Strange Brew
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Intro
A7 e e e e e e e s s s s Repeat 3 times D9 e e e e e e
-|--------5--r--r-------r----------|-------------------||---------5--r--r-------
-|--------8--e--e-------e----------|-------------------||---------5--e--e-------
-|--------6--s--s-------s----------|-------------------||*--------5--s--s-------
-|--------5--t--t-------t--5--5h7--|-------------------||*--------4--t--t-------
-|--------7--------6h7-------------|-------------------||---5--5--5--------6----
-|--5--5--5------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------
e s s s s A7 e e e e e e e s s s s E7(9+)e e e e e
----r-----------||---||---------5--r--r-------r------------||-----------r--r----
----e-----------||---||---------8--e--e-------e------------||--------8--e--e----
----s----------*||---||*--------6--s--s-------s-----------*||--------7--s--s----
----t--5--5h7--*||---||*--------5--t--t-------t--5--5h7---*||--------6--t--t----
h7--------------||---||---------7--------6h7---------------||--7--7--7----------
----------------||---||---5--5--5--------------------------||-------------------
e e s s s s D7(9+) e e e e e e e s s s s e e e e e e
-----r-----------|--------------r--r-------r----------||---------5--r--r--------
-----e-----------|-----------6--e--e-------e----------||---------8--e--e--------
-----s-----------|-----------5--s--s-------s----------||*--------6--s--s--------
-----t--5--5h7---|-----------4--t--t-------t--5--5h7--||*--------5--t--t--------
6h7--------------|-----5--5--5--------6h7-------------||---------7--------6-----
-----------------|------------------------------------||---5--5--5--------------
e s s s s
----r-----------||--------------------------------------------------------------
----e-----------||--------------------------------------------------------------
----s----------*||--------------------------------------------------------------
----t--5--5h7--*||--------------------------------------------------------------
h7--------------||--------------------------------------------------------------
----------------||--------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar Solo on Intro
A7 w q E s q E s q h s s s s q q h D9
-|----------|-------------------------|-----r--r--------|-------r---|--(8)------
-|--(8)h10--|--(8)h10--8--------------|-----e--e--------|-------e---|-----------
-|----------|-------------7--7--5--7--|--5--s--s--9p7p5p|p---5--s---|-----------
-|----------|-------------------------|-----t--t--------|-7-----t---|-----------
-|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------
-|----------|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------
w q e e q q A7 H e^ e^e^ s q s q e e q E7(9+)
p5--|--(8)p5--r--(8)p5---------|-----r-------|-----8---------r--------|---------
----|---------e----------------|-----e-------|--8-----10l10--e--8l8---|---------
----|---------s---------7--5---|-----s--8h9--|---------------s--------|---------
----|---------t----------------|--7--t-------|---------------t--------|---------
----|--------------------------|-------------|------------------------|---------
----|--------------------------|-------------|------------------------|---------
w D7(9+) w A7 q h e e e e e e q q
r---|-----r---|--r-----------|----------------r--||-----------------------------
e---|-----e---|--e--4--8--5--|----------------e--||-----------------------------
s---|-----s---|--s-----------|--7--5----------s--||-----------------------------
t---|-----t---|--t-----------|--------7-------t--||-----------------------------
----|---------|--------------|-----------7l7-----||-----------------------------
----|---------|--------------|-------------------||-----------------------------
Then for rythm guitar play twice
A7 D9 A7 A7 D9 D9 A7 A7 E7(9+) D7(9+) A7 A7
and after that repeat the whole sequence starting from Intro
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TEXT AND CHORDS
Intro (A7 A7 A7 D9 D9 A7 A7)
E7(9+) D7(9+) A7
Strange brew killing what's inside of you
A7 D9
She's a witch of trouble in electric blue
A7 D9
In her own mad mind she's in love with you, with you
A7
Now whatcha gonna do?
E7(9+) D7(9+) A7
Strange brew killing what's inside of you
A7 D9
She's some kind of demon dusting in the flue
A7 D9
If you don't watch out it'll stick to you, to you
A7
What kind of fool are you
E7(9+) D7(9+) A7
Strange brew killing what's inside of you
(repeat intro)
A7 D9
On a boat in the middle of a raging sea
A7 D9
She would make a scene for it all to be ignored
A7
And wouldn't you be bored
E7(9+) D7(9+) A7
Strange brew killing what's inside of you
How to play Strange Brew
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A7. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.