The Man In The Iron Mask de Billy Bragg

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Just saw Billy doing this live- I'm sure that the actual fingering goes
like this :

[intro/verse]:

  Am7   Dm7    G      C   C/B    E   Am         E   Am
e----------------------------------------------------------------||
B-----5-6-5--5-----3-----------------0----1-1p0-----0--1--0h1p0--||
G----------5--------4------------------2--2-2p0------0-2-------0-||
D---5------------5------10---10\---2---2--2-2p0---2----2---------:|
A--7------------5------10---10----2----0---------2---------------||
E-5------------3------8----7-----0--------------0----------------||


[bit between the verses]:

  a  b  C        G      E            Am   G     E      E7    *strum
e------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------8-\-----3\------------------1----3-----------0------5-5
G-----------9-\-----4\--1---------------2----4--1--------1------5-5
D-----------10\-----5\--2-------------2-2----5--2-------0---x---5-5
A--0-----10-------5-----2--22222222--0-----5----2-------2---x---7-7
E----7--8-------3-------0--00000000-------3-----0------0----x---5-5
                                                              *you.
            Dm7              G       *C [back to picking again]
...said you loved me and it broke my heart....


[outro]:
   // E        Am           E     Am            \\
e-||-----------------------------$--------------||---------------
B-||------0--0h1-1---1-1p0------0---1--0h1p0----||---------------
G-||-----1-1-----2---2-2p0-------0--2--------0--||---------------
D-||:---2--------2---2-2p0----2-----2----------:||---------------
A-||---2---------------------2------------------||---------------
E-||--0---------------------0-------------------||---------------
  \\                                           //

On the last time stop the outro riff at $ and strum Amajor (577655)
twice.

h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
/ is  slide up
\ is a slide down
x is strum, but mute the strings at the neck

Nic

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Billy Bragg's "The Man in the Iron Mask". pretty correct as far as I can
tell but I'm sitting here in the dark with my 12-string, which is no fun
to pick on, and no cd player... so.

intro/verses:
    (much easier to play this C| in position I but you lose the slide)
Am7         F C     G          C     Em7    Em         Am
 ----------0-1-0---0--------------------------------------
 ----------------1---------0---------------0--------------
 -------0----2-0--------------------5-----------------0---
 ----2-----------------------------------0---------2------
 -0----------------------2---2----7---\2--------2-------0-
 --------------------3-3-------\8------------0------------
    when....off...I will not   say                who..that

 Am  Em            Am  Am7
 -------------------------------
 -1-1p0-----------0-----0h1p0---
 -2-1p0-------------2-2-------0-
 -------h2-------2--2-2---------
 --------------2----------------
 -----------0-------------------
  who so quickly...


When he drops you off I will not say
Who was that who so quickly drove away

The things you've done and the places you've been
When I open the door for you I will not let them in

As long as you come back to me I will never ask
For you I will be the man in the iron mask

then this bridge part:
(octaves optional-not sure if they belong or not but I like them)
       C      G      Em          C G     Em   E7
 ----------------------------------------------0-------
 ----0--1---1------0--------------1----0-------0-------
 -2---------0------0--------------0----0-------1-------
 ---------2-----------2-----------2-------2----0-------
 -0--2--3--------2----2-2.......2----2----2----2-----2-
 --------------3------0-0.......0---3-----0----0-------
           ^      ^              ^    ^
Listen to the record... Hit the C, G, hard where indicated... The first
Em
mute E&A and go at it for an extra beat before the C  The second time
let
the Em ring, then strum the E7 slowly, hit the B, and back into the
verse.


You said you loved me and it broke my heart
I was always your prisoner right from the start

The nights you spend without me this house is like a dungeon
And you only return to torture me more

You must have your reasons, I will not ask
For you I will be the man in the iron mask

It ends with a variation of the verse, mostly playing an arpeggiated Em
with
those little Am things... the last chord is an A (major) on the B&G (or
maybe
B&D) strings.