Tramp
The Stranglers - Tramp
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
TRAMP
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
Date of Transcription: 5th April 2002
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intro:
((Em)
E----------------------------|---------------------------|
B----------------------------|---------------------------|
G--------0----------4--------|-------0----------4--------|
D------4----------5-----5----|-----4----------5-----5----|
A----4----------5---------5--|---4----------5---------5--|
E--0----------0--------------|-0----------0--------------|
(Em)
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G--------0---------------4--------|
D------4-----4---------5-----5----|
A----4---------4-----5---------5--|
E--0-------------0-0--------------|
AAAAAAus2
main riff:
(Em)
E---------------------------------|
B---------------------------------|
G--------0--------------4---------|
D------4----4---------5-----5-----| <- play 3 times
A----4--------4-----5---------5---|
E--0------------0-0-------------0-|
AAAAAAus2
verse:
(main riff x3)
Takes the time to stay one place
Though his clothes aren't finest lace
Read the lines on a tramps face
(AAAAA)s2
C G A B
Taking his time, just like you, just like me
C G B
Wandering so fancy free
C G A B
Searching for love in the call of the wild
C G B
Travelling lost like a child
verse:
(main riff x3)
Law has missed him every day
Doesn't need it anyway
Life is the next meal away
(AAAAA)s2
(main riff x3)
A lost woman long ago
Does she miss him? does he know?
Does it matter in the snow?
(AAAAA)s2
C G A B
Taking his time, just like you, just like me
C G B
Wandering so fancy free
C G A B
Searching for love in the call of the wild
C G B
Travelling lost like a child
instrumental bit:
(G5)
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G--------0---------------0---------|
D------0-----0---------0-----0-----| <- play 3 times
A----5---------5-----5---------5---|
E--3-------------3-3-------------3-|
(AAAAA)s2
C G A B
Taking his time, just like you, just like me
C G B
Wandering so fancy free
C G A B
Searching for love in the call of the wild
C G B
Travelling lost like a child
C G A B
Searching for love in the call of the wild
C G B
Travelling lost like a child
C5 G5 A5 B5, C5 G5 B5... (<-keyboard plays alternates
between major and sus4 chords)
End on B.