HOLLIS MARK - "the colour of spring" Tablature

From: "Mike Garoghan" <Mike@psiron.demon.co.uk>
Subject: h/hollis_mark/the_colour_of_spring.tab
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 23:26:43 -0000

Mark Hollis - The Colour of Spring
Transcribed 05/07/98 by Mike Garoghan
Please email corrections to>
> Mike@psiron.demon.co.uk

A lovely song, that works surprisingly well as an acoustic guitar piece.
Throw away your plectrum and please check out the tab chord diagrams.
Nothing is straight forward with this transcription.
For the solo part I have added a tab diagram.

Chords

A -x0765x
Asus -x0775x
G -3x543x
D/F# -2xx232
C -x3555x
Bm -x2432x
D/A -x0x232
Dsus/A-x0x233
Bb -x13331
Bbsus -x1331x
Dmaj7 -xx0(11)(10)9

@ The Colour of Spring

A Asus A Asus

A Asus
Forget our ....
A Asus
The Pedlar .....
A Asus
Set up to ..........
G D/F#
I've lived a ......................

A Asus A Asus

A Asus
And yet I'll ....
A Asus
The colour .........
A Asus
Immerse in that ... .......
G D/F#
Left in love ..............

C
Soar the .........
Bm D/A Dsus/A D/A Dsus/A
That I Burnt ......
Bb Bbsus C Dmaj7
One song ...........

Solo:::::::
E:----------------------------------------]
B:--8--7---3--2---1--0--------------------]
G:------------------------------5--8------]
D:--7--5---2--0----------5--4-------------]
A:----------------0---------5---4--7------]
E:-------------------3---0----------------]

E:----------------------------------------]
B:--------------------8--7---3--2---1--0--]
G:9--12---8--5----------------------------]
D:--------------------7--5---2--0---------]
A:8--11---7--4----------------------0-----]
E:-------------------------------------3--]

E:----------------------------------------]
B:--8---------6----------8---------6------]
G:--5---------5----------5---------5------]
D:----------------------------------------]
A:------------4--------------------4------]
E:--4--------------------4----------------]

E:---------------4----------2-------------]
B:---5-----------5----------3---------5---]
G:---5-----------4----------2---------5---]
D:---3--------------------------------5---]
A:---------------0--------------------3---]
E:--------------------------3-------------]

C
Soar the .........
Bm D/A Dsus/A D/A Dsus/A
That I ............
Bb Bbsus C Dmaj7 Bmaj7 Amaj7
One song among us all

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**Intro and first part of verse**

E:--------------------------------------
B:-5-----5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5-
G:-6-----6-7------7-6------6-7------7-6-
D:-7-----7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7-
A:-0--00-0-0---00-0-0---00-0-0---00-0-0-
E:--------------------------------------

**2nd part of verse**

~Wealth to bring
E------------2--2----2------------------------
B---3--3----33--3----35-----55------55------55
G---4--4----42--2----26-----67------76------67
D---5--5----5---------7-----77------77------77
A---------------------0--00-00---00-00---00-00
E---3--3----32--2----2------------------------

Final part of verse and reprise at end

~Soar the bridges
E-----------------2-----23--2-0------------------9--
B-5-----5-3-----3-3-----33--3-3--3--1----5--5----10-
G-5-----5-4-----4-2-----22--2-2--3--3----5--5----11-
D-5-----5-4-----4-------00--0-0--3--3----5--5----0--
A-3--33-3-2--22-2-0--00----------1--1----3--3-------
E---------------------------------------------------

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