Natural Thing Live
UFO
Letra

Natural Thing (Live - from "Strangers In The Night")

Written by : Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg and Pete Way)
From the album: "Strangers In The Night"

Transcribed by Frank Springman Jan 14, 2007

Tuning: Standard

h = Hammer-On
p = Pull-Off
~ = Vibrato via fret fingers
b = Bend
r = Release
b(18)17r = String is already bent before striking. Fretted
on the 17th fret to acheive the sound of 18th fret.
Then, while note is still ringing, release the bend.
= Slide down, / = Slide up
x = Muted

Concerning the time-stamp notation below:
I have the "Expanded" version of "Strangers In The Night" and the
music starts at 0:24 for "Natural Thing"

(0:24) Intro
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|557755|
|557755|
|733x55/7755x55/7733|
|03/55x33/55x33/55|

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|99|
|99|
|99|
|x55/7777|
|x33/5500|

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|557755|
|557755|
|577335775557733|
|0355355355|

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|777|
|577777|
|355555|

"Said you came from Memphis..." (main verses and choruses)
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|*557755|
|*557755|
|577335775557733|
|0355355355|

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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||57*|99*|57*||
||57*|99*|57*|77|
|577|35|77|35|77|
|355||00||55|

(1:07) "Hey girl now.............."
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|4749947499|
|4749947499|
|2xx5x02xx77xx02xx5x0277|
|---------------------------00---------------------------------00|

"Wait til we start to move..."
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|4749957|
|474995575557577977797|
|02xx5xx2xx773333333355555555|
|-----------------------------00--------------------------------------|

(1:21) "May sound funny but you gave it to me..."
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------8|h9108h9|
|9108h910|10101088|
|101010|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

"I didn t even like it."
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------8|h9108h9|
|h9108h910|10101088|
|101010|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(1:28) "May sound funny but you gave it to me..."
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------8|h9108h9|
|h9108h910|10101086|
|101010|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

"Now I ve got to live without it."
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------9|
|h786h788|h9108h9|
|888|101010|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|

(1:35) BRIDGE play 3 times
|------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------------|52|
|*5-----------3553*|444h544454|
|*5-----------35533333*|555555|
|3-----------13313333|555555|
|---------------------------1111|3---------------------3|

Back to main verse ("Get on down to Atlanta....")






(2:33) 2nd time for "May sound funny but you gave it to me..."
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------8|h9108h9|
|9108h910|10101088|
|101010|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

"I didn t even like it."
|--------------------------------|12121212|
|--------------------------------|8888|
|------------------------------8|h910--------------------|
|h9108h910|10108|
|101010|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

(2:40)"May sound funny but you gave it to me..."
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------8|h9108h9|
|h9108h910|10101010|
|101010|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

"Now I ve got to live without it."
|888p6---------6h8p6|2nd finger|
|888p6---------6h8p6|/----------------------------|
|------------------------------|/--------------------------9|
|------------------------------|8/9108h9|
|------------------------------|101010|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(3:01) Solo
|------------------------------------------------------------------15|
|151515~~~~1717b17b~~~~~~~~~~p1515|
|/1616(1/2)--------------------1715h16-----------|
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(If you don t have 22 frets, see 21-fret version of these two lines below)
|18b18brp15---------15--------------------22b22b~~~~|
|(1/2)181718b~~~~~~~~~~~(full)|
|/-----------(full)--------------------------------|
|/--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------/---------------------------------------------------|
|personal note: strike this note down-------------------------|

|22202218b-------------------------------------15-----------15|
|-----------(1/2)201822p2020~~~01518p1518p15|
|-------------------------------------------15h1717b|
|------------------------------------------------------------(full)|
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/ * * * * alternate, 21-fret version * * * * /
*-18b--------18b--r--p15---------15------------------21b-------21b-~~~~~~--*
*--(1/2)-----------------18--17------18b~~~~~~~~-----(1-1/2 step)----------*
*------------------------------------(full)--------------------------------*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*

*21--19--21--18b----------17-p15--15~~~-------------15-----------15-------*
*-------|-(1/2)-20--18------------------0-------15----18p15--------18p15-*
*-------|---------------------------------15h17-------------17b----------*
*-------|--------------------------------------------------(full)--------*
*-------|play while string is bent 1/2 step------------------------------*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*
/ * * * * alternate, 21-fret version * * * * /

|18p151515-------------------------------------------------|
|1518b18p1515--------------------------------|
|(full)1715~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------|
|-----------------------------------------(11/2 step vibrato)|
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(3:15)
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|17br17bslow release17b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1517b(18)17r|
|(3/4step(3/4)(3/4)--------------------------------------|
|bend)-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------6p3|
|1817b(18)17rbrp15----------------------0/8~~~~~~~~x6p3|
|1715b------------------------------------x|
|------------------------------17~~~~~~~~~~---------------------x|
|-------------------------------(1step vibrato)grace notes|
|-------------------------------------------------------(gliss pick)|

|33--------------------6p33-------------------------------|
|336p36p336p33|
|5b5----------------------------56p533|
|(1stp)-----------------------------------------------------5|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|3~~~~~~~~~~~53---------5---------35b-----------r|
|(1step vibrato)------------------------------(full step bend)|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|35~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-----------(1step vibrato)-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|