Styx - Sweet Madam Blue guitar tab
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From: dan@saab.hwcae.az.Honeywell.COM (Dan Baderman)
Flash back time.... OK - I said it before but I need to repeat
this disclaimer - for those of you who want exact notes/timing -
get the recording. I learned this puppy off an 8-trk tape ~15? years
ago. I play the intro every once in a while when I'm fooling
around, and this is how I remember it. I'm not even sure what the
name is.... the request was for _Madam Blue_, but then during
correspondance wrote (sweet) Madam Blue... Anyways this is my
recollection:
Sweet Madam Blue (STYX)
(as per d.badermans hazy memory....)
E-|---7-------|---7--------|
B-|------7----|---------7--|
G-|-----7-7---|-----7------|
D-|-----------|------------|
A-|-----------|-------7----|
E-|-7---------|-7----------|
1 2 3e& 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 |
E-|-2--2-0-----5---|-2--2-0-----0---|---2-----0---|---2---0----|
B-|-0------3---3---|-0------3---2---|-------3-----|---------3--|
G-|-0----------2---|-0----------0---|-------------|------------|
D-|-0----------0---|-0----------2---|-----4-------|-----4------|
A-|-2--------------|-2----------0---|-2-----------|-2----------|
E-|-3--------------|-3--------------|-------------|------------|
1 2 e & 3 4 | 1 2 e & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4
ss ss ss ss
E-|-2--2-0-----5---|-2--2-0-----0---|---2-----0---|---2---0----|
B-|-0------3---3---|-0------3---2---|-------3-----|---------3--|
G-|-0----------2---|-0----------0---|-------------|------------|
D-|-0----------0---|-0----------2---|-----4-------|-----4------|
A-|-2--------------|-2----------0---|-2-----------|-2----------|
E-|-3--------------|-3--------------|-------------|------------|
1 2 e & 3 4 | 1 2 e & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4
ss ss ss ss
Seems like I jump to 3/4 time for the next line - this is probably
not correct, so if you have a source, listen to it....
E-|----------0----|----------0----|----------0----|----------0----|
B-|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|
G-|----2---2------|----2---2------|----2---2------|----2---2------|
D-|-2-------------|-3-------------|-4-------------|-3-------------|
A-|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
E-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-|----------|-------5--|
B-|-------7--|----7--5--|
G-|-------7--|----7-----|
D-|----5-----|----------|
A-|----5-----|----------|
E-|-7--------|-7--------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E-|-----------0-----|-3p0-------------|-------0h2-----2-|
B-|-------0h1---1---|-----1-----------|-----3-----3-----|
G-|-----2---------0-|-------0---------|---2---------2---|
D-|---2-------------|---------------2-|-0---------------|
A-|-0---------------|---------0-2-3---|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E-|-5---2----|-2-2----|
B-|-3-- 3----|-3-2----|
G-|-2---4----|-4-3----|
D-|-0---4----|-4-4----|
A-|-----2----|-2-4----|
E-|-----2----|-2-2----|
^ v ^
1 2 3 4 & 1 2 3 4
Now repeat the next line forever.....
E-|---------2-------|---------0--------|---------0-------|-------0-------0-|
B-|-------3---3-----|-------3---3------|-------3---3-----|-------3-------3-|
G-|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4----|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
D-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4--|---4-----------4-|---4-------4-----|
A-|-2---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Weird notations:
ss -> slow strum
^ -> down strum
V -> up strum
My brain hurts -someone else posted the following, and as I can't remember the
rest of the song, I will just include it. NOTE: I am sorry I have no idea who
submitted the following - it was forwarded to me without credits...
>It's a variation on Bm:
>
>-----------2---------------0---------------0------------------------------
>---------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3----------------
>-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4---------3--------
>-----4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4---------2----------
>---2---------------0-----------------------------------------4------------
>-----------------------------------3---------------2-------2--------------
>
>Repeat 1000 times while crooning softly. The power chord part is
>fairly easy to figure out: all Bm, A, G, D, and E
--
-dan-
