Tabs
@SONG: LINGER
Music by: The Cranberries
Written by: N.Hogan & D.O'Riordan
>From the album: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (Island/PLG 1993)
Transcription by: Will Seo ([email protected]) *see note at bottom
Introduction
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Orchestration
Guitar I (electric - clean/chorus/slight delay)
e|------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--|r
BB|----3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3----|e
G+G|--0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2------|p 4
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t
Guitar II (acoustic)
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|r
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e
G+G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|p 4
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t
Guitar I
e|------2--------2--------2--------2-- c
BB|----3--------3--------3--------3---- h
G+G|--0--------0--------0--------0------ o
D MajorD|------------------------------------ r
A augmentedA|------------------------------------ d
E MajorE|------------------------------------ s
Guitar II
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)------- c
BB|------------------------------------ h
G+G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)------- o
D MajorD|------------------------------------ r
A augmentedA|------------------------------------ d
E MajorE|------------------------------------ s
Chords : A6/A C/C~/C~~ G+G
(alternate between 
A major 6A6 & A, 
C majorC & C~ & C~~ <--- (see bottom for chord patterns)
Verse
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[chord progression: D MajorD A6/A C/C~ G+G]
Guitar I & Guitar II - strumming
Orchestration
D MajorD D MajorD
If you, if you ....
A6/A
don't let ...
A6/A
don't let ..
C/C~
I'm sure ...
C/C~
but it's just ....
G+G
it's ...
G+G
it's ruining ev...
D MajorD A6/A
I swore, I swore I ...
A6/A
but honey so ...
C/C~
so why were you ...
C/C~
is that the way ...
G+G
were you ...
G+G
was it just a ....
Chorus
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[chord progression: D MajorD A6/A C/C~ G+G (same as verse)]
D MajorD
But I ...
A major 6A6 A augmentedA
you know I'm such ...
C/C~
you got me wrapped ...
G+G
do you have to ...
G+G
do you ...
G+G
do you ...
G+G D MajorD
do you have to ....
Verse
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Guitar I - single chord strums with tremelo/echo effect
Guitar II - strumming
Oh, I thought I ....
If you, if you could .....
Chorus
------
and I miss you.....
[Slide guitar]
and I miss you.....
you know I'm such a .....
Coda
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e|----2-----2-----2---2-----2------2-|r
BB|------3-----3---------3-----3------|e
G+G|--0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2----|p 3
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|e X
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|a
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|t
e|----2-----2-----2------------------|
BB|------3-----3----------------------|
G+G|--0-----0-----0---2--(let ring)----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|
Chord formations:
D MajorD A major 6A6 A augmentedA C majorC
xxo xo xo o x o o
1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII 1-IIII*I
III*I* II**** II***I II*III
IIII*I IIIIII IIIIII I*IIII
132 1234 123 32 1
C~ C~~ G+G G+G
x o o x oox
1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII
II*III II*III I*IIII or I*IIII
I*II*I I*IIII *IIII* *III**
32 4 32 21 4 21 34
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* This transcription is not complete. Corrections or additions are welcome. *
* (i.e. C~ C~~ chords, the slide guitar part, effects/voicing, bass lines?) *
* Send feedback to : [email protected] *
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Date: December 1, 1996
"Linger"
Performed by the Cranberries
From: "Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We"
Tabbed by Paula Potts at [email protected]
Here is the introduction to "Linger". Considerate an attachment to
the "Linger" tabbed by Scott A augmentedA Yanoff; I'm too lazy to put the rest
of the song in:).
D MajorD
e-----2-----2-----2------2-]
B---3-----3-----3-----3----]
G-2-----2-----0----0-------] Repeat about 2 times.
D--------------------------]
A--------------------------]
E--------------------------]
If anyone has "Dreams", "Hollywood" or "Salvation" tabbed,
please e-mail me!
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