Golden Brown 
The Stranglers


Transcribed on 2 Aug 2005 by Rónán Ó'Dorchaidh from The Republic of Ireland (Wexford).
Up the yellow bellies!!

  Dia dhuit agus shílim gur thaitin an amhrán seo leat!
(Thats "Hello and I hope you like this song" for everyone outside Ireland).

Anyway, great Song. Really makes great use of the harpsichord. Well done The Stranglers!
Okay, this song is a bit trickey as it changes time signature during the verses (from 6/8
to 7/8, I think) but you'll
get the hang of it. It just means keeping the last chords in the bar for that extra beat
on 7/8. I've shown where to do this.

Standard Tuning
Chords:   E A D G B E
Bbm       x 1 3 3 2 1
Fm        1 2 2 1 1 1
Gb        2 4 4 3 2 2
Db        x 4 3 1 2 1
Ebm       x x 1 3 4 2
GbM7      2 1 3 3 2 1
AbSus4    4 4 1 1 2 4
Ab        4 3 1 1 1 4


	Intro:

6/8	        7/8
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	Ab	F#

	Verse 1: (6/8 time throughout)

Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#

Ebm	C#	Ebm	     C#
Golden  Brown,  texture like sun

Ebm	C#    Ebm	C#
lays me down, with mind she runs

Ebm	       C#     Ebm	 C#
throughout the night. no need to fight

Ebm	C#     Ebm	   C#
never a frown, with Golden Brown.

Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#

	Verse 2: (6/8 time throughout)

Ebm   C#    Ebm	          C#
Every time, just like the last

Ebm    C#    Ebm	 C#
on her ship, tied to the mast

Ebm	   C#	  Ebm	        C#
to distand lands, takes both my hands

Ebm	C#     Ebm	   C#
never a frown, with Golden Brown. 

	Bridge 1:

6/8	        7/8
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	Ab	F#

	Verse 3: (6/8 time throughout)

Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#

Ebm	C#	Ebm	   C#
Golden  Brown,  finer temptress

Ebm	    C#	  Ebm	        C#
through the ages, she's heading west
 
Ebm	  C#   Ebm	   C#
from far away, stays for a day

Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Never a frown.

	Bridge 2:

6/8	        7/8
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	Ab	F#

6/8		6/8
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#

6/8	        7/8
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	F#	C# 
Bbm	Fm	Ab	F#

6/8		6/8
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#
Ebm	C#	Ebm	C#

	Outro: (6/8 time throughout)

Bbm     Fm	F#m  Absus4  Ab 	(Repeat to fade)


Enjoy! ;)