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Strindberg – Lux/Akkerman/van der Linden
From the Album 'Eli' 1976  
Tab by Aatvza
[Intro]
C F#m7-5 C/G
F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A Fmaj7
Bsus4 A/C# Dadd9 D
F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A Fmaj7
Asus2/C#
[Verse 1]
   CThey forced you to F#m7-5walk
Your C/Glegs were shotA/C#  
They Dtried to make you talkG7/B  G7  
When your Bbthroat A+was G#6too dG7ry
[Chorus]
   CmYou learned from the top
   Fby F7/Asimply going dCmown againD/F#  
    Gm9Following an old pen and lBb7/G#ots of inkDm/A  Bb7/G#  
    Eb/GThere is pain in writing
    A7/GThere sure is pain in rDeadingDm  
[Bridge]
That’s what A/C#I discovered
Dsus4When I recogniDmsed feF/CelingsF  C/E  Dm  
[Verse 2]
   CYou wrote down F#m7-5notes
From a C/Gtortured mind
That was F/Bbon-   ly C/Bbstable on Fmaj7/Apaper
Fmaj7PaperG/F  
     Bsus4Clean white A/C#paper
[Outro]
Dadd9(August, DI neF/Bbver could see a conneC/Bbction between the hammer and the Fmaj7/Anail.  
NoFmaj7w I know they both get hurt)Asus2/C#  

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Strindberg

by Jan Akkerman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m7-5

C/G

F/Bb

C/Bb

Fmaj7/A

Fmaj7

Bsus4

A/C#

Dadd9

Asus2/C#

G7/B

A+

G#6

F7/A

D/F#

Gm9

Bb7/G#

Dm/A

Strindberg – Lux/Akkerman/van der Linden

1976

From the Album 'Eli'

Tab by Aatvza

[Intro]

C F#m7-5 C/G

F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A Fmaj7

Bsus4 A/C# Dadd9 D

F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A Fmaj7

Asus2/C#

[Verse 1]

C F#m7-5

They forced you to walk

C/G A/C#

Your legs were shot

D G7/B G7

They tried to make you talk

Bb A+ G#6 G7

When your throat was too dry

[Chorus]

You learned from the top

F F7/A Cm D/F#

by simply going down again

Gm9 Bb7/G# Dm/A Bb7/G#

Following an old pen and lots of ink

Eb/G

There is pain in writing

A7/G D Dm

There sure is pain in reading

[Bridge]

A/C#

That’s what I discovered

Dsus4 Dm F/C F C/E Dm

When I recognised feelings

[Verse 2]

C F#m7-5

You wrote down notes

C/G

From a tortured mind

F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A

That was on- ly stable on paper

Fmaj7 G/F

Paper

Bsus4 A/C#

Clean white paper

[Outro]

Dadd9 D F/Bb C/Bb Fmaj7/A

(August, I never could see a connection between the hammer and the nail.

Fmaj7 Asus2/C#

Now I know they both get hurt)

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