VGJam Tabs Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
"Aboveground BGM" - Guitar tab
Platform(s):Nintendo Entertainment System
Composed by:Koji Kondo
Tabbed by:Deezer
Last modified:2000-12-05
Date added:1999-04-04
Print it:Original file (.TXT)
Hear it:MIDI file
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Super Mario Bros. (NES)
"Overworld"

Originally composed by: Koji Kondo
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Tabbed by Deezer - deezer@usa.net
For http://www.kontek.net/vgjam/
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Standard tuning - EADGBe


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* (see bottom of file)
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|----------------------------------12--15-17--13-15--12-----------|
|-13-----------------12----------------------------------13-15-12-|
|------12--------14------15-14--12--------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x2

|-15-14-13-------------------------------15-14-13---------20--20-20-
|----------16--17--------13-----13-15-------------16--17------------
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                                                        ** (see bottom of file)
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* Continue here from "**" with faster tempo.
** If you started with 400 seconds on the timer, you'll have 100 seconds
   remaining at this point. The game plays some riff for 6 game seconds, then
   it continues on with the tempo sped up considerably. (I haven't figured out
   the riff yet. For a cool effect, rest for a measure then play the rest
   twice as fast.) Go back to the "*" and keep looping until you feel like
   beating down Mario with your guitar.

After you master this tune, you'll be able to play many other Mario songs!
Parts of this theme appear in: Super Mario 64 (Press Start screen), Super
Mario Bros. 2 (Sub-Space theme), Super Mario Bros. 3 (Music Box theme), and
many more. Keep your ears open and you'll notice it in a lot of Mario games.


Revisions:
 12/5/2000 - Transposed everything up one octave, and improved the
             spacing -- the way it should've been in the first place.
 3/12/99 - Second draft ( for kontek.net/vgjam/ ) 
 10/2/97 - First draft ( for classicgaming.com/tmk/ )

VGJam Tabs Super Mario Bros. - "Aboveground BGM"
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