In the Shadows The Stranglers
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E---------------------------------------------------------|
B--14-------12-------10-------9------7-----6-----5--------|
G-----14-------12-------10------9------7-----6-----5------|
D--------14-------12-------10-----9------7-----6-----5----| *let ring
A------------------------------------------------------0*-|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------|
B---5--------------|
G-----5------------|
D-------5----------| *let ring
A---------0*-------|
E------------------|
[A5]What's th[G5]at in the [E5]shadows?
[A5]What's th[G5]at in the [E5]shadows?
[A5] [C5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
(riff 2) (riff 3)
E-------------------| E--------------------------------| B------14-----------| B-----13------------13-----------| G----------14-------| G---------13------------13-------| D--14----------14---| D--14---------13*-----------13---| A-------------------| A--------------------------------| E-------------------| E--------------------------------|
A5 (r.2) C5
Walking down the streets at night
A5 (r.3) G5 E5
Turn around and you die of fright
A5 (r.2) G5
Walking on the streets at night
[C5]Turn around and die of [F5]fright
A5 (r.4) C5
What's that in the shadows?
A5 (r.5) G5 E5
What's that in the shadows?
(riff 4) (riff 5)
E-------------| E--5*-----| B--10*--------| B--8*-----| G--9*---------| G--5*-----| D--7*---------| <- hit with lots of attack D--5*-----| <- backwards strum w/lots A--0*---------| and let ring A--7*-----| of attack E-------------| E--5*-----|
A5 (r.6) C5 (r.7) A5 G5 E5
(riff 6) (riff 7)
E-----------| E-------------| B--7*-------| B--14*--------| G--7*-------| <- hit w/lots of G--14*--------| D--7*-------| attack (note: D--14*--------| A--0*-------| riff 7 is played A--0*---------| E-----------| slightly out of E-------------|
time on the recording!
[A5]Is i[G5]t a [E5]dog, [A5]is i[G5]t a [E5]cat?
A5(r.8) E5 A5 G5 E5
Is it a dog, what do you think of that? (riff 8)
A5 C5 E----------------|------------------| When you're walking on the streets at night B--17--14h15p14--|-17--14h15--------| A5 G5 G----------------|-----------13--14-| Turn around and die of fright D----------------|------------------| A5 (r.1) C5 A----------------|------------------| What's that in the shadows? E----------------|------------------|
A5 (r.1) G5 E5 ^ 98% right, got stuck on the
What's that in the shadows? discordant bit ^
[G5]Is it a do[E5]g, [D5]is it a [C5]cat?
[G5]Is it a do[E5]g, [F5]what do you think of that?
[A5]When you're walking on the streets at [C5]night
[A5]Moving[G5] shiny [E5]bright
[A5]Walking on the [C5]night
[A5]When you[G5]'re walking[E5] on the streets at night
[A5]Oh [G5] - [E5] look a[A5]roun[G5]d you [E5]
[A5]Oh [G5] - [E5] look a[A5]roun[G5]d you [E5]
[A5] [C5] [A5] [G5] [E5]
A5 C5 A5 (r.9) G5 E5
When you're walking on the streets at night
A5 (r.10) C5 A5 (r.9) G5 E5
When you turn around and die of fright
(riff 9) (riff 10)
E--3--s--5---- E------------- B--3--s--5---- B--10--s--7--- G--4--s--6---- <- hit with a lot of G--10--s--7--- <- hit with lots of attack, but D--5--s--7---- attack D--10--s--6--- make the slide really sloppy, as A--5--s--7---- A------------- well as the fingering of the second E--3--s--5---- E------------- chord, listen to the recording to
see what I mean
(riff 11)
[G] [A]
E---------------------------------------- B--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-10--- G--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9---- D--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7---- A---------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------
Who's there in the shadows?
<..short bass bit..>
A5 C5 A5 G5 E5 ('what's that in the shadows'...etc.)
(play riff 12)
[A5]Oh [G5] - [E5] look a[A5]round[G5] you [E5]
[A5]Oh [G5] - [E5] look a[A5]round[G5] you [E5]
(riff 12)
E--15----------------|--15---------------| B------14------------|------13-----------| G----------14--------|----------13-------| D--------------14*---|--------------13*--| A--------------------|-------------------| E--------------------|-------------------|
bass riff repeats with Hugh picking riff 1 until song ends on the bass
note of A.
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