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  Stranger In a Strange Land
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  nigelolympus@tinet.ie
  
  Tune your guitar normally.
  
  Use some light crunch distortion, and the bridge pickup.
  Use delay to repeat the notes after one beat.
  (Listen to chord at 0:20 for an example of this.)
  
  Riff 1:
     (Staccato.)
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  3||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7---5---x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-|| (x4)
  4||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7---7---x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-7-x-x-||
  5||-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5---5---x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-5-5-x-x-||
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      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     (3rd & 4th time:)
      Whoa_________________________________________________________.
  
  -----
  Verse
  -----
  
      (0:16)
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      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
  
     (0:23)
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      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     (Lyrics 3rd & 4th times:)
      Whoa_________________________________________________________.
  
     (0:39)
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      1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
      Stran   -   ger__________.                      Stranger in a
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     strange         land_____________.                          He
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     looked at       me      like    I_________              was the
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     one who     should  run.                                 1. We
                                                              2. I
    (0:54)
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     asked him   to  smile,      for a   phot  - o - graph.
     watched as  he  watched  us get back  on the  bus.          I
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     Wai-ted     a   while,      to  see if      we      could
     watched the way     it  was.                                The
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     make        him laugh.
     way it      was,           when he  was         with us__________
  
    (1:05)
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     Aaah____________________________________.                   The
     _____________________.                                  And I
  
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  2|-3-------------------------------|---------------7--/9---9--/12--|
  3|-2-------------------------------|---------------7--/9---9--/12--|
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  5|-0-------------------------------|---------------5--/7---7--/10--|
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     sol  -  dier    asked       for a   cig-a - rette.          His
     rea-lly don't   mind    sleeping on the     floor,      but I
  
    (1:13)
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
         smiling     face    I       can't   for -   get.        We
     can't fall      asleep  af -ter what I  saw.                I
  
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     looked  at      him         a - cross  the  street,         but
     wrote this      letter      to  tell    you,                the
  
    (1:20)
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     that's a        long    way     here.
     way             I               feel.
  
  1st Verse:
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     Aaah____________________________________,               and I
  
    (1:36)
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  Repeat Riff 1
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  times, then
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  Verse 2.
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     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     wish    you     were    here.
  
  2nd Verse:
    (3:05)
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  Continue strumming muted
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  strings, with occasional
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  4|-7-----7-|
  5|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
  5|-7-and-5-| chords.
  6|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
  6|-5-----7-|
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
                             Aaah_____________,                  I
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     wish    you     were    here_____________.
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
                             Ooh_____________________,       I
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     wish    you         were        here_____________.
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
                                                                 To
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     see     what I      could see.                              To
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     hear,                                                   and I
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     wish    you    were here_____________.
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     Oh___________________________________________________________
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     _________________________.
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &
     Oh___________________________________________________________
  
     1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   (Fade
  out.)
     _________________________.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  STRANGER IN A SRANGE LAND
  
  
  tabbed by: saarikan@ameba.lpt.fi
  
  Intro:  
  
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  b|-3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-1--|-3-1--1-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|   x4
                                                           ( mute )
  Em - Em - Am - Am
  
  bass enters:
  d|--------5-----|--------------|
  a|-7-7---------|-7-7--------|  x4
  E|---------------|---------5---|
  
  E                                  D
  Stanger, stranger in a strange land
  
        E                         G
  He looked at me like I
  
          D
  Was the one who should run
  
         E
  We asked him to smile for a photograph
  
                                                               D/E
  Waited a while to see if we cold make him laugh
  
  A/E      E
  Oh...
  
     E
  A soldier asked for a cigarette
  
       G/E
  Smiles a face Ican't forget
  
         D/E
  He looked like you across the street
  
                                              G       D
  But that's a long way here oh..
  
                                     Am        G  D
  And I wish you were here    oh...
  
                                    Am
  And I wish you were here
  
  (same as intro) 
  
  Stanger, stranger in a strange land
  He looked at me like I
  Was the one who should run
  I watched as he watched us
  Get back on the bus
  I watched the way it was
  The way it was when he was with us
  
  And I really don't mind
  Sleeping on the floor
  But I can't sleep after what I saw
  I wrote this letter to tell you
  The way I feel   oh...
  
                              Am     G  D
   I wish you were here 
  
                                Am     G  D
   I wish you were here 
  
                           Am
  To see what I could see
  
        G  D
  To hear
  
                                    Am    G - D - G - A
  And I wish you were here oh...             ( fade)

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