Clapton - Lonely Stranger guitar tab

Title: Lonely Stranger

Artist: Eric Clapton

Album: Unplugged

Intro:

It goes something like this. Forget about the bar lines.

And you have to figure out the ryth in the intro yourself.

E||--0-------------------0-------4h5-5--5/7-5h7--3-5-3-0h3p0---0---------|

B||----3p2p0---0-----------3/5-5-----------------------------3---3/5\\0---|

G||----------2---0\\1-----------------------------------------------------|

D||------------------2---------------------------------------------------|

A||----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E||--------------------0-------------------------------------------------|

----------0-------------------------------------0----------|

------3-0---3-0-----------------------------------0--------|

--2/4-----------2-0---2---0\\1------------------------------|

--------------------2---2---------------------2------------|

------------------------------------0h2-0------------------|

----------------------------------7-------3-0--------------|

--3b-0---3b-0---3b-0---3b-0---------------------0------------|

-------0------0------0------0---------0-------0---0----------|

------------------------------------2---0h1p0----------------|

-------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------------------|

----------------------------------------------------0--------|

--7b-0--------------------||

--8b---0------------------||

---------2--0h1-----------||

----------------2---------||

------------------2-------||

--------------------------||

The basic rhythm figure looks like this:

E A/C# Am6/E E A/C# Am6/E E

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

e:--------0-----------|---------------0-----|---------0-----------|---------------0-----|

B:--------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|---------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|

G:----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|-----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|

D:----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|-----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|

A:----2-----4-0-------|---3-----2-----------|-----2-----4-0-------|---3-----2-----------|

E:-0----------------0-|-0-----------0-----0-|-0-----------------0-|-0-----------0-----0-|

slap guitar: x x x x

The verse:

I must be invisible no one knows me

E A/C# C#m F#7 G#m F#7 B B/A

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

e:---------0-----------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B:---------0-2---------|---5-----------------|-----4-----2-----|-4-----4---4-----|

G:-----0h1---2---------|---4-----2h3-----3---|-4---4-3---3-----|-4-----4---4-----|

D:-----2-----2---------|---6-----2-------2---|-4---4-2---2-----|-4-----4---4-----|

A:-----2-----4---------|-4---------------4---|-6-----4---4-----|-2-----0-0-------|

E:-0-----------0-----0-|---------2---2---2---|-4-4---2-2-----2-|---------------0-|

x x x x

I have crawled down...streets on my hands and

E A/C# C#m F#7 D/F# A

+ + + + + + + + + + + +

e:---------0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|

B:---------0-2---------|---5-------------|-------2-----2---|

G:-----0h1---2---------|---4---3-----3---|-------2-----2---|

D:-----2-----2---------|---6---2-----2---|-------2---------|

A:-----2-----4---------|-4-----------4---|-------0---0---0-|

E:-0-----------0-----4-|-------2-2-2---0-|-2-2-------------|

x x x

knees

E A/C# Am6/E E A/C# Am6/E E

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

e:--------0-----------|---------------0-----|---------0-----------|---------------0-----|

B:--------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|---------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|

G:----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|-----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|

D:----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|-----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|

A:----2-----4-0-------|---3-----2-----------|-----2-----4-0-------|---3-----2-----------|

E:-0----------------0-|-0-----------0-----0-|-0-----------------0-|-0-----------0-----0-|

x x x x

The chorus:

I'm a lonely stranger here well beyond my day

E F#7 B E/G# A G#7 C#m E7

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|

B:-----0-2---2-----|-4---4-5---5-----|-2---------------|---5-----3-3-3---|

G:-----1-3---3-----|-4---4-4---4-----|-2-----5---5-----|---4-----1-1-1---|

D:-----2-2---2-----|-4---4-----------|-2-----4---4-----|---6-----2-------|

A:---2---4---4-----|-2---0-----------|-0-----6---6---4-|-4-------2-------|

E:-0-----2-------2-|-------4-4-----0-|-------4-4---x---|-----x-0-------0-|

x x

I don't know what's goin' on so I'll be on my

A A#º7 E/B C#m F#m B9

+ + + + + + + + + + + +

e:-----------------|---0-------4-----|-----------------|

B:-----2-2---2-----|---0---5---5-5---|-------2---2-----|

G:-----2-0---0-----|---1---4---4-4---|-2-----2---2-----|

D:---2---2---------|---2---6---6-6---|-2-----1---1-----|

A:-0-----1-------1-|-2-----4-----4---|-4-----2-2-------|

E:-----------------|---------------0-|-2-2-----------0-|

x x x x

way

E A/C# Am6/E E A/C# Am6/E E

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

e:--------0-----------|---------------0-----|---------0-----------|---------------0-----|

B:--------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|---------0-2---------|-----0---------0-----|

G:----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|-----0h1---2---------|---2-----0h1---------|

D:----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|-----2-----2---------|---4-----2-----------|

A:----2-----4---------|---3-----2-----------|-----2-----4-0-------|---3-----2-----------|

E:-0----------0-----0-|-0-----------0-----0-|-0-----------------0-|-0-----------0-----0-|

x x x x

The ending:

E A/C# Am6/E E

+ + + + + +

e:---------0-----------|-----0-----------0-----------------------------------------|

B:---------0-2---------|-----0---------0---3----2-0---0----------------------------|

G:-----0h1---2---------|---2-------0-1--------------2---0h1------------------------|

D:-----2-----2---------|---4---------------------------------2--------------2------|

A:-----2-----4---------|---3-----------------------------------2-0h1p0-------------|

E:-0-------------0---0-|-0---------------------------------------------3p0---------|

LYRICS:

play intro

play rhythm figure

I must be invisible

No one knows me

I have crawled down dead-end streets

On my hands and knees

I was born with a ragin' thirst

A hunger to be free

But I've learned through the years

Don't encourage me

CHORUS

Cause I'm a lonely stranger here

Well beyond my day

And I don't know what's goin' on

So I'll be on my way

When I walk, stay behind

Don't get close to me

Cause it's sure to end in tears

So just let me be

Some will say that I'm no good

Maybe I agree

Take a look then walk away

That's all right with me

CHORUS

Play ending

Created on 10-5-97 by Daniel E. Smith.