LOVE AIN'T NO STRANGER

Transcribed by Markus Jakobsson

A-Intro/First Verse

The song begins with
(Jon Lord's) wonderful keyboards. The keyboard parts
mainly outline these chord changes, that could be strummed if you don't play
with a keyboard player.

Who knows where the cold wind blows? I ask my friends, but nobody knows...
| | | | | | | |
D/F# G A Bm D/F# G A Bm

Who am I to believe in love? Oh, oh, oh. Love ain't no stranger...
| | | | | |
D/F# G A Bm Bm A

B-Second Verse

The acoustic guitar enters, arpeggiating the same chords
(almost). It is pos-
soble that the slide in the Bsus2 chord should be a hammer-on. It is also
possible that I just have tin ears, but I do think I hear SOME sort of grace
note there. Anyway, it is just a detail, so if the fingering is tricky to you,
forget it.NOTE: What I call dive bomb slide has nothing to do with the thing
you do with the whammy bar. I just don't know what else you call those long,
fast slides down the low E-string.

[-Rhythm Fig.1--------------] Strum chords and let ring.
|-----------|---------------| Played 5 times, |----------|-0------------|
|---------3-|-------------2-| and then... |-0--------|-2------------|
|---2----0--|---2------s-4--| |-4--------|-2------------|
|--0----0---|--2----
(2)/4---| |-4--------|-2------------|
|-----------|-0---2---------| |-2--------|-0------------|
|-2---3-----|---------------| |----------|---------xxxxx|

Verse 2:
(with rhy.fig1) xxx=Electric guitars enters,
I looked around, and what did I see? with a dive bomb slide
Broken hearted people staring at me...
All searching 'cause they still believe.. Oh, oh, oh...Love ain't no
stranger!!!
C-Main Riff/Third Verse


()=These notes are there, but I can't make out if they are played by the
hammond or another guitar. They don't have to be played by this guitar, anyway.

[-Rhythm Fig2----------------------------------------------------------------]
|------------|------------|-------------|-----------|---------|--------------|
|-
(3-2-3)----|-
(3-2-3)----|-
(3-2-3)-----|-----------|-------With- drum-fills-|
|--4-2-4-----|--4-2-4-----|--4-2-4----2-|-----------|---------|-2------------|
|--4-2-4-----|--4-2-4-----|--4-2-4----2-|----2------|-
(2)-----|-/---
(2)------|
|--2-0-2-----|--2-0-2-----|--2-0-2----0-|----2------|-
(2)-----|-4---
(2)----s-|
|------------|------------|-------------|----0------|-
(0)-----|-----
(0)--xxxx|
Let E5-chord ring
Make sure to nail that staccato rhythm, and to shake that last B5-chord in
every bar a little.
(Maybe it would make more sense to place the 2/4 bar
after the A5-chord, but that's one for the music theory guys to think about.)

[-Rhythm Fig. 3---------------------------------------------------------------]
|---------------|------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------------|------------------|-------------------3---|------------------|
|-------4-2-4---|----------4-2-4---|-------------------2---|----------4-2-4---|
|-------4-2-4---|----------4-2-4---|--------2----------0---|----------4-2-4---|
|-------2-0-2---|----------2-0-2---|--------2--------------|----------2-0-2---|
|---------------|------------------|--------0--------------|------------------|
Verse 3:
I was alone,And I needed love. So much I'd sacrifice for all I was dreaming of.


(With Rhy.fig3)

I heard no warning, but a heart can tell... I feel the emptiness of love I know
so well...

D-Chorus.

Those slighly muted G5-Chords are the key to the fat, chunky sound. I don't
really remember if those extra chunks on the open and fifth fret of the A-
string really are on the record, but experiment with 16th-note chunks there.
It can sound very cool...

[Rhy.fig.4---------------------------------------------play-two-times------]
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-*=Slight-Palm-Muting---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------7--2-|-
(2)-------------|-----------7---7-|---2---------------|
|-*-5-*-*-*-5-7-p2-|-
(2)-------------|---*-*-*-*-7-pp7-|-pp2---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-00-|-
(0)-------------|-p-5-5-5-5-5-555-|-000---------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------|-------------------|
Let Chord Ring.
Chorus: Love ain't no stranger... I ain't no stranger...
Love ain't no stranger... I ain't no stranger to

with Ry.Fig2.
[----------4-----------]
love... no ,no ,no...

E-Fourth Verse

With Rhy.fig.3
( 2 times)

Can't hold the passion, of a soul in need...
I look for mercy when my heart begins to bleed.
I've known good loving, I'm a friend of pain.
But when I read between the lines it's all the same...

F-Second Chorus

with Rhy.Fig4
[--------8----------]
Love ain't no stranger.
I ain't no stranger.
Love ain't no stranger.
I ain't no stranger to love...

E-Guitar Solo

The rhythm part behind the solo is a semi-distorted electric, playing a pro-
gression almost like the one in Rhythm Figure 1. The chords are the same, but
I think they are arpeggiated a little differently. Play that, and nobody will
notice. The solo is a slow beautiful melody thing, that should not be hard to
figure out. I haven't transcribed it, since I work out my own leads for the co-
ver tunes I learn.
(Try it, it's great fun).The last three bars of the rhythm
part goes something like this.

|-----------|----|-----|
|--3--3-----|----|-----| Then the song comes back to rhythm figure 1.
|--2--0---2-|-2--|-
(2)-|
|--0--0---2-|-2--|-
(2)-| [--------8---------]
|---------0-|-0--|-
(0)-|
|--2--3-----|----|-----| With Verse 1. Lord have mercy...
Love ain't no stranger!!!
F-Agressive part.
(Dunno what else to call it)

Play this part aggressively
(Why do I keep giving these instructions? You know
how the record sounds. Oh, well...).

with Ry.fig2, 1,5 times, then... |------------|-----|------------|
[-----6------] |------------|-----|------------|
|-4-2-4----2-|-
(2)-|--9-7-9-----|
|-4-2-4----2-|-
(2)-|--9-7-9-----|
|-2-0-2----0-|-
(0)-|--7-5-7-----|
|------------|-----|--------xxxx|

G-Fifth Verse/Last Chorus.
w.Rhy.fig3
(two times)
[-------8--------]

I was alone, and I needed love.
So much I'd sacrifice for all I was dreaming of.
Can't hold the passion of a soul in need.
I look for mercy when my heart begin to bleed.

w.rhy.fig4
(two times)
[------8---------]

H-Outro

Turn down the volume knob on your guitar a bit for this tone. This is mainly
Rhythm Figure 1, again with some different arpeggiations.

w.Rhy.Fig1
[-----6-----] |-----------|----------|-----|
|-3--3------|----------|-----|
|-2--0----2-|-2----4-4-|-
(4)-|
|-0--0----2-|-2----4-4-|-
(4)-|
|---------0-|-0----2-2-|-
(2)-|
|-2--3------|----------|-----|

I ain't no stranger...

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