The Stranglers - English Towns
Tabbed By: Reecy
Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
ENGLISH TOWNS
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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
Date of Transcription: 3rd April 2002
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intro: B E A D D/C# (x2)
(note: on the D chord in the verses, there is a descending
bassline which can played on an acoustic guitar by playing
DDDD/A)
BEAD
There is no love inside of me
BEAD
I gave it to a thousand girls
BEAD
We built towers of saddened ivory
GF#GA
In our English towns, in our english towns
BEAD
The dogs they try to possess us
BEAD
I can hear their anguished cries
BEAD
They built towers of saddened ivory
GF#GA
In our English towns, in our english towns
EBDAA
I can see their astonished eyes
EBDAA
Look the same in any size
EBDAA
And their secrets are all the same
EBDAA
Seeking pleasure seeking fame
FGA
No love in a thousand girls
FGA
No love in a thousand girls
riff 1:
E--10-12-13---------------------------|
B-----------10-12-13------------------|
G--------------------10--s--9--s--6---|
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|
repeat riff 1 over these chords:
FGAGFGAG/BFGAC
F G A (x2)
FGA
No love in a thousand girls
F G A (riff 2)
No love in a thousand girls
riff 2 (in triplets):
E-----------------------------|
B----------------------8-5----|
G-----------------5-7------7--|
D-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-------------|
A-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------|
FGA
No love in a thousand girls
end on keyboard chord of A, which fades out.