Sweet Madam Blue

Styx

Tom:
Afinação:
Tuning:Stardard
Tabbed:Luke(*)

Intro
----- 

e||---------2-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------|
B||-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3---3-----|-------3-------2-|
G|4-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------
D|4---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4-|---4-------4-
G|3---| 
D|----| 

A||-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|

Pre-Chorus: (strum the chords hardly)

    Bm                Bm/A              G#m7-5            G       
e||-2---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3-------2-------|
F#


B||-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3-------2-------|
G|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-4-------3---
D|4-4---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-5-------4---
G|----| 
D|----| 

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-------| 
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A||-7--h-p--5-------|
E||-5-5-7-5---------|

Bm           A   G              A            Bm             A    
Suite Madame Blue, gaze in your looking glass. You're not a child
    G     A
 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      
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 G  A


B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-7-------9-------|-----------------|-7----------
D|4-9-9-------------|-7-------9-------|-9-9-------------|-7-------5--
G|-----| 
D|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-----------|
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G|4-----------------|----7-9-11-9~~---|---------9-7-9-7-|-9-11-9~~-9-
D|4-----------------|-/9--------------|-----------------|------------
G|7-9-7| 
D|-----| 

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\\~~~~~|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
G|----| 
D|----| 

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---------------|-----------------|-------------
G|-----| 
D|-----| 

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\------
G|-----| 
D|-----| 

A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa, Americaaaa Part:

Play the power chords as told before, and at the end of the hole thing,
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 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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
G|-----| 
D|-----| 

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-------
G|------| 
D|4-----| 

A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------7-5-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
D|4o----------------|---4-5-4---------|-4---------------|-------------
G|----o| 
D|----o| 
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A||------4-5-7------|-7---------------|---7-5-7---------|-7\---------------|
E||-7--7------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|



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
  = natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret indicated)
[5]  = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the pick 
attack)
(5)  = note sustained from previous measure
o    =\ repeat sign
o    =/
DC   = "Da capo" - means "from the head", when you see these initials
        you go back to the beginning of the piece of music.
DS   = "Dal segno" - means "from the sign", go back in the tabulature
        only as far as the (%) sign.
Coda = A passage at the end of a movement or composition that brings
       it to a formal close.
Al
Coda = means "to the tail", tells you that you must go to the end
          section which starts with the Coda sign (+).
RF   = repeat and fade
rit  = "ritardando" - Gradually slowing in tempo; retarding.

Other pertinent information:
  Tuning:  Standard [EADGBe].
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  Key signature:  D
  Effects:
  Chord Chart Below for major chords

Tablature Format:

This Tablature is based on the format indicated below.

  1   2   3   4     1   2   3   4
  • A
  • B
  • Bm
  • Bm/A
  • D
  • E
  • F#
  • G
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