Such a Thing The Mother Hips
Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com
Such a Thing
By The Mother Hips
Music/lyrics by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Green Hills of Earth" (2001)
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
Riff 1 (Sitar effect)
|---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------| |---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4~-----| |---4--5--------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------| |---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4~---------| |---4--5--------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------|
[Verse]
(Guitars lay out on the first verse)
[A]So you've [B]been con[F#]fused, your [A]confi[B]dence is dis[F#]organized[F#/E] [F#]
|-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-0-0-0-2\--|
[A]So you [B]do your [F#]exercise as you[A] speed[B] beneath the
[F#]bay.[F#/E]..
[Riff 2] (Sitar)
|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |-2-2-2-2-0----0-|-2-2-2-2-0----0-| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----4--2--2-----|----4--2--2-----| |-2------------0-|-2--------------|
[A]And I would [B]tell you to s[F#]ing, cause t[A]hat would bring cont[B]rol to y[F#]ou,
[A]Some things [B]make the [F#]world seem new,
(Guitars come back in here)
Your [A]voice is [B]such a
[F#]thing, [F#/E]such a [F#]thing, [F#/E]such a [F#]thing, [F#/E]such a [F#]thing...
[**Note: Alternating F# and F#/E:
Just do an F# barre chord (don't play the top 2 strings),
and alternately lift off your index finger.
Like this:
[F#] [F#/E]
|-(2)---(0)---------------| |-(2)---(0)---------------| |--3-----3----------------| |--4-----4----------------| |--4-----4----------------| |--2-----0----------------|
This alternating theme is heard pretty consistently throughout the song,
whenever an F# chord is played. Listen and you'll hear it. Back to the
song...]
[Bridge 1]
(*)
A A B B | F# F# F#/E F# |
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 | (3X)
---------------------
(*) Background fill:
The sitar plays a little background riff during this measure.
The first and third time Bridge 1 is played use this fill:
|---------------------------| |---------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----| |---4--5-----------------4--| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
Second time:
|---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--4b6r4-2--4-4-4-4-4p2-----| |-----------------------4---| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
Then on the fourth time:
HEY! HEY!
A A B B | right into-->
[1] [2] [3] [4]
[ Tab from: bttp://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tbe_motber_bips/sucb_a_tbing_tab.btml ]
Bridge 2:
[F#]1 & 2 [F#]& [F#/E]3 & 4 [F#/E] & | (4X)
^ ^ ^ ^
[A]You didn't [B]want to [F#]break the news but it [A]didn't cut your [B]tongue,[F#] [F#/E] [F#]
(Guitar)
|------------------------| |--4b5r4-2-0-------------| |------------3-2-3-------| |------------------2~~---| |------------------------| |------------------------|
[A]Oma[B]r is [F#]still so young, I [A]know that he can t[B]ake it,
[Play Bridge 2 (see below) 4x over tbe "take it" part]
Take it, take it, (I know that he can) take it, take it...
Bridge 2:
[F#]1 & 2 [F#]& [F#/E]3 & 4 [F#/E] & |
^ ^ ^ ^
[A]"I don't wa[B]nt to be r[F#]ude," you [A]told him at the [B]turns[F#]tile[F#/E] [F#]
His [A]teeth went [B]dust beh[F#]ind his [F#/E]smile,[F#] you [A]disappeared [B]down the
[F#]tube, [F#/E]down the [F#]tube, [F#/E]down the [F#]tube, [F#/E]down the [F#]tuuuuube!
Play Bridge 1:
A A B B | F# F# F#/E F# |
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 | (3X)
Aaaaah!
A A B B |
[1] [2] [3] [4]
Now play Riff 1 again, with a slight variation:
Riff 1b (Sitar)
|---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------| |---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4------| |---4--5--------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------| |---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------2--3--2--5--|-3-2---------------------| |---------3--4--------------|-----4b6r4-2-------------| |---4--5--------------------|-------------4-4~--------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|
(Guitars lay out)
[A]So your [B]ship was [F#]blown to sea, from the [A]road where it was [B]tied up
[Guitar Fill]
|------------| |------------|
|-4b6--(8x)--|
|------------| |------------| |------------|
[A]So many [B]men have [F#]died [F#/E]up on [F#]the
(Guitars come back in)
[A]route to [B]Ha-na-
[F#]Lei, [F#/E]Hana- [F#]lei, [F#/E]Hana- [F#]lei, [F#/E]Hana- [F#]lei......
Then Bridge 1 over the final "aaaah's":
[1]A [2]A [3]B [4]B | [1]F# [2]F# [3]F#/E [4]F# | (3X)
Aaaaaah!
A A B B |
[Tben tbe last 2 measures are]:
^ ^ ^
[F#] [F#] [F#/E] [F#/E] [F#] [F#] [F#] [F#]
|---------------------------|-------2--2--2---|| |---------------------------|-------2--2--2---|| |---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--3--3---|| |---4--5-----------------5--|--4----4--4--4---|| |---------------------------|-------4--4--4---|| |---------------------------|-------2--2--2---||
Chord Shapes:
A [002220]
B [224442]
F# [244322]
F#/E [0443xx]
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