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STRANGER THAN FICTION
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1994 Album STRANGER THAN FICTION)
Transcribed by Unregistered
Words and Music by Brett Gurewitz
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
Bb5
x 1 3 3 x x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
A5(type 2)
5 7 7 x x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
B5VII
7 9 9 x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Overdriven 2'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Vocals 1'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Vocals 2'
Intro
Q=165
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|----------||------------------|------------------||
|----------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|----------||------------------|------------------||
|----------||------------------|------------------||
|----------||o-3-3-2-2---------|-------------3-3-o||
|----------||----------3-3-0-0-|-1-1-0-0-1-1------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-3-2-2---------|-------------3-3-||
|---------3-3-0-0-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-----||
|
| Gtr III
| W H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------0-0-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Verse 1
C5 Bb5 A5 G5
Gtrs I, II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
E H E E E E H E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E
|-0---------0-0-0-|-----------0-0-0-|-0-0---0-0-0-----|-1-0-------------|
|-----------------|-3---------------|-------------1-1-|-------1---1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 E5 F5 G5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-0-0---0-1-0-----|-1--1---3---1---|-0--------0-0-0-||
|-1-1---1-1-1---1-|-------------3-0-|----------------|----3-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
Verse 2
C5 Bb5 A5 G5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E E E Q Q. E E E S S S E. Q E E E E E Q. E E E
|-0--(0)-----0-0-0-|-----------------|-----0-0--------------|------------------|
|------------------|-3---------3-3-3-|-1-1------------3-3-3-|-0----------1-1-3-|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|---2--------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
C5 E5 F5 G5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q
|-0-0---0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0---|-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-0-|---------0-------||
|-------------3-1-|---------------3-|-----------------|-3-3---1-----3---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
F5 G5 A5(type 2) G5 F5 G5 A5(type 2) G5
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-------|---------------|---0-0-0-0-------|
|---------------|-----------3-1-0-|-3--1----------|-----------3-1-0-|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H H H H H H H H
|-1------3------|-5---------------|-1------3------|-5---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------0------|-2---------------|--------0------|-2---------------|
|-3-------------|-----------------|-3-------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
F5 E5 C5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q H H
|------------1---|-0-----0-----0---|-0--------------|
|-3--1-----------|---------3-------|--------3-------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| W W W
|-1--------------|-0---------------|-8--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-5--------------|
|-3--------------|-2---------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G5
E H.. E E E E E Q.
| | | | |
/ / / / /
E E E E E E E E H Q Q
|-----------0-------|---------0-------||
|---1---1-3---3-1-3-|--------------3--||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|
| W W
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-5-5--5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-5-5--5-5-|
|------------------|---------3-3--3-3-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E Q E Q. E E E E E Q.
|------------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1---0--------|------------------|
|------------------|-2---2---0--------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|-----------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|-0---------------|---------0-------|-0-0---0-0-----0-|
|-----3-3-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-3-3-----3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 Bb5 A5 G5 F5 G5
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q E E E Q Q Q
|-3-1-0---0--------|-0-------1-----0-|-0-0-----1---0---|
|-------3----------|-----3-----------|-----3-----------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H H H. E E
|-(0)---------------|--------------0-0-||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
Verse 3
C5 Bb5 A5 G5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-1-1-0-0-----|-------0---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-1-|-3-3-3-------1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 E5 F5 G5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E. E Q Q
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-1-0---|-----------0-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|-3--3----1-----3---||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Interlude
F5 G5 A5(type 2) G5 F5 G5 A5(type 2) G5
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W E E E E E E E E Q Q H E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---0-0-0-0-------|---------------|---0-0-0-0-------|
|---------------|-----------3-1-0-|-3--1----------|-----------3-1-0-|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H H H H H H H H
|-1------3------|-5---------------|-1------3------|-5---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------0------|-2---------------|--------0------|-2---------------|
|-3-------------|-----------------|-3-------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
F5 E5 C5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q H H
|-------------1--|-0------0-----0--|-0--------------|
|-3---1----------|----------3------|---------3------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| W W W
|-1--------------|-0---------------|-8--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-5--------------|
|-3--------------|-2---------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G5
E H.. E E E E E Q.
| | | | |
/ / / / /
E E E E E E E E H Q Q
|-----------0-------|---------0-------||
|---1---1-3---3-1-3-|--------------3--||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|
| W W
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4--4-4-|-2-2-2-2-5-5--5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-2-2--2-2-|-0-0-0-0-5-5--5-5-|
|------------------|---------3-3--3-3-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E Q E Q. E E E E E Q.
|------------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1---0--------|------------------|
|------------------|-2---2---0--------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|-----------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|-0---------------|---------0-------|-0-0---0-0-----0-|
|-----3-3-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-3-3-----3---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 Bb5 A5 G5 F5 G5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr III
E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q E E E Q Q Q
|-3-1-0---0--------|-0-------1-----0-|-0-0-----1---0---|
|-------3----------|-----3-----------|-----3-----------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H H W
|-(0)---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------||
Bridge
A5(type 2) G5 F5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E Q. E Q E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q. E E E E E Q E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-1--------1-----1-|-0-1-1-1-----1---|-0---1-1--------1-|-0-1-1-1-----1-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E Q. E Q E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q. E E E E E Q E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-1--------1-----1-|-0-1-1-1-----1---|-0---1-1--------1-|-0-1-1-1-----1-0-|
|-2--------2-----2-|-0-2-2-2-----2---|-0---2-2--------2-|-0-2-2-2-----2-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
C5 G5 F5 G5 A5(typG52) A5(tB5VII)
Gtrs I, II
W W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W W
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|--------5----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5--------------5--|--------4----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-----------------|-5-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3-----------------|-5-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-3-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E Q E Q. E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------0-------||
|-----------1-------|-----------------0-|---0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-----------||
|-2--2-2------------|-0--0-0-0----------|-2---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| E E Q E Q. E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---------0-------||
|-----------1-------|-----------------0-|---0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3---1-------||
|-2--2-2----2-------|-0--0-0-2--------0-|-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-----------||
|-3--3-3------------|-2--2-2-3----------|-3---------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|--2--2-2-2---------|
|--5--5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|--2--2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------|-----------3-3-3-3-|
|
| +W +W
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| +W +W
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
|-(1)---------------|-(1)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-|
|-------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|-----------------|
|
| W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
|---------3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|
| W E E E E E Q E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------|-0-------1-----0-|-0-0-----1---0---|
|-----------------|-----3-----------|-----3-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|--3--3-2-2-0-0-----|-----------------|
|---------------3-3-|-1-1-0-0-1-1-3-3-|
|
| +H H W
|-(0)---------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
>
W +W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| W +W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------*|
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
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
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
