I Woke Up In A Strange Place

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Step 1 / 110Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
E|---2--2-2------------------------------------------------|
B|---0--0-0---3-3-3----------2--3-2---2--2-2-3-2---2--3-2--|
G|---0--0-0---0-0-0--4--2-0--0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0--|
D|---0--0-0---0-0-0--0-------0--0-0---0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0--|
A|---2--2-2---2-2-2----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---2--2-2------------------------------------------------|
B|---0--0-0-------------2--0-2--2-2-2-0-2--2---------------|
G|---0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------|
D|---0--0-0--X-X--X--X--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0---------------|
A|---2--2-2--5-5--4--4--2--2-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
*Verse
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-- and repeat -----|
G|----2--2--2--0---2--2--2--0-------------------|
D|----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-------------------|
A|----2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2-------------------|
D|----0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-------------------|
"...Ghost comes to visit.." etc., until the instrumental bit (below):
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|---2--2--2--2-----------------------------|
D|---4--4--4--4--X--2----------2--------2---|
A|---0--0--0--0--X--2-------5-----2--5------|
D|---4--4--4--4--X--2----2------------------|
Listen to the song to get the rhythm of this bit. The key is to get a
constant chunk-chunk-chunk rhythm going while playing the notes tabbed. Where
Then there is the preamble to the chorus (which, as it happens, doesn't appear
to feature in the version Jeff played at the Mercury Lounge New Year's Eve gig
in 1995, except prior to the final chorus):
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------0-0----0-0----------0--------------------------|
G|---------X-X----0-0----------X-----------------0-0-0-0--|
D|----2>4--7-7--4>2-2-----2>4--7---7>11-11-11--7>9-9-9-9--| etc.
A|----X-X--X-X----0-0-----X-X--X--------------------------|
D|----2>4--7-7--4>2-2-----2>4--7---7>11-11-11--7>9-9-9-9--|
(In my peculiar notation, > means slide.)
In the version I have of Jeff playing this with the full band (Selinas,
Sydney, February 1996), he skips the doodling around at fret 11 and just
slides from fret 7 to 9, hits it about a dozen times and moves right into the
chorus.
*Chorus:
E|---------------------------------------2---|
B|---------------3-----------------------3---|
G|---0--0--0--0--3-------------0--0--0---2---|
D|---4--4--0--2--2-------------4--4--4---0---|
A|---4--4--0--2--2-------------4--4--4---0---|
D|---4--4--0--2--2-------------4--4--4---0---|
"...........I woke up in a .............my mind a blur ....."
(repeating as necessary)
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0-----0------------------0-------------4---------------|
D|---4-----9------------------4-------------6---------------|
A|---4-----9------------------4-------------6---------------|
D|---4-----9------------------4-------------6---------------|
"....... I remember the words...how they come down so hard, so plain.."
E|---------------------------------------------------//-2-----|
B|------3----------------------------------------0---//-3-----|
G|------3----------------------------------------2---//-2-----|
D|--4---2-------------------------------------4--0---//-0-----|
A|--4---2-------------------------------------4--2---//-0-----|
D|--4---2-------------------------------------4--0---//-0-----|
"....fate is going to find..... a glass of champagne"
*Middle 8 thingie (in the Selinas version, this comes just prior to the
"sweat falls down" verse).
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------3-------|
G|---0---0---0-0-0-0-0----0--0---0---0---0---0-0-0--3-------|
D|---7---9---5-4-2-0-2>4--2--0---4---7---9---5-4-2--2-------|
A|---7---9---5-4-2-0-2>4--2--0---4---7---9---5-4-2--2-------|
D|---7---9---5-4-2-0-2>4--2--0---4---7---9---5-4-2--2-------|
This is very very approximate, but it's enough to be getting on with!
Bm7ghost calls to visit with my keys in his pocketF#m  E7  
Bm7kisses in my mouth with his eyes hanging out of his socketsF#m  E7  
Bm7my memories crumble under still resistanceF#m  E7  
Bm7i was torn out like pages from the book of existenceF#m  E7  
F#m  Emi woke up in a strange placeF#m  
Dmy mind a blur and some blood on my chinF#m  
Emi made a call for a blackened cabF#m  
Dsome destination was moving on inF#m  
Bmi remember the wF#mords that you told me,
how they cG#mome down so hard, so plainF#m  
Emfate is going to find your love in a glass of chBm7ampagne
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| / Slide up
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