The Stranglers – Skin Deep (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by The Stranglers
(From the 1984 Album AURAL SCULPTURE)
Words and Music by Jet Black, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell & David Greenfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Greenfield - Keyboards'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Hugh Cornwell - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Greenfield - Keyboards'
Intro
Q=128
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (Keyboards arr. for Gtr.)
W W
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.) | W H E S S Q |------------------|------------5-------| |------------------|--------------5-----| |------------------|----------------6---| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr III (Keyboards arr. for Gtr.) | Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |-0----0-(0)-0-4-4-|-0----0-(0)-0---4-4-| |------------------|--------------------| Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E 3x ||---------------------|------------------------|| ||o----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9---7---o|| ||---------------------|---------------------9--|| ||--7----7--7--------7-|-----7------------------|| ||o--------------------|-----------------------o|| ||---------------------|------------------------||
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| W +H +E S S Q 3x ||---------------------|---------------5--------|| ||o--------------------|-----------------5-----o|| ||---------------------|-------------------6----|| ||--7------------------|-(7)-------(7)----------|| ||o--------------------|-----------------------o|| ||---------------------|------------------------||
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E 3x ||---------------------|------------------------|| ||o--------------------|-----------------------o|| ||---------------------|------------------------|| ||---------------------|------------------------|| ||o-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0---4-4-o|| ||---------------------|------------------------|| $ Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---| |--------------------|-------------------9-| |-7----7--7--------7-|-----7---------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
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| W +H +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-7------------------|-(7)-------(7)-------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------0-3-0-|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-| |--------------------|---------------------| 1st - 3rd Verses N.C. Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9---7-5-| ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||--7----7--7--------7-|-----7-----------------| ||o--------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------|-----------------------|
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| W +H +E S S Q ||---------------------|---------------5-------| ||o--------------------|-----------------5-----| ||---------------------|-------------------6---| ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o-0------------------|-(0)-------(0)---------| ||---------------------|-----------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o--------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0---4-4-| ||---------------------|-----------------------| Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---| |--------------------|-------------------9-| |-7----7--7--------7-|-----7---------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
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| W +H +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-7------------------|-(7)-------(7)-------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------0-3-0-|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-| |--------------------|---------------------| Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9---7---| |--------------------|---------------------9-| |-7----7--7--------7-|-----7-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------|
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| W +H +E S S Q |--------------------|---------------5-------| |--------------------|-----------------5-----| |--------------------|-------------------6---| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-0------------------|-(0)-------(0)---------| |--------------------|-----------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------|-----------------------| |-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0---4-4-| |--------------------|-----------------------| Pre-Chorus E Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E +E E |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------| |----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---||---------------------| |--------------------|-------------------9-||-------------6-(6)---| |-7----7--7--------7-|-----7---------------||-----9---------------| |--------------------|---------------------||--7----7--7--------7-| |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------|
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| W +W W |--------------------|---------------------||-^0------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||-^0------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||-^1------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||-^2------------------| |-7------------------|-(7)-----------------||-^2------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||-^0------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||---------------------| |-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-||---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------||--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-| Dsus4 D Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----5-------7-(7)-----| |-------------4-(4)---|-----------------------| |-----7---------------|--7----7--7--------7---| |-5-----5--5--------5-|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|
