Strangered in the Night
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Tabbed by: stepchildguitar@gmail.com
Questions/ Corrections: drop me a line!
Key of E
For all the true Heartbreaker fans!
(FYI): At the beginning,
[pianist] Benmont Tench says: �Ron, wanna play?�
Ron (bass) hits E for a second,
and Stan Lynch counts off with his sticks
while Mike Campbell (guitar) tunes. Then:
E|------12---12\\---| Then a long pick scrape up and down the neck.
B|------12---12\\---|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Main lick: D A
E|----------------------2----0--------|
B|----------------------3----2--------|
G|----------------------2----2--------| 8x
D|----------------------0----2--------|
A|-----------2-4-------------0--------|
E|--0-0--3-4-----3-0------------------|
This is repeated for 17 measures.
�Well it was dark at midnight
There was hardly any moon
And no one really saw much
No one was really sure�
Then, the rhythm moves up a string. (More or less)
G D
E|----------------------3----2--------|
B|----------------------0----3--------|
G|----------------------0----2--------|
D|-----------2-4--------0----0--------|
A|--0-0--3-4-----3-0----2-------------|
E|----------------------3-------------|
�But something didn�t seem right
Things seemed kinda queer�
(Now back to main lick)
The roar turned into whispers
Everyone stood there�
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tom-petty/178848.html ]
CHORUS
�The sound just split the night- like hiding from the light- like strangers in the night
in the night)�
G A E D G
E|--3----0-----------------------2----0--------|
B|--0----2----0------------------3----2--------|
G|--0----2----1------------------2----2--------|
D|--0----2----2------------------0----2--------|
A|--2----0----2-------2-4-------------0--------|
E|--3---------0---3-4-----3-0------------------|
Repeat all of this for Verse 2:
�Well I didn�t see those shotguns
And I didn�t see no knife
But I saw this crazy black guy
With a demon in his eye
And I Heard him say, �White man!�
I�ve seen that silver cue!
You don�t remember me but
I remember you
The sound just split the night
Like hiding from the light
Like strangers in the night
(Strangers in the night)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-4-----------2-4-----------2-4--------------------------2-4----------2-4-|
A|--0--3-4------0-0--3-4------0-0--3-4----------------2-4--0-0--3-4-----0-0--3-4-----|
E|-----------------------------------------0-0--3-4----------------------------------|
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-----------2-4--------|
A|--0-0--3-4------------|
E|----------------------|
Then play the main lick twice before starting the 3rd verse.
Well the knife just left his fingers
As the black guy took his aim
The white guy�s head exploded
The black guy howled in pain
And then everybody scattered
I heard some woman scream
God damn that old black bastard
Well you�ve blown away my dreams
CHORUS
After that, a solo is played over the main lick until it fades out.
The middle solo, fills, and outro will be added later.
I tabbed this without a top E-string on my guitar, so the solos are forthcoming after I re-string.
Thanks for looking up great music!
