SYNDICATE OF SOUND - "mary" Tablature

Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 20:39:10 -0400
From: "Alex Northrup" <springalo430@hotmail.com>
Subject: s/syndicate_of_sound/mary.tab

When the Syndicate's records weren't selling, Bell Records asked the group to do
something more "in the vein of [their big hit] "Little Girl". What they
origianlly
turned out was "Get Outta My Life", which Bell rejected, finding it too
"lyrically
offensive" (looks like a dog/she acts like a hog). Instead, Don Baskin wrote
"Mary",
a great tune, which ironically never charted. Baskin was glad, because he didn't
like the song anyway. After "Mary", SOS recorded 1 more single for Bell,
"Games",
but Bell also rejected it (for reasons unknown). They soon left the label. "Get
Outta My Life", "Games", and a whole hoard of other SOS tunes appeared on a 1988
compilation LP put out by Performance Records. I have also seen a CD version
of this, with even more tracks.

"Mary"
(Don Baskin)
Syndicate Of Sound
1967

Intro:

bass [doubled by piano, 4x]:

A (implied)
v v v v
----------------|
----------------|
0-0-----0-0-----|
------0-------0-|

main riff [electric 12-string, tremolo picked, rhythm varies on
certain repeats]:

A G F E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
9-----10--9-----|7-----8---7-----|5-----6---5-----|4-----5---4-----|
10----10--10----|8-----8---8-----|6-----6---6-----|5-----5---5-----|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Verse 1:

A
Mary's got...
E A
She's also...
A
Always have...
E A
Mary and I...

D E D E D
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

2---|4---------------|------------2---|4---------------|------------2---|
3---|5---------------|------------3---|5---------------|------------3---|
----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
When I opened... And I looked...

[tremolo picked:]

E D E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
4---------------|------------2---|4---------------|----------------|
5---------------|------------3---|5---------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Mary had... And I liked...

[Repeat main riff]

Verse 2:

I knew I had...
I couldn't afford...
If Mary found...
I would sure...

Girlfriends have...
Of telling all...
Mary heard all...
That's the way...

Electric 12-string solo:

[tremolo picked:]

A E A
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

12--------14-12--|12------14-12----|7-----9---7-----|12--------14-12--|
14--------14-14--|14------14-14----|9-----9---9-----|14--------14-14--|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

A E A D
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

12--------14-12--|12--------14-12--|7---------9-7---|12-10-10-9--9--7-7-9-|
14--------14-14--|14--------14-14--|9---------9-9---|14-12-12-10-10-8-8-10|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|
-----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------|

[3x, no tremolo picking:]

E D
v v v v v v v v
------------------------|------------------------|
------12-------12-------|12-------12-------------|
12b13----12b13----12b13-|---12b13----12b13-------|
------------------------|------------------14----|
------------------------|---------------------14-|
------------------------|------------------------|

E [N.C., drum fill]
v v v v v v v v
------------------------|----------------|
------12-------12-------|12--------------|
12b13----12b13----12b13-|----------------|
------------------------|----------------|
------------------------|----------------|
------------------------|----------------|

[Repeat main riff]

Verse 3:

Somewhere people...
But I couldn't...
Even though...
I can't say...

I didn't get...
I didn't get...
I got done...
I didn't get...

Coda:

[repeat main riff, 2x]

repeat to fade [tremolo picked]:

A G F E
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
0-------|0-------|0-------|0-------|
5-------|5-------|5-------|5-------|
--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|--------|--------|
--------|--------|--------|--------|

Questions? Comments? Wanna know more about Syndicate Of Sound?
E-mail Alex at springalo430@hotmail.com