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| Q. E +E E Q W |-3-----2-(2)---------|-^5--------------------| |-3-----------3-------|-^5--------------------| |-2-------------------|-^6--------------------| |-0-------------------|-^7--------------------| |---------------------|-^7--------------------| |---------------------|-^5--------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |-0-----0-(0)-0--4--4-|-----------------------| |---------------------|--0----0-(0)-0--4--4---| |---------------------|-----------------------| E Dsus4 E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---|---------------------|---------------------| |-------------------9-|-------------6-(6)---|-------------4-(4)---| |-----7---------------|-----9---------------|-----7---------------| |---------------------|--7----7--7--------7-|-5-----5--5--------5-| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
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| +W W Q. E +E E Q |-(5)-----------------|-^0------------------|-3-----2-(2)---------| |-(5)-----------------|-^0------------------|-3-----------3-------| |-(6)-----------------|-^1------------------|-2-------------------| |-(7)-----------------|-^2------------------|-0-------------------| |-(7)-----------------|-^2------------------|---------------------| |-(5)-----------------|-^0------------------|---------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|-0-----0-(0)-0--4--4-| |--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|---------------------| 1. A Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E |---------------------|------------------------|| |-----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7-----o|| |---------------------|-------------------9----|| |--7----7--7--------7-|-----7------------------|| |---------------------|-----------------------o|| |---------------------|------------------------||
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| W +H +E E E E |-^5------------------|-(5)-------(5)----------|| |-^5------------------|-(5)-------(5)---------o|| |-^6------------------|-(6)-------(6)----------|| |-^7------------------|-(7)-------(7)----------|| |-^7------------------|-(7)-------(7)---------o|| |-^5------------------|-(5)-------(5)-0-3-0----||
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------|------------------------|| |---------------------|-----------------------o|| |---------------------|------------------------|| |---------------------|------------------------|| |--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4---o|| |---------------------|------------------------|| Chorus 2.,D.S. A A Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E E E +E E |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |-----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---||----5-------7-(7)---| |---------------------|-------------------9-||--------------------| |--7----7--7--------7-|-----7---------------||-7----7--7--------7-| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------|
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| W +W W |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------||--------------------| |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------||--------------------| |-^6------------------|-(6)-----------------||--------------------| |-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------||--------------------| |-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------||-0------------------| |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------||--------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| |--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-||-0----0-(0)-0--4--4-| |---------------------|---------------------||--------------------| E Dsus4 D Q Q +E E +Q Q. E +Q. E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-------------10-(10)---|-10-----9-(9)---------| |-----9---(9)-----------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|
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| W Q. E +E E Q |-^0--------------------|--3-----2-(2)---------| |-^0--------------------|--3-----------3-------| |-^1--------------------|--2-------------------| |-^2--------------------|--0-------------------| |-^2--------------------|----------------------| |-^0--------------------|----------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|--0-----0-(0)-0-4-4---| |-----------------------|----------------------| |--0----0-(0)--0---4--4-|----------------------| A Q E E E E +E E E E E E +E E E E |---------------------|---------------------| |-----5-------7-(7)---|--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---| |---------------------|-------------------9-| |--7----7--7--------7-|-----7---------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|
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| W +W |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------| |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------| |-^6------------------|-(6)-----------------| |-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------| |-^7------------------|-(7)-----------------| |-^5------------------|-(5)-----------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-|--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-| |---------------------|---------------------| E Q Q +E E +Q Q. E +Q. E |----------------------|---------------------| |------------10-(10)---|-10-----9-(9)--------| |----9---(9)-----------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|
