Such a Thing Lyrics

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)
(Guitars lay out on the first verse)
So you've been confused, your confidence is disorganized
So you do your exercise as you speed beneath the
bay...
Riff 2
(Sitar)
And I would tell you to sing, cause that would bring control to you,
Some things make the world seem new,
(Guitars come back in here)
Your voice is such a
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:
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...]
ridge 1
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:
Second time:
Then on the fourth time:
HEY! HEY!
A A B B | right into-->
Bridge 2:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | (4X)
You didn't want to break the news but it didn't cut your tongue,
(Guitar)
Omar is still so young, I know that he can take it,
Play ridge 2 (see below) 4x over the "take it" part
Take it, take it, (I know that he can) take it, take it...
Bridge 2:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
"I don't want to be rude," you told him at the turnstile
His teeth went dust behind his smile, you disappeared down the
tube, down the tube, down the tube, down the tuuuuube!
Play Bridge 1:
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 | (3X)
Aaaaah!
Now play Riff 1 again, with a slight variation:
Riff 1b (Sitar)
(Guitars lay out)
So your ship was blown to sea, from the road where it was tied up
uitar ill
|-4b6--(8x)--|
So many men have died up on the
(Guitars come back in)
route to Ha-na-
Lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei......
Then Bridge 1 over the final "aaaah's":
A A B B | F# F# F#/E F# | (3X)
Aaaaaah!
Then the last 2 measures are
:
Chord Shapes:
F#
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