Marnie Stern - Steely
Tabbed by Matt Hunziker
She seems to condense this down to one guitar a few different ways when playing it live,
but this should be accurate to what you hear on the studio version (if THAT were
condensed down to one guitar).
Standard tuning
R= tapped with right hand
*INTRO/MAIN RIFF* (tapped, in 4/4)
(pick
up
notes) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
R R R R R
--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
5-h-7---|14--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---11--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---11--7-p-5-h-7---|
--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
--------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
R R R R R
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|14--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---11--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---14-----(5-h-7)--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
*VERSE RIFF 1*
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
take a look at her now
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
tossed out she got what she was after
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
*VERSE RIFF 2*
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
sounds of the future
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------5---------------------5---|------5---------------------5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----------3-----3-------------|3-----------3-----3-------------|
imagine it all
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------5---------------------5---|------5---------------------5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----------3-----3-------------|3-----------3-----3-------------|
*WEIRD STOP-START TRANSITION SECTION IN FIRST VERSE*
First there is one beat of 4/4 that cuts off
1 &
R
|----------------|
|----------------|
|14--------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
Then it immediately switches to 6/8 time, with quarter note pulse remaining consistent
1 & a 2 & a
R R R R
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|11--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---14--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
1 & a 2 & a
R R
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|11--5-h-7---12----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
And then into the pre-chorus...
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/marnie_stern/steely_tab.html ]
*WEIRD STOP-START TRANSITION SECTION IN SECOND VERSE*
One measure of 9/8 (or if you prefer, a measure of 6/8 and one of 3/8)
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a
R R R R
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|14--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---11--5-h-7---12----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
And then into the pre-chorus...
*PRE-CHORUS* (tapped, in 6/8)
1 & a 2 & a
R R R R
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|11--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---14--5-h-7---12--5-h-7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
*CHORUS* (in 4/4, with quarter note pulse equal to a dotted-quarter in the 6/8 pre-chorus)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|12------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|12------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|10------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|8-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------12------12------15------|15------12------10------8-------|
|12------12------12------14------|14------12----------------------|
|12------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|10------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|9--\\\----------12--------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 &
i m hoping it s true i m hoping for you
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|9-------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|7-------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
last measure of chorus is only 2/4 and then song returns to Main Riff
*OUTRO* (In 4/4. If you want to play the bass notes here, drop your pick and
fingerpick this section.)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|--------7-----------------------|--------12----------------------|
|----8---------------------------|----13--------------------------|
|7-------------------------------|12------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|10------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------5-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----5---------------------------|5-------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|4-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
*SONG ORDER*
INTRO/MAIN RIFF (x4)
VERSE RIFF 1
MAIN RIFF (x4)
VERSE RIFF 2
MAIN RIFF (x2)
WEIRD TRANSITION SECTION 1
PRE-CHORUS (x15)
CHORUS
MAIN RIFF (x4)
VERSE RIFF 2
MAIN RIFF (x2)
WEIRD TRANSITION SECTION 2
PRE-CHORUS (x16)
CHORUS
MAIN RIFF (x2)
OUTRO (x10)
