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747 Strangers In The Night Tab by Saxon

747 Strangers In The Night tab by Saxon

Guitar Tab 

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.

      E5                   C5                   D5                   A5
  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 Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver' (left channel)
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn' (right channel)
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver (clean)' (left channel)
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn (clean)' (right channel)

 Paul Quinn's Solo
     E5      C5      D5       A5                             E5     C5
 4/4
  Gtr II
              ~~                                                     ~~
  Q   E    E  H       E  E  E  E     +E   E  E     E    E  E  Q      H
|----15b17---15----|-12------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----15-12------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|----------14b16r(14)-12-14b16-12-|-14----12b14r=12----|
|------------------|---------------------------------|----14--------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|


  D5      E5
                     ~~~~~~~~
   +Q.      E  E  E  Q
|---------------------------|
|-------------15----15b17===|
|-(12)\---/16----16---------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


         E5      C5          D5       A5
 ~~~~~~~
   +Q     E    E Q   Q        +Q    E  E     Q   E  E
|--------15b17------17b19r=|=(17)--15-17b19-15--12----|
|-(15)r--------------------|-----------------------15-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


       E5     C5           D5          E5                 E5     C5
        ~~~~~               ~~~         ~~~~~~~~        PM        ~~~
   E E  H        E  E    a  E.   S   E  E  +H        E  E  Q      Q   Q
|-12---12b15----12----|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------15-|----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-16s14--(12)-14-12-(12)\----|---------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------14\-----|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---14-17b19----------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|


  D5        A5           E5      C5
   PM    ~~~
   E  E  H.         E  E  E.  E.   E.      E.
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|-----------14--[14]b16--14--|
|-14-17-14\------|-14-16-17-------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|


  D5        E5                     E5        C5
              ~~~~                            ~~
   E.  S     +H      E  E    E  E   +Q        Q   E  E
|-------------------12-14-|-15h17--(17)pb19r=17--15p14-|
|-----15b17-(15)----------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17----------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|


  D5       A5
                ~~~~
   E  E  E  E  +Q    S  S  E
|-15p14----------------------|
|-------15p14-(14)--14h15p14-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|


        E5         C5          D5       E5
                       ~~~~~
   E  E  E  E       E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-12----------------------|
|-16-14-16-12b12.5-----------|-12----12----------------|
|------------------14-12-14--|----14-12----------------|
|----------------------------|----------14-13-12-------|
|----------------------------|-------------------15-12-|


            E5  C5     D5      A5            E5  C5       D5  A5
            Gtr I                                       Gtrs I, II
                                                                     PM|
    a   Q   E E H      E E S S E +H       Q  E E H      E E E E +Q   E 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
       E5  C5     D5    A5              E5  C5
    Gtrs I, II
    PM                         PM----|
    Q  E E H      E E E E +Q   E E   Q  E 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.)
  D5    E5             D5    E5
               PM|
  E E E E +Q   E E     E E E 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
    (Dm)
    Gtr IV
    E E E Q  Q   +E    E E E Q  Q   +E
||------1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||----2--------------|---2--------------|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   E E E Q  E Q       E E E Q  E Q
||--------0----------|-------0----------|
||o-----3----3-------|-----3----3-------|
||----2--------2-----|---2--------2-----|
||--0----------------|-0----------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|


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


 Graham Oliver's Solo
      E5       C5          D5           A5
  Gtr I
                ~~~~~~                                       ~~~
  Q    E    E   H           +E   +E   E  E      +E.  +E   S  E
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----14b16----14b16=====|=(14)r(14)-12-14b16==(14)r(14)-12----|
|------------------------|----------------------------------14-|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|


        E5         C5                 D5             E5
 ~~~~~~                                         ~~~~~~
   +Q    E   E      +Q    E   E        +E   E   H.
|-----------12b14==(12)r=12--12b14==|=(12)r12--12b14r====|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-(14)------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------14--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------|


        E5        C5        D5     A5
   +Q    E  E      +H        +Q.    Q      +E.  S  E
|-(12)--15-17b19==(17)----|-(17)r==17b19r=(17)-15-12-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|


                                                           Verse starts here
        E5        C5         D5     E5                            |
                                      \1/   \1/   \1/   \1/   \1/ |
                    ~~~~~                                         |
   +Q    E  E      +H         E  Q   +E    +E    +E    +E    +E   |  +Q
|-(12)---------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-------12-----------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|-----------14b16=(14)r----|-12-14--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--||-(14)\-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|


   Main Riff
       E5  C5     D5    A5              E5  C5
    Gtrs I, II
    PM                         PM----|
    Q  E E H      E E E E +Q   E E   Q  E 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.
  D5    E5             D5    E5
               PM|
  E E E E +Q   E E     E E E 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:

      E5  C5     D5    A5              E5  C5     D5    E5
   PM                         PM----|                          PM|
   Q  E E H      E E E E +Q   E E   Q  E E H      E E E E +Q   E 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 - 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

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