747 Strangers In The Night tab by Saxon

Tabs

747
               As recorded by Saxon
           (From the 1980 Album WHEELS OF STEEL)

Music by Saxon
Transcribed by MaggaraMarine

The tuning is between 1/2 step down and whole step down.

   E5E5          C5C5          D5D5          A5A5
 x 7 9 9 x x     x 3 5 5 x x     x 5 7 7 x x     x 0 2 2 x x

Gtr I (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Graham Oliver' (left channel)
Gtr II (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Paul Quinn' (right channel)
Gtr III (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Graham Oliver (clean)' (left channel)
Gtr IV (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb) - 'Paul Quinn (clean)' (right channel)

 Paul Quinn's Solo
   E5E5   C5C5   D5D5    A5A5               E5E5   C5C5
 4/4
 Gtr II
       ~~                           ~~
 Q  E MajorE  E MajorE H    E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE   +E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE   E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE Q   H
|----15b17---15----|-12------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----15-12------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----------14b16r(14)-12-14b16-12-|-14----12b14r=12----|
|------------------|---------------------------------|----14--------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|

 D5D5   E5E5
           ~~~~~~~~
  +Q.   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE Q
|---------------------------|
|-------------15----15b17===|
|-(12)\---/16----16---------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


     E5E5   C5C5     D5D5    A5A5
 ~~~~~~~
  +Q   E MajorE  E MajorE Q  Q    +Q  E MajorE E MajorE   Q  E MajorE E MajorE
|--------15b17------17b19r=|=(17)--15-17b19-15--12----|
|-(15)r--------------------|-----------------------15-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

    E5E5   C5C5      D5D5     E5E5         E5E5   C5C5
    ~~~~~        ~~~     ~~~~~~~~    PM    ~~~
  E MajorE E H    E MajorE E MajorE  a E.  S  E MajorE E MajorE +H    E MajorE E MajorE Q   Q  Q
|-12---12b15----12----|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------15-|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-16s14--(12)-14-12-(12)\----|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------14\-----|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---14-17b19----------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|


 D5D5    A5A5      E5E5   C5C5
  PM  ~~~
  E MajorE E MajorE H.     E MajorE E MajorE E. E.  E.   E.
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|-----------14--[14]b16--14--|
|-14-17-14\------|-14-16-17-------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|


 D5D5    E5E5           E5E5    C5C5
       ~~~~              ~~
  E. S   +H   E MajorE E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE  +Q    Q  E MajorE E MajorE
|-------------------12-14-|-15h17--(17)pb19r=17--15p14-|
|-----15b17-(15)----------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


 D5D5    A5A5
        ~~~~
  E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +Q  S S E MajorE
|-15p14----------------------|
|-------15p14-(14)--14h15p14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|


    E5E5     C5C5     D5D5    E5E5
            ~~~~~
  E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE    E MajorE E MajorE Q   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-12----------------------|
|-16-14-16-12b12.5-----------|-12----12----------------|
|------------------14-12-14--|----14-12----------------|
|----------------------------|----------14-13-12-------|
|----------------------------|-------------------15-12-|


      E5E5 C5C5   D5D5   A5A5      E5E5 C5C5    D5D5 A5A5
      Gtr I                    Gtrs I, II
                                   PM|
  a  Q  E MajorE E H   E MajorE E S S E MajorE +H    Q E MajorE E H   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E
|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------||
|-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------||
|-----------7---3----|-5-5-x-x-0-(0)----|----7---3----|-3-5---7-(7)--------||
|-(12)s15\-----------|------------------|-------------|--------------3-2---||


  Verse
    E5E5 C5C5   D5D5  A5A5       E5E5 C5C5
  Gtrs I, II
  PM             PM----|
  Q E MajorE E H   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  Q E MajorE E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|
||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|
  *
  *don't play this note on the 1st time of the 2nd and 3rd verse.

 1.,2.,3.       4.(The 4th time ending.)
 D5D5  E5E5       D5D5  E5E5
        PM|
 E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  Q
|-------------------||----------------||
|------------------o||----------------||
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||
|-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----||
|--------------3-2--||----------------||


  Chorus
  (DmDm)
  Gtr IV
  E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q  +E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q  +E MajorE
||------1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||----2--------------|---2--------------|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|  Gtr III
|  E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q    E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q
||--------0----------|-------0----------|
||o-----3----3-------|-----3----3-------|
||----2--------2-----|---2--------2-----|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|


 (Dm/C)
 E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q  +E MajorE  E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q  +E MajorE  4x
|-----1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)---||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|---2--------------|---2----------------||
|-0----------------|-0------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q    E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE Q    4x
|-------0----------|-------0------------||
|-----3----3-------|-----3----3--------o||
|---2--------2-----|---2--------2-------||
|-0----------------|-0------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||


 Graham Oliver's Solo
   E5E5    C5C5     D5D5      A5A5
 Gtr I
        ~~~~~~                    ~~~
 Q  E MajorE  E MajorE  H      +E MajorE  +E MajorE  E MajorE E MajorE   +E. +E MajorE  S E MajorE
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----14b16----14b16=====|=(14)r(14)-12-14b16==(14)r(14)-12----|
|------------------------|----------------------------------14-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|


    E5E5     C5C5         D5D5       E5E5
 ~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~
  +Q  E MajorE  E MajorE   +Q  E MajorE  E MajorE    +E MajorE  E MajorE  H.
|-----------12b14==(12)r=12--12b14==|=(12)r12--12b14r====|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(14)------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------14--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|


    E5E5    C5C5    D5D5   A5A5
  +Q  E MajorE E MajorE   +H    +Q.  Q   +E. S E MajorE
|-(12)--15-17b19==(17)----|-(17)r==17b19r=(17)-15-12-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


                              Verse starts here
    E5E5    C5C5     D5D5   E5E5              |
                   \1/  \1/  \1/  \1/  \1/ |
          ~~~~~                     |
  +Q  E MajorE E MajorE   +H     E MajorE Q  +E MajorE  +E MajorE  +E MajorE  +E MajorE  +E MajorE  | +Q
|-(12)---------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-------12-----------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-----------14b16=(14)r----|-12-14--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--||-(14)\-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|


  Main Riff
    E5E5 C5C5   D5D5  A5A5       E5E5 C5C5
  Gtrs I, II
  PM             PM----|
  Q E MajorE E H   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  Q E MajorE E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------|
||o-------------|------------------|-------------|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|
||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|
||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|


 1.          2.
 D5D5  E5E5       D5D5  E5E5
        PM|
 E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  Q
|-------------------||----------------|
|------------------o||----------------|
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|
|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|
|-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----|
|--------------3-2--||----------------|


Riff behind the solos:

   E5E5 C5C5   D5D5  A5A5       E5E5 C5C5   D5D5  E5E5
  PM             PM----|             PM|
  Q E MajorE E H   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E  Q E MajorE E H   E MajorE E E MajorE E +Q  E MajorE E
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------|
|-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------|
|-----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|-5-5---7-(7)-------|
|--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|--------------3-2--|

The song goes like this:


Paul Quinn's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Graham Oliver's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff
Chorus
Paul Quinn's Solo (continue until fade out)


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda