Strange Days Chords & Tabs
To best replicate the studio version, tune a half-step down.
D and Dsus2 are varied many, many times in the song. I recommend playing Dsus2 in
place of D at appropriate (read: subtler) points. If the chords are too close
together, blame UG's auto-formatting.
Intro
D F#/D
Verse
A AMaj9
Good morning Don't cop out
G D
You crawled from the cancer to land on your feet
A E
Are you crazy to want this
G D
Even for a while?
A AMaj9
We're making this shit up
G D
The reasons for being are easy to pay
A E
You can't remember the others
G D
They just kind of went away
A AMaj9
So you're driving, it's rush hour
G D
The cars on the freeway are moving like slugs
A E
When you drift off to wake up
G G/F# D
Do you always hit the brakes?
Chorus
F#m A D
We're done lying for a living
F#m A
The strange days have come and you're gone, you’re gone
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D
Either dead or dying
D/A A F#m D6(add9)
Dead or trying to go
A AMaj9
It's evening, you're tired
G D
You sleep walk, a robot out to the street
A E G D
Are you crazy to want this, even for a while?
A AMaj9
You're driving, it's rush hour
G D (quiet til phrase end) A
[The cars on the freeway are moving backwards
D G G/F# D
Into a wall of fire ] x2
A
[Backwards
G G/F# D
Into a wall of fire ] x2
F#m A D
We're done lying for a living
F#m
The strange days have come and you're gone
A D
You're gone
F#m A D
We're done lying for a living
F#m A
The strange days have come and you're gone
D
Either dead or dying
D6(add9) A B A
Either dead or trying to go
D6(add9) D
To go
A
Good morning
AMaj9 D
Don't cop out