Foreigner – Blue Morningblue Day (Guitar Tab)
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BLUE MORNING, BLUE DAY
As recorded by
Words and Music by Mick Jones and Lou Gramm
Bm
x x 9 7 7 7 B°/D
x 5 x 7 6 7 Bm/F#
x 9 9 7 7 7 G7
x 10 12 10 12 10
F#
x 9 11 11 11 x A
x x 7 6 5 5 G
x 10 12 12 12 10 F#7sus4
x 9 11 9 12 x
F#7
x 9 11 9 11 9 F#°/A
x 12 10 11 10 x F#m/C#
9 x 11 11 10 9 D7
10 x 10 11 10 10
F#m
x 9 11 11 10 9
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=120
Bm B°/D Bm/F# G7
4/4
Gtr III
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H. +Q |-----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|------------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-9-8-9-----8-9-10-|-(10)--------(10)\--| |-7-6-7-----6-7-9-|-10-9-10-----9-10---|------------------|--------------------|
Bm B°/D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-14-13-14-----13-14-16-|-17-16-17-----16-17---| |-----------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtr I | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |--7--6--7------6--7--9-|-10--9-10------9-10---|
Bm/F# G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E Q |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------15\-----| |-----------------------|---------16-(16)------------| |-16-15-16-----15-16-17-|-(17)------------17---------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E Q E |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------| |--9--8--9------8--9-10-|-(10)-----8--(8)--7---------| |-----------------------|------------------------10--|
Verse
F# Bm A G
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
F# Bm A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
H H Q. E +Q Q H H
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||o-------1-----|-2-----5-(5)--2--|-------4-----|
||--2-----------|-----------------|-5-----------|1. 2.
G G F#
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
PM| PM|
Q. E +Q Q H +E S S E S S
|------------------||------------------------||
|-----------------o||------------------------||
|------------------||------------------------||
|------------------||------------------------||
|-------2-(2)--5--o||---------------4-0-0----||
|-3----------------||-3-----(3)-0-0-2--------||Chorus
$
$$
Bm G7 F#7susF#7 Bm
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM| PM| ~~~~~~ H +Q. S S H +Q. S S H H E E +E E +Q. E |-2-----(2)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------| |-3-----(3)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------| |-4-----(4)--------|-4-----(4)--------|-4-----3-----|-------------------------| |-4-----(4)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------| |-2-----(2)--------|-5-----(5)--------|-4-----4-----|-------------2-(2)----0--| |--------------2-2-|-3-----(3)----0-0-|-2-----2-----|---5b5.5-(5)-------------|
To Coda
To Coda
Bm G7 F#7susF#7 Bm
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM| PM| ~~~~~~
H +Q. S S H +Q. S S H H E Q E +Q. E
|-2-----(2)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------|
|-3-----(3)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------|
|-4-----(4)--------|-4-----(4)--------|-4-----3-----|-------------------------|
|-4-----(4)--------|-3-----(3)--------|-2-----2-----|-------------------------|
|-2-----(2)--------|-5-----(5)--------|-4-----4-----|-----------2-(2)---------|
|--------------2-2-|-3-----(3)----0-0-|-2-----2-----|---5b5.5------------(0)--|Bm B°/D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-14-13-14-----13-14-16-|-17-16-17-----16-17---| |-----------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtr I | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |--7--6--7------6--7--9-|-10--9-10------9-10---|
Bm/F# G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +H. +Q |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-16-15-16-----15-16-17-|-(17)--------(17)\---|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E +H. +Q |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------|| |--9--8--9------8--9-10-|-(10)--------(10)\---|| |-----------------------|---------------------||
Verse
F# Bm A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
H H Q. E +Q Q H H
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|
||o-------1-----|-2-----5-(5)--2--|-------4-----|
||--2-----------|-----------------|-5-----------|1.,2.,3. 4.
