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Moody Blues - Isnt Life Strange tab

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                          ISN'T LIFE STRANGE – Moody Blues
                                    (John Lodge)
                               Seventh Sojourn [1972]
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Tabbed by: varannion
Email:     dm_hughes1@hotmail.com

Tuning: standard


    Intro
     (cello)
      C             D7                     Dm             G
e|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
B|---------5--8--|--8----10--8--7-------|-------6--10--|--------------|
G|----5----------|-------------------7--|--7-----------|-------7--10--|
D|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--9-----------|
A|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
E|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|



      C             D7                     Dm             G
e|---------------|----------------------|--------------|----------7--|
B|---------5--8--|--8----10--8--7-------|-------6--10--|-------------|
G|----5----------|-------------------7--|--7-----------|-------7-----|
D|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--9----------|
A|---------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------|
E|---------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------|



      G
e|----8-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

    Verse 1
                                (cello)
      C                          Dm      
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|--15----13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|



      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6-------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|--8-------------------|
G|----7-----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|



      C                          Dm      
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|



      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6----5--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|

                                 Pre-chorus

      G                          C           G              Am          D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|



      Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

    Chorus
       ~~~~       ~~~~                  ~~~~
      C    G                Am         G
e|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-------7--5---------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7-7----------7-7-----|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------|


         ~~~~          ~~~~             ~~~~
      F               Em               Dm       G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|



      C              G                   Am       G
e|------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----17-------17----15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12--------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------17-17----17----17-17---------|-----14-14-------14-14--|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------|


                                        ~~~~
      F              Em                Dm       G           F
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


     (cello)
      C                D7
e|------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------|-------2-------------|
D|------------2--5--|--5-------5--4-------|
A|----3-------------|------------------5--|
E|------------------|---------------------|



      Dm            G                  G
e|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------2--|----------4--5----|-(5)----------------------|
D|---------3-----|------------------|--------------------------|
A|----5----------|--2----5----------|--------------------------|
E|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|

    Verse 2
                                (cello)
      C                          Dm      
e|----------------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------------|--12----10--9----7--|
A|----------------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----5-----------------------|--10----9--7----5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|



      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----2-----------------------|--7----5--3-------|
A|----------------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------3--|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|--5-------------------|
A|----5-----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|



      C                          Dm      
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|


                                      ~~~~      ~~~~
      G                          C
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--15/17---\15--13----12--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|


        ~~~~                          ~~~~      ~~~~
      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----10----------------------|--13/15---\13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|

                                 Pre-chorus
       ~~~~
      G                          C           G              Am          D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|



      Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

    Chorus
       ~~~~~      ~~~~                ~~~~ 
      C    G                Am       G
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-----7--5-------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7----------7-----|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|


         ~~~~          ~~~~             ~~~~   
      F               Em               Dm       G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|



      C           G                   Am          G
e|---------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----17-------17-15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12--------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------17-17-------17-17---------|-----14-14-------14-14--|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------|


                                        ~~~~
      F              Em                Dm       G           F
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


       ~~~~                     (clarinet) ~~~~
      C                          C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----3-----------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|


                                           ~~~~
      C                          C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|


                                           ~~~~
    C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|

    Verse 3
                        (cello)
      C                  Dm      
e|--------------------|----------------------|
B|--------------------|--15----13--12----10--|
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|


[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/moody-blues/308082.html ]
      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6-------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|



      G                          C
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----7-----------------------|--12----------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|



      C                          Dm      
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|


                                      ~~~~      ~~~~
      G                          C
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--15/17---\15--13----12--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|


        ~~~~                          ~~~~      ~~~~
      Am                         Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----10----------------------|--13/15---\13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|

                                 Pre-chorus
       ~~~~
      G                          C           G              Am          D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|



      Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|

    Chorus
       ~~~~~      ~~~~                  ~~~~
      C    G                Am         G
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-------7--5-------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7-7----------7-----|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|


        ~~~~           ~~~~             ~~~~
       F              Em               Dm       G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|



      C            G                   Am          G
e|----------------------------------|---------------------|
B|----17-------17--15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12-----|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------17-17----------------------|-----14-14-------14--|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------|


                                        ~~~~
      F              Em                Dm       G
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


       ~~~~      
      C                       G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-----------------------------------|
G|----------------5-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----------------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|



      Am                      G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----------1-----------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----2-----------2-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----0-----------0-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|



      F                       Em
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----------|
D|----3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------|
A|----3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------|
E|----1-----------1-----------0-----------0-----------|



      Dm                      G
e|----1-----------1-----------------------------------|
B|----3-----------3-----------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----0-----------0-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----------------------------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|


