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/ Strange Encounter /
/ Father John Misty /
/ I Love You, Honeybear /
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key: B minor
time: 4/4
tempo: Q=94 bpm
-Josh has his acoustic guitar tuned one full step down (D G C F A D),
and puts capo on the 4th fret.
Playing live, though, they often transpose the song down to A minor,
and he puts capo on the 2nd fret instead.
-In standard tuning, have the capo two frets lower.
-The chord scheme is notated in the actual key of B minor.
-These are the guitar chords (actual names above, relative names below):
Bm Bmmaj7 D E9 Gmaj7 A Gmmaj7
xo___o xo___o x__o_o x____o x____o _xooo_ x____o
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(Am Ammaj7 C D9 Fmaj7 G Fmmaj7)
- = same chord again
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4/4
INTERLUDE: | Bm | Bmmaj7 | D | E9 |
| Bm | Bmmaj7 | D | E9 |
VERSE 1: | Bm | Bmmaj7 | D | E9 |
| Bm | Bmmaj7 | D | E9 |
" Only ever be the girl who just almost died in my house
Half naked, looking through your telephone
Run you a bath and try hard not to freak out
PRE-CHORUS:
| Gmaj7 | D | A | - |
| Gmaj7 | D | A | - |
| A | - | Gmaj7 |
" It's all free and too easy giving it away, giving it away
It's not cheap but here I am giving it away, giving it away
Giving it away, ooh
CHORUS: | D | - | - | - |
(2/4)
| Gmaj7 | - | Gmmaj7 | D |
| Gmaj7 | - | Gmmaj7 | - |
" Don't be my, don't be my, don't be my last strange encounter
The moment you came too, I swore I would change
Though neither one of us would leave unscathed
At least we'll both go on living
INTERLUDE (guitar solo)
VERSE 2
" Wanna find somebody
Not like this
Yeah, I'm a decent person
Little aimless
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
INTERLUDE (Play it 2x; ring out on the last E9.)
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