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Saxon – 747 Strangers In The Night tab ver. 2
747 As recorded by Saxon (From the 1980 Album WHEELS OF STEEL) Music by Saxon Transcribed by MaggaraMarine The tuning is between 1/2 step down and whole step down. E5 C5 D5 A5 x 7 9 9 x x x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x x 0 2 2 x x Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver' (left channel) Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn' (right channel) Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Graham Oliver (clean)' (left channel) Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Paul Quinn (clean)' (right channel) Paul Quinn's Solo E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 4/4 Gtr II ~~ ~~ Q E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q H|----15b17---15----|-12------------------------------|--------------------||------------------|----15-12------------------------|--------------------||------------------|----------14b16r(14)-12-14b16-12-|-14----12b14r=12----||------------------|---------------------------------|----14--------------||------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------||------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|D5 E5 ~~~~~~~~ +Q. E E E Q|---------------------------||-------------15----15b17===||-(12)\---/16----16---------||---------------------------||---------------------------||---------------------------|E5 C5 D5 A5 ~~~~~~~ +Q E E Q Q +Q E E Q E E|--------15b17------17b19r=|=(17)--15-17b19-15--12----||-(15)r--------------------|-----------------------15-||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|E5 C5 D5 E5 E5 C5 ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~ E E H E E a E. S E E +H E E Q Q Q|-12---12b15----12----|----------------------------|---------------------||------------------15-|----------------------------|---------------------||---------------------|-16s14--(12)-14-12-(12)\----|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------------|-------------14\-----||---------------------|----------------------------|---14-17b19----------||---------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|D5 A5 E5 C5 PM ~~~ E E H. E E E. E. E. E.|----------------|----------------------------||----------------|----------------------------||----------------|-----------14--[14]b16--14--||-14-17-14\------|-14-16-17-------------------||----------------|----------------------------||----------------|----------------------------|D5 E5 E5 C5 ~~~~ ~~ E. S +H E E E E +Q Q E E|-------------------12-14-|-15h17--(17)pb19r=17--15p14-||-----15b17-(15)----------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-17----------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|D5 A5 ~~~~ E E E E +Q S S E|-15p14----------------------||-------15p14-(14)--14h15p14-||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------||----------------------------|E5 C5 D5 E5 ~~~~~ E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-12----------------------||-16-14-16-12b12.5-----------|-12----12----------------||------------------14-12-14--|----14-12----------------||----------------------------|----------14-13-12-------||----------------------------|-------------------15-12-|E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 D5 A5 Gtr I Gtrs I, II PM| a Q E E H E E S S E +H Q E E H E E E E +Q E E|--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|||--------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------------|||-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------|||-----------9---5----|-7-7-x-x-2-(2)----|----9---5----|-5-7---9-(9)--------|||-----------7---3----|-5-5-x-x-0-(0)----|----7---3----|-3-5---7-(7)--------|||-(12)s15\-----------|------------------|-------------|--------------3-2---||Verse E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 Gtrs I, II PM PM----|Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H||--------------|------------------|-------------|||o-------------|------------------|-------------|||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------| * *don't play this note on the 1st time of the 2nd and 3rd verse.1.,2.,3. 4.(The 4th time ending.) D5 E5 D5 E5 PM| E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q|-------------------||----------------|||------------------o||----------------|||-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|||-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----|||-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----|||--------------3-2--||----------------||Chorus (Dm) Gtr IV E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E||------1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)-|||o------------------|------------------|||----2--------------|---2--------------|||--0----------------|-0----------------|||o------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------||| Gtr III| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q||--------0----------|-------0----------|||o-----3----3-------|-----3----3-------|||----2--------2-----|---2--------2-----|||--0----------------|-0----------------|||o------------------|------------------|||-------------------|------------------|(Dm/C) E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E 4x|-----1-0--1---(1)-|-----1-0--1---(1)---|||------------------|-------------------o|||---2--------------|---2----------------|||-0----------------|-0------------------|||------------------|-------------------o|||------------------|--------------------|||| E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q 4x|-------0----------|-------0------------|||-----3----3-------|-----3----3--------o|||---2--------2-----|---2--------2-------|||-0----------------|-0------------------|||------------------|-------------------o|||------------------|--------------------||Graham Oliver's Solo E5 C5 D5 A5 Gtr I ~~~~~~ ~~~ Q E E H +E +E E E +E. +E S E|------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------------||-----14b16----14b16=====|=(14)r(14)-12-14b16==(14)r(14)-12----||------------------------|----------------------------------14-||------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------------|E5 C5 D5 E5 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ +Q E E +Q E E +E E H.|-----------12b14==(12)r=12--12b14==|=(12)r12--12b14r====||-----------------------------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------||-(14)------------------------------|--------------------||-------14--------------------------|--------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------|E5 C5 D5 A5 +Q E E +H +Q. Q +E. S E|-(12)--15-17b19==(17)----|-(17)r==17b19r=(17)-15-12-||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|Verse starts here E5 C5 D5 E5 | \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ | ~~~~~ | +Q E E +H E Q +E +E +E +E +E | +Q|-(12)---------------------|--------------------------------------||-------||-------12-----------------|--------------------------------------||-------||-----------14b16=(14)r----|-12-14--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--||-(14)\-||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||-------|Main Riff E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 Gtrs I, II PM PM----|Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H||--------------|------------------|-------------|||o-------------|------------------|-------------|||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|||o----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|1. 2. D5 E5 D5 E5 PM| E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q Q|-------------------||----------------||------------------o||----------------||-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||-7-7---9-(9)-------||-7-7---9-(9)----||-5-5---7-(7)------o||-5-5---7-(7)----||--------------3-2--||----------------|Riff behind the solos:E5 C5 D5 A5 E5 C5 D5 E5 PM PM----| PM| Q E E H E E E E +Q E E Q E E H E E E E +Q E E |--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------||--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-----9---5----|-7-7---2-(2)------|----9---5----|-7-7---9-(9)-------||-----7---3----|-5-5---0-(0)------|----7---3----|-5-5---7-(7)-------||--0-----------|--------------3-2-|-0-----------|--------------3-2--|The song goes like this: Paul Quinn's Solo Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Graham Oliver's Solo Verse Chorus Main Riff Chorus Paul Quinn's Solo (continue until fade out) 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 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