'RODERIGO'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
Chords:
Dsus2 D/F# D5 F#m/C# E/B G
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D Em Asus4 F#5 E5 A5
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INTRO: 0:00- 0:12
Dsus2
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-------3--------|------3-------|------3-------|--------------|
0~2------2----0-|0~2-----2---0-|0~2-----2---0-|0~2-----------|
0---------------|0-------------|0-------------|0-------------|
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* Pick out chords, let them ring. Listen to album to get the feel*
0:13- 1:02
Dsus2 D/F#
"He's a real cannibal." she goes:
D5 D/F#
"I think I'll call him roderigo"
F#m/C# E/B Dsus2
dress him up in dark clothes, sell him away
Dsus2 D/F#
standing underneath her gun
D5 D/F#
"sit up straight or I'll hurt you"
F#m/C# E/B Dsus2
you know he's not her only son, just the strongest
CHORUS: 1:03- 1:27
G D
Tied him down to her tree
G Em Asus4
stayed fit to name him what's he's going to be yeah
G D
tied him up with her rope you know it
G Em Asus4
stained her neck but it can't hold Roderigo
Guitar solo: 1:28- 1:53
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/seven_mary_three/roderigo_crd.html ]
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--4~5-4----4-5-4-|-7--------7-4-5-4|5--4~5-4----4-5-4-|7---9-7----7-9---|
-------5--------5|-----------------|--------5--------5|-----------------|
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9----------9-7---|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
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-----------------|--------------9-9|7----------2`2|0------------|
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1:54- 2:43
Dsus2 D/F#
"I'm the real animal," she goes
D5 D/F#
she wants to call me roderigo
F#m/C# E/B Dsus2
tie me down with all her rope until I can't breathe
Dsus2 D/F#
she can't help but beat me down
D5 D/F#
into a brand new roderigo
F#m/C# E/B Dsus2
I'll slip away without a sound, into the air
CHORUS: 2:44- 3:08
G D
tied me down to her tree
G Em Asus4
stayed fit to name me what's I'm going to be yeah
G D
tied me up with her rope you know it
G Em Asus4
stained her neck but it can't hold Roderigo
Interlude: 3:09- 3:20
Dsus2
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------------3---|------------3---|------------3---|--------------|
0~2----------2-0|0~2----------2-0|0~2----------2-0|0~2-----------|
0-------------0-|0-------------0-|0-------------0-|0-------------|
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(increase volume)
3:21- 3:46
Distortion/heavy (pick chords & let ring)
D5 D/F# D5 D/F# F#5 E5 Dsus2 D5
Outro-CHORUS: 3:47- end
G D
tied me down to her tree
G Em Asus4
stayed fit to name me what's I'm going to be yeah
G D
tied me up with her rope you know it
G Em A5 Dsus2 (let ring)
stained her neck but it can't hold Roderigo
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.
