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Suite madame blue(Tabs)

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Key: Bm

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	        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||-----------------|-----------------| 

	        

Written by Dennis DeYoung

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