Depeche Mode – Sister Of Night (Guitar)

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Wonderfully melancholy song from The 'Mode. Song not really suited to conventional guitar chords, or at least they are very 'jazz style ' If you want to convey the smooth feeling of the original song, then it's maybe better to between 'power chord' shapes higher up the neck and mix with lead play to help find the notes that change the mood of the song, but here are the conventional style chords, as the tab book release... ( edited an error for Em7/D {define: Em - 022000 }
{define: Em7/D  - xx0030 }
{define: Cmaj7/G  - 332000 } add 'G' root note for a nicer feel.
{define: Dsus4 - xx0233 }
{define: D  - xx0232 } alternatively add an F# root perhaps {2x0232}
{define: B7/D#  - x64445 } awkward chord. Maybe leave out the 5th fret note?
{define: B7 - x21202 }
{define: Am7  - x02010 }
{define: B7#5  - x25243 } awkward barred chord. big stretch because of root note! Can't
root note tho. Loses the feel and mood without it. {define: G - 320033 } Chords, as of the start of the singing:
Em Em7/D         Cmaj7/G
   Sister of night

Em Em7/D               Cmaj7/G
   When the hunger descends

Em Em7/D               Cmaj7/G
   And your body's a fire

Em Em7/D            Cmaj7/G
   An inferno that never ends

Dsus4             D
   An eternal flame

     B7/D#             B7
That burns in desire's name

Em Em7/D         Cmaj7/G
   Sister of night

Em Em7/D               Cmaj7/G
   When the longing returns

Em Em7/D               Cmaj7/G
   Giving voice to the flame

Em Em7/D            Cmaj7/G
   Calling you through flesh that burns

Dsus4             D
   Breaking down your will

   B7/D#           B7
To move in for the kill

Am7        Em
  Oh sister, come for me

B7#5 B7     G
 Embrace me, assure me

Am7       Em           B7#5   B7
Hey sister, I feel it too

Am7          Em
  Sweet sister, just feel me

B7#5    B7     G
I'm trembling, you heal me

Am7       Em           B7#5   B7
Hey sister, I feel it too
Rest of song follows same pattern. Instrumental outro as follows: Am7 Em B7#5 B7 G Am7
Em
B7#5

B7
(repeat outro section to fade...)
Other lyrics: Sister of night In your saddest dress As you walk through the light You're desperate to impress So you slide to the floor Feeling insecure Sister of night With the loneliest eyes Tell yourself it's alright He'll make such a perfect prize But the cold light of day Will give the game away Oh sister, come for me Embrace me, assure me Hey sister, I feel it too Sweet sister, just feel me I'm trembling, you heal me Hey sister, I feel it too