 Excel - "The Stranger" Guitar Tab
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Band: Excel
Album: The Joke's On You
Song: The Stranger
Copyright (c) Rotten Records 1989
Version 1.0 - 10/19/06
Transcribed By: Gary
Email: hyperslob@yahoo.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tune All Strings to E flat (1/2 step down)
Intro (Clean)
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2\1--2\1---------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0--------------------2-------0------0----------|
|---2---2---2------5--------------------2---2---2------5------------|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0-----3\2--3\2-------2-------0------0--------0-|
|---2---2---2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2---2---2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0-----3\2--3\2-------2-------0------0--------0-|
|---2---2---2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2---2---2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------0------0-----2\1--2\1-------1-------0------0--------0-|
|-------2-----0------0-----3\2--3\2---------2-----0------0--------0-|
|---2-------2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2-------2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------0------0-----2\1--2\1-------1-------0------0--------0-|
|-------2-----0------0-----3\2--3\2---------2-----0------0--------0-|
|---2-------2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2-------2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|
Interlude (distortion)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9------8--7\--------------------------------------------------|
|---8------7----x---------------------------------------------------|
|-7------6------5\--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----5-----8-----------3-2-3-2-2-----5-----8---------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0---|
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .
Chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---/12---/15-----10\9-10\9--9----12\--5--------------------------|
|-x-----x-----x----0-x----x----x-----x---x--------------------------|
|-7---/10---/13----0-8\7--8\7--7----10\--3--------------------------|
|------------------0------------------------------------------------|
Riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-------------9\--------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-5-3-4-----------x---------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-3---2-2---------7\--------------------------------------|
|---0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
. . . . . . .
Riff C
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4--------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-0-6hb--0-0-3-0---0-6hb--------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 enters after 2nd time with drums
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Both Gtrs
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------6---3-------------------------------------|
|-2---5---3---2-2---5-----6---3-------------------------------------|
|-2---5---1---2-2---5-----4---1-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-0---0-0-0-0-3-0-0---0---0-----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
Outro
Gtr 1 Distortion
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------5-4----------3----------4-3-----------------------------|
|-4---------5-4----------3----------4-3-----------------------------|
|-2---------3-2----------1----------2-1-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 2 Clean 4x then...
|-----------------|--1------1---------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----|--2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
|-----0-------0---|--3----------3-----3-----------------------------|
|---4-----4-----4-|--3------------3-----3---------------------------|
|-2-----2---------|--1----1-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|--1---1------------------------------------------|
Outro Fades Away
END
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