Madness (tablature)
Tablature
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
This is the bit he occasionally plays live during the 2nd verse:
Tremolo pick all these notes
E|--------------------17------15--14--17-----------| B|--10------8--7--10-------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
Solo
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|--17b19~--|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
[P.M..]
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------15-17b19r17-15-17~-17b19r17-15-17-15~------|
D|----15-------------------------------------------|
A|--17---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------/6----|
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--17b19r17-15-|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
e|-------18-----18-----16-----16-----15-----15-----13-----13------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------16-----16-----15~--|
G|--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13--12-13-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----8---------|
B|---------------|
G|---8----8------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|----------11\--|
For the live version tune your guitar down a half step or move everything down 1 fret.
Chords
Bb
I, I can't get these memories out of my mind
Eb Bb
And some kind of madness is starting to evolve, mmmmm
And I, I tried so hard to let you go
Eb Bb
But some kind of madness is swallowing me whole, yeah
Gm F Eb
I have finally seen the light
Gm F Eb Bb
And I have finally realised what you mean
Now, I need to know is this real love
Eb Bb
Or is it just madness keeping us afloat? Mmmmm
When I look back, at all the crazy fights we had
Eb Bb
It's like some kind of madness was taking control, yeah
Gm F Eb
Now, I have finally seen the light
Gm F Eb Bb
And I have finally realized what you need
Gm F Eb
Now, I have finally seen the end
Gm F Eb
And I'm not expecting you to care, no
Gm F Eb
That I have finally seen the light
Gm F Eb
And I have finally realised
Gm F Eb
I need your love
Gm F Eb
I need your love
Gm
Come to me
F
Just in a dream
Eb
Come on and rescue me
Gm F
Yes I know I can't be wrong
Eb
And baby you're too headstrong
Bb
Our love is...
Madness
Live Version
Live version are 1/2 step down. If you want to play along the studio version, be sure to go 1 fret up :)
Created this tab from their performance in BBC Radio 1.
Guitar starts at the 2nd verse :
Legend
L - tied note
x - dead note
h - hammer on/pull off
b - bend
s - slide
~ - vibrato
g - ghost note
> - accentuated note
t - trill
M - palm mute
. - staccato
P - popping (bass)
S - slapping (bass)
+ - tapping
W - wide vibrato
< - fade in
w - whammy bar
= - tremolo picking
v - brush up
^ - brush down
V - pick stroke up
n - pick stroke down
= = = = = = = = =
E |--5----|--5----|--5----|--5----|--3----|--2----|--5----|--5s---|--17---|
B |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D |-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
= = = = = = =
--17---|--17---|--17---|--15---|--14---|--12---|--12---|
-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
F#m
--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------|
-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10---|
--------11-------11-------11-------11-------11------|
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E
--12-------12-------12-------12-------12------------|
-----9--------9--------9--------9--------9----------|
--------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-------|
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Dsus2
--12-------12-------12-------12-------12------------|
-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10---------|
--------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-------|
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D
--10-------10-------10-------10-------10------------|
-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10---------|
--------11-------11-------11-------11-------11------|
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F#m
--9--------9--------9--------9--------9-------------|
-----10-------10-------10-------10-------10----10---|
--------11-------11-------11-------11-------11------|
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E
--12-------12-------12-------12-------12------------|
-----9--------9--------9--------9--------9----------|
--------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-------|
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Dsus2
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
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D A/C#
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|--9----||
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|--10---||
--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|--9----||
----------------------------------------------------|--11---||
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Solo
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|--16b18~--|
D|----------|
A|----------|
D|----------|
[P.M..]
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------14-16b18r16-14-16~-16b18r16-14-16-14~------|
|----14-------------------------------------------|
|--16---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------/7----|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--16b18r16-14-|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-------17-----17-----15-----15-----14-----14-----12-----12------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------15-----15-----14~--|
|--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12--11-12-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------||
|------12---------||
|-----------------||
|--12------12-----||
|-----------------||
|--------------11\||
Chorus/Outro
F#5
E ||-----------------------------------------------------|
B ||---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
G ||O--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
D ||O--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
A ||---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
D ||---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----|
E/A
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--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----|
--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x----|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
Dsus2/A
----------------------------------------------------|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
D/A
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--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---O|| x4
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---O||
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----||
--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----||
F#m/C#
||---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
||---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
||O--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
||O--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
E/B
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
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Dsus2
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----|
--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------|
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----|
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D
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||
--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10----||
--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---O|| x4
--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---O||
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A/C#
--9----||
--10---||
--9----||
--11---||
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