Patti Smith – Aint It Strange (Guitar)

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As recorded by Patti Smith (From the 1976 Album RADIO ETHIOPIA) [Intro] Am G Am G Am G Am G Am [Chorus]
G       Am       G                  Am  
Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse

G       Am          G                    Am
Girl in white dress boy shoot white stuff

G  Am                                G
Oh don't you know that anyone can join

                                     Am
And they come and they call and they fall on the floor

Am
Don't you see when you're looking at me

     G                   Am
That I'll never end transcend transcend

G        Am      G  Am
Ain't it strange oh oh oh

                 G  Am     G
Ain't it strange oh oh oh
[Bridge]
Am               G           Am  G
Come and join me I implore thee

Am             G             Am  G
I implore thee come explore me
[Chorus]
Am                                   G
Oh don't you know that anyone can come

                       Am                               G
And they come and they call and they crawl on the floor

Am
Don't you see when you're looking at me

     G                  Am             G
That I'll never end transcend transcend

         Am      G  Am
Ain't it strange oh oh oh

G        Am      G  Am
Ain't it strange oh oh oh

F    C    G       Am
True true who are you

F   C      G   F Ab
Who who am I
[Chorus]
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Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse

                    Ab                Bbm
Girl in white dress boy shoot white stuff

Bbm
Oh don't you know that anyone can join

                       Ab                        Bbm
And they come and they call and they fall on the floor

Bbm
Don't you see when you're looking at me

          Ab            Bbm
That I'll never end transcend transcend

Bbm              Ab Bbm
Ain't it strange oh oh oh

                 Ab Bbm
Ain't it strange oh oh oh
[Chorus]
Bbm                            Ab
Do you go to the temple tonight

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Oh no I don't think so

                                                    Ab
Do you not go to the palace of answers with me Marie

              Bbm
Oh no I don't think so no

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See when I look inside of your temple

Ab                       Bbm
It looks just like the inside of any one man

Bbm
And when he beckons his finger to me

                                Ab
Well I move in another direction

          Bbm
I move in another dimension

                            Ab    Bbm
I move in another dimension oh oh oh
[Guitar Solo] Bbm Ab Bbm Ab Bbm [Verse 1]
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Hand of God I feel the finger

                       Ab
Hand of God I start to whirl

              Bbm
Hand of God I do not linger

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Don't get dizzy do not fall now

Ab
Turn whirl like a dervish

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Turn God make a move

Ab
Turn Lord

Ab
I don't get nervous

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I just move in another dimension

             Ab
Come move in another dimension

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Come move in another dimension

             Ab
Come move in another dimension

Bbm         Ab  Bbm   Ab   Bbm
Strange strange
[Out-Chorus]
Bbm                            Ab
Do you go to the temple tonight

              Bbm   
Oh no I don't think so no

                                                       Ab
Will you go to the pagoda the place of answers with me Marie

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Oh no I don't believe so no

Bbm                                  
See when they offer me book of gold

  Ab                   Bbm
I know soon still that platinum is coming

Bbm
And when I look inside of your temple

Bbm
It looks just like the inside of any one man

Ab                                Bbm
And when he beckons his finger to me

Bbm
Well I move in another dimension

Bbm  
I move in another dimension

  Ab              Bbm
I move in another dimension

  Ab              Bbm        Ab  Bbm
I move in another dimension