Queensryche

Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary guitar tab

Author/Artist: Queensryche

Title: Suite Sister Mary

Album: Operation: Mindcrime

Transcribed by: Raven

Email: grans@earthlink.net

Whatever you do, don't play this song alone . . . mwahahaha . . .

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the main riff- need I say more? Maybe that it is very difficult to play . .

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10:00 PM . . .

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After, "Their mind" . . .

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verse riff #1

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singing verse riff

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play this on:it through the night . . .

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Mary's Riff- distorted guitr plays chords while clean plays higher strings

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ending 2- when Mary says, "and you shoot!" ending 3- before the chorus

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chorus- "Mary, my lady of pain . ."

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time!!!!!!!!!!

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Interlude- first bar dive is very slow play section with tons of delay

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you may tap this section also while using whammy bar

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until feedback, weirdo noise

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Interlude #2 x3

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to last verse

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conclusion riff#1

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conclusion riff#2 repeat until the end . . .

h - hammer on

p - pull off

* - trill

b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)

r - release bend

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

v - vibrato

t - tap (with strumming hand)

x - fret-hand muting

^ - natural harmonics

ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics

PM palm mute

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