CRANBERRIES - "linger" Tablature

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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 <dpotts@netcom.ca>
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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