Suite Madame Blue Ver 1 by Styx
Styx - Suite Madame Blue ver 1 guitar tab
Verses:
Hint: Fret the "4", "3", and "2" on the low "E" string in measures 3 & 4
with your
thumb, while holding the remnants of the beginning Bm chord with your other
fingers.
Bm Bm/A G#m7-5 Gmaj7 F#
e||---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
B||-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3-------2-|
G|4-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------3---|
D|4---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-------4-----|
A||-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|
Pre-Chorus: (strum the chords hardly)
Bm Bm/A G#m7-5 G F#
e||-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3-------2-------|
B||-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
G|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-4-------3-------|
D|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-5-------4-------|
A||-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-5-------4-------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|
Chorus:
All power chords, but there's a little riff played between the A and D:
e||-----------------|
B||-----------------|
G|4---------7-------|
D|4-7-------7-------|
A||-7--h-p--5-------|
E||-5-5-7-5---------|
Bm A G A Bm A G A
Suite Madame Blue, gaze in your looking glass. You're not a child anymore.
Bm A G A D A
Suite Madame Blue, ....
D A D A G
You made your own rules. You ...
Post Chorus:
Play the arpeggiated intro figure again slowly and ethereally.
Riff over Solo 1: (and over the Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa,
Americaaaa part)
B B D E B B D G A
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-7-------9-------|-----------------|-7---------------|
D|4-9-9-------------|-7-------9-------|-9-9-------------|-7-------5--7----|
A||-9-9-------------|-5-------7-------|-9-9-------------|-5-------5--7----|
E||-7-7-------------|-----------------|-7-7-------------|---------3--5----|
Solo 1:
Make things distorted here, and add lots of vibrato on each note, then
you'll sound like him.
e||-----------------|-----------------|-7--7------------|-----------------|
B||-/121212121212--|-------b--r------|--7--7-10--------|--b--r-----------|
G|4-----------------|----7-9-11-9~~---|---------9-7-9-7-|-9-11-9~~-9-7-9-7|
D|4-----------------|-/9--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e||-----------------|-7--7------------|----------h---7~-|-----------------|
B||--b--r-----------|--7--7-10--------|--b--r---7-10----|-/121212121212--|
G|4-9-11-9-7--------|---------9-7-9-7-|-9-11-9~~--------|-----------------|
D|4---------9~~~~~|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b r p
e||-----------------|--------------p--|-------p----10-7-|-15-17--15-12--12-|
B||-------b--r------|------b--r--10-7-|---7-10-7-7------|-------------15---|
G|4----7-9-11-9~~---|---7-9-11-7------|-9---------------|------------------|
D|4-/9--------------|-9---------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
b r p
e||---p-------------|---7-10-12-7-10-7|----7--p---------|------------------|
B||-15-12----15-12~-|-10--------------|-10--10-7-----7--|------------------|
G|4-------14--------|-----------------|----------9-7--7-|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9-7-9-----------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa Part:
Play the power chords as told before, and at the end of the hole thing, play
this
(at the end of the hammer on, each note is struck many times and with lots
of vibrato)
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||--h--------------|--h--------------|--h--------------|---h--------------|
E||-5-7-------------|-7-9-------------|-9-10------------|-10-12------------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|
A||---h----h----h---|---h-------------|
E||-1214-1415-1517--|-1719-19~--------|
Then go to the second Chorus.
Solo 2:
e||---b--r----------|---p----p--------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-10-12-10-~------|-10-7-10-7-b--r--|--b--r----h----7-|------------------|
G|4-----------------|----------9-11-9-|-9-11-9~-7-9-7---|-9-7--------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----9-------4-----|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------7-5-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|
D|4o----------------|---4-5-4---------|-4---------------|-----------------o|
A||------4-5-7------|-7---------------|---7-5-7---------|-7---------------|
E||-7--7------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-5---------------|
G|4-----------------|-4---------------|
D|4-----------------|-4---------------|
A||-7---5---4--(2)-|-2---------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|
Tablature Explanation:
NT = Nashville Tuning is when the low E, A, D & G strings are replaced
with
lighter gauge strings and tuned one octave higher than normal.
| = bar separating measures
~ = vibrato
x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
. = staccato; mute the note immediately after striking it
h = hammer
p = pull
s = slide (used when or / don't fit)
^ = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret shown in parenthesis ()
r = release bend (string/fret may be indicated)
t = fret board tap (not many of these with Rush)
/ = slide up
= slide down
x/ = pick slide up
x = pick slide down
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