Suite Madame Blue
Performed by Styx
Words and Music by Dennis DeYoung
>From the album "Equinox" (A&M Records, 1975, CD3217)
Transcribed and submitted by Brian Angell (llegna@cw-f1.umd.umich.edu)
This is my first bass transcription. I've probably written it in double
time, but I'm sure that this transcription will be accurate enough.
Intro and Verse I:
Bass is absent until Dennis sings "For you, Madame Blue."
D|4:-9-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|4:-------------------|-12-----------------|-11-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|---------------:|
A|-10----9-------:| (Play twice.)
1 2 3 4
Verse II:
D|:-9-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|:-------------------|-12-----------------|-11-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|---------------:|
A|-10----9-------:| (Play four times.)
1 2 3 4
Play Verse I pattern once.
End of Verse II: (cresc.)
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus:
D|-----9-7-9-------|-----7-5-7-------|-----5-3-5-------|-----7-5-7-------|
A|-------------9---|-------------7---|-------------5---|-------------7---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|-----9-7-9-------|-----7-5-7-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-------------9---|-------------7---|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|-----9-7-9-------|-----7-5-7-------|-----5-3-5-------|-----7-5-7-------|
A|-------------9---|-------------7---|-------------5---|-------------7---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|:---------------------|-7-----7-7---7---:|
A|:---------------------|-----------------:| (Play three times.)
1 & 2 e & a 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------| (Hold and fade out.)
1 2 3 4
Instrumental: (Picks up after Dennis sings "Heaven's Door.")
D|:-9------------12-9---|---------------12-9---|---------------12-9---|
A|:---------------------|-12-------------------|-11-------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|---------------:|
A|-10----9-------:| (Play four times, rit.)
1 2 3 4
D|-9-------|-9-------|-------------------|---------12-------|
A|---------|---------|-------------------|------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|-9-----9--9---|-9-----9----|---------12-------|---------12-------|
A|--------------|------------|------------------|------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|-9------|
A|--------| (Hold;
E+--------+ fade away.)
1 2 3 4
Guitar solo and "America" harmony:
Bass is absent for first eight bars. Enters after drum roll.
D|------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
A|------------|-5--5--7--7--|------------|-5-------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
(Play twelve times.)
Bridge:
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D|----------|------7-------|
A|-9-9-9-9--|-10-----------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Chorus II:
D|-9-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------|---------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D|---------|
A|---------|
1 2 3 4
D|:---------------------|-7-----7-7---7---:|
A|:---------------------|-----------------:| (Play three times.)
1 & 2 e & a 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D|----------|--------|---------|---------|
A|----------|--------|---------|---------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Outro:
(triplet) (triplet) (triplet)
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-7-------7-9-10--|-9-------9-7-----|-7-------7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(triplet) (triplet) (triplet)
(triplet)
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-7-------7-9-10--|-9-------9-7-----|-7-------7-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(rit.)
D|---|
A|---| (Keep hammering that B-note, or improvise your own fianle.
E+-7-+ Cymbal crash: End.)
And that's it! Comments are welcome. Ciao!