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Mother Hips

The Mother Hips

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Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com
Mother Hips

Lyrics/music by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Shootout" (1996)
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 

Chord shapes are at the end

***

[Riff 1a (intro)]

 F                C                F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|

  F       C                 F  
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------13------------|------------------------|
|-10-12--12b14--14r12-10--|-12b14-12-10------------|
|-------------------------|--------------12-10-12--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|

  C             F                         C                 Bb
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-13b15-----------------------|-----------12b14-12b14r12-10-10--|
|--------12b14--10------------|-10-12-10------------------------|
|-------------------12-10-12--|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|



[Verse notes:  During the verses, one of the guitars is playing eighth notes
 on the upbeats of beats 2 and 3, this is done on the 13th frets of the high 
 E and B strings, i.e. the top two strings, listen for it on the album.
 The tabs after each line are the fills that are played after each verse.]

    F             C      Bb         Dm             C       Bb
You used to be so beautiful on your father's house on the hill

|--------------------|
|-16r15-15p13-13-----|
|--------------------|
|----------------15--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


F             C           Bb     Dm              C   Bb 
Carrying your black-bound books beyond the world of thrill

|----------------------|
|-11p10-11p10-11p10----|
|-------------------10-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|

     F                       C     Bb       Dm           C  Bb
We'd dreamed of blond haired children who'd run between my legs

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-14b15r14---------------|
|----------15------------|
|--------------13p12-----|
|---------------------13-|

    F             C      Bb    Dm          C  Bb
You ordered me an omelet but I was not eating eggs

|------------|
|----13------|
|-14----14---|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|


[Riff 1b]

   F              C               F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|

  F          C              F                         
|-----------13------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10-12b14-----14r12-10---|-12b14r12--10-----------9----|
|-------------------------|---------------12-10-12------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

  C       F                           C               Bb
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|-10-9----10----|----------10h12p10--12b15--10b12-10-10--|
|------12-------|-12-10-12-------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|



     F      C    Bb     Dm      C      Bb 
You gave me 547 days to try and find a start

|--17b18--r17-15----15----|
|---------------17----17--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


       F               C      Bb        Dm               C     Bb
Or the railway line to heaven where you arranged to send your heart

|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--15p14--15p14--------|
|----------------15----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


  Bb             F             C                  Dm   
I used to put an X across the days that you and I missed

         F                      C                 Bb                     F
But I've burned my calendar and gone to sleep and dreamed of your mother hips


[Riff 1c]

   F               C              F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|

   F               C               F                    
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
|--------------------------------|-10------10--12--10--12b14------|
|-10------------------10--12-----|-----12-------------------------|
|-----12--10------12-------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------13-----------------|--------------------------------|

   C                   F                          C              Bb
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------10--------------------------|-------------------13----------|
|-12b14------12b14r12--10------10----|-12-10-12--12b14---------------|
|--------------------------12--------|-----------------------10--12--|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|






    F                C        Bb         Dm           C     Bb
The next time that I saw you, yeah, your hair had turned to brown

    F             C          Bb          Dm          C  Bb 
You yelled at me across the room but you did not make a sound

         F               C    Bb     Dm          C    Bb 
You were standing with a widower who lost his will to try

         F              C       Bb        Dm          C   Bb
And was fooling all the drunken girls who came to see him cry



Bb                        F              C                  Dm 
Late at night through the candlelight, I told you it wasn't just for kicks,

F                        C              Bb             F
You said, "what?" and we nestled down into your mother hips


[Riff 1d]


  F                C              F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|


   F                                    
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------10-10--------10-10----|-------10-10-------10-10-------10----|
|-10-12b14-------12b14-----------|-12b14-------12b14-------12b14-------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

  C            F                           C                 Bb
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-13b15--------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------12b14--10----|----------10h12p10--12b14--12b14r12-10-10-|
|--------------------|-12-10-12---------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|


And now for the the solo:
[Note: Midway through the solo, a second guitar comes in with a harmony, but
 for the sake of simplicity and notation I have only written out the top part.
 The lower harmony notes are a major third lower, as far as I can tell.  Also,
 the chords that accompany the solo are  F-A-Bb-C in succession.]



|------------|-----------|----------------|
|-10---10-10-|-11--11-11-|-13-11-10--(4x)-|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|

|---------------------|
|-11p10--13p10-(8x)---|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|

|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-13b15(hold)15-15r13-10-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------12b14r12---|-10-12-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------10-10-------10----|
|------------------------------------|-------------10h12-------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-10-10-10-12p10-9-|
|-------10---12-10-12----|------------------|
|-11h12------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|

|--------------------|--------------------------13--|
|--------------------|-15b17r15-13-15-13--13-15-----|
|-15b17r15-14-15-14--|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|

|-15b17--15-13-----|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------15--|-------13-13-13-15-|-13-15-13-15-13-13-13-|
|------------------|-12-14-------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|

  C
|-15p13----------------------13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------15p13--(play 14x)----13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|



Bb                        F              C                  Dm
Late at night through the candlelight, I told you it wasn't just for kicks,

F                        C              Bb             Bb  
You said, "what?" and we nestled down into your mother hips

(cool electric piano riff)

Then finish it up on an F Chord

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Chord Shapes:

F  [133211] 
C  [032010]
   [335553] 
Dm [557765] 
Bb [113331] 
   [688766]
A  [577655] 
   [002220]

Questions/comments/corrections? Email collin@californiasoul.org

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