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| W W |----------------------|-^0------------------| |----------------------|-^0------------------| |----------------------|-^1------------------| |----------------------|-^2------------------| |-0--------------------|-^2------------------| |----------------------|-^0------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|---------------------| |-0----0-(0)--0---4--4-|---------------------| |----------------------|--0-----0-(0)-0-4-4--| Dsus4 D A W Q E E E E +E E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-----5-------7-(7)---| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|--7----7--7--------7-| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|
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| Q. E +E E Q W |-3-----2-(2)-------|-^5------------------| |-3-----------3-----|-^5------------------| |-2-----------------|-^6------------------| |-0-----------------|-^7------------------| |-------------------|-^7------------------| |-------------------|-^5------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-0-----0-(0)-0-4-4-|---------------------| |-------------------|--0----0-(0)-0--4--4-| |-------------------|---------------------| Bridge E5 Dsus2 E E E E +E E E E W W |---------------------||------------------|--------------------| |--9----9-7-(7)-9-7---||------------------|--------------------| |-------------------9-||------------------|--------------------| |-----7---------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||------------------|--------------------|
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| +W W W |-(5)-----------------||------------------|-0------------------| |-(5)-----------------||------------------|-3------------------| |-(6)-----------------||------------------|-2------------------| |-(7)-----------------||------------------|-0------------------| |-(7)-----------------||-2----------------|--------------------| |-(5)-----------------||-0----------------|--------------------|
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| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |---------------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||------------------|-0----0-(0)-0-4-4---| |--0------0-(0)-0-4-4-||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------||-0----0-(0)-0-4-4-|--------------------| E5 Dsus2 E5 Dsus2 Q Q Q Q H +H W W |-------7-----|---------------|----------|------| |----9-----9--|-10----(10)----|----------|------| |-------------|---------------|----------|------| |-------------|---------------|----------|------| |-------------|---------------|----------|------| |-------------|---------------|----------|------|
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| W W W W
|-------------|--0------------|----------|-0----|
|-------------|--3------------|----------|-3----|
|-------------|--2------------|----------|-2----|
|-------------|--0------------|----------|-0----|
|-2-----------|---------------|-2--------|------|
|-0-----------|---------------|-0--------|------|
To Coda
Dsus2 D A
W W W Q E E E E +E E
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|--------------------|-----------|-------------------|----------7-(7)----|
|--------------------|-----------|-------------------|----9--------------|
|--------------------|-----------|-------------------|-7----7-7-------7--|
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|--------------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------||
| Q. E +E E E E W +H +E S S Q W |-^0----2-(2)--------|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)-5------|-------------------| |-^3----------3------|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)---5----|-------------------| |-^2------------2----|-^6--------|-(6)----(6)-----6--|-------------------| |-^0-----------------|-^7--------|-(7)----(7)--------|-7-----------------| |--------------------|-^7--------|-(7)----(7)--------|-------------------| |--------------------|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)--------|-------------------| D.S. al Coda & A Gtr II E E E E +E E E E W +W W |----------------------||-^5--------|-(5)--------|------| |--9----9-7-(7)-9-7----||-^5--------|-(5)--------|------| |-------------------9--||-^6--------|-(6)--------|------| |-----7----------------||-^7--------|-(7)--------|------| |----------------------||-^7--------|-(7)--------|-2----| |----------------------||-^5--------|-(5)--------|-0----|
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| +H +E E E E W W W |----------------------||-----------|------------|------| |----------------------||-----------|------------|------| |----------------------||-----------|------------|------| |-(7)-------(7)--------||-----------|------------|------| |----------------------||-----------|------------|------| |---------------0-3-0--||-----------|------------|------| Dsus2 E5 Dsus2 E5 Dsus2 W W W W W |-0--------|----------|-0--------|----------|-0----| |-3--------|----------|-3--------|----------|-3----| |-2--------|----------|-2--------|----------|-2----| |-0--------|----------|-0--------|----------|-0----| |----------|-2--------|----------|-2--------|------| |----------|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------| Dsus4 A Q. E +E E E E W +H +E E E E |-^3----2-(2)-------|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)-------|| |-^3----------3-----|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)-------|| |-^2------------2---|-^6--------|-(6)----(6)-------|| |-^0----------------|-^7--------|-(7)----(7)-------|| |-------------------|-^7--------|-(7)----(7)-------|| |-------------------|-^5--------|-(5)----(5)-0-3-0-|| Outro A W +H +E S S Q W +H +E E E E 3x ||-----------|------------5------|----------|--------------------|| ||o----------|--------------5----|----------|-------------------o|| ||-----------|----------------6--|----------|--------------------|| ||-----------|-------------------|-7--------|-(7)----(7)---------|| ||o-0--------|-(0)----(0)--------|----------|-------------------o|| ||-----------|-------------------|----------|------------0-3-0---||
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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