Syncopated Strangers
By Karl Engelmann
Umphrey's McGee
Tab by Eric S

Here's an updated version, with thanks to Tom K for starting it off and Calvin Graves for adding the harmonics.

Intro/main riff                                                               harmonics
   Bm7 Bm7aug                         F#(7#9)                                 * * * * * * * *
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------7-7-------------|
B|-7---8---7---8---7---8---7---8---XXX10-------7---8---7---8---7---8---7----------7-7---------|
G|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---XXX9--------7---7---7---7---7---7---7--------------7-7-----|
D|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---XXX8--------7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------------|
A|---------------------------------XXX9---------------------------------------------------4-4-|
E|-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---------------7---7---7---7---7---7---7----------------------|

Verse
  E5                                                      E5              B(b5)
|--------------------------------|                      |--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|                      |--------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-7-| <- 3 times then      |-----------------10-------------|
|-2----------------------6-6-----|                      |-2---------------9--------------|
|-2------------------5-5---------|                      |-2---------------8--------------|
|-0------------0-4-4-------------|                      |-0---------------7--------------|

Alternate the verse and main riff a few times, last time after the main riff go to this...                                     
  A                                         E           
(just an example ending here)
|------------9--------------------9-------------------------------------------------|
|---------10---10--------------10---10----------------9-12-10p9----9----------------|
|-------9---------9----------9---------9------------9-----------11---11-9----11-9---|
|----11-------------11----11-------------11-------9-----------------------11--------|
|-12-------------------12----------------------11-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12--------------------------------------|

Jam on that for a minute or 2, then the last time just strum the E, the drums stop and thisleads into the next part,
 just play various arpeggiations of these chords...  
   Dsus2                                      Bbaug
 |-------------5------------------------------------------6---------------------------------|
 |-----------------5----------------------------------7-------7-----------------------------|
 |---------------------7--------------------------7---------------7-------------------------|
 |-7-------7---------------7------------------8-----------------------8---------------------|
 |-----5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Play that twice, then this (drums come back in)...  
 
   Baug                          Caug                          Dbaug
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-12---12---12---12---12---12---13---13---13---13---13---13---14---14---14---14---14---14-|
 |-12---12---12---12---12---12---13---13---13---13---13---13---14---14---14---14---14---14-|
 |-13---13---13---13---13---13---14---14---14---14---14---14---15---15---15---15---15---15-|
 |-14---14---14---14---14---14---15---15---15---15---15---15---16---16---16---16---16---16-|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
     Daug  Dbaug Caug  Dbaug Caug  Baug  Caug  Baug  Bbaug Baug  Bbaug Aaug
   |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |-15----14----13----14----13----12----13----12----11----12----11----10---|
   |-15----14----13----14----13----12----13----12----11----12----11----10---|
   |-16----15----14----15----14----13----14----13----12----13----12----11---|
   |-17----16----15----16----15----14----15----14----13----14----13----12---|
   |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   
   Drums fade again, now bring it back up with a jam on these chords,solo in D major (ionian mode)...  
     Dmaj7   Dsus2/A
   |-5-------5-------|
   |-7-------5-------|
   |-6-------7-------|
   |-7-------7-------|
   |-5-------5-------|
   |---------5-------|  
   
   Now the ending lyrics, over these chords... 
   
      Csus2  G      Bbsus2 F
    |-3------3------1------1------|
    |-3------3------1------1------|
    |-5------4------3------2------|
    |-5------5------3------3------|
    |-3------5------1------3------|
    |--------3-------------1------|
    
    After the lyrics, do this a couple times, ending on Dmaj7. 
    
       Dmaj7   Bbaug
     |-----------------|
     |-10------11------|
     |-11------11------|
     |-11------12------|
     |---------13------|
     |-10--------------|
     
     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     
     Transcribed by Tom KThis is the intro chords, the harmonics are wrong but they sound decent I guess.
     
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------7-7-(harmonics)-|
     |---7---8--7--8--7--8--7--8---10---------7--8---7--8---7---8--7----------7-7---------|
     |---7---7--7--7--7--7--7--7---9----------7--7---7--7---7---7--7--------------7-7-----|
     |---7---6--7--6--7--6--7--6---8----------7--6---7--6---7---6--7------------------5-5-|
     |-------7-----7-----7-----7---9-------------7------7-------7-------------------------|
     |---7------7-----7-----7-----------------7------7------7------7----------------------|
     
     and the rise then play this:
     |------------------9----------------|
     |---------------9-----9-------------|
     |------------9----------9-----------|
     |----------9--------------9---------|
     |------11-------------------11------|
     |--12---------------------------12--|
     
     Then comes the section with a quite tasty Jaco solo!
     
     |---5----------------------------------|
     |---7---5------------------------------|
     |---6---5------------------------------|
     |---7---5------------------------------|
     |---5---7------------------------------|
     |-------5------------------------------|
     
     keep playing these chords until the Jake solo then Bayliss sings to this progression:
     
     Cm--->G--->Bbm--->F

Lyrics sent by Karl Englemann

Syncopated Strangers-

I want to kiss you, right where the fever runs down
strangers today are loved by us all
different but smelling the same

and I shuffle time it seems
you are a clock
you ask me to count when I'm already gone
and I don't know a tick from a tock

And there seems to be something and it's standing in the way
And it blocked our sense of vision and it made our costumes grey
And he's standing in the courtyard though his body doesn't play
in crystalized foregrounds that dot along the plane
But someday this sudden dreamer will have a red ghost suprise
that'll make you see us clearer from your muddy-watered mind
And someday we'll all discover that the door was always there
but someone fucking locked it and they took away the stairs - to heaven