Chord/Tab song: The Man They Love to Hate

The Stranglers - The Man They Love To Hate
Tabbed By: Reecy
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


THE MAN THEY LOVE TO HATE

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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])
Date of Transcription: 11th August 2002

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intro guitar:

E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-----4--2--|--2--4-----|-----4--2--|--2--4-----|-----4--2s14--14h16--|--2--4---------------|
E|--4--------|--------4--|--4--------|--------4--|--4------------------|--------4s16--14h16--|
E|---------------------|---------------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|
A|-----4--2s14--14h16--|--2--4---------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|
E|--4------------------|--------4s16--14h16--|--2--4--|--5--4--|--2--2h4--|--5--4--|

T[F#]hey woke to grey English [G#m]morning, [F#]and to a strange honey[G#m]moon
[D#m/B]The girl who gave him[B/D#] all her love and the [A]man who said it still wouldn't [G#m]do

(Hugh plays the following over the D#m/B B/D# A G#m bits)

E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|----8----8--------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9----9-------7----7-------6----------|
A|--6----6----6-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------7----7----7--5----5----5--4----4-4--3--|

[F#]His parents always [G#m]worked hard, [F#]never went to bed [G#m]late
[D#m/B]And though they were God's own [B/D#]people, they're still the [A]ones he loves to [G#m]hate

D# C# (x4 - with riff)

E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--11--9--8--8h9p8----------------------|--11--9--8--8h9p8-------------------------|
G|-------------------10---8-----8--8s10--|-------------------10---8-----8--8s6------|
D|---------------------------8-----------|---------------------------8---------6s8--|
A|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

[D#]He never [C#]wanted to [D#]suffer this [C#]fate
[D#]All the girls have [C#]fallen for the [D#]man the love to [C#]hate

[C#] [G#m]

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-------------8-s-4-------8-s-4--|
D|-6p4-6p4-6p4---------6s4--------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

play intro riff.

[F#]The city is an [G#m]animal, it [F#]snores and by day it [G#m]roars
[D#m/B]And though he loved to [B/D#]hate it he couldn't [A]live without it's [G#m]flaws
[F#]With personal [G#m]curtains moaning at a [F#]thousand harsh words then [G#m]hush
[D#m/B]The girl she wanted to [B/D#]leave because she [A]loved the man too [G#m]much

D# C# (x4) - (with riff.)

[D#]He never [C#]wanted to [D#]suffer this [C#]fate
[D#]All the girls have [C#]fallen for the [D#]man the love to [C#]hate

[F#]His father was a [G#m]fighter [F#]and he practised on his [G#m]son
[D#m/B]His mother was just some [B/D#]furniture who'd [A]lost the will to [G#m]run
[F#]The girl she wrote him a [G#m]farewell note and though he [F#]probably didn't care too [G#m]much
[D#m/B]The girl she finally [B/D#]left him because she [A]loved the man too [G#m]much

D# C# (x4) - (with riff.)

[D#] [C#] [D#] [C#] [D#] [C#] [D#] [C#] [G#m]

E|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-11^-9-8h9p8------------|-11^-9-8h9p8------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------10-8--8s6--|-------------10-8--8s6--|-10^-8-6h8p6----------|-10^-8-------------8-s-4-|
D|------------------------|------------------------|-------------10-8-8s6-|-------6p4-6p4-6p4-------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

[G#m]

E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|------8--8-s-4--|
D|--6p4-----------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

repeat chords: F# G#m F# G#m D#m/B B/D# A G#m - until fade.