Lenny's Guitar is tuned down half-step
Chords (from low to high)
Fmaj7 xx3210
Fadd9 xx3213
C x30210
Esus4 532x00 or x02x00 (almost the same but easier; I use it in the tab)
G 320033
G7sus4 1x0011 (he just slides down 2 frets the G chord)
Intro (x5)
Fmaj7 C (transition)
|---------0-0---3-3-3--0-0-0-----0------0-0---------0-0-0-0-|
|---------1-1---1-1-1--1-1-1-----1------1-1---------0-1-0-1-|
|---------2-2---2-2-2--2-2-0--0--0------0-0---------2-2-2-2-|
|-0-2-3---3-3---3-3-3--3-3-2--2--2------2-2---------3-3-3-3-|
|--------------------------3--3------3-------3--3-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Esus4
|-----0----0--0----0--0--0----x--0--------0-----0------0-0-|
|-----0----0--0----0--0--0----x--0--------0-----0------0-0-|
|-x---x----x--x----x--x--x----x--x--------x-----x------x-x-|
|-2---2----2--2----2--2--2----x--2--------2-----2------2-2-|
|-0---0-------0---------------x--------0--0--------0-0-----|
|-x---x-------x---------------------------x----------------|
This Fmaj7 C Esus4 progression is played 5 times. On the 2nd and 4th
times he plays differently the C to Esus4 chord transition:
2nd Time
play Esus4 normally
e------------------|-----0---|
B--0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-|-----0---|
G------------------|-x---x---|
D------------------|-2---2---|
A------------------|-0---0---|
E------------------|-x---x---|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lenny_kravitz/sister_tab_ver_2.html ]
4nd Time
play Esus4 normally
e---------------------|-----0---|
B---------------------|-----0---|
G---------------------|-x---x---|
D-0h2-0h2-0h2-0-------|-2---2---|
A---------------3-2-0-|-0---0---|
E---------------------|-x---x---|
On "And he stole you're only heart" play: G G7sus4 Esus4
Then: G Esus4 G(just single strum)
Now repeat all over again.
Bridge Chord Progresson on "If they knock on your door.."
(All barre chords; F and C at the 8th fret; A on the 5th)
F C G A F C G G (X2)
End repeating Esus4 Fmaj7.
Other C to Esus4 transition:
strum once and
slide up and down play Esus4 normally
e--0--3-3---3/5\---|-----0---|
B--1--1-1---1/3\---|-----0---|
G--0--0-0---0------|-x---x---|
D--2--2-2---2/4\---|-2---2---|
A--3--3-3---3/5\---|-0---0---|
E------------------|-x---x---|
Finally A C to G transition:
C G to G7sus4 and to Esus4
e--0--0-0----------|-3---3---|
B--1--1-1----------|-3---3---|
G--0--0-0----------|-0---0---|
D--2--2-2----------|-0---0---|
A--3--3-3--3-2-0---|-2---2---|
E----------------3-|-3---3---|
You can play these transitions whenever you want to as long as at the
correct chord change. If you have the unplugged version it will be
easy to find where these happen. During the Slash's solo Lenny keeps
playing G Esus4 indefinitly.
