Perfect Strangers Chords
by Deep Purple
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords C5, D5, F5, G5, Am, F, C, Dm, G, Gm, Bb5, A5, E5 and B5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro (by keyboard)
Intro (continues with the band):
C5 D5 C5 D5F5 G5
C5 D5 C5 D5F5 G5
Can you remember, remember my name as I flow through
C5 D5 C5 D5 F5 G5
your life a thousand oceans I have flown ooh and
Am riff_1 Am riff_1
cold, cold spirits of ice.
Am riff_1 Am
All my life I am the echo of your past
C5 D5 C5 D5F5 G5
C5 D5 C5 D5F5 G5
I am returning, the echo of a point in time, distant faces
C5 D5 C5 D5 F5 G5
shine a thousand warriors I have known and
Am riff_1 Am riff_1
laughing as the spirits appear
Am riff_1 Am
all your life shadows of another day
F C
and if you hear me talking
Dm G
on the wind you've got to understand we must re-
Dm C
-main perfect strangers
G Gm
4/4 5/4
:A5 Bb5 G5 A5 F5 A5 G5 : x3
4/4
A5 Bb5 G5
5/4 4/4
A5 F5 A5 G5 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5
I know I must remain inside this silent well of
C5 D5 C5 D5F5 G5
sorrow
C5 D5 C5 D5 F5 G5
A strand of silver hanging through the sky touching more than you
C5 D5 C5 D5 F5 G5
see the voice of ages in your mind oooh, is
Am riff_1 Am riff_1
aching with the death of the night o - oooh -
Am riff_1 Am
-aww precious life your tears are lost in falling rain
F C
and if you hear me talking
Dm G
on the wind you've got to understand we must re-
Dm C
-main perfect strangers
G Gm
4/4 5/4
:E5 F5 D5 E5 C5 E5 D5 : x3
4/4 5/4 4/4
E5 F5 D5 E5 C5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F5
4/4 5/4
:E5 F5 D5 E5 C5 E5 D5 : repeat till end
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Well the 9/4 parts gave me a bit of a headace, so I chose to put a 5/4
measure there and keep the rest 4/4's. The accents in there come mostly
at the 2nd half of each 1/4. (As one-AND-two-AND...)
What to play on Am - riff_1: Basically it's just A5 Am through, but I noticed
that it's easier to keep track of where you are, if you count the riffs
especially, when you are singing. :)
Am riff_1 Am riff_1
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B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----7-----5-------------------------7-----5---------------------
A--------------7---------3---------------------7---------3-------
E5-------------------3-5---5-3-5-^--------------------3-5---5-3-5-^...