Isn't Life Strange The Moody Blues
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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
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[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
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[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|----------------------------|---------------------|
[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
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[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]Isn't life [Dm]strange[G], a turn of the [C]page?[Am]
Can read like be[Dm]fore,[G] can we ask for [C]more?
Each day passes [Dm]by, [G]how hard man will [C]try[Am]
The sea will not [Dm]wait
You know, it [G]makes me want to [C]cry, [G]cry, [Am]cry[D] [Dm]
Chorus
[C]Wished I could [G]be in your [Am]heart[G]
[F]To be [Em]one with [Dm]your [G]love
[C]Wished I could [G]be in your [Am]eyes[G]
[F]Looking [Em]back where [Dm]you [G]were
And [F]here we [C]are
Verse 2
[C]Isn't love [Dm]strange[G], a word we ar[C]range[Am]?
With no thought or [Dm]care[G], maker of des[C]pair
Each breath that we [Dm]breathe[G], with love we must [C]weav[Am]e
To make us as [Dm]one
You know, it [G]makes me want to [C]cry, [G]cry, [Am]cry[D] [Dm]
Chorus
[C]Wished I could [G]be in your [Am]heart[G]
[F]To be [Em]one with [Dm]your [G]love
[C]Wished I could [G]be in your [Am]eyes[G]
[F]Looking [Em]back where [Dm]you [G]were
When [F]we were [C]young
Verse 3
[C]Isn't life [Dm]strange,[G] a turn of the [C]page?[Am]
A book without [Dm]light,[G] unless with love we [C]write
To throw it a[Dm]way,[G] to lose just a [C]day[Am]
The quicksand of [Dm]time
You know, it [G]makes me want to [C]cry, [G]cry, [Am]cry[D] [Dm]
Chorus
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your heart[G]
[F]To be [Em]one with your [Dm]love[G]
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your eyes[G]
[F]Looking [Em]back where [Dm]you were[G]
Chorus
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your heart[G]
[F]To be [Em]one with your [Dm]love[G]
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your eyes[G]
[F]Looking [Em]back where [Dm]you were[G]
Chorus
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your heart[G]
[F]To be [Em]one with your [Dm]love[G]
[C]Wished I could [G]be in [Am]your eyes[G]
[F]Looking [Em]back where [Dm]you were[G]
/ 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
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