Suite Madame Blue - Styx (Dennis DeYoung, 1975)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
This is after 12-string Acoustic 'Prelude 12' INTRO.
4/4 TIME @ Various TEMPOS in 'Bm' ('D').
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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Bm - x 2 4 4 3 2 B B-D-F#
Bm11/A - x 0 4 4 3 0 A B-D-E-F#
Bm11/G# - 4 x 4 4 3 0 G# B-D-E-F#
G - 3 5 5 4 3 3 G B-D-G
F# - 2 4 4 3 2 2 F# A#-C#-F#
A - 5 7 7 6 5 5 A A-C#-E
Bm* - 7 9 9 7 7 7 B B-D-F#
D - x 5 7 7 7 5 D A-D-F#
Em/B - x 2 2 0 0 0 E B-E-G
B5 - 7 9 9 x x x B B-F#
D5 - x 5 7 7 x x D A-D
E5 - x 7 9 9 x x E B-E
G5 - 3 5 5 x x x G G-D
A5 - 5 7 7 x x x A A-E
B5* - x 2 4 4 x x B B-F#
C#5 - x 4 6 6 x x C# G#-C#
F#5 - x 9 11 11 x x F# A#-F#
G5* - x 10 12 12 x x G G-D
A5* - x 12 14 14 x x A A-E
INTRO: [8 M] ** TEMPO = 120 BPM -
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 …
|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
'INTRO' and 'VERSE' Guitar TAB (4 Repeating Measures) -
HINT: Use thumb to get 'G#' on low 'E' string @ 3rd Measure.
Bm Bm11/A Bm11/G# G F#
e|--------2-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|----------------|
B|------3---3-----|------3---3-----|------3---3-----|----------------|
G|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|----4-------4---|------4-------3-|
D|--4-------------|--4-------------|--4-----------0-|----5-------4---|
A|2-------------2-|0-------------0-|----------------|--5-------4-----|
E|----------------|----------------|4---------------|3-------2-------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
VERSE #1: [24 M]
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|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |
Time… af-ter time… I sit… and I
|Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |
wait… for your call… I know… I'm a
|Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |
fool,… but… what… can I say?… What-ev-er… the
|Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |
price… I'll pay… for you…
|G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
Ma-dame… Blue…
VERSE #2: [24 M]
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|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |
Once… long a-go,… a word… from your
|Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
lips… and the world… turned a-round…
|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |
But some-… how you've changed,… you're… so… far a-
|G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |
-way… I long for… the past… and dream… of the
|G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
days… with you… Ma-dame…
|Bm |A |G |F# |
Blue…
CHORUS #1: [21 M]
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|Bm* |A |G |A |
Sweet Ma-dame Blue,… gaze… at your look-ing glass…
|Bm* |A |G |A |
You're… not a child… an-y-more…
|Bm* |A |G |A |
Sweet Ma-… dame Blue,… the fu-ture… is all… but past…
|D |A |D |A |
So dressed in your… jew'ls,… you made… your own rules…
|D |A |G |G |
You con-… quered the world… and more,…
|G NC |
Hea-ven's…
RE-INTRO: [30 M]
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|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
door… Oh…
|Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |Bm |Bm11/A |Bm11/G# |G F# |
RETARD TEMPO…
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|Bm |Bm |Em/B |Em/B |Bm |Bm |Em/B |Em/B |
TEMPO UP and Begin Upward Keyboard Run
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|Bm |Bm |Bm |Bm |Bm |Bm |
INTERLUDE #1: [32 M] ** TEMPO = 160 BPM / 'Guitar Solo' -
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|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
A-
'America' REFRAIN: [34 M]
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|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… A-
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… A-
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… A-
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… A-
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… A-
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
|B5 |D5 E5 |B5 |D5 G5 A5 |
-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca…
[A-mer-… i-ca… A-mer-… i-ca… ]
** The following 10 Measures can be also be played as single notes
instead of 5ths. We play it with GTR-1: Single Notes and GTR-2: 5ths.
|B5* |B5* |C#5 |C#5 |D5 |D5 |E5 |E5 |F#5 |G5* A5* |
CODA: [36 M]
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|Bm* |A |G |A |
Red, white… and blue,… gaze… in your look-ing glass…
|Bm* |A |G |G A |
You're… not a child… an-y-more…
|Bm* |A |G |A |
Red, white… and blue,… the fu-ture… is all… but past,…
|D |A |D |A |
so lift up… your heart,… and make a… new start…
|D |A |Bm* |A |G |A |
Lead… us a-way… from here…
** DECREASE TEMPO, and the following 10 Measures can be also be played as single
notes instead of 5ths. We play it with GTR-1: Single Notes and GTR-2: 5ths.
|B5* B5*-C#5-D5|E5 E5-F#5-G5|F#5 F#5-E5-D5|E5 |
|B5* B5*-C#5-D5|E5 E5-F#5-G5|F#5 F#5-E5-D5|E5 |E5 D5 |C#5 |
|Bm |Bm |Bm |Bm |
