GAINSBOURG SERGE - "ballade de melody nelson" Tablature

From: Jean Marc Orliaguet <jmo@fy.chalmers.se>
Subject: TAB : Ballade de Melody Nelson ( Serge Gainsbourg )
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 02:20:36 +0200 (MET DST)


Ballade de Melody Nelson ( Serge Gainsbourg 1971 )




Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
( jmo@fy.chalmers.se , http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )



Notes : The song is extremely more complex in harmony and rythm than
it sounds.

The time signature is a mixture of 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4,
and it can be heard on the record that pieces of bars were pasted
together, which makes it even more difficult to follow with the guitar.

And the vocals ( in french ) usually start on the 2nd beat,
in syncopated time ...



Intro :

3/4 > . > . > . > . . . > . > . > . > .
e-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A-||--9-----7-----9-----|--------------------|--------------------|
E-||--------------------|--5-----------5-----|--7-----5-----7-----|



( let ring ) Dmaj7/E
> . . . . . 4/4 > . . . . . . .
e-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|
B-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|
G-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|
D-|--------------------|--0-----------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--0-----------------|--------------------------|


Verse :

F#m
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|
B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Ca, c'est l'his...


F#m/C# D/F#
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|
B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--3--------------3-----3--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D-|--------------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|
A-|--4-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

de, Me-lo - ...


F#m
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|
B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

son


F#m/C# D/F#
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|
B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--3--------------3-----3--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D-|--------------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|
A-|--4-----------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Qu'a part moi ...


F#m
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|
B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|
G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|
D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

sonne


F#m/A
> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------5--------------|-----------5--------------|
B-|--7--------------7-----7--|--7--------------7--------|
G-|--------6-----------6-----|--------6-----------6-----|
D-|--7-----------7-----------|--7-----------7-----------|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

n'a ja - mais ...


C#m/G#
> . . > . . . . 3/4 > . . > . .
e-|-----------4--------------|--------------------|
B-|--5--------------5--------|--5--------5--------|
G-|--------6-----------6-----|--------6-----------|
D-|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6-----|
A-|--------------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------------|--------------------|

bras ca ...


D#m/F# D/F#
5/4 > . . > . . . . > . 4/4 > . . > . . . .
e-|-----------2--------------------|-----------2--------------||
B-|--4--------------4--------4-----|--3--------------3--------||
G-|--------3-----------3-----------|--------2-----------2-----||
D-|--4-----------4-----------4-----|--4-----------4-----------||
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------||
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------||

tonne mais c'est ...


Bridge ( same as the intro ) and then the verses ...



Chords voicing :

F#m : xx4222
F#m/C# : x44222
D/F# : xx4232
F#m : xx7675
C#m/G# : xx6654
D#m/F# : xx4342






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