747 (Strangers in the Night) Saxon
As record[747]ed by Saxon
(From the 1980 Album WHEELS OF STEEL)
Music by Saxon
Transcribed by MaggaraMarine
The tuning is between 1/2 step down and whole step down.
x 7 [E5]9 9 x x x 3 [C5]5 5 x x x 5 [D5]7 7 x x x 0 [A5]2 2 x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver' (left channel)
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn' (right channel)
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver (clean)' (left channel)
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn (clean)' (right channel)
Paul Quinn's Solo
[E5] [C5] [D5] [A5] [E5] [C5]
[4/4] Gtr II
~~ ~~
Q E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q H
|----15b17---15----|-12------------------------------|--------------------| |------------------|----15-12------------------------|--------------------| |------------------|----------14b16r(14)-12-14b16-12-|-14----12b14r=12----| |------------------|---------------------------------|----14--------------| |------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
[D5] [E5] ~~~~~~~~
+Q. E E E Q
|---------------------------| |-------------15----15b17===| |-(12)\---/16----16---------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
~~~~~~~[E5] [C5] [D5] [A5]
+Q E E Q Q +Q E E Q E E
|--------15b17------17b19r=|=(17)--15-17b19-15--12----| |-(15)r--------------------|-----------------------15-| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
[E5] ~~~~~ [C5] [D5] ~~~ [E5] ~~~~~~~~ PM[E5] [C5] ~~~
E E H E E a E. S E E +H E E Q Q Q
|-12---12b15----12----|----------------------------|---------------------| |------------------15-|----------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|-16s14--(12)-14-12-(12)\----|---------------------| |---------------------|----------------------------|-------------14\-----| |---------------------|----------------------------|---14-17b19----------| |---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
[D5] PM ~~~[A5] [E5] [C5]
E E H. E E E. E. E. E.
|----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|-----------14--[14]b16--14--| |-14-17-14\------|-14-16-17-------------------| |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|----------------------------|
[D5] [E5] ~~~~ [E5] [C5] ~~
E. S +H E E E E +Q Q E E
|-------------------12-14-|-15h17--(17)pb19r=17--15p14-| |-----15b17-(15)----------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-17----------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|
[D5] [A5] ~~~~
E E E E +Q S S E
|-15p14----------------------| |-------15p14-(14)--14h15p14-| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------|
[E5] [C5] ~~~~~[D5] [E5]
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-12----------------------| |-16-14-16-12b12.5-----------|-12----12----------------| |------------------14-12-14--|----14-12----------------| |----------------------------|----------14-13-12-------| |----------------------------|-------------------15-12-|
[E5]Gtr [C5]I [D5] [A5] [E5] [C5] Gt[D5]rs I[A5], II
PM|
a Q E E H E E S S E +H Q E E H E E E E +Q E E
|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|| |-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------|| |-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------|| |-----------7---3----|-5-5-x-x-0-(0)----|----7---3----|-3-5---7-(7)--------|| |-(12)s15\-----------|------------------|-------------|--------------3-2---||
Verse
Gtr[E5]s I,[C5] II[D5] [A5] [E5] [C5]
PM PM----|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------| ||o-------------|------------------|-------------| ||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----| ||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----| ||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----| ||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|
*
*don't play this note on the 1st time of the 2nd and 3rd verse.
1.,2.,3. 4.(The 4th time ending.)
[D5] [E5] PM|[D5] [E5]
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------||----------------|| |------------------o||----------------|| |-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|| |-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|| |-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----|| |--------------3-2--||----------------||
Chorus
[(Dm)]Gtr IV
E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E
||------1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)-| ||o------------------|------------------| ||----2--------------|---2--------------| ||--0----------------|-0----------------| ||o------------------|------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q
||--------0----------|-------0----------| ||o-----3----3-------|-----3----3-------| ||----2--------2-----|---2--------2-----| ||--0----------------|-0----------------| ||o------------------|------------------| ||-------------------|------------------|
[(Dm/C)]E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E 4x
|-----1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)---|| |------------------|-------------------o|| |---2--------------|---2----------------|| |-0----------------|-0------------------|| |------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q 4x
|-------0----------|-------0------------|| |-----3----3-------|-----3----3--------o|| |---2--------2-----|---2--------2-------|| |-0----------------|-0------------------|| |------------------|-------------------o|| |------------------|--------------------||
Graham Oliver's Solo
Gtr [E5]I[C5] [D5] [A5]
~~~~~~ ~~~
Q E E H +E +E E E +E. +E S E
|------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-----14b16----14b16=====|=(14)r(14)-12-14b16==(14)r(14)-12----| |------------------------|----------------------------------14-| |------------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ [E5] [C5] [D5] ~~~~~[E5]~
+Q E E +Q E E +E E H.
|-----------12b14==(12)r=12--12b14==|=(12)r12--12b14r====| |-----------------------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------| |-(14)------------------------------|--------------------| |-------14--------------------------|--------------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------------|
+Q [E5] E E [C5] +H [D5] +Q. [A5] Q +E. S E
|-(12)--15-17b19==(17)----|-(17)r==17b19r=(17)-15-12-| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse starts here
E5 C5 D5 E5 |
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ |
~~~~~ |
+Q E E +H E Q +E +E +E +E +E | +Q
|-(12)---------------------|--------------------------------------||-------| |-------12-----------------|--------------------------------------||-------| |-----------14b16=(14)r----|-12-14--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--||-(14)\-| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|
Main Riff
Gtr[E5]s I,[C5] II[D5] [A5] [E5] [C5]
PM PM----|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H
||--------------|------------------|-------------| ||o-------------|------------------|-------------| ||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----| ||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----| ||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----| ||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|
1. 2.
[D5] [E5] PM|[D5] [E5]
E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------||----------------| |------------------o||----------------| |-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----| |-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----| |-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----| |--------------3-2--||----------------|
Riff behind the solos:
PM [E5] [C5] [D5] [A5] PM----| [E5] [C5] [D5] [E5] PM|
Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H E E E E +Q E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------| |--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------| |-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------| |-----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|-5-5---7-(7)-------| |--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|--------------3-2--|
The song goes like this:
Paul Quinn's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Graham Oliver's Solo
Verse
Chorus
Main Riff
Chorus
Paul Quinn's Solo (continue until fade out)
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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