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Baptist Hospital

Boo Hewerdine

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Date: 1 Feb 1996 11:38:11 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic" 
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Baptist Hospital.tab


Baptist Hospital (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is the title track of Boo Hewerdine's third album.

It's played in G (capo at 5), but all the following is written as though
played in D (at the nut).


[Intro & verse]

    D     Ds4     Ds9   D       Ds9          D
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.||  x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||
bts ^     ^       ^     ^       ^     ^      ^     ^

    D    .     Ds4  .    Ds9 .    D           Ds9                         D
    ping pong  on   a    ta--ble  bouncing    that's exactly    how I'm
feeling
I'm tired of  staring    at the   floor  coz you've been staring at the
ceiling


[Chorus]:

    G          A            D
If there is no laughter in  heaven
     G       D       G(II)    D       G(II)   D
then I don't want to go,      I don't want to go


        D   .   Ds4   .   Ds9 .  D       Ds9                        D
There's nothing quite as  funny-sad as   Christmas day  a    launderette
    but I'll be fine, I'll be   OK       my paper hat,    dream cigarette


[Chorus]

[Instr.] :

    D     Ds4     Ds9   D       Ds9          D
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.||  x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||

   *G(I)       A(I)         D/E
e --x----------x------------------|
B --x----------x------------3-----|
G --0----------2------------2-----|
D --0------0---2--------2---4---5-|
A --2---2------4----4-------x-----|
E --3----------5------------x-----|

   G            D           G(II)          D          G(II)        D
e ------3----------0-------------3------------2------------3--------------||
B -----0----------3-------------3------------3------------3----------3----||
G ----0----------2-------------4------------2------------4----------2-----||
D ---0----0-----0-----0-------5------------0----0-------5----4-----0------||
A --2------------------------5-------------------------5------------------||
E -3------------------------3-------------------------3-------------------||


    D   .   Ds4   . Ds9   .  D            Ds9               D
  I saw the thing I fear the most      outside the Baptist Hospital
halfway be-tween  a bum  and ghost    my future is       indelible

[Chorus] x 2

(second time played arpeggiated, like everything after the * in the
instrumental)

Chords
        EADGBe
D       xx0232
Dsus4   xx0233
Dsus9   xx0230
G       320003
A       x02220
G(II)   355433
G(I)    32000x  *Play with a 'non existant' barre at nut plus 3rd & 4th
fingers
A(I)    54222x   -same fingering as G(I), but moved up 2 frets
D/E     xx4232


Just in case that *G(I), A(I)  D/E bit isn't clear:
       G(I)           A            D/E
   ____o_o_o_x   ___________   x_x________
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
   |_3_|_|_|_|   |_| 1_1_1_x   |_| 1_1_1_x
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
   4_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_2_|
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_3_|_|_|_|   |_|_3_|_|_|
                 | | | | | |   | | | | | |
                 4_|_|_|_|_|   |(4)|_|_|_|

Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk