Author/Artist: Queensryche
Title: Suite Sister Mary
Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
Email: grans@earthlink.net
Whatever you do, don't play this song alone . . . mwahahaha . . .
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the main riff- need I say more? Maybe that it is very difficult to play . .
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10:00 PM . . .
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After, "Their mind" . . .
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verse riff #1
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singing verse riff
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play this on:it through the night . . .
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Mary's Riff- distorted guitr plays chords while clean plays higher strings
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ending 2- when Mary says, "and you shoot!" ending 3- before the chorus
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chorus- "Mary, my lady of pain . ."
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time!!!!!!!!!!
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Interlude- first bar dive is very slow play section with tons of delay
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you may tap this section also while using whammy bar
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until feedback, weirdo noise
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Interlude #2 x3
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to last verse
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conclusion riff#1
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conclusion riff#2 repeat until the end . . .
h - hammer on
p - pull off
* - trill
b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - fret-hand muting
^ - natural harmonics
ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
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These mean whammy bar --\------/-------
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\ - bar down
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