Supertramp – Goodbye Stranger (Guitar Tab)

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From the album: Breakfast In America Transcribed by: Travis Lausch This song is incredibly dynamic, and features a lot of volume shifts, so I've marked out. I couldn't really be bothered transcribing the ending solo's rhythm as it's really It's not that hard to figure out something for yourself there. Actually, I'm not even sure if is any guitar in that section or not. Portions of this tab are based on a Guitar Pro tab I on this site, but some parts of the solo and otherwise were learned by ear. Guitar tuning is standard (E A D G B E) Pause for piano intro

 Riff 1 (1st prechorus)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------4------------------1--------------------------|
E|--2---------------1---------------------------------------------4---------------|
                                                                 ^ a little softer

Pause for second verse on piano

 Riff 2 (2nd prechorus)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------4------------------1----------|
E|--2---------------1---------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------4------------------1----------|
E|--4---------------2---------------------------------------------|

Pause for piano

 [Chorus]
 (turn down volume)
e|--8--------------8-----------------9--------------------------------|
B|-----9--------------7-----------------9--------------------8--------|
G|--------8--------------8-----------------10------------10-----8-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| repeat 7 times, then:

e|--8--------------8-----------------8-------------------8------------|
B|-----9--------------8-----------------9-------------------7---------|
G|--------8--------------9-----------------10-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Third verse:

 (Roll back volume and palm mute)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|--4--4-4-3/4-4-4--| repeat 18x

Play riff 2 (turn up volume) Play chorus (turn down volume)

 Before solo:
 (turn up volume)
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--4\-------------------| x5

e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|--4---4---4---4---|

 Pre-solo lead:
e|------------------|
B|--4tr7------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

 Under solo:
 (turn off distortion)
e|--4--------------4----------------|
B|--4--------------4----------------|
G|--5--------------6----------------|
D|--4--------------4----------------|
A|--6--------------6----------------|
E|--4--------------4----------------|
strum each chord in a funky syncopation

 [Solo]
e|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|--3/4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| x3

e|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------13--|
D|--3/4-4-4-4/6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8-8/9-9-9--|--9/11-11-11-11/13-13-13-13/15-15-15-15/16-----|
A|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------13h14--|-------------------------------13h14--|
G|--15~--15~--15-15--15~--15~-15--------|--15~--15~--15-15--15~--15~-15--------|
D|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--14--14--14h16-----------------|--14--14--14h16-----------------|
G|----------------13~-13~-13-13~--|----------------13~-13~-13-13~--|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|--------14--------13----------|--------14--------13----------|
G|------------13--------13------|------------13--------13------|
D|--13h15--------15---------15--|--13h15--------15---------15--|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------16---------16----------|-------18---------/18---18----|
G|-----------16--------x-16-----|-----------16-----------------|
D|--/18---------18----------18--|--/18----------18-------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--18b19---b19-b19-b19r18--16h18--|--18b19---b19-b19-b19r18--16h18--|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

e|---------18---------16------|------14---------13------|
B|--18b19-----b19-18------18--|--16------16-14------14--|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|

e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--12b--------------12h14--|--12b----------14b16-14--|
G|---------x-x-11h13--------|--------13--13-----------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--12b------------12--14--|--12b---------------------|
G|---------13---13---------|---------13---x-x--x-x----|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|

 Begin fade
e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--11--x-11--x-11--11--11--------11--|--11--x-11--x-11--11--11--------11--|
G|--11--x-11--x-11--11--11--------11--|--11--x-11--x-11--11--11--------11--|
D|--------------------------11h13-----|--------------------------11h13-----|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|--12--x-12--x-12--11--x-11--x-11----|------------------------------------|
G|--13--x-13--x-13--11--x-11--x-11----|--10h11p10p8-10-x-10-11-11-x-8-x-8--|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

e|------------------------|-------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------|
G|-------10--------8------|-----6-------4-----|
D|--/11-----11-10-----10--|--8-----8-6-----6--|
A|------------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------|

e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------14-|
G|-----------------------------------|--/13--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-x-x-----|
D|--/6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|---------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--12b--------------14-----|--12b----------14b16-14--|
G|---------x-x-11h13--------|--------13--13-----------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

                                                Fade Out
e|--------------------------|-------------------------||
B|--12b--------------12h14--|--12b----------14b16-14--||
G|---------x-x-11h13--------|--------13--13-----------||
D|--------------------------|-------------------------||
A|--------------------------|-------------------------||
E|--------------------------|-------------------------||