Such A Thing by 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 B F# A B F# F#/E F# So you've been confused, your confidence is disorganized |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-----------| |-0-0-0-2\--| A B F# A B So you do your exercise as you speed beneath the F# F#/E bay... [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 B F# A B F# And I would tell you to sing, cause that would bring control to you, A B F# Some things make the world seem new, (Guitars come back in here) A B Your voice is such a F# F#/E F# F#/E F# F#/E F# thing, such a thing, such a thing, such a 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 Bridge 2: F# F# F#/E F#/E 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | (4X) ^ ^ ^ ^ A B F# A B F# F#/E F# You didn't want to break the news but it didn't cut your tongue, (Guitar) |------------------------| |--4b5r4-2-0-------------| |------------3-2-3-------| |------------------2~~---| |------------------------| |------------------------| A B F# A B Omar is still so young, I know that he can take it, [Play Bridge 2 (see below) 4x over the "take it" part] Take it, take it, (I know that he can) take it, take it... Bridge 2: F# F# F#/E F#/E 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | ^ ^ ^ ^ A B F# A B F# F#/E F# "I don't want to be rude," you told him at the turnstile A B F# F#/E F# A B His teeth went dust behind his smile, you disappeared down the F# F#/E F# F#/E F# F#/E F# tube, down the tube, down the tube, down the 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 B F# A B So your ship was blown to sea, from the road where it was tied up [Guitar Fill] |------------| |------------| |-4b6--(8x)--| |------------| |------------| |------------| A B F# F#/E F# So many men have died up on the (Guitars come back in) A B route to Ha-na- F# F#/E F# F#/E F# F#/E F# Lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei...... Then Bridge 1 over the final "aaaah's": 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 A A B B | F# F# F#/E F# | (3X) Aaaaaah! A A B B | [Then the 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] Questions/comments/corrections? Email collin@californiasoul.org 2004 MyGuitarTabs.com - All Rights Reserved www.TAB6.com