Song: Fiddler's Green By: The Tragically Hip Tabbed by: Steve F. Ok, I've done a Tab for Fiddler's Green. This song, I think, has 3 guitars in it: Rhythm, Lead and Slide. For Rhythm, I have just a chord chart. Now Lead is a different story. Lead not only has licks but also plays the chords . . . which all needed to be translated into an open E tuning. I'm quite pleased with the result. The slide guitar is only used in certain parts of the tab so it just appears as another line over the tab where needed. One thing, when you see chords being strummed openly don't trust the strumming pattern too explicitly. Send any Comments or corrections to me (sfissel@shaw.ca) or Whoever runs the site you find this on. ******************* * LEAD & SLIDE * ******* ******************* *Intro* ******* E-----------------0-------------------------0--------------------------- L B-----------------0--------0-----0-------0--0--------0------------------ E Ab--5--3----------0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------5------ A E---0--0--4\2--0--0--------0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--------0------ D B---0-----0----0--0--------0--0--0--0h2--0-----------0--0--------0------ E---0-----0-------0--------0--0--0-------0--------------0--------0------ E--------------0-----------------0--0-------------------------0--------- L B--------------2--------2-----2--2--2----------2--------2-----2--------- E Ab--3----------3--------3--3--3--3--3--3-------3--------3-----3--------- A E---0--4\2--0--0--------0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--------0--0--0--------- D B------0----0--2--------2--2--2--2--2--0h2-----2-----------2--2--------- 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E---2-----2-----2--2-----2--2--0h2-----0-----0-----0--0----------0------ D B---3-----3-----3--3-----3--3----------0-----0-----0--0----------------- E--------------------------------------0-----0-----0--0----------------- E---||------0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--------------||------- L B---||------3-----3--3--3-----3-----0-----0-----0--------------||--3---- E Ab--||*-----1-----1--1--1-----1-----0--------0--0--0--1p0-----*||--1---- A E---||*-----2-----2--2-----------------------0--0----------0--*||--2---- D B---||------3-----3--3--------------------------0--------------||--3---- E---||------------------------------------------0--------------||------- E------------0--0-- L B------3--3--3--0-- E Ab-----1--1--1--0-- A E------2--------0-- D B---------------0-- E---------------0-- Chords used for Lead guitar: E A B E---0--0--0-- B---0--2--0-- Ab--0--3--3-- E---0--0--2-- B---0--2--0-- E---0--0--2-- ******************* * RHYTHM * ******************* Intro: E A E D E E September seventeen A To a girl I know it's mothers day E Her son has gone alee B And that's where he will stay E Wind on the weathervane A Tearing blue eyes sailor mean E As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain D E For a boy on Fiddler's Green E His tiny knotted heart A Well I guess it never worked too good E The timber tore apart B And the water gorged the wood E You can hear her whispered prayer A For men at masts that always lean E The same wind that moves her hair D E Moves her boy through Fiddler's Green B A Oh, nothing's changed anyway B A Oh, nothing's changed anyway B E Anytime today E He doesn't know a soul A And there's nowhere that he's really been E But he won't travel long alone B No not on Fiddler's Green E Balloons all filled with rain A As children's eyes turn sleepy mean E And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain D E For a boy on Fiddler's Green Outro: D E D E D E D E Chords for Rhythm Guitar: E A B D E-0--0--4--2- B-0--2--4--3- G-1--2--4--2- D-2--2--4--0- A-2--0--2--0- E-0--0--2---- ======================================================================== == TABLATURE EXPLANATION == ======================================================================== ---------- ---------- ----t--- ----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap ---------- ---------- Note -------- ----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- -------- ---------- ---------- -----p-- ----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop ---------- ---------- Note --s----- ----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap ---------- ||------|| Repeat -------- ----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend ---------- ||*----*|| -------- ---------- ||------|| -------- H. ---------- -----12--- Nat. -------- -4:------- Time -----12--- Harmonic -------- -4:------- Signature -----12--- -------- ---------- -----12--- -------- ______________________________________________ Fiddler's Green - Tragically Hip E September seventeen A To a girl I know it's mothers day E Her son has gone alee B And that's where he will stay E Wind on the weathervane A Tearing blue eyes sailor mean E As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain D E For a boy on Fiddler's Green E His tiny knotted heart A Well I guess it never worked too good E The timber tore apart B And the water gorged the wood E You can hear her whispered prayer A For men at masts that always lean E The same wind that moves her hair D E Moves her boy through Fiddler's Green B A Oh, nothing's changed anyway B A Oh, nothing's changed anyway B E Anytime today E He doesn't know a soul A And there's nowhere that he's really been E But he won't travel long alone B No not on Fiddler's Green E Balloons all filled with rain A As children's eyes turn sleepy mean E And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain D E For a boy on Fiddler's Green ------------------------------------------