Artist: Garbage
Song Title: A Stroke Of Luck
Tuning: Normal
Intro Notes:
E|-15----------18----------|
B|----14-15-------14-15----|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Fill Riff A
E|-15-------------|
B|----14-15-------|
G|----------12----|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Verse 1:
Gm (hanging) F (palest) Gm (silver) F
Hanging by threads of palest silver
Gm (I) F (way) Gm (forever) F
I could have stayed that way forever
Gm (bad) F (tight) Gm (around) F
Bad blood and ghosts wrapped tight around me
Gm (nothing) F (seem) Gm (touch) (Fill Riff A)
Nothing could ever seem to touch me
Eb (I) F (most) (Fill Riff A)
I lose what I love most
Eb (did) F (lost) Gm (me)(Fill Riff A)
Did you know I was lost until you found me?
Chorus:
In the background of the chorus there is a second guitar playing this riff.
E|-----------------------|
B|---3----3----3---------|
G|-0---------0----2b3r2--|
D|------3----------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Gm (stroke)
A stroke of luck or a gift from God?
Bb (hand)
Hand of fate or devil's claws?
Eb (from)
From below or saints above?
F (you)
You came to me
Gm (here)
Here comes the cold again
Bb (I)
I feel it closing in
Eb (it's) F (around)
It's falling down and all around me falling
Verse 2:
Gm (you) F (there)Gm (catch)
You say that you'll be there to catch me
Gm (or) F (try)Gm (trap) (Fill Riff A)
Or will you only try to trap me
Gm (these) F (I) (Fill Riff A)
These are the rules I make
Gm (our) F (to)Gm (break)
Our chains were meant to break
Gm (you'll)F (never) Gm (me)
You'll never change me
Gm (here)
Here comes the cold again
Bb (I)
I feel it closing in
Eb (you're) F (around)
You're falling down and all around me falling
Chorus 2:
Gm (stroke)
A stroke of luck or a gift from God?
Bb (hand)
Hand of fate or devil's claws?
Eb (from)
From below or saints above?
F (you)
You come to me now
There is an instrumental interlude here you can play the (Fill Riff A) & (Fill Riff
B).
Bridge:
Fill Riff B
E|-1------3-----------|
B|-----------3--------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Eb (don't) Cm (why)
Don't ask me why
Eb (don't) C (try)
Don't even try
Third Chorus: Play it the same as the first chorus
For the outro Play the intro lick
E|-15----------18----------|
B|----14-15-------14-15----|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
Falling, falling
The Eb I use for this song is played like this
Eb Sixth Fret
EI---I-o-I---I---I---I
BI---I-o-I---I-o-I---I
GI---I-o-I---I-o-I---I
DI---I-o-I---I-o-I---I
AI---I-o-I---I---I---I
EI---I-o-I---I---I---I
