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STRANGE CONDITION - Pete Yorn
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Tabbed by: Paul C.
Email: pcorning@purdue.edu
Tuning: Std.
Like many other really good songwriters, Pete likes to take regular old chords
and do something weird to them (like leave off or add a finger) and it makes
his sound really dynamic & pretty. I'll put the regular note above the tabs
with a star to show it's been changed. If there's a "t" that means I fret the
note with my thumb.
Intro:
"Read me the letter, baby..." and then again for "Stories and cigarettes..."
A* F#* D* A*
e|----0----0----0----0-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0----0----0----0-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6----2----6----6-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7----4----7----7-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7----4----5----7-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----5----2t---0----5-------------------------------------------------------|
"And I wanna know... Cos I want you to know..."
E D* A*
e|----0----------------------0----0------------------------------------------|
B|----0----------------------0----0------------------------------------------|
G|----1----------------------6----6------------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------------7----7------------------------------------------|
A|----2----------------------5----7------------------------------------------|
E|----0----------------------0----5------------------------------------------|
"And it's a strange condition..."
C#m* D* (play this 3x)
e|----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6----6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----6----7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"...what I came for"
Bm* E
e|----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4----1-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4----2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse - now everything actually moves down a whole step but he sings it higher
"Send me the money baby" (repeat once)
G* Em* C* G*
e|---(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----3----3----3-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0----0----0----0-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----0----2----2----0-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----2----3----2-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3----0----0----3-------------------------------------------------------|
"Yeah I want you to know" "cos I want you to know"
D C* G*
e|----2-----------------------------(3)--(3)---------------------------------|
B|----3------------------------------3----3----------------------------------|
G|----2------------------------------0----0----------------------------------|
D|----0------------------------------2----0----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------3----2----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------3----------------------------------|
Chorus
"And its a...Strange condition..." play 3x
Bm C
e|----2----3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3----5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4----5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----2----3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----2----3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"dont know what I came for..." "I want ya to know...." repeat
Am D C* D
e|----0----2-----------------------(3)---2-----------------------------------|
B|----1----3------------------------3----3-----------------------------------|
G|----2----2------------------------0----2-----------------------------------|
D|----2----0------------------------2----0-----------------------------------|
A|----0-----------------------------3----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
You can figure out the rest....the chords dont change! the lead is super easy
too. Comments and suggestions, gripes and complaints are welcome....
pcorning@purdue.edu
PEACE!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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quinn almann ' Wanna Be |
#1 by quinn almann ' jk carson at Sep 30, 2007 at 8:12 PM EST |
| I don't mean to sound contrary to everyone else, but I don't believe that it's a love song... or not SO much a love song. He might be in love with whomever the song is addressed to, but that's not really important. I think: - Yorn is talking about his experiences, "A day in prison" got him thinking about his life. (Prison could be anything that held him back and gave him pause. A bad job, relationship, etc.) "It's got me out of my head"/"a strange condition" to reflect on himself, to be thinking about his life while in "prison." Basically, yorn feels weird about it. -Let me finish his thought: "I want you to know (what I think about this life)". i.e. "Stories and cigarettes... girls," and "You're the best... place," are lines about how he sees other people/the place he lives. - The refrences yorn makes to wages and letters (and others) is more symbolical. It's more a "give me what I'm due" sort of thing. She owes him something emotionally, perhaps. And that's pretty much it. I hope I wrote understandably. I have a habit of using really weird sentence structures, etc. I might be all wrong, anyway. That's just what I thought. Peace. | |
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metal-cat Average |
#2 by metal-cat stepheria at Oct 1, 2007 at 12:42 PM EST |
| i feel like he's saying he's been conformed all his life ("a life in prison"). | |
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Joe Average |
#3 by Joe Miller at Oct 18, 2007 at 3:03 AM EST |
| it sounds like he's visiting someone he used to know, and seeing her is like being in prison. It's driving him nuts, and he doesn't know why he even bothered going there to begin with. This girl is obviously something else - he says she's stronger than "lesser girls" and she's the best thing "to come out of this place". He wants her to know how wierd it is for him, because he longs for her so much. He wants her to "leave out the others" and settle for him. I think maybe there was a falling out, or worse. She owes him money, they exchange letters.... or something to that affect. I can almost feel the awkwardness and longing he is singing about. He wants to know... but the uncertainty and turbulence is driving him insane. he's all locked up inside. well that's my take on it. | |
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