The Stranglers - Curfew

      
 
 The Stranglers - Curfew
 Tabbed By: Reecy
 Email: Bushhead81@Hotmail.com
 
 Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
 
 
 CURFEW

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 Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
 Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
 
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 intro (picked):
 
 Gsus2 Esus2 Fsus2 Dsus2 
     

 E------------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
 B-----------10-----------|-------7--------|---------8----------|-------5--------|
 G--------12-----12-------|-----9----9-----|------10----10------|-----7----7-----|
 D-----12-----------12----|---9--------9---|---10----------10---|---7--------7---|
 A--10-----------------10-|-7------------7-|-8----------------8-|-5------------5-|
 E------------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------|
 

 
 G5 E5 F5 D5 (x2)
 
 (7/4 time)
 
 Eb5 A5 Bb5 E5 
     
     Eb5   A5      Bb5          E5   
 The enemy has cut down all the power
 Eb5          A5     Bb5         E5   
 London south of the Thames is invaded
 Eb5         A5       Bb5         E5    
 Westminster is razed down to the ground
     Eb5            A5  Bb5 E5 
 The government has fled
     Eb5            A5  Bb5 E5 
 The government has fled
     Eb5            A5       Bb5      E5   
 The government has fled for Scotland today
 
 (4/4 time)
 
 Gm                   F    
 It becomes black and white
 Gm                   F   
 Is it true what they say?
 Gm                     F    
 They turn the day into night
 Gm                     
 Black and white becomes
 
 G E5 F5 D5 (x2, with riff)
 
 (7/4 time)
 
 Eb5 A5 Bb5 E5 
     
     Eb5            A5   Bb5       E5 
 The government has fled into thin air
        Eb5         A5          Bb5             E5   
 What's left of our troops have joined with the Scots
    Eb5      A5      Bb5         E5   
 To form a defence across of the north
 Eb5          A5   Bb5 E5 
 Stay in your homes
 Eb5          A5   Bb5 E5 
 Stay in your homes
 Eb5        A5         Bb5     E5 
 Be off the streets by nightfall
 
 (4/4 time)
 
 Gm                   F    
 It becomes black and white
 Gm                   F   
 Is it true what they say?
 Gm                     F    
 They turn the day into night
 Gm                     
 Black and white becomes
 
 G E5 F5 D5 (x2, with riff)
 
 (7/4 time)
 
 Eb5 A5 Bb5 E5 
     
 (4/4 time)
 
 <..this is a weird bit because of shifting time signatures
 for one bar! eek!..there are no chords to this, just a bit
 of chaos while Hugh plays this discordant riff..>
 
 riff 1 (2 bars of 4/4) riff 2 (1 x 4/4, 1 x 5/4)

 E----------------------| E-------------------------|
 B--10------------------| B--10---------------------|
 G------9--10------9----| G------9--10------9--9----|
 D-------------10-----9-| D-------------10--------9-|
 A----------------------| A-------------------------|
 E----------------------| E-------------------------|
 

 
 play:
 riff 1 (x3)
 riff 2
 riff 1 (x2)
 
 (7/4 time)
 
 Eb5 A5 Bb5 E5 
     
 Eb5     A5        Bb5         E5     
 Germany failed to protect her borders
 Eb5           A5            Bb5      E5   
 She had grown soft with the American dream
    Eb5           A5      Bb5             E5    
 The men from the Steppes delivered their vaccum
   Eb5         A5     Bb5 E5 
 A new kind of freedom
 Eb5         A5   Bb5 E5 
 Freedom's a chain
   Eb5           A5                Bb5        E5 
 Maybe I'll find love when there's nothing to do
 
 (4/4 time)
 
 Gm                   F    
 It becomes black and white
 Gm                   F   
 Is it true what they say?
 Gm                     F    
 They turn the day into night
 Gm                     
 Black and white becomes
 
 G E5 F5 D5 (x3, with riff)
 
 G E5 F5 
    
 (7/4 time)
 
 Eb5 A5 Bb5 E5