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Song
Little Bones - The Tragically Hip
Tabbed by Michael Shum
Been wishing for a tab for this song for ages, ended up just making one myself!
There's lots of little parts that go together, they don't use the fills consistently
and you have to judge when to use them. I've put in some lyrics to help you judge
when to play certain fills. I've also put some repeats in brackets ie: (x2), (x4).
The intro/verse rhythm bit is played pretty much throughout, and the power chords
are played occasionally.
If anyone has any suggestions for the solo please submit them as comments or
corrections, there were a few parts I was unsure about.
Thanks for reading and enjoy this Canadian classic!
Intro/Verse Rhythm
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1----------- A---------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------- E-0-2-2-----------------------------------------------------------------
Power Chords
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------2-4-4-4------------------------------------------ D--2-4-4-4---2-4-4-4---2-4-4-4------------------------------------------ A--2-4-4-4---2-4-4-4---0-2-2-2------------------------------------------ E--0-2-2-2---0-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------
Fills
e------0---------------------------------------------------------------- B--------4-0---------------0---0---------------------------------------- G----------------------------2------------------------------------------
D--2h4-----------------2h4----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------2---4----------------------------------------------- G-------------------2---4----------------------------------------------- D-------------------2---4----------------------------------------------- A-------------------0---2-----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
"2.50 for a highball..."
e--------------------------------------0-------------------------------- B------0---0---------------0---0---------4-0---------------------------- G--------2---------2---------2---------------2---2---------------------- D--2h4----------2h4------4---------------------4---4--------------------
A--------(x2)---------------(x2)----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
"2.50 for a decade..."
e--0-0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0---------0-0---0---0---0---0--0--0-0-0------ B--3--3---3---3--3--0--0-0-0---------3--3---3---3---3--3--0--0-0-0------ G--2---2---2---2-2--2--1-1-1---------2---2---2---2---2-2--2--1-1-1------ D--0-------------0--2--2-2-2------2--0-----------------0--2--2-2-2------ A-------------------0--2-2-2--2h4-------------------------0--2-2-2------ E-------------------0--0-0-0------------------------------0--0-0-0------
"I can cry beg and whine..."
First Solo
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D------7-----7---7-9---10r9p7--9p7-----7-------------7------------7---7- A--9-9---9-----9-------------------9-----9p7-----9-9---9--7---9-9---9--- E--------------------------------------------9--------------9-----------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----10r9-7-9-7----9b10r9--7-9-7---7----------------------------------- A---------------------------------9---9---------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------0-------------------------------- B------0---0---------------0---0---------4-0---------------------------- G--------2---------2---------2---------------2---2---------------------- D--2h4----------2h4------4---------------------4---4--------------------
A--------(x2)---------------(x2)----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
"2.50 for an eyeball..." "...happy hour is here..."
e----------------22-2------- B----------------22-2------- G-2-1------------22-2------- (x4) D-----4-2-----2--44-4------- A---------2h4----44-4------- E----------------22-2-------
Outtro Solo
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------11------------------------------------------------- D---7---9---9-7-9s11----11p9s7-----9s11-9-7-9-7~---s11~----------------- A-----9------------------------9~---------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-11-11-11p9----9-----------------------------9-9----9----9--------- D----------------11---11p9-11p9s7-9-9-9-9p7---s11-----11---11----------- A-------------------------------------------9---------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-11-9h11-11-11-9h11-11-11-9h11-11-11-9h11-11-11--------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12b14r12-10--12p10----10----------------------10--------------------- G---------------------11----11p9----9h11----9h11----11------------------ D--------------------------------11------11-----------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B--12-10----12-10----12-10----12-10----12-10---------------------10----- G--------11-------11-------11-------11-------11------9-11p9----9----11-- D-------------------------------------------------11--------11----------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12b14-12-10-12-10-----19-19-19p17----17-17-17-17-17-16-16-16-14-14-14- G-------------------11--------------18----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-12-12-14-------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------9-9----9-9---------------- D-------------7-9-7-9b11r9-7-9p7---7-9-7--s11-----11-------------------- A----------9---------------------9--------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------
B------14----14----14--------------- G---14----14----14----14-11-14-11...
D-----------------------------------
A-----------------------------------
E-----------------------------------
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