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SUICIDE BLONDE
As recorded by INXS
(From the 1987 Album KICK)
Words and Music by INXS
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Michael'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Farris'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Tim Farris'
Harmonica Intro Guitar Intro
Q=116
E E G A E G A
4/4
Gtr I Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-3-|
Q E E E H Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
|-----------/12----||---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------||o-0------------------|-0------------------o||
|-/9--9s8s9--------||--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|-1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)--||
|------------------||--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)--||
|------------------||o-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-o||
|------------------||--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|-0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)--||
Verse
(E/Ab)
Q. S S S E S S S E Q. S S S E S S S E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|--x-----------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|--x-----------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|
Q. S S S E S S S E Q. S S S E S S S E
|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-----||
|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12----o||
|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-----||
|--x-----------------------|--x---------------------------||
|--x-----------------------|--x--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||
Chorus (You wanna...)
E G#Asus4 E G#Asus4 G#sus4
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q 4x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--(9)---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--(9)--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9------------------||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||o--------------------------|---------------------------o||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
Verse 2
E G A E E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
E G A E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
| W +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
Chorus 2
E G#Asus4 E G#Asus4 G#sus4
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q 4x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--9--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9----------------||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse 3
E G A E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
E G A E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
| W +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
Guitar Interlude
(E/Ab)
Q. S S S E S S S E E. E S S S S E S S S E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
E. E S S S S E S S S E E. E S S S S E S S S E 4x
|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12--||
|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-o||
|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13--||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
Verse 4
E G A E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
E G A E G A
Q S S E E. Q +S Q S S E E. Q +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
| W +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
Chorus 3
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
E G#Asus4 E G#Asus4 G#sus4
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q 7x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--9--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9----------------||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
8.
Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Guitar Interlude 2
E
Q. S S S E S S S E E. E S S S S E S S S E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +W
||--^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|
||o-^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|
||--^-1-----------------------|-(1)------------------------|
||--^-2-----------------------|-(2)------------------------|
||o-^-2-----------------------|-(2)------------------------|
||--^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|
E
E. E S S S S E S S S E E. E S S S S E S S S E
|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12--||
|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-o||
|--13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|--13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13--||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| W +W
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)-------------------------||
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)------------------------o||
|-^13-------------------------|-(13)-------------------------||
|-^14-------------------------|-(14)-------------------------||
|-^14-------------------------|-(14)------------------------o||
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)-------------------------||
Guitar Solo
E G#sAsus4 E G#sAsus4 G#sus4
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q 4x
||--7--7-7--7-7-9--10-(10)----10---|-7--7-7--7-7-9--10-(10)----(9)----||
||o-9--9-9--9-9-9--10-(10)----10---|-9--9-9--9-9-9--10-(10)----(9)---o||
||--9--9-9--9-9--------------------|-9--9-9--9-9----------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| E. E. E. E. E E E. E. E. E. E E 4x
||--0-----------0--------------0---|-0-----------0--------------0-----||
||o------0-----------------5-----0-|------0-----------------5------0-o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E G#Asus4
E S S S S S S +Q q
|---7---7-7-7-7-9--10---(10)--10----|
|---9---9-9-9-9-9--10---(10)--10----|
|---9---9-9-9-9---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| Q.. Q.. E
|-<12>---------------------------10-|
|-----------------<12>--------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E G#Asus4 G#sus4 E G#sus4 Asus4
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q
|---7-------7-7-7-7---9-10-(10)--(9)--|--7--7-7---7-7-9-10-(10)----10---|
|---9-------9-9-9-9---9-10-(10)--(9)--|--9--9-9---9-9-9-10-(10)----10---|
|---9-------9-9-9-9-------------------|--9--9-9---9-9-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +S +Q Q.. Q +E. Q.. Q.
|-(10)-(10)S======5---------------7---|-(7)---3-----------------5-------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 8va To Fade
E G#sAsus4 E G#sAsus4 C#5/Ab
E S S S S S S +Q q E S S S S S S +Q q 6x
||---7--7--7--7-7--9-10-(10)----10----|--7--7--7--7-7--9-10-(10)----(9)-----||
||o--9--9--9--9-9--9-10-(10)----10----|--9--9--9--9-9--9-10-(10)----(9)----o||
||---9--9--9--9-9---------------------|--9--9--9--9-9-----------------------||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| E. E. Q E E E E. E. Q E E E 6x
||--12------------12---------12-10-12-|-12------------12---------12-10--12--||
||o-------12--------------------------|-------12---------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
