Super Mario Bros Theme

Super Mario Brothers

NES

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Tabber: Kabukibear

Composer: Koji Kondo

Style: Arrangement, Fingerstyle, Percussion

Instrument: Guitar

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"Super Swing Bros" (Main Theme of Super Mario Bros)                                 
~Super Mario Bros~
Composed by: Koji Kondo
Arranged by: Justin Lincoln (Kabukibear)
Get this and more @ www.kabukibear.com

*Playing instructions: Play to the end of the measure marked D.S. al CODA. Go back to the
measure marked Segno and play down to the end of the measure marked Da CODA. Skip to the 
section maked CODA and play to the end.*


Light Swing


     E  E  E  E  E   E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     
E||--7--7--L--7--L------7----|--5--5--L--5--L----------|
B||--8--8--L--8--L--10-------|--7--7--L--4--L--7-------|
G||--7--7--L--6--L-----------|--6--6--L--4--L-----4----|
D||--------------------------|--0--------4--L----------|
A||--7--------0--L-----------|-------------------------|
E||--------------------------|-------------------------|


                                                            >           >     
  E  E  E  E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  Q     
--3--3--L--2--L-----0----|--------------------------|--2---------------------|
--0--------2--L--3-------|--3-----------------------|--2-------3--L----------|
--0--------0--L----------|--2-----------------------|--2-------2--L----------|
-------------------------|--0--0--------------------|--0-------4--L--4-------|
-----------0--L----------|--------0--0--2--2--4--4--|-------------2-----0----|
--0----------------------|--------------------------|-------x-----------x----|

  Segno
        >           >              ^           >      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--------------------------|--------2--5--7--------0--|
-----3-----6-----5-----2--|--L-----2--2--7--7--------|
--4--------6-----5-----2--|--L-----2--2--7--8--------|
--3--------6-----5-----2--|--L--2--------------------|
--------x-----------x-----|--------x-----------x-----|
--3-----------6-----------|--2-----------7-----------|


        >           ^              >           >             >           >      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--3--5-----2--------0-----|-----2-------------------|--------------------------|
--0--------3-----3--3--3--|-----2-----3--L----------|-----3-----6-----5-----2--|
--0--------0--------0-----|-----2-----2--L----------|--4--------6-----5-----2--|
--------------------------|--0--------4--L--4-------|--3--------6-----5-----2--|
--------x-----0-----x-----|--------------2-----0----|--------x-----------x--L--|
--0-----------------------|--------x-----------x----|--3-----------6-----------|


        ^           >              >           ^      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--------2--5--7--------0--|--3--5-----2--------0-----|
--L-----2--2--7--7--------|--0--------3-----3--3--3--|
--L--2--2--2--7--8--------|--0--------0--------0-----|
--L-----------------------|--------------------------|
--------x-----------x-----|--------x-----0-----x-----|
--2-----------7-----------|--0-----------------------|


          ^     ^     >              ^           ^      
    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
|------5--4--4--3--1--L--2--|--L--------0--------0--1--|
|------7--6--6--5--3--L--3--|--L--0--3--0-----3--0-----|
|*-----6--5--5--4--2--L--0--|--L-----0--0--------0-----|
|*--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---------x-----0-----x-----|--------x-----3-----x-----|
|---------------------------|--3-----------------------|


        ^           ^                >              >          
                                                    |---3--|   
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E   E   E   E   E  E   E  E   E   
-----5--4--4--5--5--4--4--|--5--10---L--10---L---------5h--7--|
-----7--6--6--7--7--6--6--|--7--12---L--12---L--6h--7---------|
-----6--5--5--6--6--5--5--|--6--11---L--11---L----------------|
--0-----------------------|--0--------------------------------|
--------x-----0-----x-----|----------x-------0------x---------|
--------------------------|-----------------------------------|


        ^           >              ^           ^      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
-----5--4--4--3--1--L--2--|--L--------0--------0--1--|
-----7--6--6--5--3--L--3--|--L--0--3--0-----3--0-----|
-----6--5--5--4--2--L--0--|--L-----0--0--------0-----|
--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
--------x-----0-----x-----|--------x-----3-----x-----|
--------------------------|--3-----------------------|


        >           >              >           >       
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  Q    E   E  E   E   
-----1-----2--------------|---------------------------|
-----3-----2-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
-----3-----2-----2--4-----|-----2---------------------|
--------------------------|--0------------------------|
--1-----x-----0-----x-----|--------4----3p--0--2p--0--|
--------------------------|--------x-----------x------|


