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Gift Shop

Tragically Hip

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Hey, most of the tabs i've found for the hip are always way off, so i gave a stab 
at one of my fav hip tunes, hope it helps.

Note: finger pick intro

Chords Used (and held when finger picking Intro and Verse)

     D         D*        F*        C*        G*

e ---2---   ---5---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---
B ---3---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---
G ---2---   ---2---   ---2---   ---2---   ---2---
D ---0---   ---0---   ---3---   ---x---   ---0---
A ---0---   ---x---   ---x---   ---3---   ---x---
D ---0---   ---x---   ---x---   ---x---   ---3---


Riff 1                           Riff 2
                     Let Ring                    Let Ring
e --2---2---2--2--2--2--||       --2---2---3--3--3--||
B --3---3---3--3--3--3--||       --3---3---3--3--3--||
G --2---2---2--2--2--2--||       --2---2---0--0--0--||
D --0---0---0--0--0--0--||       --0---0---x--x--0--||
A --0---0---3--0--3--0--||       --x---x---3--2--x--||
D --0---0---0--0--0--0--||       --x---x---x--x--3--||
    d   d   d  u  d  u           d   d   d  u  u

Riff 3 

e --3---3--3--3--3---2--||
B --3---3--3--3--3---3--||
G --0---0--0--0--0---2--||
D --x---x--x--x--x---0--||
A --3---3--3--3--2---0--||
D --x---x--x--x--x---0--||
    d   d  u  d  u   u

Intro 

e ---5-----------5*---3--------------------||
B ------3-----3-----------3-------3--------||
G ---------2------------------2------------||
D ---0----------------3--------------------||
A -----------------------------------------||
D -----------------------------------------||

Verse    

The Beautiful Lull,                          The dangerous
              
e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

              tug,                          We get to feel 

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

             small,                          From high up

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||
 
             above,                          and after a 

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

            glimpse,                         over the 

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

              Top,                        The rest of the

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

            World,                        Becomes a 

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

              Gift.....        Shop.....

e -------------3-----------3*----3----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3------------3-----------3------||
G -------------------2---------------------2------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||
A -------------3----------------------------------------||
D -------------------------------3----------------------||
 
              Intro x2 - then play chords 

             D    Riff 1                      D  Riff 1   
The pendulum swings,     for the horse like a man
           
             D   Riff 1     D      Riff 1      
Out over the rim,    is ice cream to him
            
              D  Riff 2  G*               C*  Riff 3
The beautiful lull,         the dangerous tug
            
               D  Riff 2  G*                C*  Riff 3  D
we get to feel small,        but not out of place  at  all


                D  Riff 1                    D  Riff 1
We're forced to bed,       but we're free to dream
            
             D   Riff 1                  D   Riff 1 
All us human extras,       all us herded beings
            
            D  Riff 2    G*         C*  Riff 3
And after a glimpse,       over the top
            
                D  Riff 2 G*          C* Riff 3  D  
The rest of the world,      becomes a gift     shop


                 SOLO  **BREAK**

                  
                     D Riff 1                    D Riff 1
I don't know what to believe,   sometimes I even forget
              
              D Riff 1             D  Riff 1
And if it's a lie,      terrorists made me say it
              
              D  Riff 2  G*               C*  Riff 3
The beautiful lull,         the dangerous tug
              
               D  Riff 2  G*              C*  Riff 3 
We get to feel small,        from high up above
             
             D  Riff 2    G*              C*  Riff 3
From high up above,          from high up above
             
             D  Riff 2    G*              C*  Riff 3
From high up above,          from high up above
    
                    ** FADE OUT **

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