Isnt Life Strange (ver 2) by The Moody Blues
ISN'T LIFE STRANGE
As recorded by The Moody Blues
(From the 1972 Album SEVENTH SOJOURN)
Words and Music by John Lodge
Transcribed by Slowhand
C G/B Am C/G
x 3 2 0 1 0 x 2 0 0 0 3 x 0 2 2 1 0 3 x 2 0 1 0
F Em Dm G7
x 3 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 x x 0 2 3 1 x 2 0 0 3 1
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Distortion Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mike Pinder - Keyboards'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Justin Hayward - Distortion Guitar'
Intro
Q=82
4/4
Gtr III (Keyboards & Orchesta arr. for Gtr.)
H Q Q Q. S S Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
||--------------|-8----10-8---------|---------------|---------------||
||o----------8--|-----------10------|-----------10--|------8-------o||
||--------9-----|-------------------|-------10------|---------10----||
||--10----------|---------------12--|-12------------|-9-------------||
||o-------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
W +H E E Q W +Q E E E E E E
|-8--------|-(8)--------8--||------------|------------------------|
|----------|----------8----||o-10--------|-(10)-------------12----|
|-9--------|-(9)----9------||--10--------|-(10)----------10----12-|
|----------|---------------||------------|---------12-12-------14-|
|----------|---------------||o-----------|------------------------|
|----------|---------------||------------|------------------------|
+W +Q. E E E +E E W H E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------------10-|-----------|-------12----------|
|-(12)--------|-(12)---------12-(12)----|-----------|----------12-12-10-|
|-(14)--------|-(14)---14-14------------|-12--------|-12----------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|
W +Q. E E E E E +H +Q Q Q E E Q Q
|-----------|--------------8----|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------|------------8---10-|-(10)----(10)-----|-----------------|
|--9--------|--(9)---9-9-----10-|-(10)----(10)-----|-------------10--|
|-10--------|-(10)--------------|------------------|------12-12------|
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
W +Q. E Q E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|--8--------------------|-(8)--------8-10-|
|--9--------------------|-(9)---9-9-------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
| Q. +E Q. E W
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-15b17r==(15)-13----12-|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-14--------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
H +E E E E Q Q Q. E
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|-12-----------(12)-----12-|-12--14--15----17-|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~
| Q. +E Q. E W
|--------------------------|------------------|
|-13b15r==(13)--12------10-|------------------|
|--------------------------|-12---------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|
H H H Q Q W +H Q Q
|------------|-5----10--8---|-10--------|-(10)----8--7--||
|-------8----|-5------------|-10--------|-(10)----------||
|--9----9----|-9----11------|-10--------|-(10)----------||
|-10----9----|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|
| H H H Q E E W +W
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
|--3----2----|-0-----5--5-5-|--5--------|--(5)----------||
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------||
Chorus
E E +E S S Q. E E. S Q H
|----12-(12)-12-12---13----13-|---12--10-------------------|
|----13-(13)-13-13---15-------|---13--12-13----12----------|
|----12-(12)---------12-------|----------14----12----------|
|-----------------------------|----------------14----------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Q. S S a Q. E a E. S +E E E. S +E. S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------2--3-3s=5-----5-|-5s=7---------7--5----------|
|-3---------------------------|--------7-(7)-------7-(7)-7-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
Q E. S Q S S S S +Q. E +Q +E E
|-------13----10-12---12-10-8-10-|-(10)---10-(10)---------(10)----------|
|-------13-------12-----------10-|-(10)---12-(12)---------(12)----------|
|-------14-------12---12------10-|-(10)---12-(12)---------(12)----------|
|---14---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| a Q +E S S E E S E S H S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------9-10-12--|
|--------------------------------|-------------------9-10--12-----------|
|-7s=8--(8)-8--8--7-7--7--5------|---5-------/10--12--------------------|
|------------------------------8-|--------------------------------------|
E E +E S S S E. +E E
|------12----(12)----12----12-15-13--------(13)----13----|
|------13----(13)----13----13-15-------------------------|
|------12----(12)-------------12-------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
| E. S E E E E E E E E E
|-/12-------------------12----10----------------------10-|
|-----------------13----------------------------12-------|
|---------12--12---------------------12-12--12-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
To Coda
E. S Q H Q E. S Q S S S S
|-12--10-----------------|-------13--10-12-----12--10-8-10--|
|-13--12-13----12--------|-------13-----12--------------10--|
|--------14----12--------|-------14-----12-----12-------10--|
|--------------14--------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| E. S E. S E. S Q E E E Q E E E E. S
|--8---------8--7--------|-5--------------------------------|
|------------------------|---6----------/5-5----------------|
|------9--9--------9-9--|-----5-------------5--------------|
|------------------------|--------7------------5--------5--|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
+Q Q +H H E. S +Q
|-(10)----------------------------|-------------------|
|-(10)----------------------------|-------------------|
|-(10)--10---(10)-----------------|-------9--12-(12)--|
|---------------------------------|-10----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| Q. E S S a S S S S S S W
|--------------1------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------3-----3---------|-------------------|
|-------------------2s4---0-0-0---|-------------------|
|---5---------------------------0-|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-/3----------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
Q. S S Q Q H Q Q
|-------10------------|---------------|
|-13-------13-10------|-----------10--|
|---------------------|-------10------|
|-----------------12--|-12------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
Interlude
2.
