• Song:

    Perfect Stranger

  • Artist:

    Dropkick Murphys

  • Album:

    The Gang's All Here

Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Perfect Stranger
Album: The Gang's All Here
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

~= ring out chord

Intro:                             x2                                 x2
e--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B--3-1-0-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--3-1-0-3-3-5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
G------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   (second guitar slams G power chords during this part)
Riff 1:               x2
e--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
B--1-0-3-3-5-3-3-3-3-3--|
G-----------------------| (2nd guitar rings a few G's during this part)
D-----------------------|
A-----------------------|
E-----------------------|

Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)     GSchizophrenic (320003@1)nightmares sending shivers down my spine
  D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)     GI (320003@1)may be a little twisted, but I swear that my life is fine

Chorus:
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)           C (x32010@1)                        GI'm (320003@1)living with a perfect stranger, is there anybody home?
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)           C (x32010@1)                     DI'm (xx0232@1)living with a perfect stranger, but I find myself alone

Riff 1 x2

Verse 2:
               D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)       GWell (320003@1)I'm still working to make life better, 
            D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)        GThough (320003@1)I've fallen from God's grace
    D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)       GI'm (320003@1)standing still in a shattered mirror, 
D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      GStaring (320003@1)at somebody else's face

Chorus x1

Break:    x4
e------------|
B------------|
G-------5-5--|
D--5~---5-5--|
A--5~---3-3--|
E--3~--------|

Chorus x1 (This time after the first C snap G--C-G chords)

Bridge:
G~                                  F-G~
Just when things are back on track, I sabotage myself
F-G~                                       F-G~
These are all certain telltale signs of my decaying mental health
A,B-C,G
      Nobody's home!!!!! (this line x3)
A,B-C,G
      I find myself alone!

End on G

That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
                        oddmenout4@yahoo.com

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