Strange Terrain

[superunknown2890 0]

Anyone got tabs? Album version or acoustic.

[Johnotronz 0]

Here's the rhythm guitar that I figured out from the acoustic version. I imagine that it is the same when played electric.

 

A# - {x x 8 7 6 x}

C# - {x x 11 10 9 x}

F# - {x x 4 3 2 x}

G# - {x x 6 5 4 x}

D# - {x 6 x 8 x x}

D - {x 5 x 7 x x}

C# Octave - {x 4 x 6 x x}

B - {x 2 x 4 x x}

A# Octave - {x 1 x 3 x x}

F# Octave - {x 9 x 11 x x}

G - {x 10 x 12 x x}

C - {x 3 x 5 x x}

 

A#						  C#
We read the signs completely backwards

A#						 C#
No one could see if we ended up

	F#
Where we needed to be

 G#		 A#
to find out how it all works with

	 C#
so many partners

  A#					 C#
and nobody wants, nobody wants to sit

F#			   G#			A#
behind the wheel, behind the wheel


D#						 D
Who's the one pounding the gears

	   C# Octave
avoiding the crowds

		  B
keeping their ear to the ground?

D#			  F# Oct.
Oh I’ve made a mistake

   C# Oct.			 B				   A# Oct.
I never learned how to get back to the place, ohhh


G				 F# Oct.		A# Oct.		C  D#
Where have all the signs gone?  (In our lives, in our lives)

		  G	 F# Oct.				 A# Oct.				 C	D#
I don't know where I am without them	   (In			  our		lives)

 A#  A#   A#   C#
(Get your own map)

 

This is my first tab ever, and I hope I did it well. Fill in the gaps for the other lyrics that I left out due to lack of work ethic. It took me long enough to get the chords aligned properly with the lyrics I have. If this tab sucks in any way, I might post a video of me playing it to help.

[imathief 1]

Here's the rhythm guitar that I figured out from the acoustic version. I imagine that it is the same when played electric.

 

A# - {x x 8 7 6 x}

C# - {x x 11 10 9 x}

F# - {x x 4 3 2 x}

G# - {x x 6 5 4 x}

D# - {x 6 x 8 x x}

D - {x 5 x 7 x x}

C# Octave - {x 4 x 6 x x}

B - {x 2 x 4 x x}

A# Octave - {x 1 x 3 x x}

F# Octave - {x 9 x 11 x x}

G - {x 10 x 12 x x}

C - {x 3 x 5 x x}

 

A#						  C#
We read the signs completely backwards

A#						 C#
No one could see if we ended up

	F#
Where we needed to be

 G#		 A#
to find out how it all works with

	 C#
so many partners

  A#					 C#
and nobody wants, nobody wants to sit

F#			   G#			A#
behind the wheel, behind the wheel
D#						 D
Who's the one pounding the gears

	   C# Octave
avoiding the crowds

		  B
keeping their ear to the ground?

D#			  F# Oct.
Oh I’ve made a mistake

   C# Oct.			 B				   A# Oct.
I never learned how to get back to the place, ohhh
G				 F# Oct.		A# Oct.		C  D#
Where have all the signs gone?  (In our lives, in our lives)

		  G	 F# Oct.				 A# Oct.				 C	D#
I don't know where I am without them	   (In			  our		lives)

 A#  A#   A#   C#
(Get your own map)

 

This is my first tab ever, and I hope I did it well. Fill in the gaps for the other lyrics that I left out due to lack of work ethic. It took me long enough to get the chords aligned properly with the lyrics I have. If this tab sucks in any way, I might post a video of me playing it to help.

 

seems to be a great tab, i am not a great guitar player though, im a much better visual learner. so if you do ever record yourself playing it, post it!!

[Corbinwaltz 0]

this sounds wonderful! thanks john

[janus 0]

Hey good tab, but just to fill it out a little:

 

The chords to the chorus are: Gm - F# - A#

The pre chorus is: D#m - A#/D - C# - B

 

Gm: {3 5 5 3 3 3}

D#m: {x 6 8 8 7 x}

A#/D: {x 5 8 7 6 x}

[theCodaMajor 0]

This sounds good to me I tried to cover it based on this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DZIViTJpU

[Johnotronz 0]

Hey good tab, but just to fill it out a little:

 

The chords to the chorus are: Gm - F# - A#

The pre chorus is: D#m - A#/D - C# - B

 

Gm: {3 5 5 3 3 3}

D#m: {x 6 8 8 7 x}

A#/D: {x 5 8 7 6 x}

 

I'm almost positive that this is not what Colin is playing, but you can do whatever you want.

