‘Straighten Out.’
By the Stranglers.
Released as a single Back in ‘77.
Tabbed by: Vandral Retard.
vandralretard@hotmail.com

Standard tuning;
 Intro(on bass But I put it on guitar anyway)
E||---------------------------------------
G||---------------------------------------
D||--------------------------------------
B||---3--------3-------------------------                      (Repeat four times)
A||-5--5-3--5--5-3--------------------
E||---------------------------------------

“And the first command ment reads…” etc

Verse Riff One  (palm mute)

E||------
G||------                                   
D||------
B||-5---          About 19 times to the rythem of the song.
A||-5---
E||-3---

“The break of day has come I see the cracks have just begun to…”
“I wanna see the little girls and boys destroy their toys and…”
Then Unmute the strings and play: (riff two)

E||---------------------------------------
G||--------------------------------------
D||--------------------------------------
B||-5/7-2—5/7-2----------------------
A||-5/7-2—5/7-2----------------------
E||-3/5-0—3/5-0----------------------

“Line the walls, Line the walls…”
“Line the walls, Line the walls…”









Chorus:
E||---------------------------------------
G||---------------------------------------
D||-9-------------------------------------
B||-9-9-101010-7777-----------------         Repeat as necessary.
A||-7-9-101010-7777-----------------
E||----7-8-8-8---5555-----------------

“what a fate for little girls… British boys minds in a whirl… Ten things that’ll make your curls…”

E||---------------------------------------
G||--------------------------------------
D||--------------------------------------
B||-5/7-22222222--------------------              Repeat once then play:
A||-5/7-22222222--------------------
E||-3/5-00000000----------------------

“Straighten out, Straighten out.”

E||---------------------------------------
G||------22222222---------------------
D||-5/7-22222222--------------------
B||-5/7-22222222-------------------
A||-3/5-00000000------------------
E||-------------------------------------

“Straighten out, Straighten out.”

And there you have it. If you want all the lyrics tough sh*t go out and buy the new ‘No more heroes’ c.d it should be on there as a bonus track and the words are in the book

This was my first tab so let me know what you think. Yours V.R