Houdini Blues Tab

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 23:24:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Edmond Hum 
Subject: TAB: "Houdini Blues" by Kristin Hersh

houdini blues

by kristin hersh
from 'hips and makers'
transcribed by edmond hum (rlp@interlog.com)

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     Dm   C*   B*   G*           D+   C+   B+   G+
 e---1----1----1----1---|    e---0----0----0----0---|
 b---3----3----3----3---|    b---3----3----3----3---|
 g---2----0----0----0---|    g---2----0----0----0---|
 d---0----2----0----0---|    d---0----2----0----0---|
 a--------3----2----2---|    a--------3----2----2---|
 e------------------3---|    e------------------3---|

         

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    D+          C+          B+          G+
 e------0----|------0----|------0----|------0----|
 b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|
 g----2------|-----------|-----------|----0------|
 d--0--------|----2------|----0------|-----------|
 a-----------|--3--------|--2--------|-----------|
 e-----------|-----------|-----------|--3--------|

    D+          C+          G+
 e------0----|------0----|------0----|
 b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|
 g----2------|-----------|----0------|
 d--0--------|----2------|-----------|
 a-----------|--3--------|-----------|
 e-----------|-----------|--3--------|

<1st part>
      D+                  C+          G+
 e---------------------|-----------|------3----|
 b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-0--|--------0--|
 g------7-------7------|----5---0--|----0------|
 d----0-------0--------|--0--------|-----------|
 a---------------------|-----------|-----------|
 e---------------------|-----------|--3--------|

<2nd part>
      D+                  C+      B+          G+
 e---------------------|-------------------|------3----|
 b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-------5-0--|--------0--|
 g------7-------7------|----5---5---5---0--|----0------|
 d----0-------0--------|--0-------0--------|-----------|
 a---------------------|-------------------|-----------|
 e---------------------|-------------------|--3--------|


---start---



D+ C+ B+ G+
D+ C+ G+
D+ C+ G+  -[1st part]
---------------------

D+       C+         B+     G+       D+  C+ G+
   Oh no  don't you put me in that box
D+          C+         B+    G+          D+   C+ G+
   you know  what you can do with those locks
D+                     C+           B+        G+  -[2nd part]
   bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+        C+      B+             G+
   you'll have to deal with me then
D+        C+      B+      G+
   you'll hear me in the wind

---------------------
D+ C+ G+  -[1st part]

D* C* B* G*
D* C* G*
---------------------

   D*            C*                B*         G*
   I been on the other side of the Blue Ridge
   D*             C*           B*    G*
   seen the Shenandoah rolling there
  D*         C*        B*         G*
   I stepped off the mountain's edge
   D*                C*     B*    G*
   just to climb the golden stair
  D*          C*         B*    G*
   I seen the streets up there

-----------
D* C* G*
-----------

   D*              C*           B*     G*
   I been on the mount transfiguration
   D*                 C*       B*  G*
   been there with my ma and my pa
D*          C*            B*      G*
   on the mountain of commandment
   D*            C*       B*  G*
   I been handed down the law
D*                 C*         B*   G*
   you should have seen what I saw

-----------
D* C* G*
-----------

   D*            C*        B*       G*
   I fell to the bottom of Thales' well
D*               C*            B*  G*
   caught like a thief with a lamb
D*                C*             B*       G*
   you know those stars they can cast a spell
D*        C*           B*       G*
   I been caught with red hands
D*        C*           B*       G*
   I been caught with red hands

----------------------
D* C* G*

D+ C+ B+ G+
D+ C+ G+
D+ C+ G+   -[1st part]
----------------------

D*              C*                    B*     G*
   I scaled the mountains skiied the valleys
D*               C*         B*      G*
   I've done the highs and the lows
D*         C*        B*         G*
   I don't feel like work today
D*      C*      B* G*
   hell I won't go
D*      C*      B* G*
   Bess I won't go

----------
D* C* G*
----------

D*      C*     B*        G*
   Just let me at their locks
D*           C*       B* G*
   we should all be free
D*    C*     B*          G*
   oh Bess I swear I'll call
D*          C*     B*    G*
   when I'm free from me
D*           C*       B* G*
   we should all be free

-----------
D* C* G*
-----------

D+       C+         B+     G+       D+  C+ G+
   Oh no  don't you put me in that box
D+          C+         B+    G+          D+   C+ G+
   you know  what you can do with those locks
D+                     C+           B+        G+  -[2nd part]
   bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+        C+      B+             G+
   you'll have to deal with me then
D+        C+      B+      G+
   you'll hear me in the wind

----------------------
D+ C+ G+   -[1st part]
----------------------

D+       C+         B+     G+       D+  C+ G+
   Oh no  don't you put me in that box
D+          C+         B+    G+          D+   C+ G+
   you know  what you can do with those locks
D+                     C+           B+        G+  -[2nd part]
   bet your life I'll come crawling out again
D+        C+      B+             G+
   you'll have to deal with me then
D+        C+      B+      G+  -  D+ C+ G+
   you'll hear me in the wind



     D+      C+      G+
 e-----------------------|
 b-----3-------3---------|
 g-------2-------2-------|
 d---0-----0-------------|
 a-----------3-----3-----|
 e-------------------3---|

--- end ---