Nine While Nine

Song

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From: cy888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul Thompson)

Nine While Nine

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by The Sisters of Mercy

(as played by iwitnis)

(eigenstr@CS.Rose-Hulman.Edu)

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Guitar

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(Thanks to Par Svensson (t89par@bellatrix.tdb.uu.se) for the original

tab I saw.)

Riff 1:

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|--2-3-2-----2-----0--------------|-2-3-2-----2-----0--------0-------|
D|---------0----0-3---3-3-3s5-5-5--|--------0----0-3---3-2--2---2-----|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Riff 2:

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|--2-3-2-0--|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Riff 3:

(a) (b)

e|--------------------------    e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------    B|--------------------------|
G|-2----2-----0-------------    G|-2----2-------------------|
D|--0--0-----------2-3-2-0--    D|--0--0------2----2-3-2-0--|
A|-------3---3-3------------    A|-------3---3-3------------|
E|--------------------------    E|--------------------------|

(c)

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-2----2---|
D|--0--0----|
A|-------3--|
E|----------|

Riff 4:

e|--------0-0---------------------|
B|-3--3-3-----3-1--1-1-1-----1-1--|
G|-----------------------2-2------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Riff 5:

e|--------0-0------|
B|-3--3-3-----3-1--|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Riff 6:

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-3-2----------------------------------------|
D|---------2-2-0-0-------------------------------|
A|-----------------3-3-2-2-0---0--0-0-0000...----|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Bass (transcribed by Frank Tower)

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(a)

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---8-7-3-----------3--|
E|---------------------3---0------|

(b)

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---3---3-------0--|
E|-------------------------3------|

(c)

G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|-5---5---5---5---3p0h3p0-----0--|
E|-------------------------3------|

Notes:

Riffs 4 and 5 are played as backing on the First and Last and Always

disc, and they're also played by a keyboard. However, on the

"Knocking on Heaven's Door" bootleg, at least, the lead guitar plays

them. If you only have one guitar and no keyboard, they add a little

variety to an otherwise very repetivitve song. (If you listen closely

to the studio version, you can pick up the rhythm.)

Bass riff (a) is what's actually played. However, Frank does the

vocals as well as bass, and riff (a) is a little too complicated to

play while singing, so he plays (a) when he's not singing, and

switched between (b) and (c) when he is. I'm too busy with the guitar

to pay attention to which he plays when.

Here's how I play it:

Intro:

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3c

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3c

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3b

4 4 4 5

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3c

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3c

1 1 2 3a 3b 3a 3b 3a 3b 3a 3b

4 4 4 5

6 (or repeat 4 4 4 5 to fade)