Suite Sister Mary Guitar Tabs by Queensryche

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Author/Artist: Queensryche
Title: Suite Sister Mary
Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
Email: grans@earthlink.net

Whatever you do, don't play this song alone . . . mwahahaha . . .

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 the main riff- need I say more? Maybe that it is very difficult to play . .

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            10:00 PM . . .

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 After, "Their mind" . . .

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            verse riff #1

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 singing verse riff

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 play this on:it through the night . . .

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-3-----------------5--5---3-----------------5--5-|-7----------------5-------*-|
-1-----------------3--3---1-----------------3--3-|-5----------------3---------|
 Mary's Riff- distorted guitr plays chords while clean plays higher strings

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  ending 2- when Mary says, "and you shoot!"   ending 3- before the chorus

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 chorus- "Mary, my lady of pain . ."

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------------------4-------4--------5---2---0-0-h-2---5------2---5---5---------|
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                                                     time!!!!!!!!!!

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-----\-------------/---------0-h-2---2--|-------------------------------------|
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 Interlude- first bar dive is very slow  play section with tons of delay

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 you may tap this section also while using whammy bar

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                                               until feedback, weirdo noise

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 Interlude #2                x3

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        to last verse

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 conclusion riff#1

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 conclusion riff#2                             repeat until the end . . .

h  - hammer on
p  - pull off
* - trill
b  - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r  - release bend
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
v  - vibrato
t  - tap (with strumming hand)
x  - fret-hand muting
^ -  natural harmonics
ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
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Lines going diagonally up and down   --\--------/-------------|
These mean whammy bar                     --\------/----------|
          -                                    --\----/-------|
\ - bar down
/- bar up

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