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Song: On the Bus Mall
Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Picaresque
Tabbed by: Aaron Wolfe
Email: truegoogle@yahoo.com
Tuning: Standard
Guitar 1: Acoustic 12-String
Guitar 2: Electric with some kind of sustain pedal
Intro:
Guitar 1
Cmaj7 G (x2) then guitar 2 comes in
Guitar 2:
Cmaj7 G
e|-12h14p12-12---10h12p10-10---7h9p7-7-----12p10p9-10-7-----|
B|-------------------------------------8--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
*Note: at the point where the chord is Cmaj7-C, strum the Cmaj7
chord once then hammer on the 1 on the B string immediately.
Basically, you'll be strumming the C chord, then lift of the B
string C for one strum, then hold it again. If you listen to
the song, you can kind of tell.
Cmaj7
In matching blue raincoats, our shoes were our showboats
G
we kicked around
Cmaj7
From stairway to station, we made a sensation
G
with the gadabout crowd
Cmaj7
And oh what a bargain, we're two easy targets
G
For the old men at the off-tracks
Cmaj7
Who've paid in palaver and crumpled old dollars
G
Which we squirreled away
Em Am Asus2 Am
In our rat-trap hotel by the freeway
C Cmaj7-C G
And we slept in Sundays
Cmaj7
Your parents were anxious, your cool was contagious
G
At the old school
Cmaj7
You left without leaving a note for your grieving
G
Sweet mother while your brother was so cruel
Cmaj7
And here in the alleys your spirits were rallied
G
As you learned quick to make a fast buck
Cmaj7
In bathrooms and ballrooms, on dumpsters and heirlooms
G
We bit our tongues
Em Am
Sucked our lips into our lungs 'til we were falling
C
Such was our calling
Em D Am C
And here in our hollow we fused like a family
Em D C
But I will not mourn for you
Em D Am C
So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away
Am Cm
We're kings among runaways
G
On the bus mall
Cm G
We're down on the bus mall
Intro x2
Cmaj7
Among all the urchins and old chinese merchants
G
Of the old town
Cmaj7
We reigned at the pool hall with one iron cue ball
G
And we never let the bastards get us down
Cmaj7
And we laughed off the quick tricks, the old men with limp dicks
G
On the colonnades of the waterfront park
Cmaj7
As four in the morning came on cold and boring
G
We huddled close
Em Am Asus2 Am
In the bus stop enclosure enfolding
C Cmaj7-C
Our hands tightly holding
Em D Am C
But here in our hollow we fused like a family
Em D C
But I will not mourn for you
Em D Am C
So take up your makeup and pocket your pills away
Am Cm
We're kings among runaways
G
On the bus mall
Cm G
We're down on the bus mall
Cm G
We're down on the bus mall (At this point, Guitar 2 comes in with Intro riff)
Cm G
Down on the bus mall
D Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
Ohhhh
Chords Used:
[EADGBe]
Cmaj7 [x32000]
G [320033]
C [x32010]
Em [022000]
Am [x02210]
Asus2 [x02200]
D [xx0232]
Cm [x35543] or [x3x043]
h=hammer on
p=pull off
http://www.decemberists.com
Actually, without bothering to fix the actual tab, the intro riff MIGHT be a 7h8p7 instead of 7h9p7, and a 12p10p8 instead of 12p10p9 (aka a C instead of a C#)
The chords sound great, but I think the riff is:
e|-14h15p14-12---10h12p10-8----7h8p7-7-----12p10p8-10-7-----|
B|-------------------------------------8--------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|x2
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
Great tab, great song. I've been looking for this song, and this tab suits my needs. Works fine alone on my acoustic.