        >           >              >           >       
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  Q    E   E  E   E   
-----1-----2--------------|---------------------------|
-----3-----2-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
-----3-----2-----2--4-----|-----2---------------------|
--------------------------|--0------------------------|
--1-----x-----0-----x-----|--------4----3p--0--2p--0--|
--------------------------|--------x-----------x------|


        >           >                >           >      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
-----1-----2---------------||-----------------0--L-----|
-----3-----2-----------3---||--3--3-----3--L--3--L--3--|
-----3-----2-----2--4-----*||--2--2-----2--L--2--L--2--|
--------------------------*||--3--3-----3--L--------3--|
--1-----x-----0-----x------||--1-----x-----1-----x-----|
---------------------------||--------------------------|


        >                             >           >      
              3    3      3                              
  E  E  E  E  Q    Q.     E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--2--------------------------|-----------------0-----2--|
--3--3-----0--2----1------0--|--L--3-----0--3--------3--|
--2-----------2----1------0--|--L-----------0--------2--|
--0-----------2----1------0--|--L-----------------------|
--------x--------------------|--------x-----0-----x-----|
--------------2----1------0--|--L-----------------------|


        ^                          >           >              >                
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  Q    Q     
--L-----5--2--------------|-----------------0--L-----|--2---------------------|
--L-----3--3-----------3--|--3--3-----3--L--3--L--3--|--3--3-----3--L---------|
--L--2--2--2-----------2--|--2--2-----2--L--2--L--2--|--2--------2--L---------|
--0-----x--------4--x--4--|--3--3-----3--L--------3--|--0--------4--L---------|
--------------2-----------|--1-----x-----1-----x-----|--------x--2--L----x----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|


                                           ^  v             >           >     
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  E  E     Q    E  E  E  E  Q     
-----------------------5--|----------5--L--5--5--3--|--2---------------------|
--3--3-----3-----5--3--5--|----------6--L--6--6-----|--2-------3--L----------|
--4--4-----4-----4--4--6--|----------6--L--6--6-----|--2-------2--L----------|
--3--3-----3-----3--3-----|-------------------------|--0-------4--L--4-------|
--------x-----------x--0--|----------0--------------|-------------2-----0----|
--3-----------3-----------|-------------------------|-------x-----------x----|


        >           >              ^           >      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--------------------------|--------2--5--7--------0--|
-----3-----6-----5-----2--|--L-----2--2--7--7--------|
--4--------6-----5-----2--|--L-----2--2--7--8--------|
--3--------6-----5-----2--|--L--2--------------------|
--------x-----------x-----|--------x-----------x-----|
--3-----------6-----------|--2-----------7-----------|


        >           ^              >           >             >           >      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--3--5-----2--------0-----|-----2-------------------|--------------------------|
--0--------3-----3--3--3--|-----2-----3--L----------|-----3-----6-----5-----2--|
--0--------0--------0-----|-----2-----2--L----------|--4--------6-----5-----2--|
--------------------------|--0--------4--L--4-------|--3--------6-----5-----2--|
--------x-----0-----x-----|--------------2-----0----|--------x-----------x-----|
--0-----------------------|--------x-----------x----|--3-----------6-----------|


        ^           >              >           ^      
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
--------2--5--7--------0--|--3--5-----2--------0-----|
--L-----2--2--7--7--------|--0--------3-----3--3--3--|
--L--2--2--2--7--8--------|--0--------0--------0-----|
--L-----------------------|--------------------------|
--------x-----------x-----|--------x-----0-----x-----|
--2-----------7-----------|--0-----------------------|


         >                                                 
                                           3    3      3   
  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E   E  E  Q    Q.     E   
--2---------------3-----2--|--L---------------------------|
--3--3p--0--1--2--------2--|--L--3p--0-----2----1------0--|
--0------------0--------2--|--L---------2--2----1------0--|
---------------------------|--0------x-----2----1------0--|
---------x-----0-----x-----|------------------------------|
--0------------------------|---------------2----1------0--|


                  ^                                    ^      
  |--3-|  |-3|    |--3-|  |-3|                                
  Q    E  E  Q    Q    E  E  Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   
-------7-----7----7----5-----3----|--2--------------------0--|
--L---------------6---------------|--3--3--------------3-----|
--L---------------6---------------|--2--------4--2-----4-----|
--L-------------------------------|--0--------------4--4-----|
----------x-------0-------x-------|--------x-----2-----x-----|
--L-------------------------------|--------------------------|

