Strangest Thing by Grant-lee Phillips Grant Lee Phillips LITTLE MOON - 2009 CHORDS Transcribed by Vladimir Roman - All credit to him Please e-mail your corrections, questions and suggestions: vladimirroman@hotmail.com Vladimir Roman 2. STRANGEST THING ----- Comments: 1. Parts of Riff 1 also sound in some Verses. 2. Piano chords: Bass Chord Em/B B g - B - e Em/D D g - B - e D/F# F# D - D - F# 3. Guitar chords: Em/B Em/D D/F# e[0] e[0] e(x) b[3] b[3] b[3] g[4] g[2] g(0) d[4] d[0] d[0] a[2] a[2] a[0] e[2] e[x] e[2] 4. Riff 1 is played on the piano. The guitar chords and notes below are, of course, a very simplified transcription. ----- Riff 1: x3 (There's a pause between the 2nd and the 3rd time, where just the G chord + b[--0h3p0h30...-] sound for serveral bars.) g Em/B g Em/B e[--------------------0-0-0-0-------------------0-0-0-0--] b[--0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0---------0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0----------] Em7 Em/D e[--------------------0-0-0-0--] b[--0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0----------] Verse 1: g Bm g Bm Strangest thing days I feel like dirt Em D g And then I see the diamond dust on everything g Bm g Bm Strangest thing something plucks my nerve Em D g D/F# Em D C g D And then I hear a hundred chords a-shimmering Verse 2: g Bm g Bm Strangest thing the way that one guitar Em D g Can move me more than any symphony g Bm g Bm Strangest thing when it stars to pour Em D g D/F# Em D C g D I feel the sadness and the pain go out of me Chorus: g D/F# Em D C g D I don’t feel sad when Cash wears black I hear the train comin’ g D/F# Em D C g D Good things down the railroad track ya gotta believe in somethin’ Riff 1: x1 Verse 3: g Bm g Bm Yeah the strangest thing that assassin’ gun Em D g It was a-trained to fire away on anyone g Bm g Bm Em Strangest thing the way a stranger wept for him D g D/F# Em D C g D And how she spilt a tear of love g Bm g Bm Em Yeah the strangest thing the way that hope can hide itself D g D/F# Em D C g D Behind the walls of anything Chorus: g D/F# Em D C g D I don’t feel sad when Cash wears black I hear the train comin’ g D/F# Em D C g D Good things down the railroad track ya gotta believe in somethin’ Riff 1: x1 Verse 4: g Bm g Bm Em Strangest thing like a potion to unspell D g The curse of human suffering g Bm g Bm Stangest thing strangest things befall Em D g D/F# Em D C g D Even the strongest of us all Ending: g D/F# Em D C g D g D/F# Em D C www.TAB6.com