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Title:      Golden Brown
Artist:     The Stranglers
Tuning:     Standard (EADGBE)
Capo:       2nd fret
Tabbed by:  Michael Hogg
Date:       6th August 2003
Website:    www.michaelhogg.btinternet.co.uk/gce/tabs/


[Riff 1 - easy version]
   Am            Em            F             C
E|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|-------------|-----------------|
B|---1-----1---|---0-----0---|---1-----1---|---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|-----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|---3-----3---|-2---0-----------|
A|-0-----0-----|-------------|-------------|---------3---2---|
E|-------------|-0-----0-----|-1-----1-----|-----------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | ' | '

[Riff 1 - hard version]
   Am            Em            F             C
E|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---1-----1---|---0---0---0---0-|
B|---1-----1---|---0-----0---|---1-----1---|---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|---0---0---0---0-|
D|-------2-----|-------------|-------------|-2---0-----------|
A|-0---------0-|-------2-----|-------3-----|---------3---2---|
E|-------------|-0---------0-|-1---------1-|-----------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | ' | '


[Riff 2 - easy version]
   Am            Em            G             F
E|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---3-----3---|-----------------|
B|---1-----1---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|-----------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3---2---0-------|
A|-0-----0-----|-------------|-------------|-------------3---|
E|-------------|-0-----0-----|-3-----3-----|-----------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | ' | '

[Riff 2 - hard version]
   Am            Em            G             F
E|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---3-----3---|---1---1---1---1-|
B|---1-----1---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---1---1---1---1-|
G|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---2---2---2---2-|
D|-------2-----|-------------|-------0-----|-3---2---0-------|
A|-0---------0-|-------2-----|-------------|-------------3---|
E|-------------|-0---------0-|-3---------3-|-----------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | ' | '


[Riff 3 - easy version]
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|
B|---3-----3---|-----1---1---|---3-----3---|-----1---1---|
G|---2-----2---|-----0---0---|---2-----2---|-----0---0---|
D|-0-----0-----|-------------|-0-----0-----|-------------|
A|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

[Riff 3 - hard version]
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|
B|---3-----3---|-----1---1---|---3-----3---|-----1---1---|
G|-----------2-|-0-----------|-----------2-|-0-----------|
D|-0-----3-----|-----2-------|-0-----3-----|-----2-------|
A|-------------|---------3---|-------------|---------3---|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '


[Riff 4 - easy version]
   Am            Em            F             Gsus4   G
E|---0-----0---|-----0---0---|-------------|-------------|
B|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|---1-----1---|---1-----0---|
G|---2-----2---|-----0---0---|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|
D|-------------|-------------|---3-----3---|---0-----0---|
A|-0-----0-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-0-----------|-1-----1-----|-3-----3-----|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

[Riff 4 - hard version]
   Am            Em            F             Gsus4   G
E|---0-----0---|-----0---0---|---1-----1---|-------------|
B|---1-----1---|-----0---0---|---1-----1---|---1-----0---|
G|---2-----2---|-----0---0---|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------0-----|
A|-0-----3---0-|-----2-------|-------3---0-|-----------2-|
E|-------------|-0-------3---|-1-----------|-3-----------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '


*********************************************************************************


[Intro]
Riffs: 1 1 1 2 3


[Verse 1 -- Riff 3 throughout]
Dm        C      Dm           C
   Golden Brown, texture like sun
Dm         C     Dm           C
   Lays me down, with my mind she runs
Dm             C      Dm         C
Throughout the night, no need to fight
Dm      C     Dm          C
Never a frown with Golden Brown


[Fill]
Riff 3 once


[Verse 2 -- Riff 3 throughout]
Dm       C     Dm            C
   Every time, just like the last
Dm        C     Dm          C
   On her ship, tied to the mast
Dm         C      Dm            C
To distant lands, takes both my hands
Dm      C     Dm          C
Never a frown with Golden Brown


[Fill]
Riffs: 1 1 1 2 3


[Verse 3 -- Riff 3 throughout]
Dm        C      Dm     C
   Golden Brown, fine a temptress
Dm             C     Dm            C
   Through the ages, she's heading west
Dm        C    Dm          C
From far away, stays for a day
Dm      C     Dm          C
Never a frown with Golden Brown


[Fill]
Riffs: 1 1 1 2 3


[Solo on second guitar]

 First guitar: Riff 3
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|-----1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 |----- crescendo >>>> ------|- >>>> ------|- >>>> ------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

 First guitar: Riff 3
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1--/3-------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 |- >>>> ------|- >>>> ------|-------------|-------------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

 First guitar: Riff 3
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|-----1-0-1-0-|-1-0-1-0-1-0-|-1-0---------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-----3---1---|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|-----------2-|-0-----------|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

 First guitar: Riff 3
   Dm            C             Dm            C
E|----10-8-----|-------------|----10-8-----|-------------|
B|----------10-|-8-----------|----------10-|-8-----------|
G|-------------|-----10-9----|-------------|-----10-9----|
   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '   | ' | ' | '

 First guitar: Riff 1
   Am                  Em                  F                   C
E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------10-|-8-|
B|-------------------|-10-8--------------|----------8-10-----|---|
G|-------------9--10-|-------10-9--------|----9--10----------|---|
D|-------9--10-------|-------------10-9--|-10----------------|---|
A|----10-------------|-------------------|-------------------|---|
   |  '  |  '  |  '    |  '  |  '  |  '    |  '  |  '  |  '


[Fill]
Riffs: 1 1 2 3
Riff 3  x4  (vocals in background)
Riff 4  x2


[Outro -- Riff 4 throughout]
   Am   Em  F  G       Am      Em    F   G
1: Ne - ver a  frown   with    Gol - den Brown.
2:             Never a frown             with Golden
3:                     Never a frown

Repeat to fade:
   Am          Em     F  G       Am      Em    F   G
1: Ne   ---    ver    a  frown   with    Gol - den Brown.
2: Brown.                Never a frown             with Golden
3: with Golden Brown.            Never a frown