                                               Da CODA
         >                          ^           ^       
  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E   
--2---------------3-----2--|--L--3--5--7--L-----7------|
--3--3p--0--1--2--------2--|--L-----2--7--L-----7--10--|
--0------------0--------2--|--L-----2--8--L--8--8------|
---------------------------|--0-----x-----------x------|
---------x-----0-----x-----|---------------------------|
--0------------------------|--------------7------------|

                                       D.S. al CODA
                                   >           >     
  E  E  E  E  E   E  Q        Q    E  E  E  E  Q     
--7--7-----7--L------7----|--10---------------------|
--8--8-----8--L--10--6----|---7-------3--L----------|
--7--------6--L------6----|---7-------2--L----------|
--------------------------|---0-------4--L--4-------|
--7-----x-----0-----------|--------------2-----0----|
--------------------------|--------x-----------x----|


  CODA
  E  E  E  E  E   E  E   E      Q    Q    E  E  Q     
--7--7-----7---------7--10--|---L--------------------|
--8--8-----8-----10--6---7--|---L---------8----------|
--7--------6---------6---7--|---L---------9----------|
-------------------------0--|---L--------------------|
--7-----x-----0-------------|------------------------|
----------------------------|------------------------|


                     ^                          
   E  E  E   E  Q    Q       W                  
---------------------2----|--L----------------||
---9--------10-------2----|--L----------------||
--10--------11-------2----|--L----------------||
---------------------0----|--L----------------||
--------------------------|-------------------||
--------------------------|-------------------||




Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - tap strings
h - hammer on
p - pull off
^ - brush up

@wartin8531 13 years ago

Fantastic.

@auriplane 13 years ago

Hey, it really is fantastic! That wartin8531 knows what they're talking about :-) This is one head-boppin', foot-tappin' number!

Do a recording!!

@demigorgon 13 years ago

completely badass

@Lemoncobbler 13 years ago

I demand a recording now, this is too awesome.

@Ennea 13 years ago

how do i slap and play clear at the same time ? I only have 2 hands, am I not normal ? :S

@Kabukibear 13 years ago

Replying to:
@Ennea how do i slap and play clear at the same time ? I only have 2 hands, am I not normal ? :S

most of the places where you are playing and slapping you will be doing a strumming motion with your hand, as in slapping with the thumb while flaying out the fingers as if you're doing a strum.

@natenmn 13 years ago

This is a really fun, creative, and unique take on the Mario theme. Good job, Kabuki!

@Parhelion 13 years ago

This is really awesome.

@musenji 13 years ago

This looks like another chance for me to destroy my hands for a few weeks in order to get a great tab recorded...

"you will be doing a strumming motion with your hand, as in slapping with the thumb while flaying out the fingers as if you're doing a strum"

...but I don't like the sound of THAT...

;-)

@surreal 13 years ago

I do the slaps a bit differently. Instead of flaying out my fingers like a strum, I do the opposite and pluck the strings normally while my thumb hits the lower strings at the same time.

Whatever works dudes.

@musenji 13 years ago

Replying to:
@surreal I do the slaps a bit differently. Instead of flaying out my fingers like a strum, I do the opposite...

I will accept an ostensive definition of "works". :D

...Now, I know Kabuki won't delay recording due to "not having a proper camera", cause he's recorded tons of fine YouTube videos already.

Am I right, playa?

@karathrow 13 years ago

how can she slap?

@musenji 13 years ago

Wow, not so much with the hand destruction! I should be able to play this not too long from now. Though I don't think I'll be slapping as much as you call for. :/

@thedstring 11 years ago

Just remembered this song, amazing =)

@Bessem 10 years ago

Just EPIC

@musenji 10 years ago

There still isn't an official site recording of this? I learned it 3 years ago and recorded a draft but never polished it up. Maybe it's time?

@hslesperance 10 years ago

Replying to:
@musenji There still isn't an official site recording of this? I learned it 3 years ago and recorded a draft...

doitdoitdoitdoitdoit! One of the best arrangements on the site.

@musenji 10 years ago

Replying to:
@hslesperance doitdoitdoitdoitdoit! One of the best arrangements on the site.

Two months later, and we still have yet to see a recording of this from musenji. Where the hell is that guy?

@thedstring 10 years ago

Replying to:
@musenji Two months later, and we still have yet to see a recording of this from musenji. Where the hell is...

Maybe he's busy playing other stuff....

@quinndangle2 8 years ago

I keep coming back to this.. so good!

@dorishall 5 years ago

This is a good tab, but so hard to play D: well, hard for me to play anyway

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