Stephanie's for L.A. The Mother Hips
Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com
Stephanie's For L.A.
Music/Lyrics by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Back to the Grotto" (1992)
Tablature by Collin Spencer
Tab Symbols:
b = bend up (number after the b represents the target note)
r = release bend
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
For a guide to text-file tab notation, check out this URL:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab-notation.txt
Chord fingerings/shapes are at the end
[Intro Riff]
Guitar 1
|--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----2---2-------2---2------2---2-----------------| |---------------------------------------0-0-0-0----| |-2-2---2-----2-2---2----2-2---2----2-2------------|
[Just keep repeating tbis under tbe lead riff]
Guitar 2 (lead riff)
|----------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19---|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------|
Repeat once, then the third time:
|------------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19-----|-14h17------14h17------|--\11---------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------|-----------------------|--------------|
[Tben tbe bridge rigbt before tbe lyrics start]:
[(D7)] [(A)]
|---------------------------------------|--5--| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7h8-8-8-8p7--7-5---------|--5--| |-------------------------------7-7h9---|--6--|(A barre) |---------------------------------------|--7--| |---------------------------------------|--7--| |---------------------------------------|--5--|
[Note: In some of the verses, the D7 alternates up to a D7sus4 (just add your
pinky to the 3rd fret on the high E string from a D7 chord)]
And [D7]what about my tailor my slowly mending lover
She [A]sews me clothes I could not bear to wait
My [D7]hands are locusts at her work, a green and fitting coat
[A]Made upon the only honest loom
I [D7]remember last night's nightmare, my hand was in the road
The [A]victim of some misdirected [G]thresher
A G#m (arpeggio)
We would run towards the sun
[F#]Driving towards the [A]city of the [E]angels
Fill 1
|------------------| |------------------| |-(0h1-1)-1-1-2-4--| (0h1-1 is guitar 1, the rest is guitar 2) |------------------| |------------------| |------------------|
[A]She would know of [G#m]places we could go
[F#]To escape the [A]homicide in[E]vestigation men
And we're [Bm]weaving through the [E]traffic in the
[Dadd9]Shuttle-through-the-[A]loom way
We'll [Bm]mix our drinks with [E]water that's from
[Dadd9]Very far a[A]way
And we'll [Bm]toast to every ea[E]rthquake rolling
[Dadd9]Underneath the [A]bay
And we'll [Bm]pardon every p[E]ublic servant's [Dadd9]heavy cane, ohhh
(They'll never know my name)
[A]Stephanie lives there, S[Asus4]tephanie lives there
[A]Stephanie lives there, S[Asus4]tephanie lives there
[A]Stephanie, Stephanie, Stephanie, [D]oh.....
[Variation on Intro Riff]
|----------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19---|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |----------|-----------------------|--------------| |--------------------------------| |-17b19--17b19--17b19--17b19r17--| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-------------------|--------14---------14--|--------------| |--17b19r17b19-(3x)-|-14h17------14h17------|--17b19r17----| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |-------------------|-----------------------|--------------| |------------------------------------| |-12b14--12b14--11b13--10b12r10---7--| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
D7 (hold)
So I've committed murder like a crazed and angered dope
She's [A]helped me plan a stunning getaway
And [D7]when the lynch mob came and we escaped the heat
And went [A]dancing at the local cabaret
We [D7]left those lawmen standing with thirteen yards of rope
They'll [A]never see me swinging from a palm tree
She'll be [D7]sure to keep me safe here, entangled in her arms
Cuz [A]I'm for her but Stephanie's for [G]L.A., ohhhh
(*)
Stephanie's for L.A. (repeat several times)
[(*)Note: The vocals are staggered here. Chords alternate between
A and G, just listen to the song to hear it]
[A]Aaaah, And I would [G]like to board the skybird....
[Interlude---play 4x]
|---------------------------------------------------------| |------2-----3-----2-----3------2-----3-----2-----3-----2-| |--0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2----0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2---0h2---| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------| |--4-2------------|-2h4p2-----------2--| |------4-2--------|-------4--2--2h4----| |----------4-2-0--|--------------------| |-----------------|--------------------|
[A]From the ground, f[G#m]rom the ground
[D]Stephanie's for [A]L.A.
[(G)] [(A)] [(G)] [(A)]
|------------|--5h7p5----------| |------------|--------7-7------| |------------|-------------6---| |------------|-----------------| |--5-4-5--7--|-----------------| |------------|-----------------|
Chords:
A [002220]
A [577655] (barre)
E [022100]
Bm [224432]
D7 [x00212]
D7sus4 [x00213]
G#m [466444]
Dadd9 [x00230]
D [x00232]
Asus4 [002230]
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