Stranglers - Golden brown

Artist: The Stranglers Song: Golden brown Tabbed by: DJ 31th May 2014 Time signature: The original is probably a bar of 6/8 and a bar of 7/8, I find it much simpler to think of the count as 3 bars of 3/4, with a bar of 4/4 on the end... 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / | The above is the sequence until it changes to alternating from Dm to C for the verses, which are 3 beats to the bar for each chord. Then back again to the intro sequences as above. KEY: Judging by performances on Youtube, The Stranglers play it live in Bbm. Apart from a version with Hugh Cornwell and Mariachi Mexteca, where he sings it a semi-tone lower in Am, with a few amended chords. TUNING: The original single recording is quite sharp of concert pitch, either the master tapes were sped up at mixing stage, or the harpsicord was not tuned to concert pitch. CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Bbm) Played fingerstyle Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Am = x02210 C/D = xx0x10 F = xx3x11 Dm = xx0231 Em = 022000 C = x3xx10 F/E = xx2x11 F = 133211 C/B = x2xx10 F/D = xx0x11 C/E = xx2x10 G = 320033 F/C = x3xx11 ** [Intro sequence] Am Em F C/E C/D C C/B E |---------0----|------0------|----------1-----|--0----0---0---0---| (x3) B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---1---------1--|--1----1---1---1---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---2------------|-------------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------3--------|--2----0-----------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------3---2---| E |--------------|--0----------|---1------------|-------------------| Am Em G F F/E F/D F/C E |---------0----|------0------|----------3-----|---1---1---1---1---| B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---3--------3---|---1---1---1---1---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---0------------|-------------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------0--------|---3---2---0-------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|---------------3---| E |--------------|--0----------|---3------------|-------------------| Dm C Dm C E |--1-----1-----|------0-------|---1------1-----|--------0---------| B |--3--------3--|--1-------1---|---3---------3--|---1--------1-----| G |-----2--------|--0-----------|-------2--------|---0--------------| D |--0-----------|--------------|---0------------|------------------| A |--------------|--3-----------|----------------|---3--------------| E |--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| [Verse 1] [Link] Dm C Dm C E |--1-----1-----|------0-------|---1------1-----|--------0---------| B |--3--------3--|--1-------1---|---3---------3--|---1--------1-----| G |-----2--------|--0-----------|-------2--------|---0--------------| D |--0-----------|--------------|---0------------|------------------| A |--------------|--3-----------|----------------|---3--------------| E |--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| [Verse 2] [As intro sequence tab] [Verse 3] [As intro sequence tab] [Break] [As intro sequence tab] [Verse 4] [Verse 5 -Stay in 3/4 time] Am Em F G E |---------0----|------0------|----------1-----|-----------3-------| (x2) B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---1---------1--|--3------------3---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---2------------|--0----------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------3--------|-------------------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|-------------------| E |--------------|--0----------|---1------------|--3----------------| [Coda] G Am Em F G Am Em F ||: Never a frown--------- with golden brown! | / / / | / / / :||(x2)