Let's Stay Engaged by the Tragically Hip Tabbed By Steve sfissel@shaw.ca Ok, what you need to remember for this tab is, DON'T USE THE PLACEMENT OF TAB FIGURES AS A GUIDE FOR RHYTHM! you need to listen to the CD for that. Intro/Verse E-9\-------------------------------------- L B-7\-------5p4-5-7-7------5p4-5-4-4\------ E G----------4---4-4-4------4---4-4-4\-4-4-- A D------------------------------------4-4-- D A----------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------- R E----------------2-2---------------------- H B----4-----5--5--4-4------4---5--4-------- Y G----4--4--4--4--4-4------4---4--4----4--- T D----4--4--4--4--4--------4---4--4----4--- H A----2--2--2--------------2-----------2--- M E----------------------------------------- So you play the Verse riff for the verse until the part just before the Chorus Where the Lead Guitar goes: E-5h7-7-7-7--7-9p7-5-7- L B-5---5-5-5--5-5---5-5- E G---------------------- A D---------------------- D A---------------------- E---------------------- First Part of the Chorus: E-0---------------------------4-5-- L B-0-------------------------------- E G-1-------------------------------- A D-2-------------------------------- D A-2-------------------------------- E-0-------------------------------- R E-0---------0--------------------2- H B-0----0----0--------4-----5--5--4- Y G-1--1-1-1--1--------4--4--4--4--4- T D-2--2-2-2--2--------4--4--4--4--4- H A-2--2---2--2--------2--2--2------- M E-0------0--0---------------------- then for the second half of the chorus E--------------------------7--------------------------------- L B---------------------5-4---4-5-7-5-4----0h2p0-0-4\-0-2\-0-0- E G------------------------------------------------------------ A D-------------------------------------2h4-------------------- D A------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------ R E-0---------0--------------------2--------------------------- H B-0----0----0--------4-----5--5--4---4----5-----4------------ Y G-1--1-1-1--1--------4--4--4--4--4---4----4-----4-------4---- T D-2--2-2-2--2--------4--4--4--4--4---4----4-----4-------4---- H A-2--2---2--2--------2--2--2---------2----------2------------ M E-0------0--0------------------------------------------------ This is the solo part at about 3:37 E--7----4h5p4-5-4\2--0h2------------------------------------------------------------ L B-------------------------------0h2p0--0-/4-4\2-0---5-5\-5-4-5-7-7------------------------- E G--------------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4---------- A D----------------------------2/4------------------------------------------ D A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- E------------------------- L B-4-5-4-5\------0h2p0--0-- E G-4-4-4-4\------------2--- A D-----------2h4----------- D A------------------------- E------------------------- Then the Rhythm Guitar goes: R E||-----11---9----7----5---5--||------11---9----7----7----5---7----5----7- H B||*-------------------------*||------------------------------------------ Y G||--/8----6----4----2---2----||--/8----6----4----4----2---4----2-----4--- T D||---------------------------||------------------------------------------ H A||*-------------------------*||------------------------------------------ M E||---------------------------||------------------------------------------ R E--5--5-- H B-------- Y G--2--2-- T D-------- H A-------- M E-------- Then switch back into a B chord and slowly back into the main Verse riff. That's pretty much it! Now you can just let the Lead Guitar play some solo bits from earlier parts . . . E (0 2 2 1 0 0) B ( 2 4 4 4 2)