Artist: The Stranglers Song: Golden brown Tabbed by: DJ 31th May 2014 Time signature: The original is probably a bar of 6/8 and a bar of 7/8, I find it much simpler to think of the count as 3 bars of 3/4, with a bar of 4/4 on the end... 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / | The above is the sequence until it changes to alternating from Dm to C for the verses, which are 3 beats to the bar for each chord. Then back again to the intro sequences as above. KEY: Judging by performances on Youtube, The Stranglers play it live in Bbm. Apart from a version with Hugh Cornwell and Mariachi Mexteca, where he sings it a semi-tone lower in Am, with a few amended chords. TUNING: The original single recording is quite sharp of concert pitch, either the master tapes were sped up at mixing stage, or the harpsicord was not tuned to concert pitch. CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Bbm) Played fingerstyle Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: Am = x02210 C/D = xx0x10 F = xx3x11 Dm = xx0231 Em = 022000 C = x3xx10 F/E = xx2x11 F = 133211 C/B = x2xx10 F/D = xx0x11 C/E = xx2x10 G = 320033 F/C = x3xx11 ************************************************************************** [Intro sequence] Am Em F C/E C/D C C/B E |---------0----|------0------|----------1-----|--0----0---0---0---| (x3) B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---1---------1--|--1----1---1---1---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---2------------|-------------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------3--------|--2----0-----------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|-----------3---2---| E |--------------|--0----------|---1------------|-------------------| Am Em G F F/E F/D F/C E |---------0----|------0------|----------3-----|---1---1---1---1---| B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---3--------3---|---1---1---1---1---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---0------------|-------------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------0--------|---3---2---0-------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|---------------3---| E |--------------|--0----------|---3------------|-------------------| Dm C Dm C E |--1-----1-----|------0-------|---1------1-----|--------0---------| B |--3--------3--|--1-------1---|---3---------3--|---1--------1-----| G |-----2--------|--0-----------|-------2--------|---0--------------| D |--0-----------|--------------|---0------------|------------------| A |--------------|--3-----------|----------------|---3--------------| E |--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| [Verse 1] Dm C Dm C Dm C Golden brown, texture like sun, lays me down, Dm C Dm C With my mind she runs ...throughout the night, Dm C Dm C Dm C No need to fight, never a frown ...with golden brown! [Link] Dm C Dm C E |--1-----1-----|------0-------|---1------1-----|--------0---------| B |--3--------3--|--1-------1---|---3---------3--|---1--------1-----| G |-----2--------|--0-----------|-------2--------|---0--------------| D |--0-----------|--------------|---0------------|------------------| A |--------------|--3-----------|----------------|---3--------------| E |--------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| [Verse 2] Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Every time...just like the last, on her ship, tied to the mast, Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C To distant lands, takes both my hands, never a frown ...with golden brown! [As intro sequence tab] Am Em F C/E C/D C C/B ||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / :||(x3) Am Em G F F/E F/D F/C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / | Dm C Dm C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | [Verse 3] Dm C Dm C Golden brown, finer temp - tress, Dm C Dm C Through the ages she's heading west, Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C From far a - way, stays for a day, never a frown ...with golden brown! [As intro sequence tab] Am Em F C/E C/D C C/B ||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / :||(x3) Am Em G F F/E F/D F/C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / | Dm C Dm C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | [Break] Dm C Dm C ||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :|| (x4) [As intro sequence tab] Am Em F C/E C/D C C/B ||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / :||(x3) Am Em G F F/E F/D F/C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / | Dm C Dm C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | [Verse 4] Dm C Dm C ||: Da -ddle, da -ddle! Da -ddle, da -ddle, da -ddle! Da -dum! :||(x3) Dm C Dm C Na - na, na - na, na! Na - na, na - na, na! [Verse 5 -Stay in 3/4 time] Am Em F G E |---------0----|------0------|----------1-----|-----------3-------| (x2) B |--1--------1--|--0------0---|---1---------1--|--3------------3---| G |--2-----------|--0----------|---2------------|--0----------------| D |------2-------|-------------|-------3--------|-------------------| A |--0-----------|-------------|----------------|-------------------| E |--------------|--0----------|---1------------|--3----------------| Am Em F G Am Em F G Ne - ver a frown...with golden brown! | / / / | / / / | / / / | Am Em F G Am Em F Ne - ver a frown ...with golden brown! | / / / | / / / | [Coda] G Am Em F G Am Em F ||: Never a frown--------- with golden brown! | / / / | / / / :||(x2) G Am | / / / | / ||
