Excel - The Stranger Chords & Tabs

Band:  Excel
Album: The Joke's On You
Song:  The Stranger

Website:  www.rottenrecords.com/bios.php?artist=Excel

Copyright (c)  Rotten Records 1989
Version 1.0 - 10/19/06

Transcribed By: Felix
Email:          hyperslob@yahoo.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h  - hammer on           b  - Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f  - full bend    h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        <> - Trill

Tune All Strings to E flat (1/2 step down)

Intro (Clean)
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2\1--2\1---------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0--------------------2-------0------0----------|
|---2---2---2------5--------------------2---2---2------5------------|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0-----3\2--3\2-------2-------0------0--------0-|
|---2---2---2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2---2---2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----2-------0------0-----3\2--3\2-------2-------0------0--------0-|
|---2---2---2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2---2---2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|

|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------0------0-----2\1--2\1-------1-------0------0--------0-|
|-------2-----0------0-----3\2--3\2---------2-----0------0--------0-|
|---2-------2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2-------2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|

|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------0----0-----------------------------------|
|-----1-------0------0-----2\1--2\1-------1-------0------0--------0-|
|-------2-----0------0-----3\2--3\2---------2-----0------0--------0-|
|---2-------2------5-------3\2--3\2-----2-------2------5--------5---|
|-0-------3-----/6------0-------------0-------3-----/6--------6-----|

Interlude (distortion)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9------8--7\--------------------------------------------------|
|---8------7----x---------------------------------------------------|
|-7------6------5\--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/excel/the_stranger_tab.html ]
Riff A
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----5-----8-----------3-2-3-2-2-----5-----8---------------------|
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-000-0-0-0---|
    pm.   . .   . . . . .           . .   . .   . . . . ... . . .

Chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9---/12---/15-----10\9-10\9--9----12\--5--------------------------|
|-x-----x-----x----0-x----x----x-----x---x--------------------------|
|-7---/10---/13----0-8\7--8\7--7----10\--3--------------------------|
|------------------0------------------------------------------------|

Riff B
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------5-------------9\--------------------------------------|
|-4-------4-5-3-4-----------x---------------------------------------|
|-2-------2-3---2-2---------7\--------------------------------------|
|---0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------|
    . . .           . . . .

Riff C
Gtr 1
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------4--------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-0-6hb--0-0-3-0---0-6hb--------------------------------------|

Gtr 2  enters after 2nd time with drums
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Both Gtrs
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3---------------6---3-------------------------------------|
|-2---5---3---2-2---5-----6---3-------------------------------------|
|-2---5---1---2-2---5-----4---1-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-0---0-0-0-0-3-0-0---0---0-----------------------------------|
    .   .   .     .   . .   .   .

Outro
Gtr 1 Distortion
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4---------5-4----------3----------4-3-----------------------------|
|-4---------5-4----------3----------4-3-----------------------------|
|-2---------3-2----------1----------2-1-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr 2 Clean  4x then...
|-----------------|--1------1---------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----|--2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
|-----0-------0---|--3----------3-----3-----------------------------|
|---4-----4-----4-|--3------------3-----3---------------------------|
|-2-----2---------|--1----1-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------|--1---1------------------------------------------|

Outro Fades Away

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