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Stranger by the Day

Shades Apart
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Song

From: somewhere but out there

Subject: shade apart : stranger by the day

date: 5/17/2000

i done it for only 1/2 hour

intro :

U listen 2 the track get the idea to play this intro and actually the intro

played in chorus.

e-------------------------------------------------|	 |----------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|	 |----------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|	 |----------------------|
D-------5-5----5/12--12-12--10--10--10--12-12-12--|(2x)  |----------------------|
A-------3-3----3/10--10-10--8---8---8---10-10-10--|	 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5h9-5-|
E-------------------------------------------------|	 |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------|

Verse I

Dm

Snow is falling from the sky in

G

the middle of july

C

Sun was shining in my eyes

Bm Am

again last night

Dm

Sound goes on without a sound

E

silence is so loud

Am-Am(break)

Something isn't bright

Verse II

Dm

Footsteps echo down the hall

G

no one there's at all

Dm

Everything is inside out, I don't

E

know what it's about

CHORUS:

C G F G

It keeps getting stranger by the day

C G F

Stranger by the day

G C G F

It keeps getting stranger by the day

G Am-Am(break)

Stranger by the day

Verse III

Dm

Going for a walk outside to see

G

what I can find

C Bm

No reflections in the windows

Am

I pass by

Dm

It feels hotter in the shade water's

E

running up the drain

Am-Am(break)

Something's going on

Verse IV

Dm

Conversations with the mind stared

G

at by the blind

C

Imagination must be working

Bm Am

overtime

Dm

The world is upside down,

E

everything is turned around

REPEAT CHORUS:

ADLIB: Dm-G-C-Bm-Am

Dm-E-Am-Am(beark)

Verse V

Dm

By the time I reach your door,

G

I can't take it anymore

C Bm

I just happened to be here in your

Am

neighborhood

Dm

I'm the one who gets surprised,

E

I don't believe my eyes

Am-Am(break)

Your alibi's no good

Verse VI

Dm G

Whatever happened to the world

C

Whatever happened to that girl

Bm Am

I thought I knew

Dm

It just can't be true, I guess I'm

E

losing you

F G

You...

CHORUS 2:

C G F G

Stranger by the day

C G F

Stranger by the day

G C G F G

It keeps getting stranger by the day

C G F G

Stranger by the day

CODA:

C G F G

Ahh-huh-haa-haa... stranger by

C

the day (3x)

C G F Am-Am(break)

yeah, yeah, yeah

ENDING: Dm-Em-Am

Here's the SOLO:

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------12-10-------10-9--------------------|
D----8/10-12-14--12-14-----------12------12-10-9------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------9-10----------9-10--------9-10--------|
D----7/9-10-12--10-12------9---10-12------10-12------10-10--|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------10-9-9-9---------------------|
G-------9-12-10---9-10-9-10--9------------------------------|
D----10-----------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------5--------------------|
B----9-10-12-12/13--12-10--9-10--9-5---5--------------------|
G--------------------------------------5--------------------|
D--------------------------------------7--------------------|
A--------------------------------------7--------------------|
E--------------------------------------5--------------------|

OUTRO:

e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------8-6---6------6-------------------------------|
G----5-7-9-7-9-----7------7---9-7-6-5-4------4-5-5-7-9------|
D------------------------------------------5----------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G----5\4----------------------------------------------------|
D--------7-5------------------------------------------------|
A------------7-5--------------------------------------------|
E----------------8-7-5--------------------------------------|

enjoy!!!

drink coca-cola....

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