------------------------------| 
  
  
 Second verse..., same as the first. 
  
  
 Second solo is over the main riff and is in D mixolydian.  It starts slowly 
 and builds to a massive climax.  The solo is one massive improv--Tom goes 
 pretty crazy through this part.  Afterwards there are some chords, but I 
 can't remember what they are--nothing complicated, however.