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Tab commisioned by my friend Lorenzo
Performed at Wembley '86
Original key: C# or Db major (the strings of the guitar are tuned down of a halfstep). You can obtain the right key in two different ways:
- tuning the guitar down of a halfstef and playing in D
- putting the fret on 1 and playing in C
Queen used to keep the acoustic guitar tuned down a halfstep, because they played these songs (Baby I Don't Care, Hello Mary Lou,
Tutti Frutti, in cronological order) suddenly after Is This The World We Created, which Freddie wanted to perform in key of Db
instead of D.
Besides, the live version of these songs needs low string tension, and this is a way to obtain a low tension!
I strongly advise you to listen carefully to the Queen at Wembley album, so that you can easily understand the right rithm these
songs need. It's very difficult to explain it by words or by drawings.
in C major
E----0----1-1---|---0------1-1----|---------
B----1----1-1-1-|---1------1-1-1--|---------
G----0----0-0-0-|---0------0-0-0--|---------
D----2----------|-----------------|---------
A-3-----3-------| 3----3----------|-3-------
E---------------|-----------------|---------
C F
I said Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart
C G7
Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in love with you
D E Am
I knew Mary Lou, We'd never part
D7 G C
So Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye heart
E----0-----1-1----|----------
B----1-----1-1-1--|----------
G----0-----0-0-0--|----------
D-----------------|----------
A- 3----3---------|-3---0-2--
E-----------------|---3------
C4 G A B...
C
You passed me by one sunny day
F
Flashed those big brown eyes my way
C G7
And oo I wanted you forever more
C
Now I'm not one that gets around
F
I swear my feet stuck to the ground
C G7 C
And though I never did see you before
I said Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
Sweet Mary Lou
I'm so in love with you
I knew Mary Lou
We'd never part
So Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
So Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
(One more time...)
So Hello Mary Lou
Goodbye heart
In D major:
You just have to transpose the whole sequence of chords up of a tone.
The intro will be the following:
E----2---3-3-2--|-----------------|---------
B----3---3-3-3--|-----------------|---------
G----2---2-2-2--|-----------------|---------
D--0---0--------|-0---------------|---------
A---------------|-----------------|---------
E---------------|-----------------|---------
Beats and Rythm (4/4)
with chords in D major:
D | D | D | D
G | G | G | G
D | D | D | D
A | A | A | A
D | D | D | D
F# | F# | Bm | Bm
E7 | E7 | A | A
D
and the passage:
E----2---3-3-2--|-----------------|---------
B----3---3-3-3--|-----------------|---------
G----2---2-2-2--|-----------------|---------
D--0---0--------|-0---------------|---------
A---------------|---0-2-4---------|---------
E---------------|-----------------|---------
D4 A B C#
You passed me...
D D D D
G G G G
D D D D
A A A A
D D D D
G G G G
D D A A
D
I said Hello....
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Have fun with playing this song. I LIKE IT !
If you have any problem, just contact me, you know my e-mail address (see above)