Big Big Train - Judas Unrepentant
from English Electric (2012)
Transcribed by Cory (coryp23@gmail.com)
Standard tuning
(Riff 1)
1 23 1 23 (4)
| G#m D#/G# | G#m D#/G# |
| G#m D#/G# | G#m A#m |
| B F#/B | B F#/B |
| B F#/B | B C#m B D#7 |
C#m
(Riff 1)
G#mA#mB
Venetian exper-tise
BC#mD#7
Inspired by Titian
G#mA#mB
Which he modi -fied
BC#mBD#7
Fine tuned along dutch lines
C#mBF#susF#
He's painting revenge
C#mBF#
Embittered by lack of success
D#7suD#7
Oooh oohhh
(Riff 1)
G#mG#mA#mB
With signature techniques
BC#mBD#7
Attention to details
G#mG#mA#mB
And fine tell tale brushstrokes
BC#mD#7
Of badger and sable
C#mBF#susF#
Expressing contempt
C#mB
For greedy dealers
F#sus
Getting rich
D#EDD#
At the artist's expense
EBF#E
Infamous forger and restorer
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant
BF#E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant Hey
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant Hey
BD#7
Judas!
(Riff 1)
G#mG#mA#mB
His time bombs are in place
BC#mD#7
And anachronisms
G#mG#mA#mB
Clues pointing to the truth
BC#mBD#7
If ever they are X-rayed
C#mBF#
He wrote legends in lead white
C#mB
To trick the experts
F#
And hoodwink
D#EDD#
Hoodwink the trained eye
EBF#E
Infamous forger and restorer
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant
BF#E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant Hey
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant Hey
BD#7E
Judas Unrepentant
E
Establishing provenance
BF#
Acquiring old frames with Christies numbers
EBF#
Then paints a picture in the same style
EBF#G#m
Specialising in minor works by major artists
Flute Solo:
G#m | % | C#m | % |
G#m | % | C#m | % |
E | E E/D# | C#m | C#m D#7 |
G# | % | % | % |
Viola Solo:
G#m | % | C#m | % |
G#m | % | C#m | % |
E | E E/D# | C#m | C#m D#7 |
G# | % | % | % |
All rise
G#mD#/A#B
Thirteen watercolours by Samuel Palmer
A#m7b5/C#D#7G#m
Have proven to be his undoing
D#/A#B
And so he confesses then he is arrested
A#m7b5/C#D#7E
Charged him with conspiracy to defraud
BF#E
Years of chain smoking and breathing in fumes from restorations
BF#
The stress of the court case had taken it's toll
EBF#
His trial was halted due to I'll health
(Riff 1+Organ Solo)
BC#mBD#7C#m
So now we can all buy
C#mBF#
Real genuine fakes
C#mBF#
That's posthumous fame
D#EDD#
It's always the same
EBF#E
Infamous forger and restorer
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant
BF#E
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant
B
Feeling like Robin Hood
F#E
Just as good
BF#E
As Rembrandt or Titian, Hey
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant Hey
BF#E
Judas Unrepentant
B D#7 to Riff 1 with Guitar solo
Judas Unrepentant
ch /ch /ch
D#7sus D#sus
Aaaaa aaaaah
ch /ch /ch
D#7sus D#sus
Oooooh ooohhh
G#
oooh