Suite Madame Blue chords by Styx

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: intermediate

Suite Madame Blue - Styx (Dennis DeYoung, 1975)
Chorded By: Zack Oxford.

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
      ------------------  ---------------
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]
--------

|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]
--------

|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]
---------

|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]
--------

|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
 v
|Bm   |Bm   |Em/B  |Em/B  |Bm   |Bm   |Em/B  |Em/B  |

        TEMPO UP and Begin Upward Keyboard Run
         v
|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]
-----------------

|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]
----

|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   |