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Staircase Mystery by Siouxsie And The Banshees

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STAIRCASE (MYSTERY) - Siouxsie and The Banshees

There are three guitars in this song, so I've split it into three parts.
This is the single Chord diagramA augmentedA side version, not the "Pathway Demo" (which is in a
different key). It can be mostly played by combining the two parts, as a
majority of the song is trading chords between the two guitars. I believe the
third guitar is an acoustic 12 string, but I'm not sure. I've tabbed it based
on the assumption that it is.
Listen for the timing. Enjoy.

Guitar One Intro:
e|-----------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---7-8-7-5-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5---------|

Guitar One Intro B/Chorus:
e|-x/12--12--12--x12--12--12--12--12-|
Chord diagramBB|-x/13--13--13--x13--13--13--13--13-|
Chord diagramG+G|-x/14--14--14--x14--14--14--14--14-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-x/14--14--14--x14--14--14--14--14-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------|

Guitar Two Intro B/Chorus:
e|-1-1-1-1/-3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramBB|-1-1-1-1/-3-3-3-3-|
Chord diagramG+G|-2-2-2-2/-4-4-4-4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-3-3-3-3/-5-5-5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|

Guitar Two Intro B/Chorus Part 2:
e|-10-10-10-10-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramBB|-11-11-11-11-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-11-11-11-11-xx-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramG+G|-12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar Two Verse:
Not sure about this part. It's quite hard to hear what's going on.
McKay sometimes omits the root (single notes before the chord).
e|---8----9-----5------|
Chord diagramBB|---8----10----5----8-|
Chord diagramG+G|---8----11----5----9-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---10---11----7----9-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------9----------7---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-8----------5--------|

Guitar One Verse:
Plays after guitar two.
e|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---7-8-7-5---7-8-7-5---7-8-7-5--5-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-5---------5---------5----------5-|

Guitar Three (12 string) verse:
e|-------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-----2-----2-0---2-0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---3-0---3-0-----0-----0-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|

Pretty sure that's everything. Listen to the song for structure, rhythm etc.
Enjoy.
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| /  slide up
|  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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