Artist: Dr. Dog
Song: Ain't It Strange
Album: Takers and Leavers EP
Tabed by Howard: witmachine@yahoo.com
The bass and piano lines outline the chords, so it's pretty easy to follow.
E
Ain't it strange
How everybody says 'I Love You'
F#m
Aint it a shame
How a word can tell you
E
More than words can say
B
I need you here
E
Ain't it strange
Cuz Im always thinking of ya
F#m
Ain't it a shame
How a thought can catch
E
The breeze and blow away
B
And leave you here
EC#m
Oh but I know
F#mB
How bad it can get (bad it can get)
E C#m
But I dont mind baby
F#m B
I don't mind
EC#m
What I know
F#mB
How soon we'll forget but
E C#m
Time keeps wearin baby
F#m B E
Time takes care of me
E
Aint it strange
How a man who lives for nothing
F#m
Can change
Cuz if he stays the same
E
He'll die a million days
B
Year by year
E
Theres a train (drum drum drum)
E
At the bottom of the ocean
F#m
And when it rains
E
We'll get close to where the water meets the sky
B
For you and i
E C#m
Oh but I don't know
F#m B
How far this can go (bad it can get)
E C#m
But i dont mind baby
F#m B
I don't mind
E C#m
Theres no use in saying
F#mB
What you've been spraying
EC#m
Even strangers know how
F#mB
Strange it can be
A A/G#
We're only getting old
F#m (G#m)E
Cuz that's what we were told to do
AA/G#
But they say we're getting through
F#m(G#m)
But what's that got to do
E
With us?
E C#m
So come on and work it out ...
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