Lucretia Guitar Tab

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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 96 13:52 GMT
From: petenem@cix.compulink.co.uk (Peter Croft)
Subject: TAB: Lucretia by Sisters of Mercy

Title:      Lucretia my Reflection
By:         The Sisters of Mercy
From:       Floodland

Transcribed by: P Croft (petenem@cix.compulink.co.uk)

Comments
~~~~~~~~
This is really a bass line, as for the most part there is no
guitar in the song.   However, it can be doubled, or you can
beef up the guitar sound by playing it as in the second tab

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------3-2-------------3-2--|
|-------------------3-3-3-3-------5---5-5-5------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|

Repeat.

OR:

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5-5-5-5-3-2---7---7-7-7-3-2--|
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-------5---5-5-5------|
|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------|

Repeat.

Guitar chords during the chorus are very much in the background and
seem to mirror the basic changes of the bass line.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Corey Average	#1 by Corey La Plante at May 17, 1986 at 8:10 PM EST
	Or, perhaps a referrence to Ghost Dancing (Native American Spiritualism). Either way, a great song. There is something about the vocal qualities of Eldritch that sticks in the brain long after the tracks have stopped playing.

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#2 by Alex Russo at Mar 28, 1989 at 6:08 PM EST
	Doesn't this song actually refer to Lucrezia Borgia, the woman who's often portrayed as a femme fatale in many operas and plays..

No Picture Eric Average	#3 by Eric at Jul 12, 1996 at 3:20 PM EST
	I agree with xinnieful and errky that the quoted part is definitely the highlight of the song. I think most people know what this is about (maybe?), but in the interest of wasting time while I'm waiting for dinner, here it is again: This is Eldritch's "welcome to the band, Patricia (Morrison)!" song. The whole thing is a metaphor for the release of the new album and the return of the new incarnation of The Sisters after the breakup of the original. "I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Love lost, fire at will Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill" The press coverage of the split and the fallout afterwards. "Empire down" Everyone thought Eldritch was retired (and/)or dead. "We got the empire, now as then, We don't doubt, we don't take direction, Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me" Translation: "I was the most important one in the band, I'm back, I don't care what anyone else thinks or thinks I should do, I've got a crazy goth bird with me now and I'm going to make a cheeky reference to ex-Sisters member Gary Marx's new band Ghost Dance."

No Picture Squats Average	#4 by Squats at Feb 10, 2000 at 9:53 AM EST
	Its a classic "we rock harder than you" song, made up of decadent imagery, rock'n'roll rebellion, revolution, a statement of intent, them against the world - and it describes the different elements of the Sisters. The big machine is Doctor Avalanche, Lucretia is new member Patricia Morrison, and there are a few references just for Sisters fans (Long Train being a rare b-side). This is one of Eldricths most direct songs, despite every line being basically a metaphor.