Styx - Sweet Madam Blue Chords & Tabs

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From: dan@saab.hwcae.az.Honeywell.COM (Dan Baderman)


Flash back time....  OK - I said it before but I need to repeat
this disclaimer - for those of you who want exact notes/timing -
get the recording.  I learned this puppy off an 8-trk tape ~15? years
ago.  I play the intro every once in a while when I'm fooling
around, and this is how I remember it.  I'm not even sure what the
name is.... the request was for _Madam Blue_, but then during
correspondance wrote (sweet) Madam Blue...   Anyways this is my
recollection:


Sweet Madam Blue (STYX)
(as per d.badermans hazy memory....)

  <-------harmonics----------|
E-|---7-------|---7----------|
B-|------7----|---------7----|
G-|-----7-7---|-----7--------|
D-|-----------|--------------|
A-|-----------|-------7------|
E-|-7---------|-7------------|
    1 2 3e& 4 | 1 2 3 & 4  |

E-|-2--2-0-----5---|-2--2-0-----0---|---2-----0---|---2---0----|
B-|-0------3---3---|-0------3---2---|-------3-----|---------3--|
G-|-0----------2---|-0----------0---|-------------|------------|
D-|-0----------0---|-0----------2---|-----4-------|-----4------|
A-|-2--------------|-2----------0---|-2-----------|-2----------|
E-|-3--------------|-3--------------|-------------|------------|
    1  2 e &   3 4 | 1  2 e &   3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4
    ss         ss    ss         ss

E-|-2--2-0-----5---|-2--2-0-----0---|---2-----0---|---2---0----|
B-|-0------3---3---|-0------3---2---|-------3-----|---------3--|
G-|-0----------2---|-0----------0---|-------------|------------|
D-|-0----------0---|-0----------2---|-----4-------|-----4------|
A-|-2--------------|-2----------0---|-2-----------|-2----------|
E-|-3--------------|-3--------------|-------------|------------|
    1  2 e &   3 4 | 1  2 e &   3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4 | 1 & 2 & 3 4
    ss         ss    ss         ss

Seems like I jump to 3/4 time for the next line - this is probably
not correct, so if you have a source, listen to it....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/styx/sweet_madam_blue_tab_ver_2.html ]
E-|----------0----|----------0----|----------0----|----------0----|
B-|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|------0-----0--|
G-|----2---2------|----2---2------|----2---2------|----2---2------|
D-|-2-------------|-3-------------|-4-------------|-3-------------|
A-|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
E-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  <-----harmonics---------|
E-|----------|-------5----|
B-|-------7--|----7--5----|
G-|-------7--|----7-------|
D-|----5-----|------------|
A-|----5-----|------------|
E-|-7--------|-7----------|
    1  2  3 4  1  2  3 4


E-|-----------0-----|-3p0-------------|-------0h2-----2-|
B-|-------0h1---1---|-----1-----------|-----3-----3-----|
G-|-----2---------0-|-------0---------|---2---------2---|
D-|---2-------------|---------------2-|-0---------------|
A-|-0---------------|---------0-2-3---|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

E-|-5---2----|-2-2----|
B-|-3-- 3----|-3-2----|
G-|-2---4----|-4-3----|
D-|-0---4----|-4-4----|
A-|-----2----|-2-4----|
E-|-----2----|-2-2----|
        ^   v  ^
    1 2 3 4 &  1 2 3 4


Now repeat the next line forever.....

E-|---------2-------|---------0--------|---------0-------|-------0-------0-|
B-|-------3---3-----|-------3---3------|-------3---3-----|-------3-------3-|
G-|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4----|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
D-|---4-----------4-|---4-----------4--|---4-----------4-|---4-------4-----|
A-|-2---------------|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|------------------|-4---------------|-3-------2-------|
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


Weird notations:
 ss -> slow strum
 ^  -> down strum
 V  -> up strum

My brain hurts -someone else posted the following, and as I can't remember the
rest of the song, I will just include it.  NOTE: I am sorry I have no idea who
submitted the following - it was forwarded to me without credits...


>It's a variation on Bm:
>
>-----------2---------------0---------------0------------------------------|
>---------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------3----------------|
>-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4---------3--------|
>-----4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4---4---------2----------|
>---2---------------0-----------------------------------------4------------|
>-----------------------------------3---------------2-------2--------------|
>
>Repeat 1000 times while crooning softly. The power chord part is
>fairly easy to figure out: all Bm, A, G, D, and E

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-dan-