Spellbound - Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
Song: Spellbound
Artist: Siouxsie and the Banshees
Album: Juju
Guitarist: John Mcgeoch

Intro/Verse - Electric with Mild distortion, Chorus, Reverb
Now on the Intro/Verse riff it may sound odd but the bass is filling in the bass notes
John plays the arpeggio so it is in fact correct I think!
E|--------------------0-------1--------------3----|
B|-------------3-3--3---3-3--3-3--------------3---|
G|----------5------------------------------5------|
D|------3------------------------------3----------|
A|---5----5----------------------2/3/5---5--------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
And the bass plays these notes behind the arpeggio
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|---5--3---2--2/10---|
E|--------------------|

Chorus - Acoustic Guitar (Heavily Strummed)
E|---5----7-----10-----9----7-----|
B|---6----8-----11-----10---8-----|
G|---5----7-----10-----9----7-----|
D|---3----5------8-----7----5-----|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
F G A# A G

There is also a 2nd electric guitar feintly playing an arpeggio over the chorus chords
I cannot decipher it.

Post-Chorus 1 - Electric with Mild distortion, Chorus, Reverb
E|----------------------|
B|------0--1--3---------|
G|-----1-1--0--0--------|
D|----0---0--1--1-------|
A|---1------------------|
E|----------------------|
He plays this or a similar arpeggio after each chorus

Solo over Chorus chords - Electric with Chorus, Reverb
E|--------------------------------------- E|----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------- B|-----------13-12-11---|
G|---5-5--7---7---7/12--12---101010-9~--- G|---5---7~-------------|
D|----5-5-------------------------------- D|----5-----------------|
A|----------5---5-----10--10------------- A|----------------------|
E|--------------------------------------- x2 then E|----------------------|
"Following the Footsteps of a..." "We Are Entranced!"

And thats Spellbound! Im Spellbound by Mcgeochs guitar playing! Goodnight ya'll!
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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SPELLBOUND - Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Tabbed by: Daniel Guedes
Email: dguedes@gmail.com


[Intro]
(1st time only)
e|--------------0---------1-----------3---|
B|------3-3---3---3-3---3---3----------3--|
G|----5-----------------------------5-----|
D|--3-------0--0-0-0--------------3-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-------------2-2-2-2-3/5-5-5----|
E|----------------------------------------|

(2nd time and all the verses)
e|--------------0---------1-----------3---|
B|------3-3---3---3-3---3---3----------3--|
G|----5-----------------------------5---5-|
D|--3-------0--0-0-0--------------3-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-------------2-2-2-2-3/5-5-5----|
E|----------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
I'm not 100% sure of which of those 3 combinations of chords is correct, but it
make that much of a difference.
Whatever you choose, just strum away!

e|----------6---5---3-| e|----------6---5---3-| e|----------6---5---3-|
B|-6---8----6---5---3-| B|-6---8----6---5---3-| B|-6---8----6---5---3-|
G|-0---0----0---0---0-| OR G|-3---5----0---0---0-| OR G|-X---X----0---0---0-|
D|-5---7--------------| D|-5---7--------------| D|-5---7--------------|
A|-3---5--------------| A|-3---5--------------| A|-3---5--------------|
E|--------------------| E|--------------------| E|--------------------|

[Post-Chorus 1]
e|-----------------|
B|-----1---3---4---|
G|---1--1---1---1--|
D|--3-3--3---3---3-|
A|-1------1---1----|
E|-----------------|

Different verse-thingie
e|-5--5--5--3--3--3-3--3--3-5--5----|
B|--3--3--3--3--3----3--3----3--3-3-|
G|---5--5--5--5--5-4--4--4-5--5--5--|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

e|-5--5--5--3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-|
B|--3--3--3--3--3----3--3----3--3---|
G|---5--5--5--5--5-4--4--4-3--3--3--|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

[Post-Chorus 2]
e|-------3-----------------------|
B|----3---3--3--------1---3---4--|
G|--5--5---5--5-----1--1---1-----|
D|-3-3--3---3------3-3--3---3----|
A|----------------1------1---1---|
E|-------------------------------|

Riff-thingie
e|------------------------------8-----8---8---|
B|--------------------8---8---6---6-5---5---5-|
G|-----0----0-7---7-----0---0-----------------|
D|--10---10-----0---0-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Alt. Chorus

e|-----------------------------------13-12-11------------------------|
B|-6--------------8------------------13-12-11------------------------|
G|-0(or 3 or X)---0(or 3 or X)-------0--0---0-(not sure about this 0)|
D|-5--------------7--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--------------5--------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Structure:

Intro/verse (a lot of times)
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus 1]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Post-Chorus 2]
[Verse]
diff.verse thingie
[Verse]
[Chorus]
riff-thingie
alt.chorus
end on Dsus4 (which is the 2nd chorus note)



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Song info
Spellbound
Siouxsie and the Banshees
2001
  • Rock
  • Post-Punk
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