The Doors – Strange Days (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by The Doors (From the 1967 Album STRANGE DAYS) Words and Music by The Doors Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robby Krieger - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ray Manzarek - Organ' Intro Q=120 Em 4/4 Gtr II (Organ arr. for Gtr.) E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12----10---------------|-12----10---------------|
|----12----10-12----10---|----12----10-12----10---|
|----------------12----9-|----------------12----9-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

   E  E  E  E  E  E  E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E E
|-12----10---------------|-12----10---------------|
|----12----10-12----10---|----12----10-12----10---|
|----------------12----9-|----------------12----9-|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

  Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
    W                   W
|-^12---------------|-^12-----------------|
|-^12---------------|-^12-----------------|
|-^12---------------|-^12-----------------|
|-^14---------------|-^14-----------------|
|-^14---------------|-^14-----------------|
|-^12---------------|-^12-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
|   Q  E E E  E E E     E E  E E E  E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|---9--7------------|---9-7---------------|
|--------7-9----7---|----------7-9----7-9-|
|------------10---7-|-------10-----10-----|
|-------------------|---------------------|

    W                  W
|-^12--------------|-^12--------------------||
|-^12--------------|-^12--------------------||
|-^12--------------|-^12--------------------||
|-^14--------------|-^14--------------------||
|-^14--------------|-^14--------------------||
|-^12--------------|-^12--------------------||
|
|   E Q  E E  Q  E     E E E  S  S E E  E E
|------------------|------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------||
|---9-7------------|---9-7------------------||
|--------7-9-----7-|-------9-------9-9----7-||
|------------10----|---------10-12-----10---||
|------------------|------------------------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Em                     Am
     Q.    E  +E   E  Q    Q.   E +E  E Q
||--12------------12-----|-5----------5----|
||o-------12-(12)----12--|------5-(5)---5--|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------|
||-----------------------|-----------------|

  Em                     Am
   Q.    E  +E   E  Q    Q.   E +E  E Q
|-12------------12-----|-5----------5-----|
|-------12-(12)----12--|------5-(5)---5---|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|

  Em                     Am
   Q.    E  +E   E  Q    Q.   E +E  E Q
|-12------------12-----|-5----------5----|
|-------12-(12)----12--|------5-(5)---5--|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|

  Em                     F#
   Q.    E  +E   E  Q     Q   Q   Q   Q
|-12------------12-----|-14----------14--|
|-------12-(12)----12--|-----14----------|
|----------------------|---------15------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|

                     Gm
   Q   Q   Q   Q      Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|---------14------||-15------------15-----|
|-14----------14--||-------15-(15)----15--|
|-----15----------||----------------------|
|-----------------||----------------------|
|-----------------||----------------------|
|-----------------||----------------------|

  Cm                    Gm
   Q.    E  +E   Q.      Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|---------------------|-15------------15------|
|-13----13-(13)-------|-------15-(15)----15---|
|---------------12----|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|

  Cm                    Gm
   Q.    E  +E   Q.      Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|---------------------|-15------------15-----|
|-13----13-(13)-------|-------15-(15)----15--|
|---------------12----|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|

  Cm                    Gm
   Q.    E  +E   Q.      Q.    E  +E   E  Q
|---------------------|-15------------15------|
|-13----13-(13)-------|-------15-(15)----15---|
|---------------12----|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|

                      G           B          Bb/D
   Q.    E  +H         W          W          W
|-15----15-(15)----||-15--------|----------|-6----|
|------------------||-15--------|-7--------|-6----|
|------------------||-16--------|-8--------|-7----|
|------------------||-17--------|-9--------|------|
|------------------||-----------|----------|------|
|------------------||-----------|----------|------|

                                   1.
  F           E                     G     B
   W          W          W          Q  Q  Q  Q
|-13--------|-0--------|-0--------|-3--3--7--7--|
|-13--------|-0--------|-0--------|-3--3--7--7--|
|-14--------|-1--------|-1--------|-4--4--8--8--|
|-15--------|-2--------|-2--------|-5--5--9--9--|
|-----------|----------|----------|-5--5--9--9--|
|-----------|----------|----------|-3--3--7--7--|

