BLUE MONDAY (12" mix)

by New Order



Tabbed by Richard Magrath (my first!), LtRicardo@aol.com.



Not obviously an easy song to play on the guitar, with lots of electronic

instruments, drum machines, synths, etc. - I don't even know whether there

was any guitar on that song at all - but in reality (though it's not like

I've ever played it live!) because the song is based on the drum machine

rhythm the guitarist really doesn't have a lot to play (unless you really

want to do all the synth parts yourself) yet because of the simple,

repetitive structure of the song (it *was* a dance record after all) the few

melody lines the guitarist plays are central to the whole song and thus

highly memorable. These are, in rough order of how often they occur):



E-----------------------------------

B------------------6-6-6-8----------

G--7-7---7-7-7-7-----------5-5-5-7--

D-----------------------------------

A-----------------------------------

E-----------------------------------



(that's the well-known main melody that comes in right at the beginning)





G--------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--0--

A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3--5-----------------------------

E--------------------------------------------------------



(the really cool bass line)



G----------------

D----------------

A--5--3--------5-

E--------1--3----



(the slightly Tainted Love-ish bass line that runs beneath the bleating noise)





E-----------------------------------

B-----6-------8-------b8(10)--------

G--7-----5-7-----5-7---------5-7-7--

D-----------------------------------

A-----------------------------------

E-----------------------------------



(this is all I can remember of the guitar solo... pla