Glory Box Guitar Tab

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GLORY BOX
Portishead

Chorus:

  +        +       +       +      +
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---11-13b---9-11b---8-10b---9-8b---|  x2
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Solo:

  +                     +             +
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---13b--11--11--13p11--13--119h11---|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

     +   +         +               +                               +
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10b-p8h10---10p8h10----9p8--10/13--11--11h12p11--13/1513...----|
A|--------------------/---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------x7-/----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--13b-p11h13--13p9h11--11p8h10--10p8h9--8h10-9/13-11h13p11-13br----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--11-13b-13b-13b-13b-13b-13b-13bp11-9---------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|


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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Dan Lead Player	#1 by Dan archy at Apr 17, 1970 at 5:55 PM EST
	shame this song ended up in an ad..it deserves so much mor..like bein stripped to..

No Picture Eric Average	#2 by Eric at May 9, 1970 at 1:55 PM EST
	just fucking beautiful.........even those aren't portishead fans love this song........

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#3 by Alex at May 19, 1970 at 9:35 PM EST
	but.... she also wants to need him... i. e. be vulnerable for him. So that's why she said "I just wanna be a woman." But .. what i'm saying is, she doesn't want to be bound up in that role.

No Picture dalton Average	#4 by dalton hoffman at Aug 28, 1973 at 7:33 AM EST
	this song was originally played in " the craft " , however this is a great song, all girls in this world can relate to being played by some jerk and then finding a great guy but are scared of being played again, i can definatly relate to every single aspect of this wonderful song. portishead is great i have been a fan of portishead since 1996!!

No Picture Christian Wanna Be	#5 by Christian Chavez at Sep 22, 1976 at 1:20 PM EST
	Woops, I meant SHIMMERING strings. Guess I'll proofread next time ;-)

No Picture Austin Rhythm Player	#6 by Austin at Nov 27, 1976 at 12:52 AM EST
	She is tired of the drama and games that come with relationships that haven't reached the level of mutual respect, caring, and surrender. She has played with her share of men, and she is tired of playing. She wants to be real. She wants a real, authentic relationship of genuine care and surrender. She is asking the man she is currently with to surrender to her also... not have a one-sided, power-imbalanced relationship (like most tradition male-female relationships). She is asking him to be vulnerable for her... i.e., grant her the power to see him vulnerable.

No Picture Dakota Lead Player	#7 by Dakota Sparks at Sep 11, 1978 at 6:55 AM EST
	In my opinion, this song is definetely abour a woman who is about to get married or engage in a VERY serious relationship. She has fooled around with boys for a long time, and now wants to try something different. And so, she asks her partner to be kind and understand how women feel. As Online said, a glory-box, is a piece of furniture where engaged women keep the stuff before the wedding. It is also a waltz. Have you tried dancing it? And finally "this is the beginning of forever and ever"... I thinks it's pretty clear there

No Picture David Average	#8 by David Gilmour at Oct 24, 1992 at 8:30 AM EST
	This has to be one of my favourite songs by portishead this song is so sexy

No Picture michael Wanna Be	#9 by michael Dittrich at Mar 29, 1995 at 12:23 PM EST
	When you say glory box rocks, do you mean the song or the female part? (or even both?) ;-)

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#10 by Andrew Clayton at Jul 26, 1995 at 12:55 PM EST
	Misspiffany, very insightful dissection of the song. Beth has a beautiful voice that can genuinely show melancholy

No Picture stephen Average	#11 by stephen warunki at Jun 9, 1999 at 2:47 AM EST
	Me and my girl were "playing" before we get togheter - we knew both wanted, but we were pretending nothing was happening cause we were both afraid, I guess. Then I was at her place once and this song came up on the playilist, and she looked at me like she meant every single word of the song being sang. And so I kissed her :-) This is really the sexiest song ever written.

No Picture Mike Average	#12 by Mike heidkamp at Dec 30, 2000 at 4:39 PM EST
	This is an honest and well-written song about a woman in a relationship who is frankly just tired of love being so complicated - she is ready to give her heart away and "leave it to the other girls to play" (great line). She wants her partner to try and see things from her side - "So don't you stop being a man, Just take a little look from our side if you can." His inability (or perhaps unwillingness) to do so is stopping her from just being able to love him the way she would like to. This is a timeless relationship song that far too many people aren't aware of. Certainly any woman who's been at that point in a relationship where things are starting to look very bleak can sympathize with Portishead's heartfelt lyrics. Also, lyricism aside, this is one of the best-sounding songs I've ever heard. The descending melody of the bass, the shimming strings, the distortion, and Portishead's voice - it is ALL just fantastic. I really love this song. And I always thought it would be great to give a striptease to. (Wink, wink). No, but seriously...