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#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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