Television - Marquee Moon

      
 
 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:
 ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/television/marquee_moon_tab_ver_2.html )
 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.