N.C.
H Q Q W +H E E Q W +W
|------------|-8--------|-(8)--------8---||-----------||---------|
|------8--6--|----------|----------8----o||-----------||---------|
|------------|-9--------|-(9)----9-------||-----------||---------|
|-9----------|----------|----------------||-10--------||-(10)----|
|------------|----------|---------------o||-----------||---------|
|------------|----------|----------------||-----------||---------|
|
| W W W W +W
|------------|----------|----------------||-----------||---------|
|------------|----------|---------------o||-----------||---------|
|------------|----------|----------------||-----------||---------|
|------------|----------|----------------||-----------||---------|
|------------|----------|---------------o||-/3--------||--(3)----|
|------------|----------|----------------||-----------||---------|
D.S. al Coda
+W W W
|-------------|----------|-------||
|-------------|----------|-------||
|-------------|----------|-------||
|-(10)--------|----------|-------||
|-------------|----------|-------||
|-------------|----------|-------||
&
W
Gtr III
Q Q +H
|-10-----------------------------||
|-10-----------------------------||
|-10---10---(10)-----------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~
| Q. E S S a S S S S S S
|-------------1------------------||
|----------------3-----3---------||
|------------------2s4---0-------||
|--------------------------0-3p2-||
|--5-----------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
Out-Chorus
C G/B Am C/G
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +E S S Q. E E. S Q H
|---12-(12)-12-12-13------13-|-12----10---------------|
|---13-(13)-13-13-15---------|-13----12-13---12-------|
|---12-(12)-------12---------|----------14---12-------|
|----------------------------|---------------14-------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| H E E Q H H
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3----------------2--2-2----|--0---------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------3-------|
F Em Dm G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S Q S S S S +Q. E +Q +S S E
|------13----10-12---12-10-8-10-|-(10)-----10-(10)---(10)------|
|------13-------12-----------10-|-(10)-----12-(12)---(12)------|
|------14-------12---12------10-|-(10)-----12-(12)---(12)------|
|-14----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| W H Q E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
C G/B Am C/G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +E S S S E. +E E E. S Q H
|--------12-(12)-12-12-15-13----(13)-13-|--12----10---------------------------|
|--------13-(13)-13-13-15---------------|--13----12-13---12-------------------|
|--------12-(12)-------12---------------|-----------14---12-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------14-------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +H. +T +T S E
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-15b17=================================|=(15)----------------(15)r(15)p13-15-|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
F Em
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Q E. S Q S S S S
|-------13--------10-12----------12-10--8-10-|
|-------13-----------12-------------------10-|
|-------14-----------12----------12-------10-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q +S S S S e a S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-13---(13)----------------------------------|
|-----------12-14-12-14----------------------|
|-----------------------14s12p10-12-10-------|
|--------------------------------------12-10-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Dm G7 C G/B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+Q Q +H E E +E S S Q. E
|-(10)----------------------------------||------12-(12)-12-12-13-------13-|
|-(10)----------------------------------||o-----13-(13)-13-13-15----------|
|-(10)---10---(10)----------------------||------12-(12)-------12----------|
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|
| H S S S S S S S S Q. S S Q E E
|---------------------------------------||--12----------------10----------|
|---------------------------------10s12-||o-------------15s13-------13-12-|
|-------------------------9-10-12-------||--------------------------------|
|---------------9--10--9----------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|
| Q Q S S S S S S S S W
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||o-------------------------------|
|------------------------------12-10s12-||--------------------------------|
|---------------------12-10-12----------||--------------------------------|
|--12----12----10--12-------------------||o-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------|
Am C/G
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E. S Q H
|-12----10-----------------------|
|-13----12-13-------12-----------|
|----------14-------12-----------|
|-------------------14-----------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| Q. S S Q. S S
|--------------------------------|
|-13----------12-10-12------10s8-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
F Em Dm G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S Q S S S S +Q. E +Q +S S E
|-------13----10-12----12-10-8-10-|-(10)-----10-(10)---(10)-------|
|-------13-------12------------10-|-(10)-----12-(12)---(12)-------|
|-------14-------12----12------10-|-(10)-----12-(12)---(12)-------|
|-14------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Q. S S Q. S S Q H S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-10--------8s=6--8----------6--5-|----------------------6p5------|
|---------------------------------|---7----7-----------------7-5--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
C G/B Am C/G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +E S S S E. +E E E. S Q H
|-----12-(12)-12-12-15-13----(13)-13-|-12----10---------------|
|-----13-(13)-13-13-15---------------|-13----12-13---12-------|
|-----12-(12)-------12---------------|----------14---12-------|
|------------------------------------|---------------14-------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| S S E Q H W
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-5--5---5-------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
F Em Dm G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E. S Q S S S S Q Q +H
|-----13----10-12---12-10-8-10-|-10----------------------------------||
|-----13-------12-----------10-|-10---------------------------------o||
|-----14-------12---12------10-|-10---10---(10)----------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| W H S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-----------------------------10s12--o||
|------------------------------|---------------------9-10-12---------||
|------------------------------|-------------9--10-9-----------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| W H S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------------2--3--4---||
|------------------------------|-------------------2-3--5-----------o||
|------------------------------|-------------3---5-------------------||
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
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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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