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Suicide Blonde Guitar Tablature
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                                 SUICIDE BLONDE
                               As recorded by INXS
                           (From the 1987 Album KICK)

Words and Music by INXS
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Michael'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andrew Farris'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Tim Farris'

 Harmonica Intro      Guitar Intro
  Q=116
  E                    E        G  A        E        G  A
 4/4
  Gtr I                Gtr II
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |-3-|
   Q  E E E   H        Q  S S E E. Q  +S    Q  S S E E. Q  +S
|-----------/12----||---------------------|---------------------||
|------------------||o-0------------------|-0------------------o||
|-/9--9s8s9--------||--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|-1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)--||
|------------------||--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)--||
|------------------||o-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|-2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-o||
|------------------||--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|-0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)--||


   Verse
    (E/Ab)
      Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E    Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|--x-----------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|--x-----------------------|
||----------------------------|--------------------------|


   Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E    Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E
|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-----||
|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12----o||
|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-----||
|--x-----------------------|--x---------------------------||
|--x-----------------------|--x--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|------------------------------||


   Chorus (You wanna...)
    E         G#Asus4          E         G#Asus4    G#sus4
    E S S S S S  S  +Q    q    E S S S S S  S  +Q    q    4x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--(9)---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--(9)--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9------------------||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||
||o--------------------------|---------------------------o||
||---------------------------|----------------------------||


   Verse 2
    E         G  A        E        E G  A
     Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
|   Gtr III
|    W                    +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|


  E         G  A        E          G  A
   Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
|  W                    +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||


   Chorus 2
    E         G#Asus4          E         G#Asus4    G#sus4
    E S S S S S  S  +Q    q    E S S S S S  S  +Q   q   4x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--9--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9----------------||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||


   Verse 3
    E         G  A        E          G  A
     Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
|   Gtr III
|    W                    +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|


  E         G  A        E          G  A
   Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
|  W                    +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||


   Guitar Interlude
    (E/Ab)
      Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E    E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|


   E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E    E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E  4x
|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12--||
|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-o||
|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13--||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||


   Verse 4
    E         G  A        E          G  A
     Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o--0------------------|--0-------------------|
||---1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|
||---2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||o--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|
||---0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|
|
|   Gtr III
|    W                    +W
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||o-^0------------------|-(0)------------------|
||--^1------------------|-(1)------------------|
||--^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||o-^2------------------|-(2)------------------|
||--^0------------------|-(0)------------------|


  E         G  A        E          G  A
   Q  S S E E. Q  +S     Q   S S E E. Q  +S
|---------------------|------------------------||
|--0------------------|--0--------------------o||
|--1--1-1-1-4--6--(6)-|--1---1-1-1-4--6--(6)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)---||
|--2--2-2-2-5--7--(7)-|--2---2-2-2-5--7--(7)--o||
|--0--0-0-0-3--5--(5)-|--0---0-0-0-3--5--(5)---||
|
|  W                    +W
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||
|-^0------------------|-(0)-------------------o||
|-^1------------------|-(1)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)--------------------||
|-^2------------------|-(2)-------------------o||
|-^0------------------|-(0)--------------------||


   Chorus 3
    1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
    E         G#Asus4          E         G#Asus4    G#sus4
    E S S S S S  S  +Q    q    E S S S S S  S  +Q   q   7x
||--7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--10--|-7-7-7-7-7-9-10-(10)--9---||
||o-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--10--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-(10)--9--o||
||--9-9-9-9-9----------------|-9-9-9-9-9----------------||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--------------------------|-------------------------o||
||---------------------------|--------------------------||


  8.
  Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


   Guitar Interlude 2
    E
      Q.   S  S S E S S  S  E    E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E
||--^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||o-^12----x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|-12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|
||--^13----x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|-13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|
||--^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||o-^-x-----------------------|----------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|     W                         +W
||--^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|
||o-^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|
||--^-1-----------------------|-(1)------------------------|
||--^-2-----------------------|-(2)------------------------|
||o-^-2-----------------------|-(2)------------------------|
||--^-0-----------------------|-(0)------------------------|


  E
    E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E     E. E S S  S S E S S  S  E
|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12--||
|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-|--12--x-x-x-12-x-x-x-x-12-12-o||
|--13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13-|--13--x-x-x-13-x-x-x-x-13-13--||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|
|   W                            +W
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)-------------------------||
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)------------------------o||
|-^13-------------------------|-(13)-------------------------||
|-^14-------------------------|-(14)-------------------------||
|-^14-------------------------|-(14)------------------------o||
|-^12-------------------------|-(12)-------------------------||


   Guitar Solo
    E           G#sAsus4             E           G#sAsus4      G#sus4
    E  S S  S S S   S  +Q      q     E  S S  S S S   S  +Q      q     4x
||--7--7-7--7-7-9--10-(10)----10---|-7--7-7--7-7-9--10-(10)----(9)----||
||o-9--9-9--9-9-9--10-(10)----10---|-9--9-9--9-9-9--10-(10)----(9)---o||
||--9--9-9--9-9--------------------|-9--9-9--9-9----------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
|   E.   E.     E.         E.  E E   E.   E.     E.         E.  E  E  4x
||--0-----------0--------------0---|-0-----------0--------------0-----||
||o------0-----------------5-----0-|------0-----------------5------0-o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||


  E             G#Asus4
    E   S S S S S   S    +Q    q
|---7---7-7-7-7-9--10---(10)--10----|
|---9---9-9-9-9-9--10---(10)--10----|
|---9---9-9-9-9---------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
|   Q..             Q..           E
|-<12>---------------------------10-|
|-----------------<12>--------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


  E                   G#Asus4    G#sus4 E             G#sus4       Asus4
    E       S S S S   S  S  +Q    q      E  S S   S S S  S  +Q      q
|---7-------7-7-7-7---9-10-(10)--(9)--|--7--7-7---7-7-9-10-(10)----10---|
|---9-------9-9-9-9---9-10-(10)--(9)--|--9--9-9---9-9-9-10-(10)----10---|
|---9-------9-9-9-9-------------------|--9--9-9---9-9-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|  +S   +Q        Q..             Q     +E.   Q..               Q.
|-(10)-(10)S======5---------------7---|-(7)---3-----------------5-------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


   Guitar Solo 8va To Fade
    E             G#sAsus4              E             G#sAsus4      C#5/Ab
     E  S  S  S S  S  S  +Q      q       E  S  S  S S  S  S  +Q      q      6x
||---7--7--7--7-7--9-10-(10)----10----|--7--7--7--7-7--9-10-(10)----(9)-----||
||o--9--9--9--9-9--9-10-(10)----10----|--9--9--9--9-9--9-10-(10)----(9)----o||
||---9--9--9--9-9---------------------|--9--9--9--9-9-----------------------||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
|    E.    E.      Q          E  E  E    E.    E.      Q          E  E   E  6x
||--12------------12---------12-10-12-|-12------------12---------12-10--12--||
||o-------12--------------------------|-------12---------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
Previous guitar tablature in INXS