Song: Soul In Isolation Artist: The Chameleons Album: Strip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Klaus Hurskainen E-mail: klaus.hurskainen@elisanet.fi Standard tuning INTRO |------0-------------------------------------------0------------| |-----------------------------------------------0-----0---------| |----------------0-----------0---------------1----------1-------| |--------------5---4-------3---3---3------2---------------2-----| |--0------0--5-------5-0-3-------3---0-2--------------------2---| |---------------------------------------------------------------| VERSE Am, Dsus-D, Fmaj7, E "Soul in isolation, I can hear you breathing down the hall Soul in isolation, I can hear you crying through the walls And if I had a mind to now I could call to you Or I could simply shut you out, no more would you cry" Chorus, guitar 1: |----------8------10------- |------------8------10-8------------| |-10--------10------8-8---- X3 |----10---------10---------10-8-----| |-------------------------- |------------------------------------| |-------------------------- |------------------------------------| |-------------------------- |------------------------------------| |-------------------------- |------------------------------------| Chorus, guitar 2: |---------------------- |---------------------------| |---------------------- X3 |---------------------------| |-7----7-5----5-5----- |-9----9-7----7-7-----------| |-7----7-5----5-5-5--- |-9----9-7----7-7-5---------| |------------------5--- |------------------5--------| |---------------------- |---------------------------| |--- |--- Play second time |-9- |-9- |--- |--- VERSE Am, Dsus-D, Fmaj7, E "I'll give you my time to kill but you'll never never break my will Or I could sink a sleeping pill and in the morning could be sleeping still But most of you are much too ill way beyond a surgeon's skill In bondage to a dollar bill. What more can you buy?" CHORUS Am, C, G "Oh, when you think on it we're all souls in isolation Alive in here, I'm alive in here" MIDDLE PART E (muted) Tremolo picking |---------------------------| |-----3//-2//---------------| |-4//---------0//-4//-2//---| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------| "Come here-- a word in your ear. You can't go back to the trees. Big bad giant standing tall, crushing all the creatures great and small I'd like to see this giant fall. When will it come? Words that rattle round my head, struck by lightning someone said. A single pebble through the head hits me right in the brain. Are they right in the brain?" VERSE Am, Dsus-D, Fmaj7, E "Will I see the jailer's face? Did my mother bring me to this place? Will I live to see his face? Will another come to take my place? In total isolation, surrounded by crowds, too many tears from too many clowns Isolation, surrounded by crowds in another world head in the clouds I'm alive in here I scream but you still don't hear I'm alive in here, I'm alive turn on the light" CHORUS Am, C, G "When you think on it we're all souls in isolation I'm alive in here, I'm alive" OUTRO Am, C, G |-----------8-7---------------------------------| |--------8-------10-8-10-8----------------------| |-9-10------------------------9-10-7------------| |-----------------------------------------10-9--| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| "We're always searching for something, searching Dear, dear dead days and longing - for you Sweetest virgin, now deflowered FINAL VERSE Am, Dsus-D, Fmaj7, E "Soul in isolation, I can hear you breathing down the hall Soul in isolation, I can hear you crying through the walls And if I had a mind to now I could call to you Or I could simply shut you out, no more would you cry" -------------------------------------------------------------------------