Super Mario Bros Finger Picking Tab

This is the advanced super mario bros guitar tab page. If you find this too difficult or are looking for an easier way to play this tune: Click here for easy super mario bros guitar tab. Click the picture to the right to play the original Super Mario Bros game and hear the original music. There are some more finger picking guitar tab videos such as Fur Elise by Beethoven in the Guitar Tabs area. You can download the mp3 used to make the guitar tab video above and other mp3's in the Mp3's Section.

Intro:

E---12-12--12------12--15---------------
B--------------13-----------------------
G---11-11--11--11--11--12--12\7---------
D---------------------------------------
A----------------------10--10\5---------
E---10-10--10--10--10-------------------

Note: The last two notes are slid down to the 5th and 7th fret of the A and G string. It is not important which frets you stop the slide on. Stopping around these two notes sets you up nicely for the next part.

Part A (REPEAT ONCE)

E---8---------5--7--6--5--------0-3-5-1-3-0----------
B------8--5----------------------------------1-3-0---
G-----------------------------0-0-4-5-2-4-0----------
D---5---------3--5--4--3---------------------2-3-0---
A------7--3------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

Part B (Play this whole riff twice)

E----3-2-1-----0----------------3-2-1-----0--8--8-8-
B----------4---------1---1-3----------4------6--6-6-
G------0-----5-----2---2----------0-----5-----------
D----------------3----------------------------------
A-3--------------------------3----------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

E-------3-2-1-----0---------------------------------
B-------------4---------1----1-3---4----------------
G---------0-----5-----2----2-------5--7-------------
D--5----------------3-----------------8--10---------
A----3-----------------------------------10-------3-
E----------------------------------4--6--8----3-3---

Suggestion: A lot of this song is tricky when you first start playing it especially if you are not used to finger picking. I found it helpful to break down the difficult riffs into small 4 or 5 note pieces and play those small parts repeatedly to a metronome set at a slow tempo.

Part C
E-----------------0----------------------0----------
B-------------------1-------------------------------
G--5-5--5----5-7------2-0----5-5--5--5-7------------
D--6-6--6--------------------6-6--6-----------5-----
A---------6-------3---3-------------6-------3---3---
E--4----4------------------1/4----4-----------------

E-----------------0-----------
B-------------------1---------
G--5-5--5----5-7------2-0-----
D--6-6--6---------------------
A---------6-------3---3-------
E--4----4---------------------

Note: In part C I pluck the 6th fret of the A string 3 different times. That is one of the last notes I've added to this part. You could get away with not playing that particular note but I think it sounds great with it in there. I started off plucking that particular note with my thumb but I noticed at higher speeds I was missing that note most of the time or it wasn't ringing out very loudly. I have since switched to playing that note with my index finger and I find it much more easy to play at higher speeds.

Intro (2nd Time)

Part D

E--0---------1-1-------5-5-5-3-1---0--------
B----1-------1-1-1-----6-6-6-5-3-----1------
G------0-1-2-----2---------------------2-0--
D----------3-----3--------------------------
A--3---3-3-------------------------3---3----
E----------1-------1/3----------------------

E--0---------1-1-----------1-1-1-0-----0--------
B----1-------1-1-1-----0---3-3-3-1-3-----1------
G------0-1-2-----2----0------------4-------2-0--
D----------3-----3-------------------------3----
A--3---3-3-----------------------------3-----3--
E----------1---------3--------------------------

mario tab

Hurry Up Mario

E-----10--10-10----11--11-11-----12--12-12-----13--13---
B---8------------9------------10------------11----------
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Intro (3rd Time)

After the hurry up mario riff the game plays Part D at an accelerated pace:

Part D (2nd time)

FLAG GRAB

E-3/15----------------------4-----------6-6-6-6----8-
B-------------5-8-5--------4-4---------6--6---6------
G------------5------------5-----------7---7---7---9--
D-----------5------------6-----------8---------------
A----------7------------6-----------8----------------
E-------3H8----------4H8--------6H10-------------8---

Note: 3h8 is a really big stretch. You don't actually have to use a hammer on but a hammer on is really fast so it helps. Here is an alternative way of playing this with a little less stretching:

E-3/15----------3-----------4-----------6-6-6-6----8-
B-------------5---5--------4-4---------6--6---6------
G------------5------------5-----------7---7---7---9--
D---------2-5------------6-----------8---------------
A--------3--------------6-----------8----------------
E-------3------------4H8--------6H10-------------8---

So there you have the advanced finger picking style guitar tabs for super mario bros theme song. I think these melodies sound great at slow speeds. The actual game plays the melody very fast. I suggest trying to play it slow and accurate. don't worry about speed at all. Playing along to a metronome is a good idea but the rhythm in the super mario bros game is some sort of latin rhythm which makes playing to a standard beat a little difficult. It's difficult but far from impossible. Other than that just take your time and practice religiously.