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Suite Madame Blue Chords by Styx

Suite Madame Blue chords by Styx

Guitar chords with lyrics

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
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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' -
------------

|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      |

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