Gun Club: "Stranger In Our Town" (from the "Las Vegas Story" album)


intro:	8x E (022100)  G (355xxx)  F# (244xxx)   (first 2x guitar only)

continue with intro riff throughout verse:

E                  G       F#   E
There's a stranger in our town
            G      F#   E
he's got a burning eye
          G     F#      E   G  F#
he wants to get off on you


E                   G      F#   E
The last time that he was here
          G     F#  E
he had a roving eye
              G     F#      E   G  F#
he smiled as he got off on you


         D                           Em
        Don't face me with that sad face
           D                            Em
        because you lost that glorious grace
                    D                           Em
        you will always be coming back to this place


                             C            F
                There's a stranger, who's in our town
                             C               D#
                there's a stranger, pullin' you around
                             C            F
                there's a stranger, who's in our town
                             C
                there's a stranger
                     D#                    A#
                and he's gonna break your heart
                      D#                    A#
                yes, he's gonna break your heart
                      D#
                and then get off on you


instrumental:	4x E G F# (like intro)



There's a stranger in our town
pulls out a punk's spinal cord
piss and blood on the sidewalk of hearts

This stranger in our town
lives in tunnels beneath hell
lives in tunnels way down below your heart


        Push it in and push it out
        you already know what it's all about
        and you'll be begging as usual without any doubt


                There's a stranger, who's in our town
                there's a stranger, followin' you around
                there's a stranger who's in our town
                there's a stranger
                and he's gonna break your heart
                yes, he's gonna break your heart
                and then get off on you...


instrumental =	1/2 verse (4x E G F#) + chorus (C F C D# etc.) + 1/2 verse again (4x E G F#) 

the following verse is bass and drums only with the 2nd guitar's theme:

1st (e) string: --7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--7--7--7--7--7--7--9--9--
2nd (B) string: --9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--

So, I smile like he smiles
I walk just like he walks
my right hand is to my face like this

This stranger in our town
he once was in another town
with insects on his face like this


        With names that are just like names
        and pictures from the rear of trains
        what you want will always be the same


                There's a stranger, who's in our town
                there's a stranger, pullin' you around
                there's a stranger, who's in our town
                there's a stranger, and he's gonna break your heart
                yes, he's gonna break your heart
                and then get off on you...


continue with verse chords (E G F#):

on you
on you
on you
stranger in our town
stranger he got a burning eye
he got insects on his face like this
but he is such a strange strange stranger
he is such a strange strange stranger
he is such a strange strange stranger
he is such a strange strange stranger


instrumental:    2x E G F# (like intro)

end:    E


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