WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Marillion - The Great Escape Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
C
Heading for the great escape
Am6
Heading for the rave
G Em
Heading for the permanent holiday
C
Heading for the winter trip
Am6
Heading for the slide
G G7
Heading for the dignified walk away
[Verse 2]
C
Heading for the open road
Am6
Goodbye to all that
G Em
Heading for the automatic overload
C
Standing in the open boat
Am6
Standing in the swing
G G7
Waiting for the ringing and the bright light
C
Waiting to be recognised
Am6
Quiet applause will do
G Dsus2
They shower you with flowers when they bury you
[Verse 3]
Ab Bb
Uh huh ouh
Ab Bb
Oh ouh uh oh
Ab Bb
You're holding on
Ab Bb
And you're holding on...
Em
And you hold...
[Instrumental interlude]
Em - C - A - G
Em
Just when I thought I'd seen the last of you
C A G
You come here scratchin' at my door
Em
Your pain and anger's in the howling dark
C A G
Of every corridor I walk
[Solo]
Em - C - A - G (Repeat x2)
[Verse 4]
Em
So tell me more about the love that you rejected
C A G
Tell me more about the trust you disrespected
Em
I still don't know, why did you hurt the very one
C
Why did you hurt the very one
A Dsus2
That you should have protected?
[Instrumental interlude]
Dm
(2 bars)
Bb
(2 bars)
Dm
(2 bars)
Bb
(2 bars)
G5
(2 bars)
[Verse 5]
C
Don't ask me why I'm doing this
C
You wouldn't understand
Am
You're asking the wrong questions
Am
You couldn't understand
C
A bridge is not a high place
C
The fifty-second floor
Am
Icarus would know
Am
A mountain isn't far to fall
F
When you've fallen
Dm G
When you've fallen from the moon
[Solo 2]
C
(4 Bars)
Am
(4 bars)
C
(4 Bars)
Am
(4 bars)
F
(2 bars)
Dm
(2 bars)
G
(4 bars)