Curfew by The Stranglers Lyric & Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Curfew guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Curfew by The Stranglers using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Stranglers can also be played by that instruments.
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Curfew guitar chords has rhythm and included in Black and White (1978) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Curfew by The Stranglers Guitar Chords


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):

!
!
!
!


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)

!
!
!
!

The
!
enemy
!
has cut
!
down all the
!
power
!
London south
!
of the
!
Thames is in
!
vaded
!
Westminster
!
is razed
!
down to the
!
ground
The
!
government has
!
fled
!
!

The
!
government has
!
fled
!
!

The
!
government has
!
fled for
!
Scotland
!
today

(4/4 time)

Gm
It becomes black and
F
white
Gm
Is it true what they
F
say?
Gm
They turn the day into
F
night
Gm
Black and white becomes

G E5 F5 D5 (x2, with riff)

(7/4 time)

!
!
!
!

The
!
government has
!
fled
!
into thin
!
air
What’s
!
left of our
!
troops have
!
joined with the
!
Scots
To
!
form a de
!
fence ac
!
ross of the
!
north
!
Stay in your
!
homes
!
!

!
Stay in your
!
homes
!
!

!
Be off the
!
streets by
!
nightfal
!
l

(4/4 time)

Gm
It becomes black and
F
white
Gm
Is it true what they
F
say?
Gm
They turn the day into
F
night
Gm
Black and white becomes

G E5 F5 D5 (x2, with riff)

(7/4 time)

!
!
!
!

(4/4 time)

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)

!
!
!
!

!
Germany
!
failed to
!
protect her
!
borders
!
She had grown
!
soft with the
!
American
!
dream
The
!
men from the
!
Steppes
!
delivered their
!
vaccum
A
!
new kind of
!
freedom
!
!

!
Freedom’s a
!
chain
!
!

Ma
!
ybe I’ll find
!
love when there’s
!
nothing to
!
do

(4/4 time)

Gm
It becomes black and
F
white
Gm
Is it true what they
F
say?
Gm
They turn the day into
F
night
Gm
Black and white becomes

G E5 F5 D5 (x3, with riff)

G
!
!

(7/4 time)

!
!
!
!

If you want to learn The Stranglers Curfew guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Curfew. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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