Styx Sweet Madam Blue (ver 2) guitar tab

Sweet Madam Blue (ver 2) by Styx

Band:STYX
Song:Sweet Madam Blue
Tuning:Stardard
Tabbed:Luke([email protected])

Intro
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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
  = 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].
  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