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ISN'T LIFE STRANGE – Moody Blues
(John Lodge)
Seventh Sojourn [1972]
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Tabbed by: varannion
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: standard
Intro
(cello)
C D7 Dm G
e|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
B|---------5--8--|--8----10--8--7-------|-------6--10--|--------------|
G|----5----------|-------------------7--|--7-----------|-------7--10--|
D|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--9-----------|
A|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
E|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
C D7 Dm G
e|---------------|----------------------|--------------|----------7--|
B|---------5--8--|--8----10--8--7-------|-------6--10--|-------------|
G|----5----------|-------------------7--|--7-----------|-------7-----|
D|---------------|----------------------|--------------|--9----------|
A|---------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------|
E|---------------|----------------------|--------------|-------------|
G
e|----8-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 1
(cello)
C Dm
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|--15----13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6-------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|--8-------------------|
G|----7-----------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|
C Dm
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6----5--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
Pre-chorus
G C G Am D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|
Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
C G Am G
e|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-------7--5---------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7-7----------7-7-----|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
F Em Dm G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C G Am G
e|------------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----17-------17----15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12--------|
G|------------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------17-17----17----17-17---------|-----14-14-------14-14--|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~
F Em Dm G F
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
(cello)
C D7
e|------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------|-------2-------------|
D|------------2--5--|--5-------5--4-------|
A|----3-------------|------------------5--|
E|------------------|---------------------|
Dm G G
e|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|
G|------------2--|----------4--5----|-(5)----------------------|
D|---------3-----|------------------|--------------------------|
A|----5----------|--2----5----------|--------------------------|
E|---------------|------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 2
(cello)
C Dm
e|----------------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------------|--12----10--9----7--|
A|----------------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----5-----------------------|--10----9--7----5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----2-----------------------|--7----5--3-------|
A|----------------------------|------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------3--|
G C
e|----------------------------|----------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------|
D|----------------------------|--5-------------------|
A|----5-----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------|
C Dm
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~
G C
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--15/17---\15--13----12--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----10----------------------|--13/15---\13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Pre-chorus
~~~~
G C G Am D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|
Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
C G Am G
e|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-----7--5-------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7----------7-----|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
F Em Dm G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C G Am G
e|---------------------------------|------------------------|
B|----17-------17-15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12--------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------------|
D|-------17-17-------17-17---------|-----14-14-------14-14--|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------|
~~~~
F Em Dm G F
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
~~~~ (clarinet) ~~~~
C C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----3-----------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|
~~~~
C C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|
~~~~
C
e|----------------------------|------------------|
B|----------------------------|------------------|
G|----------------------------|------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----2-----5------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----5---------|
E|----------------------------|------------------|
Verse 3
(cello)
C Dm
e|--------------------|----------------------|
B|--------------------|--15----13--12----10--|
G|--------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|---------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--13----12--10----8--|
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|----------------------------|---------------------|
A|----------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------|
B|----5-----------------------|--10----8--6-------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------5--|
A|----------------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------|
G C
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--------------------------|
G|----7-----------------------|--12----------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
C Dm
e|----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|--13--13----15--13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~
G C
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----8-----------------------|--15/17---\15--13----12--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Am Dm
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----10----------------------|--13/15---\13--12----10--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
Pre-chorus
~~~~
G C G Am D
e|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------2-----2-------|
B|----3-----------------------|--5-----------------------|--1-----1-----3-----3-------|
G|----------------------------|--5-----------4-----------|--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
D|----------------------------|--5-----------5-----------|--2-----2-----0-----0-------|
A|----------------------------|--3-----------5-----------|--0-----0-------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------3-----------|----------------------------|
Dm
e|----1-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|----3-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|----2-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|----0-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
C G Am G
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|---------------5----5--|--7-------7--5-------5--|
A|----3----7--8----------|-----7-7----------7-----|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
F Em Dm G
e|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------------------------15--|
G|----------------------------------|-----------------------14-16-17-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------14-15-17--------------|
