Sister Madly tab by Crowded House

Sister Madly
(N. Finn)


NOTES:

-- to play this the way it was originally played, all chords on the
verses are bar chords:  Em on the 7th fret, A on the 5th fret, and
C on the 8th fret.

-- in the tab of the Richard Thompson solo, the notation "11^" means to
play the 11th fret but bend the note up (not necessarily all the way up
to the tone of the 12th fret--just a quick, ornamental bend.  you know,
Thompson is famous for this kind of thing.)

INTRO:  Em  A  Em  C

Em                         A
now you're heading down to get someone
Em                     C
should've done what he had to do years ago
Em              A
the position is coming through
Em                         C
all the people that you're standing on
Em                         A
all the people that you're standing on
Em                         C
now you're heading down to be someone
Em                  A
someone that you've seen in a magazine
Em                  C
your premonition is coming true
Em             A
oh baby you're not so green
Em             C
no baby you're not so green
Em             A
no baby you're nutso

       Am    D             G     D
sister madly waking up the dead
            Am        D              G      D
you're systematically stepping on my head
       Am    D             G      D
sister madly waking up the dead
            Am        B7             E
you're systematically stepping on my head


now you're heading down to find something
something that you buried in your back yard
the position is coming through
from all the dirt that you're digging up
from all the dirt that you're digging up
now you're heading down to be somewhere
somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream
the opposition is coming through
from all the people that you're standing on
from all the people that you're standing on
now you better you'd better take a firm hand

sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head


SOLO:
-0---0---0-|-2-3-2-3-2-3---7--7--7-|----------------------|
-5---0---5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4---8--8--8-|-7----7---------------|
-----------|---------------9--9--9-|----9---9-------------|
-----------|-----------------------|----------9--7-5----4-|
-----------|-----------------------|-----------------7----|
-----------|-----------------------|----------------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-----------------------|---7----11^----12----13-----13^-----13^14-|
-----7--7--5-7-8>7>5-7-|-5----9------9-----9-----11------12-------|
---4-------------------|------------------------------------------|
-5---------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
-----------------------|------------------------------------------|


now you're heading down to get someone

14---------------12----------8---------7--------------------------------- |
12---------------12----------8---------8--------------------------------- |
-----------------------------------------| <----------------------------- | solo underneath this line
-----------------------------------------|                             -- |
-----------------------------------------|                             -- |
-----------------------------------------|                             -- |
someone that you should've had years ago   <----------------------------- |

the position is coming through
Em                         A
all the people that you're standing on
Em                         C
all the people that you're standing on
Em                   A
you're hard to get a hand on

sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head


------0--------------|
-1-0-----------------|
--------2>4>2--------|
--------------2--0-2-|   F9*
---------------------|
---------------------|


* UNUSUAL CHORD

F9  XX988(11)


(Transcription by Marck Bailey)