This is my first tab and actually the first song I picked up 100% by myself,
so it would really be nice some reviews! :)
The tuning I found most precise is D A D F# A D,
but I'm sure she might play it some other way around,
I've seen other videos with her using a capo.
I got the tab from this nice acoustic performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6lroKL4_c
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STRANGE - Laura Marling
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Tabbed by: Laise Mendes
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: D A D F# A D
I placed the bends and pull-offs on top of the notes.
If it's on top of two notes, yeah, you gotta do on two notes.
bends = b
pull off = p
bend and then pull off = b/p
*note: I put mostly the melody here, and Marling plays with a lot of precision
but go ahead and strike all o'them strings.
Intro (I called this bit intro, but the actual intro is kind of Verse 2 + Bang part)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------9----10----9----10-9-12-9------------------------------|
A|--9----10----12-------------------------------12-10-9----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
B C D G D²
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------4----5--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
A|--9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12---------5--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B C D G D
I know you love you children, I know you love your wife, I know you set yourself up to live
D²
the simple life
Verse 2
"Do you know how..." part same as intro, plus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----INTRO REPEAT---------------------------p-------------------------------|
A|---------------------7----5-----3----5-----3-------------------------------|
E|---------------------7----5------------------------------------------------|
Bang
I don't know what to called this except for the BANG part. The A and 4th D chord are hit almost
simultaneously and with very quick pull-offs.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------b/p-----------b/p------------------------------------------------|
D|------------7------------5---------b/p-------------------------------------|x4
A|----------5-------------3-----------3-----------b/p------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------3-------------------------|
Verse 3
"No I do not believe we were born equally..." part
e|-----------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------b----------------| --------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------5------3------5--|x3 --5------3-----------------b/p---------b/p--------|
A|----3-----5-----3------------------------| ------------5---3---5----3----------0-3-----------|
E|-----------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------0---|
"those who do good will be treated accordingly"
I guess the difficulty of this song is added up by the strumming speed it has
(I would describe it as a banging galloping strum). She also does some muting here and there,
but in my opinion, anything you get out of it that sounds nice is right. Once you get used to it,
you'll find it very easy to match it up to your own pace, since it is largely dependent
on the singing part.
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