A|----7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|--5--------17-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
C G Am G
e|----------------------------------|---------------------|
B|----17-------17--15-------17--15--|--13-------13-12-----|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------17-17----------------------|-----14-14-------14--|
A|----------------------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------------------------|---------------------|
~~~~
F Em Dm G
e|----5--------------3--------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-------6--------------5-----------|-----------6--5--------------------|
G|----------5--------------5--------|-----------------7--5--------------|
D|-------------7--------------5--2--|-----------------------7--5--------|
A|----------------8-----------------|--5--------------------------7--5--|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
~~~~
C G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------5-----------------------------------|
G|----------------5-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----------------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|
Am G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-----------1-----------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----2-----------2-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----0-----------0-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|
F Em
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----------|
D|----3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------|
A|----3-----------3-----------2-----------2-----------|
E|----1-----------1-----------0-----------0-----------|
Dm G
e|----1-----------1-----------------------------------|
B|----3-----------3-----------------------------------|
G|----2-----------2-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|----0-----------0-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|----------------------------5-----------5-----------|
E|----------------------------3-----------3-----------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
C G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------15b17---------------------------------------|
G|----12----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Am G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------(17)r15p13h15--|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
F Em
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|----13------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------12h14p12h14p12------------------------|
D|-------------------------------14h15p14p12------------|
A|-------------------------------------------15p14p12\--|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Dm G C G
e|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------15--|--17--------15--13--15--------13--12--|
G|----------------------------14-16-17-----|--------------------------------------|
D|-------------------14-15-17--------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----10----------17-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Am G F Em
e|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----13--------12--10--12--------10--8--|--10--------8--6--8--------6--5---|
G|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~
Dm G C G
e|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----6--------5h6p5--------|----------5-----------------------|
G|-------------------7-5-7--|--5-------5-------4-------4-------|
D|--------------------------|----------5-------5-------5-------|
A|--------------------------|----------3-------5-------5-------|
E|--------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|
Am G F Em
e|----0-------0-----------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----1-------1-----------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----2-------2-------4-------4-------|--2-------2-------0-------0-------|
D|----2-------2-------5-------5-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
A|--------------------5-------5-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E|--------------------3-------3-------|--1-------1-------0-------0-------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dm G C G
e|----1-------1--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----3-------3--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----2-------2--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|----0-------0-------------------2-3-5--|-(5)-------------(5)-----------------|
A|--------------------------2-3-5--------|-------------------------------------|
E|--------------------1-3-5--------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
Am G F Em
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---(5)--5--5/7-----7--5-------5--|--------------------------------|
A|----------------7----------7-----|--7h8----8--7--5--7----7--5--3--|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Dm G C G
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--15b17--------15--13--15--------13--12--|
G|---------------------12--|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|----5--------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
Am G F Em
e|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|----13--------12--10--12--------10--8---|--10--------8--6--8--------6--5--|
G|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~
Dm G C G
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----6------------------5h6p5--------|--------------5-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------7-5-7--|--5-----------5-----------4-----------4-----------|
D|------------------------------------|--------------5-----------5-----------5-----------|
A|------------------------------------|--------------3-----------5-----------5-----------|
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------3-----------3-----------|
Intro
| C | D7 | Dm | G | C |
| C | D7 | Dm | G | C |
Verse 1
C Dm G C Am
Isn't life strange, a turn of the page?
Dm G C
Can read like before, can we ask for more?
Dm G C Am
Each day passes by, how hard man will try
Dm
The sea will not wait
G C G Am D Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry
Chorus
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your heart
F Em Dm G
To be one with your love
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F Em Dm G
Looking back where you were
F C
And here we are
Verse 2
C Dm G C Am
Isn't love strange, a word we arrange?
Dm G C
With no thought or care, maker of despair
Dm G C Am
Each breath that we breathe, with love we must weave
Dm
To make us as one
G C G Am D Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry
Chorus
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your heart
F Em Dm G
To be one with your love
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F Em Dm G
Looking back where you were
F C
When we were young
Verse 3
C Dm G C Am
Isn't life strange, a turn of the page?
Dm G C
A book without light, unless with love we write
Dm G C Am
To throw it away, to lose just a day
Dm
The quicksand of time
G C G Am D Dm
You know, it makes me want to cry, cry, cry
Chorus
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your heart
F Em Dm G
To be one with your love
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F Em Dm G
Looking back where you were
Chorus
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your heart
F Em Dm G
To be one with your love
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F Em Dm G
Looking back where you were
Chorus
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your heart
F Em Dm G
To be one with your love
C G Am G
Wished I could be in your eyes
F Em Dm G
Looking back where you were
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
mu mute
pb pre-bend
co cut off
pr partial release
bss bend slightly sharp
~~ vibrato
======================================================================== 17 Feb 2012
