Isnt Life Strange Tab

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
X