Moody Blues - Strange Times

“strange times” ( capo : 5th . fret )

____intro :

* A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5 * D/A ( repeat * – * )

____verse : 1

E/B [ ch ] F#7/A# [ /Ch ]
long___time ago___ ,
A6 E/G#
back___in the mist of time___
G6 Dmaj7
back when the crystal___wa__ters flowed___

____verse : 2

E/B [ ch ] F#7/A# [ /Ch ]
there___was a world___
A [ ch ] E7/G# [ /Ch ]
so strange___and so beau___tiful
G6 D
all___life would flourish and would grow___

____verse extention : 1

Bm E Bm7 E
years___went___by___ , time___just___fell__away__
Bm E Dmaj7 A6
love___was__wor__shiped like the sun____
F# Bm
but__as___we___a___rrive at the house of__the__wa__ter sign__
G F#
we’re__li___ving___in_strange_times___________

____chorus :

A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5 A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___

____verse : 3

E/B [ ch ] F#7/A# [ /Ch ]
what do__we need____?
A [ ch ] E7/G# [ /Ch ]
what do__we hun__ger for?
G6 Dmaj7
who___holds the secrets , who will know___?

____verse : 4

E/B Bm [ ch ] F#/A# [ /Ch ]
tem__ples___of greed___
A [ ch ] E7/G# [ /Ch ]
in ruins___on the ri___ver bed
G6 D c#aug
wa___stelands that lived before the snow___

____verse extention : 2

B E
time___stands___still___
Bm E
as we race__through__the u__niverse__
B E Dmaj7 F#m
on___our___way to the sun_______
F# Bm
and__as___we___a___rrive at the house of__the__wa__ter sign__
G F#
we’re__li___ving___in_strange_times___________

____chorus :

A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5 A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___

____bridge :

A A/G D/A
it’s you and i forever , we won’t be afraid
A A/G
even if the stars are falling
Dmaj7 E E/D C#m7 E/D
down___ , down___ , down___ , down___ , down___
D6 E E/D C#m7 E/D
falling down___

____guitar solo :

Bm [ ch ] F#/A# [ /Ch ] D/A [ ch ] E7/G# [ /Ch ]
G D
Bm [ ch ] F#7/A# [ /Ch ] D/A E/G#
G D

____verse extention : 2

B D6 E
time___stands___still___
Bm E
as we race__through__the u__niverse__
B D6 E Dmaj7 F#m
on___our___way___to the sun_______
F# Bm
and__as___we___a___rrive at the house of__the__wa__ter sign__
G F#
we’re__li___ving___in_strange_times___________

____chorus :

A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5 D/A A [ ch ] Aadd9/G [ /Ch ] A5 D
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___
A5 [ ch ] A5/G [ /Ch ] A5 A [ ch ] Aadd9/G [ /Ch ] F#m7
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___

____coda :

B B/A [ ch ] B/G# [ /Ch ]
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
E/B B
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___ Badd9 B
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
E F# F#m7 Dmaj7 [ ch ] F#/C# [ /Ch ]
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___
B B/A [ ch ] B/G# [ /Ch ]
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___
B Badd9 B
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
oh!
__

B B/A [ ch ] B/G# [ /Ch ]
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
stra___nge times___ , stra___nge times___
B Badd9 B
( de , de – de – de , de – de – de_________ )
E/B B
yeah____oh_______