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Twenty Seven Strangers

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Not a correction, but addition to ElaElaElano's tab. 
Got it from watching the Live on KEXP version. 
Only 2 unusual chords are Dm6 and G/Ab. He plays them like this:
e |----1Dm6---------G/Abx---|
b |----0---------x---|
g |----2---------4---|
D |----0---------5---|
A |----x---------5---|
G |----x---------4---|
You can play the G/Ab with the top two strings open and it sounds really nice. 
That's how Connor does it. 
[Intro]
F    C    Am    C
Am    C    G    G
[Verse 1]
FThe bus was lCate
AmAnd forced us all to Ccongregate
AmTwenty-seven Cstrangers
Made to Gstand and wait
FThe time went Cby
AmThe sun went down, a Cbaby cried
AmI just stCood in lineG  
This is where it changes each verse, leading into the chorus bit with the high vocals
Dm6But there is no cueAm  
CNo stage hand saying what to doF  
GAnd you are me
G/AbAnd I am you
[Chorus]
F    C    Am    C
Am    C    G    G
FThe bus it Ccame
AmAnd everybody lCoaded in
AmTwenty-seven sCtrangers
GIn a moving can
FThe fluorescenCt light
AmDoubled everyonCe inside
AmThe baby's face Creflected
GIn the shopfronts in the sky
Dm6But faces changeAm  
CAnd rules they all get rearFranged
GAnd photographs
G/AbAll fade away
FThe bus brokCe down
AmAt the graveyard oCn the edge of town
AmTwenty-seven Cstrangers
GSeparate without a sound
FSo I walked Chome
AmJust feeling nothing Con my own
AmNoticing that tree Cof yours
GI've been watching it grow
Dm6So that's why I'm lAmate
CMy dearest one what cFan I say
AmAnd tomorrow it coulCd be the same
GWhen I do it all again  

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Twenty Seven Strangers

by Villagers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm6

G/Ab

Not a correction, but addition to ElaElaElano's tab.

Got it from watching the Live on KEXP version.

Only 2 unusual chords are Dm6 and G/Ab. He plays them like this:

Dm6 G/Ab

e |----1---------x---|

b |----0---------x---|

g |----2---------4---|

D |----0---------5---|

A |----x---------5---|

G |----x---------4---|

You can play the G/Ab with the top two strings open and it sounds really nice.

That's how Connor does it.

[Intro]

F C Am C

Am C G G

[Verse 1]

F C

The bus was late

Am C

And forced us all to congregate

Am C

Twenty-seven strangers

Made to stand and wait

F C

The time went by

Am C

The sun went down, a baby cried

Am C G

I just stood in line

This is where it changes each verse, leading into the chorus bit with the high vocals

Dm6 Am

But there is no cue

C F

No stage hand saying what to do

And you are me

G/Ab

And I am you

[Chorus]

F C Am C

Am C G G

F C

The bus it came

Am C

And everybody loaded in

Am C

Twenty-seven strangers

In a moving can

F C

The fluorescent light

Am C

Doubled everyone inside

Am C

The baby's face reflected

In the shopfronts in the sky

Dm6 Am

But faces change

C F

And rules they all get rearranged

And photographs

G/Ab

All fade away

F C

The bus broke down

Am C

At the graveyard on the edge of town

Am C

Twenty-seven strangers

Separate without a sound

F C

So I walked home

Am C

Just feeling nothing on my own

Am C

Noticing that tree of yours

I've been watching it grow

Dm6 Am

So that's why I'm late

C F

My dearest one what can I say

Am C

And tomorrow it could be the same

When I do it all again

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