Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers

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030-Dm                                                     030-Dm-F9-G

       Can you remember . . . remember my name
                                      030-Dm
As I flow through  your life
                               030-Dm-F9-G
A thousand oceans I have flown . . oh oh-oh-oh
        G-A         O A (--555-) A O A       O A (--555-) O
And cold . . . . cold spirits of ice
A                  O A (--555-) A O A            Dm...... 030-Dm-F9-G.......
All my life . . . . I am the echo of your past

030-Dm                                          030-Dm-F9-G
      I am returning . . the echo of a point in time
                      030-Dm
Distant faces shine
                                  030-Dm-F9-G
A thousand warriors I have known . . . oh  oh-oh-oh
        G-A          O A (--555-) A O A       O A (--555-) O
And laughing as the spirits appear
A                     O A (--555-) A O A
All your life . . . . . . . .  shadows of another day

F    C                                             Dm
. . . . . If you hear me talking on the wind
                         G5
You've got to understand
                  Dm               C            F3-G.......Gm.......
We must remain perfect strangers
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A5 - |   Gm - |  F5 - |   E5 - |  Dm - |  C - |     Am7  C   Dm
I know I must remain inside this silent well of sorrow

030-Dm-F9-G . . . . . . .


030-Dm                                                 030-Dm-F9-G
          A strand of silver . . . hanging through the sky
                                       030-Dm
Touching more than you see . . . .
                                        030-Dm-F9-G
The voice of ages in your mind . . oh oh-oh-oh
    G-A            O    A (--555-) A O A   O A (--555-) O
Is aching . . . . with the death of the night oh ooo-oh
A                  O A (--555-) O A
Ah precious life . your tears are lost in falling rain

F    C                                             Dm
. . . . . And if you hear me talking on the wind
                         G5
You've got to understand
                  Dm               C            F3-G.......Gm.......
We must remain perfect strangers

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Written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, and Roger Glover / Deep Purple.
Released 1984.
Inspired by Elric by Michael Moorcock

also maybe a little bit by . . .

"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." Rutger Hauer from Blade Runner 1982

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Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers (YT)

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 1984 (YT)

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 1994 (YT)

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers 2005 (YT)

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