Strangered in the Night
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Tabbed by: stepchildguitar@gmail.com
Questions/ Corrections: drop me a line!
Key of E
For all the true Heartbreaker fans!
(FYI): At the beginning,
[pianist] Benmont Tench says: Ron, wanna play?
Ron (bass) hits E for a second,
and Stan Lynch counts off with his sticks
while Mike Campbell (guitar) tunes. Then:
E|------12---12\---|Then a long pick scrape up and down the neck.
B|------12---12\---|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
Main lick: D A
E|----------------------2----0--------|
B|----------------------3----2--------|
G|----------------------2----2--------| 8x
D|----------------------0----2--------|
A|-----------2-4-------------0--------|
E|--0-0--3-4-----3-0------------------|
This is repeated for 17 measures.
Well it was dark at midnight
There was hardly any moon
And no one really saw much
No one was really sure
Then, the rhythm moves up a string. (More or less)
G D
E|----------------------3----2--------|
B|----------------------0----3--------|
G|----------------------0----2--------|
D|-----------2-4--------0----0--------|
A|--0-0--3-4-----3-0----2-------------|
E|----------------------3-------------|
But something didnt seem right
Things seemed kinda q***r
(Now back to main lick)
The roar turned into whispers
Everyone stood there
CHORUS
The sound just split the night- like hiding from the light- like strangers in the night
in the night)
G A E D G
E|--3----0-----------------------2----0--------|
B|--0----2----0------------------3----2--------|
G|--0----2----1------------------2----2--------|
D|--0----2----2------------------0----2--------|
A|--2----0----2-------2-4-------------0--------|
E|--3---------0---3-4-----3-0------------------|
Repeat all of this for Verse 2:
Well I didnt see those shotguns
And I didnt see no knife
But I saw this crazy black guy
With a demon in his eye
And I Heard him say, White man!
Ive seen that silver cue!
You dont remember me but
I remember you
The sound just split the night
Like hiding from the light
Like strangers in the night
(Strangers in the night)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-4-----------2-4-----------2-4--------------------------2-4----------2-4-|
A|--0--3-4------0-0--3-4------0-0--3-4----------------2-4--0-0--3-4-----0-0--3-4-----|
E|-----------------------------------------0-0--3-4----------------------------------|
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-----------2-4--------|
A|--0-0--3-4------------|
E|----------------------|
Then play the main lick twice before starting the 3rd verse.
Well the knife just left his fingers
As the black guy took his aim
The white guys head exploded
The black guy howled in pain
And then everybody scattered
I heard some woman scream
God damn that old black bastard
Well youve blown away my dreams
CHORUS
After that, a solo is played over the main lick until it fades out.
The middle solo, fills, and outro will be added later.
I tabbed this without a top E-string on my guitar, so the solos are forthcoming after I re-string.
Thanks for looking up great music!
