Skip to content
Perfect Stranger cover art

Perfect Stranger

Dropkick Murphys
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Band: Dropkick Murphys

Song: Perfect Stranger

Album: The Gang's All Here

Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

~= ring out chord

Intro: x2 x2

e--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B--3-1-0-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-1-0-3-3-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

(second guitar slams G power chords during this part)

Riff 1: x2

e--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B--1-0-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3--|

G-----------------------| (2nd guitar rings a few G's during this part)

D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-----------------------|

Verse 1:

D C G D C G

Schizophrenic nightmares sending shivers down my spine

D C G D C G

I may be a little twisted, but I swear that my life is fine

Chorus:

A B C G

I'm living with a perfect stranger, is there anybody home?

A B C D

I'm living with a perfect stranger, but I find myself alone

Riff 1 x2

Verse 2:

D C G

Well I'm still working to make life better,

D C G

Though I've fallen from God's grace

D C G

I'm standing still in a shattered mirror,

D C G

Staring at somebody else's face

Chorus x1

Break: x4

e------------|
B------------|
G-------5-5--|
D--5~---5-5--|
A--5~---3-3--|
E--3~--------|

Chorus x1 (This time after the first C snap G--C-G chords)

Bridge:

G~ F-G~

Just when things are back on track, I sabotage myself

F-G~ F-G~

These are all certain telltale signs of my decaying mental health

A,B-C,G

Nobody's home!!!!! (this line x3)

A,B-C,G

I find myself alone!

End on G

That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:

oddmenout4@yahoo.com

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.