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MAD MAD SISTER - Girlschool
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Tabbed by: Anne Drury
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: June 14, 2005
(This tab is the transcriber's own work.)
Written by: McAuliffe/Johnson
Album: "21st Anniversary: Not That Innocent" (2002, Communique)
Tuning: Standard
Notes:
^...bend (s=semi-tone, w=whole tone)
h...hammer on
r...release bend
p...pulloff
<>..pinch harmonic
/...slide up
\...slide down
~...vibrato
Figure 1
E ----------------------|----------------------|
B ----------------------|----------------------|
G ----------------------|--4---5~--------------|
D --------------6--7----|----------------------|
A -------7--------------|----------------------|
E ----5-----5-----------|----------------------|
Intro:
Play Figure 1 3x
Chords: F / Am
Play Figure 1 4x during this chord progression
1st Verse:
F
Mad mad sister's coming out to play
Am
Mad mad sister, what did you do today?
(Play Figure 1 2x)
F
Mad mad sister's coming out to play
Am
Mad mad sister, you're gonna show the way
(Play Figure 1 2x)
Chorus:
F
It shouldn't hurt
G
But it does
Am
Who'll catch you when you fall?
F
You made me
G
I made you
Am
Out of nothing at all
F / E F
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
E F
E ------------------------|
B ------------------------|
G -----------1--2--4/7~---|
D ---9\2--2---------------|
A ------------------------|
E ------------------------|
E F
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
E
E ------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B ------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G --5^wr(5)--5-4--5-|-4---------------|-----------------|
D ------------------|---7-6-7-6-------|-----------------|
A ------------------|-----------7-----|-----------------|
E ------------------|-------------7-8-|-5~--------------|
Play Figure 1 2x
(Rhythm guitar plays Am)
2nd Verse:
F
Mad mad sister's coming out to play
Am
Mad mad sister, you're gonna fade away
(Play Figure 1 2x)
F
I should have known, read the signs
Am
But that was another place, another time
(Play Figure 1 2x)
Repeat CHORUS
F / E F / E
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
F / E F / E
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
Guitar solo:
Am Bb Am Bb
(4 meas.)
E -----------------------------------------------------|
B -----------------------------------------------------|
G ---2----3/6~----7----7^wr(7)^wr(7)^w-----------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
Am Bb Am F
(4 meas.)
E -----------------------------------------------------|
B -----7^sr(7)--<5>--5---------------------------------|
G --7-------------------7-6-7\6------------------------|
D ------------------------------7----------------------|
A ----------------------------------7--5-4-5-4---------|
E ---------------------------------------------5-5-----|
E F E F
(4 meas.)
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
B -------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------8--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-|
D -2-2-2-2/6-6-6-6/7--7/9--9/10-----9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--10-10-10-|
A -------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
E F
(2 meas.)
E -----------------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------10--9--10-9-10-12---------------|
G --9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9---9---------------------------|
D --9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
E
(2 meas.)
E ---12-12-12-12-12-12---------------------------------|
B ---12-12-12-12-12-12--10--------15^w--15^w--15^w~----|
G ---9--9--9--9--9--9------11^w------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------|
A -----------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
Am
(4 meas.)
E ---------------------------|---------------------------|
B ---(15^w~)-----------------|-15^wr(15)^wr(15)^w-etc----|
G ---------------------------|---------------------------|
D ---------------------------|---------------------------|
A ---------------------------|---------------------------|
E ---------------------------|---------------------------|
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Fig. 1 |
E ---------------------------|---------------------------|
B ---------------------------|---------------------------|
G --------------------4--5~--|-------------------4--5~---|
D -------------6--7----------|------------6--7-----------|
A ------7--------------------|-----7---------------------|
E ---5-----5-----------------|--5-----5------------------|
3rd Verse:
F
Mad mad sister's coming out to play
Am
Mad mad sister, what did you do today?
(Play Figure 1 2x)
F
All your life's spent telling lies
Am
Is that madness I see in your eyes?
(Play Figure 1 2x)
Repeat CHORUS
F / E F
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
E F
E --------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------|
G -------------1-1-2--4/7~--------------|
D --2/6\--0h2---------------------------|
A --------------------------------------|
E --------------------------------------|
E F
Who's gonna catch you when you fall?
E F
E --------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------|
G --1-2-4--<5>^w--4h5p4-----------------|
D --------------------------------------|
A ------------------------0-5-0-3--2-0--|
E --------------------------------------|
E / F (3x)
E / Am
E ----------------------|----------------------|
B ----------------------|----------------------|
G ----------------------|--4---5~--------------|
D --------------6--7----|----------------------|
A -------7--------------|----------------------|
E ----5-----5-----------|----------------------|