               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      C                       G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------15b17---------------------------------------|
G|----12----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Am                      G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------(17)r15p13h15--|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|



      F           Em
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----13------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------12h14p12h14p12------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14h15p14p12------------|
A|-------------------------------------------15p14p12\--|
E|------------------------------------------------------|


       ~~~~                                     ~~~~~~            ~~~~~~
      Dm          G                           C                 G
e|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------15--|--17--------15--13--15--------13--12--|
G|----------------------------14-16-17-----|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------14-15-17--------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----10----------17-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


        ~~~~~~            ~~~~~~              ~~~~~~         ~~~~~~
      Am                G                   F               Em 
e|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----13--------12--10--12--------10--8--|--10--------8--6--8--------6--5---|
G|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


       ~~~~~~                   ~~~~
      Dm       G               C               G
e|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----6--------5h6p5--------|----------5-----------------------|
G|-------------------7-5-7--|--5-------5-------4-------4-------|
D|--------------------------|----------5-------5-------5-------|
A|--------------------------|----------3-------5-------5-------|
E|--------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|



      Am              G                  F               Em
e|----0-------0-----------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----1-------1-----------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----2-------2-------4-------4-------|--2-------2-------0-------0-------|
D|----2-------2-------5-------5-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
A|--------------------5-------5-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|--------------------3-------3-------|--1-------1-------0-------0-------|


                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Dm              G                     C               G
e|----1-------1--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----3-------3--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----2-------2--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|----0-------0-------------------2-3-5--|-(5)-------------(5)-----------------|
A|--------------------------2-3-5--------|-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------1-3-5--------------|-------------------------------------|


    ~~~                  ~~~~            ~~~~          ~~~~
      Am                G             F               Em
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---(5)--5--5/7-----7--5-------5--|--------------------------------|
A|----------------7----------7-----|--7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|


       ~~~~                        ~~~~~~            ~~~~~~
      Dm         G            C                    G
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--15b17--------15--13--15--------13--12--|
G|---------------------12--|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|----5--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


        ~~~~~~            ~~~~~~               ~~~~~~         ~~~~~~
      Am                G                    F               Em
e|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----13--------12--10--12--------10--8---|--10--------8--6--8--------6--5--|
G|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


       ~~~~~~                             ~~~~
      Dm                 G               C                       G
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----6------------------5h6p5--------|--------------5-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7-5-7--|--5-----------5-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------3-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------3-----------3-----------|






Intro

| C        | D7       | Dm       | G        | C        |

| C        | D7       | Dm       | G        | C        |



Verse 1

C          Dm     G               C    Am
Isn't life strange, a turn of the page?
                Dm   G               C
Can read like before, can we ask for more?
                Dm  G                 C   Am
Each day passes by, how hard man will try
                 Dm
The sea will not wait
             G                C    G    Am   D  Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry



Chorus

C              G          Am    G
Wished I could be in your heart
F     Em       Dm   G
To be one with your love
C              G          Am   G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F       Em         Dm  G
Looking back where you were
    F       C
And here we are



Verse 2

C          Dm     G             C    Am
Isn't love strange, a word we arrange?
                   Dm  G             C
With no thought or care, maker of despair
                    Dm     G                   C   Am
Each breath that we breathe, with love we must weave
              Dm
To make us as one
             G                C    G    Am  D  Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry



Chorus

C              G          Am    G
Wished I could be in your heart
F     Em       Dm   G
To be one with your love
C              G          Am   G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F       Em         Dm  G
Looking back where you were
     F       C
When we were young



Verse 3

C          Dm      G              C        Am
Isn't life strange, a turn of the page?
               Dm    G                    C
A book without light, unless with love we write
             Dm  G               C        Am
To throw it away, to lose just a day
                 Dm
The quicksand of time
             G                C    G    Am  D  Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry



Chorus

C              G     Am          G
Wished I could be in your heart
F     Em            Dm        G
To be one with your love
C              G     Am        G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F       Em         Dm        G
Looking back where you were



Chorus

C              G     Am          G
Wished I could be in your heart
F     Em            Dm        G
To be one with your love
C              G     Am        G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F       Em         Dm        G
Looking back where you were



Chorus

C              G     Am          G
Wished I could be in your heart
F     Em            Dm        G
To be one with your love
C              G     Am        G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F       Em         Dm        G
Looking back where you were





/    slide up
\    slide down
h    hammer-on
p    pull-off
mu   mute
pb   pre-bend
co   cut off
pr   partial release
bss  bend slightly sharp
~~   vibrato


======================================================================== 17 Feb 2012

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