D.S. al Coda
G G F#
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
PM| PM|
Q. E +Q Q 3x H +E S S E S S
|------------------||------------------------||
|-----------------o||------------------------||
|------------------||------------------------||
|------------------||------------------------||
|-------2-(2)--5--o||---------------4-0-0----||
|-3----------------||-3-----(3)-0-0-2--------||Guitar Solo
&
F#m F#°/A
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
Gtr II e S +S H. E +E E E +H |---------------------------|------------------------| |-10-9pb10r(9)-7------------|-9b10r(9)-7-------------| |---------------------------|------------7-(7)-------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr I | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |--2-1---------2------1-2-4-|-5-----4--5-------4-5---|
F#m/C# D7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E E E |-------------9-/14-------|---------14-(14)----17---| |----------10-------14-15-|-(15)------------15------| |-------11----------------|-------------------------| |---/11-------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| ~~ | E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E Q |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|----------4--(4)-----7---| |-4---3--4--------3--4--5-|--(5)-------------5------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#m
Q Q Q Q
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/ / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S E
|-4h5p4-2-----4h5p4-2-----4h5p4-2-|
|---------5-2---------5-2---------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||
| E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-2-----1---2-----------1-2-----4-|
F#°/A
Q Q Q Q
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/ / / /
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S E
|-10h12p10----------10h12p10----------------------|
|----------12-10-------------12-10----13p12p10----|
|----------------11----------------11----------11-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------||
| E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--5--------4-----5-----------------4--5----------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
F#m/C# D7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E +E E E +Q. E +Q E +E |---------14-16pb17r(16)-14--------|----------16-(16)--17-(17)\---|| |------14-------------------17b19==|=(17)r------------------------|| |---14-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------||
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| PM--| | E E E E E E E E +H +Q. S S |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------|| |-4--3--4-------------3---4--5-----|--(5)---------(5)-------0---0-|| |----------------------------------|------------------------------||
&&
Bm G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
Gtr II
W E Q E +E Q E
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|---12-------------------|
|------------------|--------12-(12)-10---11-|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------||
| Gtr I | PM| | H +Q. S S W |-2-----(2)--------|-3----------------------| |-3-----(3)--------|-3----------------------| |-4-----(4)--------|-4----------------------| |-4-----(4)--------|-3----------------------| |-2-----(2)--------|-5----------------------| |--------------2-2-|-3----------------------|
Bm G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
+W E Q E +E Q E
|---------------------|---------------------17--|
|---------------------|--------12-(12)-15-------|
|-(11)----------------|---12--------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------||
| PM| | H +Q. S S W |---2------(2)--------|-3-----------------------| |---3------(3)--------|-3-----------------------| |---4------(4)--------|-4-----------------------| |---4------(4)--------|-3-----------------------| |---2------(2)--------|-5-----------------------| |-----------------2-2-|-3-----------------------|
Bm G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
W E Q E +E Q E
|-14----------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---12-------------------|
|-------------------|--------12-(12)-10---11-|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------||
| PM| | H +Q. S S W |--2-----(2)--------|-3----------------------| |--3-----(3)--------|-3----------------------| |--4-----(4)--------|-4----------------------| |--4-----(4)--------|-3----------------------| |--2-----(2)--------|-5----------------------| |---------------2-2-|-3----------------------|
Bm G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
+W W |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |-(11)---------------|-10---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|| |--------------------|------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |---3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|| |---4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|| |---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| |--------------------|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Outro
Bm B°/D
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-14-13-14-----13-14-16-|-17-16-17-----16-17---| ||------------------------|----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||------------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------------|----------------------| ||---7--6--7------6--7--9-|-10--9-10------9-10---|
1.
Bm/F# G7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E Q |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------15\----o|| |-----------------------|---------16-(16)------------|| |-16-15-16-----15-16-17-|-(17)------------17---------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------o|| |-----------------------|----------------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E Q E |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------o|| |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |--9--8--9------8--9-10-|-(10)-----8--(8)--7--------o|| |-----------------------|------------------------10--||
2.
G7 Bm
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H
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/ / / / / / / / /
Q. E +E E Q Q. E +Q Q q Q H |-----------------------|---------15-(15)--17--|-19----------*| |-------------------15--|--18------------------|-------------*| |--------16-(16)--------|----------------------|-------------*| |-17-------------17-----|----------------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*|
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| W +W q Q H |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|-------------*| |-10--------------------|-(10)-----------------|-------------*| |-----------------------|----------------------|--7----------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths