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Stranger Than Fiction

Biography:

Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.

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Stranger than Fiction - Joe Jackson
From the album "Laughter & Lust"

Intro thing: (during first na na's)
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-----0-|
D|-----0-|
A|---2---|
E|-3-----|
C G D G C G D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

Verse 1:
C G D G
Please mister can you help me try to find my baby's house -
C G D G
It's 3 in the morning and it's pourin' rain.
C G D G
I can't find the house and I forgot the number,
C G D G
But I gotta give her these roses to relieve her pain

Pre-Chorus 1:
C D G C G D G
Don't laugh, just tell me you've been there before
C G D G
So we fight, but we fight every evening,
C G D G
And I tell ya every morning I just love her more

Chorus 1:
C G D G C G D G
And life goes on, filled with disasters and friction
C G D Em
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction

Na Na Bridge:
C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

C D G C D G
Na na na na na na na na na na na na

Verse 2:
C G D G
Excuse me operator, tell me what time it is -
C G D G
Me and my lover been in bed all day
C G D G
I think I strained a muscle I didn't know I had
C G D G
Mmm, tell me what day is it anyway?

Pre-Chorus 2:
C D G C G D G
Don't laugh, just tell me you hear what I'm saying
C G D Em
I love her so much I don't even know what planet I'm on
C G D G
Love her so much, wish she'd just go away

Chorus 2:
C G D G Am G D G
And life goes on, filled with bizarre contradictions
C G D G
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction

Bridge:
Cmaj7 D G
I know that sometimes love goes
Dm7 Em7
but sometimes it comes back to get ya
C D G Am
And when love grows, it grows like a flower
it grows like a tumor
Am7/G D (G)
Love shows that god has a sense of humor

Pre-Chorus bridge:
C G D G C G D G

Chorus 3:
C G D G C G D G
Ya know that life goes on, ever immune to prediction
C G D Em
And life can be strange
C D G
But love can be stranger than fiction
C D G
Only love can be stranger than fiction

F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction
F G
Stranger than fiction

End Bass Lick:
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F F F F G
F F F F G
F F F F (end lick) G