Cranberries : "Linger" Guitar tabs

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From: wseo@sas.upenn.edu (William J Seo)

@SONG: LINGER 

Music by: The Cranberries 
Written by: N.Hogan & D.O'Riordan
>From the album: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (Island/PLG 1993)
Transcription by: Will Seo (wseo@mail.sas.upenn.edu) *see note at bottom

Introduction
------------
Orchestration

Guitar I (electric - clean/chorus/slight delay)                                                  
e|------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--|r
B|----3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3----|e 
G|--0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2------|p 4
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t

Guitar II (acoustic) 
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|r
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e
G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|p 4
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t


Guitar I
e|------2--------2--------2--------2-- c 
B|----3--------3--------3--------3---- h
G|--0--------0--------0--------0------ o 
D|------------------------------------ r
A|------------------------------------ d
E|------------------------------------ s

Guitar II
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)------- c
B|------------------------------------ h
G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)------- o
D|------------------------------------ r
A|------------------------------------ d
E|------------------------------------ s

Chords : A6/A  C/C~/C~~  G             
                                   
(alternate between A6 & A, C & C~ & C~~ <--- (see bottom for chord patterns)   
                                           

Verse 
-----
[chord progression: D A6/A C/C~ G]
Guitar I & Guitar II - strumming
Orchestration

   D                   D
If you, if you ....
             A6/A
don't let ...
             A6/A
don't let ..
                 C/C~
I'm sure ...
                       C/C~
but it's just ....
                 G
it's ...
                  G
it's ruining ev...
    D                       A6/A
I swore, I swore I ...
                 A6/A
but honey so ...
                            C/C~
so why were you ...
                   C/C~
is that the way ...
                       G
were you ...
                      G
was it just a ....
           
Chorus 
------
[chord progression: D A6/A C/C~ G (same as verse)]          

           D
But I ...
                    A6       A
you know I'm such ...
                               C/C~
you got me wrapped ...
                      G
do you have to ...
       G
do you ...
       G
do you ...
       G              D
do you have to ....

Verse
-----
Guitar I - single chord strums with tremelo/echo effect
Guitar II - strumming

Oh, I thought I ....

If you, if you could .....

Chorus
------
and I miss you.....

[Slide guitar]

and I miss you.....

you know I'm such a .....

Coda
----
e|----2-----2-----2---2-----2------2-|r
B|------3-----3---------3-----3------|e
G|--0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2----|p 3
D|-----------------------------------|e X
A|-----------------------------------|a
E|-----------------------------------|t

e|----2-----2-----2------------------|
B|------3-----3----------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0---2--(let ring)----|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Chord formations:

          D               A6              A               C
        xxo             xo              xo   o          x  o o
      1-IIIIII        1-IIIIII        1-IIIIII        1-IIII*I
        III*I*          II****          II***I          II*III
        IIII*I          IIIIII          IIIIII          I*IIII
           132            1234            123            32 1

          C~              C~~             G               G
        x  o o          x  oox
      1-IIIIII        1-IIIIII        1-IIIIII        1-IIIIII
        II*III          II*III          I*IIII   or     I*IIII
        I*II*I          I*IIII          *IIII*          *III**
         32 4            32             21   4          21  34


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* This transcription is not complete.  Corrections or additions are welcome. *
* (i.e. C~ C~~ chords, the slide guitar part, effects/voicing, bass lines?)  *
* Send feedback to : wseo@mail.sas.upenn.edu                                 *
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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 18:11:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Donald Potts 
Subject: "Linger" by The Cranberries

    Date: December 1, 1996
    "Linger"
    Performed by the Cranberries
    From: "Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We"

    Tabbed by Paula Potts at dpotts@netcom.ca

    Here is the introduction to "Linger". Considerate an attachment to  
    the "Linger" tabbed by Scott A Yanoff; I'm too lazy to put the rest 
    of the song in:).

        D

    e-----2-----2-----2------2-]
    B---3-----3-----3-----3----]
    G-2-----2-----0----0-------] Repeat about 2 times.
    D--------------------------]
    A--------------------------]
    E--------------------------]

        If anyone has "Dreams", "Hollywood" or "Salvation" tabbed,      
        please e-mail me!

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