  Bb   F          G     B       Bb   F          G     B
  Q.   E +H       Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|
|-7----2-(2)----|-4--4--8--8--|-7----2-(2)----|-4--4--8--8--|
|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|
|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|

                                         2.
  Bb   F          Em                      G     B
  Q.   E +H       W          W            Q  Q  Q  Q
|-6----1-(1)----|-0--------|-0---------||-3--3--7--7--|
|-6----1-(1)----|-0--------|-0--------o||-3--3--7--7--|
|-7----2-(2)----|-0--------|-0---------||-4--4--8--8--|
|-8----3-(3)----|-2--------|-2---------||-5--5--9--9--|
|-8----3-(3)----|----------|----------o||-5--5--9--9--|
|-6----1-(1)----|----------|-----------||-3--3--7--7--|

  Bb   F          G     B       Bb   F          G     B
  Q.   E +H       Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|------1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|
|-7----2-(2)----|-4--4--8--8--|-7----2-(2)----|-4--4--8--8--|
|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|
|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|-8----3-(3)----|-5--5--9--9--|
|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|-6----1-(1)----|-3--3--7--7--|

                                        3rd Verse
  Bb   F          Em                     Em
  Q.   E +H       W          W            Q   E  E  E  E  Q
|------1-(1)----|-0--------|-0--------||-12-----12------------|
|-6----1-(1)----|-0--------|-0--------||-----------12---------|
|-7----2-(2)----|-0--------|-0--------||-----12-------12------|
|-8----3-(3)----|-2--------|-2--------||-----------------14---|
|-8----3-(3)----|----------|----------||----------------------|
|-6----1-(1)----|----------|----------||----------------------|

  Am                      Em
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     Q   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-17-------17-----------|-12-----12-------12----|
|----------------17-----|--------------12-------|
|-------17----17--------|-----12----12-------12-|
|----14-------------19--|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

  Am                      Em
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|----17-------17--------|-12-------12-------12--|
|----------17-------17--|-------12-------12-----|
|-------17-------17-----|----12-------12--------|
|-19--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

  Am                      Em
   E  E  E  E  E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-17-------17-------17--|-------12-------12-------|
|-------17-------17-----|----12-------12-------12-|
|----17-----------------|-12-------12-------12----|
|-------------17--------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|

  F#
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------14-------14-------|-14-------14-------14--||
|----14-------14-------14-|-------14-------14-----||
|-15-------15-------15----|----15-------15--------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||

  Gm                    Cm
   Q   E  E  E  E  Q     Q   E  E  +E   E  Q
|-15-----15-------15--|-20-----20-(20)--------|
|-----15-------15-----|-----20---------20-----|
|-----------15--------|-------------------20--|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|

  Gm                    Cm
   Q   E  E  E  E  Q     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-15-----15-------15--|-20-------20-------20-----|
|-----15-------15-----|-------20-------20----20--|
|-----------15--------|----20-------20-----------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|

  Gm                        Cm
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    Q   E  E  +E   E  E  E
|----15-------15-------15-|-20-----20-(20)----------|
|-15-------15-------15----|-----20---------20-------|
|-------15-------15-------|-------------------19----|
|-------------------------|----------------------20-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  Gm
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  Q
|----15-------15-------15-|-------15-------15------||
|-15-------15-------15----|----15-------15---------||
|-------15-------15-------|-15-------15-------15---||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------||

 Outro
  G          B          Bb
  W          W          W
|-3--------|-7--------|-6----|
|-3--------|-7--------|-6----|
|-4--------|-8--------|-7----|
|-5--------|-9--------|-8----|
|-5--------|-9--------|-8----|
|-3--------|-7--------|-6----|

  F          E
  W          W          +W
|-1--------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-1--------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-2--------|-1--------|-(1)----*|
|-3--------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-3--------|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-1--------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths