Linger tab by The Cranberries

@SONG: LINGER

Music by: The Cranberries
Written by: N.Hogan & D.O'Riordan
>From the album: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (Island/PLG 1993)
Transcription by: Will Seo (wseo@mail.sas.upenn.edu) *see note at bottom

Introduction
------------
Orchestration

Guitar I (electric - clean/chorus/slight delay)
e|------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--------2--|r
B|----3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3--------3----|e
G|--0--------0--------0--------0--------2--------2--------2--------2------|p 4
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t

Guitar II (acoustic)
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|r
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e
G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)---------2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)-------|p 4
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|e X
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|a
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|t


Guitar I
e|------2--------2--------2--------2-- c
B|----3--------3--------3--------3---- h
G|--0--------0--------0--------0------ o
D|------------------------------------ r
A|------------------------------------ d
E|------------------------------------ s

Guitar II
e|--2---2-(2)---------2---2-(2)------- c
B|------------------------------------ h
G|--0---0-(0)---------0---0-(0)------- o
D|------------------------------------ r
A|------------------------------------ d
E|------------------------------------ s

Chords : A6/A C/C~/C~~ G

(alternate between A6 & A, C & C~ & C~~ <--- (see bottom for chord patterns)


Verse
-----
[chord progression: D A6/A C/C~ G]
Guitar I & Guitar II - strumming
Orchestration

  D          D
If you, if you ....
       A6/A
don't let ...
       A6/A
don't let ..
         C/C~
I'm sure ...
            C/C~
but it's just ....
         G
it's ...
         G
it's ruining ev...
  D            A6/A
I swore, I swore I ...
         A6/A
but honey so ...
              C/C~
so why were you ...
          C/C~
is that the way ...
            G
were you ...
           G
was it just a ....

Chorus
------
[chord progression: D A6/A C/C~ G (same as verse)]

      D
But I ...
          A6    A
you know I'm such ...
                C/C~
you got me wrapped ...
           G
do you have to ...
    G
do you ...
    G
do you ...
    G       D
do you have to ....

Verse
-----
Guitar I - single chord strums with tremelo/echo effect
Guitar II - strumming

Oh, I thought I ....

If you, if you could .....

Chorus
------
and I miss you.....

[Slide guitar]

and I miss you.....

you know I'm such a .....

Coda
----
e|----2-----2-----2---2-----2------2-|r
B|------3-----3---------3-----3------|e
G|--0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2----|p 3
D|-----------------------------------|e X
A|-----------------------------------|a
E|-----------------------------------|t

e|----2-----2-----2------------------|
B|------3-----3----------------------|
G|--0-----0-----0---2--(let ring)----|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Chord formations:

     D        A6       A        C
    xxo       xo       xo  o     x o o
   1-IIIIII    1-IIIIII    1-IIIIII    1-IIII*I
    III*I*     II****     II***I     II*III
    IIII*I     IIIIII     IIIIII     I*IIII
      132      1234      123      32 1

     C~       C~~       G        G
    x o o     x oox
   1-IIIIII    1-IIIIII    1-IIIIII    1-IIIIII
    II*III     II*III     I*IIII  or   I*IIII
    I*II*I     I*IIII     *IIII*     *III**
     32 4      32       21  4     21 34


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* This transcription is not complete. Corrections or additions are welcome. *
* (i.e. C~ C~~ chords, the slide guitar part, effects/voicing, bass lines?) *
* Send feedback to : wseo@mail.sas.upenn.edu                 *
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  Date: December 1, 1996
  "Linger"
  Performed by the Cranberries
  From: "Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We"

  Tabbed by Paula Potts at dpotts@netcom.ca

  Here is the introduction to "Linger". Considerate an attachment to
  the "Linger" tabbed by Scott A Yanoff; I'm too lazy to put the rest
  of the song in:).

    D

  e-----2-----2-----2------2-]
  B---3-----3-----3-----3----]
  G-2-----2-----0----0-------] Repeat about 2 times.
  D--------------------------]
  A--------------------------]
  E--------------------------]

    If anyone has "Dreams", "Hollywood" or "Salvation" tabbed,
    please e-mail me!