[Up Against The Wall 0]

Guitars tuned to Eb, try this instead for the beginning:

 

 

x x x 8 7 7

 

x x x 11 10 10

 

x x x 4 3 3

 

x x x 6 5 5

[Up Against The Wall 0]

I watched a couple acoustic versions and also the CD versions and am pretty sure I have this song 100% tabbed out, im gonna do a cover of it.

[Johnotronz 0]

Guitars tuned to Eb, try this instead for the beginning:

x x x 8 7 7

 

x x x 11 10 10

 

x x x 4 3 3

 

x x x 6 5 5

 

That doesn't sound too nice...

[Up Against The Wall 0]

That doesn't sound too nice...

 

You are playing those chords wrong then...

[Johnotronz 0]

No, that's absolutely not the chord formation that Colin is playing.

[Edward Whelan 0]

What makes you so sure? I'm playing it right now and it sounds pretty close to the album version, if not spot on. Not trying to be mean, I just want to know why you're so sure of what Colin is or isn't playing.

[Johnotronz 0]

I've watched enough videos of the song to see that his fingers aren't shaped in that sort of chord. It's also missing the lower note, and it has a higher note. I really don't think that's correct.

 

EDIT:

 

Not hitting the first string at all, and he's not playing that high on the fretboard.

[Up Against The Wall 0]

100% sure that is the chord shape and is that same shape just moved around, whether you add the high E or leave off the note on the D string its still the same chord whether its

 

xxx877

 

xx987x

 

xx9877

 

 

 

 

 

Use your ears instead of your eyes and just listen to the first 10 seconds of this

 

x_7-0o8Hlis

 

So if you want to play it this way you can:

 

x x 9 8 7 x

 

x x 12 11 10 x

 

x x 5 4 3 x

 

x x 7 6 5 x

[Johnotronz 0]

Dudebro, there's totally not a high note in that chord.

 

I've used both my eyes and ears to come to this conclusion.

[Up Against The Wall 0]

Dudebro, there's totally not a high note in that chord.

 

I've used both my eyes and ears to come to this conclusion.

 

On the album version I am almost positive the high E is being played at the very beginning.

[Johnotronz 0]

If I am missing that note, it's most certainly played as a variation of my chord setup.

 

Example:

 

Instead of {x x 8 7 6 x}, it would be {x x 8 7 6 6}; that sounds fine.

 

I'm positive that it's played in Standard with that positioning.

[Up Against The Wall 0]

If I am missing that note, it's most certainly played as a variation of my chord setup.

 

Example:

 

Instead of {x x 8 7 6 x}, it would be {x x 8 7 6 6}; that sounds fine.

 

I'm positive that it's played in Standard with that positioning.

 

 

Well my guitar is tuned to Eb and I have played the whole song through both guitar parts and it sounds fine. They were tuned to Eb most of the last album also.

[Johnotronz 0]

If you look again at the picture I posted above, you will see that he starts on the 6th fret.

 

It's in standard.

[Up Against The Wall 0]

If you look again at the picture I posted above, you will see that he starts on the 6th fret.

 

It's in standard.

 

So play it in whatever tuning you want, theres not a bunch of open chords in the song so it doesn't matter.

[OliJ 2]

This probably isn't right but this is what I came up with for the intro

I have it tuned a half step down

 

----7---------8--------7-----8----------2------4--------7-----------------------

----7---------8--------7-----8----------2------4--------7---------------------

----8---------9--------8-----9----------3------5--------8----------------------

----9---------10-------9----10---------4------6--------9------------------------

----9---------10-------9----10---------4------6--------9------------------------

----7---------8--------7-----8---------2-------4--------7--------------------------

 

 

-----7-----------------------------------------10/--------------------------

-----------7----------7--8--10--8--7-----------------9/----7/-----5/------

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I really dont know what you play after so I just play this on the B string

 

----12-13-12---14-15-14----17b----17--------------------