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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 23:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edmond Hum <rlp@gold.interlog.com>
Subject: TAB: "Houdini Blues" by Kristin Hersh
houdini blues
by kristin hersh
from 'hips and makers'
transcribed by edmond hum (rlp@interlog.com)
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<define chords>
Dm C* B* G* D+ C+ B+ G+
e---1----1----1----1---| e---0----0----0----0---| b---3----3----3----3---| b---3----3----3----3---| g---2----0----0----0---| g---2----0----0----0---| d---0----2----0----0---| d---0----2----0----0---| a--------3----2----2---| a--------3----2----2---| e------------------3---| e------------------3---|
<minor/seventh chords> <major-like chords>
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<define fingerpicking part>
<once you learn this part, you should be able to follow along with kristin>
D+ C+ B+ G+
e------0----|------0----|------0----|------0----| b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|--------3--| g----2------|-----------|-----------|----0------| d--0--------|----2------|----0------|-----------| a-----------|--3--------|--2--------|-----------| e-----------|-----------|-----------|--3--------|
D+ C+ G+
e------0----|------0----|------0----| b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--| g----2------|-----------|----0------| d--0--------|----2------|-----------| a-----------|--3--------|-----------| e-----------|-----------|--3--------|
<1st part>
D+ C+ G+
e---------------------|-----------|------3----| b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-0--|--------0--| g------7-------7------|----5---0--|----0------| d----0-------0--------|--0--------|-----------| a---------------------|-----------|-----------| e---------------------|-----------|--3--------|
<2nd part>
D+ C+ B+ G+
e---------------------|-------------------|------3----| b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-------5-0--|--------0--| g------7-------7------|----5---5---5---0--|----0------| d----0-------0--------|--0-------0--------|-----------| a---------------------|-------------------|-----------| e---------------------|-------------------|--3--------|
---start---
<intro>
D+ C+ B+ G+
D+ C+ G+
D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]
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D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
Oh no don't you put me in that box
D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
you know what you can do with those locks
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+ C+ B+ G+
you'll have to deal with me then
D+ C+ B+ G+
you'll hear me in the wind
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D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]
D* C* B* G*
D* C* G*
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D* C* B* G*
I been on the other side of the Blue Ridge
D* C* B* G*
seen the Shenandoah rolling there
D* C* B* G*
I stepped off the mountain's edge
D* C* B* G*
just to climb the golden stair
D* C* B* G*
I seen the streets up there
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D* C* G*
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D* C* B* G*
I been on the mount transfiguration
D* C* B* G*
been there with my ma and my pa
D* C* B* G*
on the mountain of commandment
D* C* B* G*
I been handed down the law
D* C* B* G*
you should have seen what I saw
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D* C* G*
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D* C* B* G*
I fell to the bottom of Thales' well
D* C* B* G*
caught like a thief with a lamb
D* C* B* G*
you know those stars they can cast a spell
D* C* B* G*
I been caught with red hands
D* C* B* G*
I been caught with red hands
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D* C* G*
D+ C+ B+ G+
D+ C+ G+
D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]
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D* C* B* G*
I scaled the mountains skiied the valleys
D* C* B* G*
I've done the highs and the lows
D* C* B* G*
I don't feel like work today
D* C* B* G*
hell I won't go
D* C* B* G*
Bess I won't go
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D* C* G*
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D* C* B* G*
Just let me at their locks
D* C* B* G*
we should all be free
D* C* B* G*
oh Bess I swear I'll call
D* C* B* G*
when I'm free from me
D* C* B* G*
we should all be free
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D* C* G*
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D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
Oh no don't you put me in that box
D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
you know what you can do with those locks
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+ C+ B+ G+
you'll have to deal with me then
D+ C+ B+ G+
you'll hear me in the wind
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D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]
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D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
Oh no don't you put me in that box
D+ C+ B+ G+ D+ C+ G+
you know what you can do with those locks
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+ C+ B+ G+
you'll have to deal with me then
D+ C+ B+ G+ - <outro> D+ C+ G+
you'll hear me in the wind
<outro>
D+ C+ G+
e-----------------------| b-----3-------3---------| g-------2-------2-------| d---0-----0-------------| a-----------3-----3-----| e-------------------3---|
--- end ---
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