The Stranglers - Threatened

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

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 Transcription by: Richard Stanforth (rtstanforth@hotmail.com)
 Date of Transcription: 1st April 2002
 
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 intro: drums and palm muted D(b5) chord (definition: 4567xx),
 keyboard plays notes of D, C# and B... guitar enters picked 2nd time
 around.
 
 picking pattern is like follows:

 E-------------------------------|
 B-------------------------------|
 G--------7--------------7-------|
 D------6----6---------6----6----|
 A----5--------5-----5--------5--|
 E--x--------------4-------------|
 

 
 bass enters and keyboard plays a descending riff for four bars.
 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5 (x4, keyboard enters on the third time)
 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5/G# (x2) A5 G5 A5 G5
 
 A5            G5            A5     G5     
 I don't think things can be pretty or ugly
 A5       G5         
 All that you can say
            A5                             G5     
 Is if your existence is not threatened in any way
 
 <..next section, there is no chord, guitar plays this (not 100% sure)..>

 E-------------------------------|
 B-----0-------0-------0-------0-|
 G---3-------1-------3-------1---| <-- play four times
 D-2------2--------2------2------|
 A-------------------------------|
 E-------------------------------|
 

 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5 (x2)
 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5/G# (x2) A5 G5 A5 G5
 
 A5            G5          
 You are quite safe with me
 A5                 G5     
 I've got my own philosophy
 A5       G5         
 All that you can say
            A5                             G5     
 Is if your existence is not threatened in any way
 A5            G5       A5            G5     
 Threatened in any way, threatened in any way
 E5            D5       E5            D5     
 Threatened in any way, threatened in any way
 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5 (x2)
 
 D5  F#5       G5  F5/G# D5  F#5       G5  F5/G# 
 Man killed by industry, man killed by luxury
 D5 F#5 G5 F5/G# D5 F#5 G5 (N.C.)
 Man killed by falling tree, man killed by sanity
 
 Bring me a piece of my mummy
 She was quite close to me
 
 D5 F#5 G5 F5/G# (x2)
 
 A5 G5 until end.