Tablature strange affair - Richard Thompson

          



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  From: dimock@smalltalk.harvard.edu (Allyn Dimock)

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  Subject: TAB: Strange Affair by Richard Thompson

  Date: 05 Jun 1995 03:32:53 GMT

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  A Strange Affair                   Si Fadul al-Huwari / Richard Thompson

  

  Transcription and data entry by Allyn Dimock.  This particlar version

  comes from the authorized fan cassette "Doom and Gloom from the Tomb"

  FLYC 001 and was a demo version for the First Light album.

  

  The intro and first verse are transcribed: the guitar behind the

  vocals is not guaranteed to be accurate.  I was mostly interested in

  how simple the accompaniment was, and in how licks are inserted into

  pauses in the vocals.

  

  The song is in the key of B, which I have interpreted as A capoed at 2.

  It seems to be in normal tuning.  The E chords are a bit clumsy as I

  have noted them at the second fret: you may want to play them from a

  half bar on the 7th fret.

  

  1    A                                                                         

  E----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------|

  B----3-3-------2-|-3-----3-2---2-----|-3-----3-------2p0-----|--------------|

  G----2-------2---|-2---4---------4p2-|-2-2-4---2-2h4----h2---|--------------|

  D----2-----2-----|---4-2-------2-----|-----2---------------4-|1/2--2--------|

  A----0---0-------|-0-------0---------|-0-------0-------------|--0-----------|

  E----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|--------------|

    |  |   |   |     |   |   |   | s s   |   |   | s s | s s s    |  |    t  t   

                                                                     This is a

  

  5 E                                   A                   E       A            

  E-----0-----4-----2/4---4-5-4---0---|-------------------|-------------------|

  B---0---0-----5---|---5-------5-----|-------------------|-----0--------2h3--|

  G-4-------4-----4-|-4---4---4-------|-----------------2-|---4---4----2-2h4-4|

  D-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|---2---4-2---2-----|-2---------2--2----|

  A-----------------|---------------2-|-0---0-----0---4---|---------0---------|

  E-----------------|-------------4---|-------------------|-------------------|

    |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   | s s |   |     |   |   | ss |ss     

    strange affair                 the  time  to  travel    road  of 

                                          has         but     is    fear.

                                            come        the     full

  

  9           E                                   A                              

  E---------|-0-----------0-2-|-4-0---0-0-------|---------------------|

  B-2-----0-|-0---0-----0-----|-----0-----------|-2---------2---------|

  G-2---2---|---4---0---------|-----1-----------|-----2---------2-----|

  D---2-----|-2---------------|-2---------2-2---|-2-2---4p2---2-----0-|

  A-0-------|---------2-------|---------2---2---|-0-----4p2-0-----4---|

  E---------|-----------------|-------------4---|---------------------|

    |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   | s s |   | s s            

        this  strange affair                   my youth been      I'm

         is                                         has     wasted

          a                                           all       and

  

  13 E       A                       D       A                                   

  E----------------------|---------|-------------------|---------0-------|

  B-----0--------3p2-----|---------|-------------2--2--|-3-2-2-3---------|

  G---4---4--2-2-4p2-----|-2-------|---2---------2-----|-2---------------|

  D-2----------------4-2-|-2-2-----|-0---4-4---2---2---|-----2-----2-----|

  A----------4-----------|-0---4---|---------0---------|-0-------2---4---|

  E----------5-----------|---------|-------------------|-----------------|

    |   |    |   | s s s   |   |     |   |   |   | s s   |   |   |   |           

    bent  with                  and  all my              taken a-way   and

      and    years                     of  companions

        grey                                       are

                                                                   Esus/B

  17 D      A         D         A         D       A        D   A       F#m     

  E-----------------|-0---0-----0-------|----------------|-----0-----------|

  B-----------------|-3---3---3---------|----------------|-3-------3---2---|

  G-------2-----2---|-2---2-2-----------|---2---2--------|---2---2-2-----2-|

  D-0-4-4---------2-|-4---4-------2---2-|-0---0-----2----|-0---------2-4---|

  A---------0---4---|-----------0---4---|---------0---4--|-----4---2-------|

  E-----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------2---|

    |   |   |   |     |   | s s |         |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    

    who will    me        dying day?  I   took  provision  fooled  wasted a-

          provide a---gainst                my        but      me

              for       my                    own       it       and

  

  21 E                    B(5)7   E                                        

  E-0---2---2/4---0-----|-------------2---2/4--------

  B---5---5-----5-------|-------0---5---5-----5------

  G-4---4-----4---------|---2---2-----4-----4--------

  D-2---2-----2---2-0---|---4-4---2---2-----2-----2--

  A-------------------4-|-2---------------------2----

  E---------------------|----------------------------

    |   |     |   | s s   |   |   |   |     |   |                          

    way           2:Oh    where companions

                            are

                              my

  

  

   


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