Strangely Normal Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

Strangely Normal by Phil Joel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			Verse: 1 
E 
She was getting sick n' tired 
 E 
Of being sick n' tired 
 E 
She'd drink three cups of coffee 

And get really wired 
 E 
She'd twitch n' move and shake her head 
 E 
She'd lie on the floor pretend she was dead 
 E 
She was normal but at the same time 

 
E  B 
Strange 
            A 
Strangely normal 
 E   B 
Strange 
            A 
Strangely normal 
              D                  B 
There ain't nobody else she was born to be 

Verse: 2 
 E 
She'd drown herself in a 

Pool of liquid make up 
 E 
She wished she had a boyfriend 
 E 
So she could break up 
 E 
She'd take herself out to those ugly places 
E 
Make herself sick all those beautiful faces 
  E 
She was normal but at the same time 


E  B 
Strange 
            A 
Strangely normal 
 E   B 
Strange 
            A 
Strangely normal 
              D                  B 
There ain't nobody else she was born to be 

Bridge 
  D 
Make for yourself no apologies 
            B 
Keep your eyes on Jesus and let Him be 
      D 
The author of our lives and 
  D 
Looking back one day we'll say 
    B 
By following Jesus we 
 A                    B      E     A 
Become who we're supposed to be 

And that's all we want 
  E 
You are the hands we are clay 
                    A        D 
Mold us and make us strange 
  E 
You are the hands we are the clay 
              B 
Make us and mold us something special 
            A 
Strangely normal 
  E 
You are the hands we are the clay 
              B 
Make us and mold us something special 
            A 
Strangely normal 
              D                 E 
There ain't nobody else we were born to be 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante