Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:09 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./b/beau_brummels/dont_talk_to_strangers.crd
«Don’t Go To Strangers»
(Ron Elliot — Robert Durand)
Intro:
Rhythm guitar [6X; first 2X alone]:
D8 [xx07xx]
/ / / / / / / /
Electric 12-string (quintessential 1965 folk-rock riff borrowed
From the Byrds’ «The Bells Of Rhymney)
[2X; continues w/variations into verses]
V v v v v v v v
——-0—2—3-|—2—0—3—2-
—3—3—3—3-|—3—3—3—3-
—2—2—2—2-|—2—2—2—2-
(0)—0—0—0—|-0—0—0—0—
——————|——————
——————|——————
Verse 1:
D F Am D
Follow your lone beaten path
D F Am D
Wander where you can’t be grabbed
A Bm
Be aware of hidden dangers
A Bm E A
And don’t you go talkin’ to strangers
D [w/12-string riff, 2X]
Babe…
Verse 2:
Travel on the midnight road
Ramble where the winds don’t blow
Be aware of hidden dangers
And don’t you dare go unto strangers
Babe…
Bridge:
D A D
In these raging days and nights
G F# G F#
Look upon what’s black and white
A G A
And don’t you go talkin’ to strangers
D
Babe…
Verse 3:
Take leave of what’s behind you
Go where no-one will find you
Be aware of hidden dangers
And don’t you go runnin’ to strangers
Babe…
Coda:
D [w/12-string riff, 2X]
Babe…
D [w/12-string riff, 1X; end cold on D]
Babe…
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
