08-05-2006, 10:12 PM
Heres my take on Wild Mountain Honey... just play around with the riff's, and the C and G chords to make it sound a little more full than what I have tabbed...
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Wild Mountain Honey by The Tragically Hip
tabbed by Mike Curran (das_hips@hotmail.com)
Like most Hip songs, this one has stereo guitar work, but its essentially the same in both channels.
This song is based on the following four riff-patterns, with minor variations throughout the song.
Intro (acoustic)
E--3--5--1--3--0------0----0----- -3--5--6--10--8-8-8----3--
B--3--3--3--3--1-3-3---3-3--3-3-- -3--3--3--10--8-8-8----6--
G--0-----------0-0-0------------- -0--------------5-5----5--
D-------------------------------- X2 -----------------------3--
A-------------------------------- -----------------------3--
E-------------------------------- --------------------------
F/C
Pre-Verse Pattern
E--3--1----0------------------------------------------
B--3--3----1--3----1-------1--3----1------------------
G--0----------0----0--3----0--0----0------------------
D---------------------3------------2------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
I Don't Wanna Put A - nother Thought in your head
Verse Pattern C
E--------------------------------- ---
B-------1--3--1-------1------3---- -1-
G----3--0--0--0--3--3-3--3p0-0---- -0-
D----3-----------3--3-3--3p0-0---- ... -2-
A--------------------------------- ---
E--------------------------------- ---
Pre-Verse Build-up
E-------------1-3p1h3---
B-------1--3--3-3-------
G----3--0--0------------
D----3------------------
A-----------------------
E-----------------------
I don't wanna put another thought in your head
Pre-Verse Pattern
The humm-ing-bird is cleared for maintenance,
Verse Pattern
evacuating long after it made no sense.
C
It’s not so much a load and stay any more as a gotta-get-
Verse Pattern
down-the-road-before-the-temperature-soars.
C
Pre-Verse Build Up
I don’t wanna put a little thought in your head
Pre-Verse Pattern
Diplomacy goes even better with drinks
verse pattern
(until the big city trees began to shrink.)
C
it’s not so much a load out and stay anymore
verse pattern
it’s gotta get down the road before the snarling traffic roars.
C
Pre-Verse Build Up
I don’t wanna ask you, ’What you got in your head?’
Pre-Verse Pattern
I’m not gonna ask you a whole bunch of questions.
Pre-Verse Pattern
Bridge (repeat intro, second guitar plays chords)
OK, we agree to disagree....
G
Giving up....Giving Up the Embassy
G
is a whole lot better than,
The Embassy’s Surrendering.
C F/C
Flying home under the approval of the stars,
Verse Pattern
It couldn’t be more at home with the way things are so hard.
C
It’s not so much a load-out and stay anymore
Verse Pattern
its a gotta get down the road before the confetti cannon blows with litigious force.
C
Pre-Verse Build Up
I don’t wanna ask you, ’What you got in your head?’
Pre Verse
I don’t wanna ask you, ’Whatcha been thinking?’
Pre Verse
I don’t wanna put another thought in my head.
Pre Verse
Outro (based on the intro riff. Lead starts at 3:15; hold the notes
second guitar plays G and then C and F/C at the end)
E-----------------------10-10--10s12-10---s15-13-10--8h10s6h8-3
B-3-------s10-----p8h10----------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
End with a variation of the intro, and then the pre-verse pattern