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Bit By Bit Tab

by Mother Mother
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Gm
Capo: no capo
Author Pelusteriano [pro] 5,328.
4 contributors total, last edit on Jan 20, 2021
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Released at October 22nd 2012 as the second single from Mother Mother's fourth studio
album "The Sticks", "Bit by Bit" has the smart and folky-rock with jazzy sensation that
Ryan Guldemond hails on the band's songs. It reached #4 in Canadian Alternative Rock
and #49 in Canadian Active Rock music charts. With an acoustic arpeggio followed by
some distorsion bits this track is a wildebeest.
 
 
Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Ryan Guldemond (Official website lyrics)
Music by Mother Mother
Key of G minor
===============================================================================
NOTE: This tab is based on the next live performances:
      Live at the Verge Sirius XM radio station 2013 - http://goo.gl/XQMi9H
      Live at the CASBY Awards 2013 - http://goo.gl/yPRxf6
      Live at Riffland Festival 2012 (special performance) - http://goo.gl/XCDXVd
      Live at Zulu Records 2012 - http://goo.gl/KQsy0R
===============================================================================
 
[Intro]
 
e|----|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
G|----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
D|----|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
A|----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-10\|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
   (\: slide down)
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A             Dm/Ab
e|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||  || ---6---6---6---6- ||
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||  ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||  ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
                                                                                    (slowly fade)
Gm                           Dm6/F              Dm/Bb
Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks
                               Dm/A         Gm
Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets
               Dm6/F              Dm/Bb
I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit
                   Dm/A           Dm/Ab
I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11  Gm
e|---------------|---------------|--------------|-----|----------------|
B|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
G|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
D|-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XX|--0--|--------0vvv--\-|
A|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX|--X--|--------------\-|
E|-3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5-XX|--3--|-(3)vvv-------\-|
 (X: mute)                                               (v: vibrato)
 
Gm  Amadd11
I'm getting on a mountain
Bb6           Ebmaj9
Away from the people on the ground and
Bb6       Amadd11         Gm
Some cop sticking up my wagon
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A             Dm/Ab
e|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||  || ---6---6---6---6- ||
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||  ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||  ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
                                                                                    (slowly fade)
Gm                           Dm6/F        Dm/Bb
One by one, I?m gonna get my properties all  bundled up
                   Dm/A           Gm
To the branch of a poplar tree and saunter off
                     Dm6/F
With a buck and a wildebeest
     Dm/Bb                           Dm/A             Dm/Ab
We're getting lost, we're getting lost, we're getting lo-o-o-ost
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11       Gm
e|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- ||  |-----|
B|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX ||  |--3--|
G||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo||  |--3--|
D||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo||  |--0--|
A|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX ||  |--X--|
E|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
 
Gm  Amadd11
I'm getting on a mountain
Bb6           Ebmaj9
Away from the people on the ground and
Bb6       Amadd11
Some cop sticking up my wagon
Gm             Amadd11
Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin
Bb6         Ebmaj9
Up top on a pretty little mountain
Bb6              Amadd11               Gm
Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya!
 
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-/13-/13--13-11-13-11-13-11v-|-/13-/13-13-11-13-11-14-14bvv-|
G|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
 (/: slide up)                                          (b: bend)
 
 
[Bridge]
 
   D       Eb         Bb      Gm         D       Eb         Bb       Gm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|
G|------------------|---7---7---3---3--|------------------|---7---7----------|
D|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8---------|
A|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---6---6----|-8--------------4-|
E|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|-----6----3-5-6---|
  16th notes arpeggio
 
   D       Eb         Bb      Gm         D
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---3---3--|---3---3--3-------|
G|------------------|---7---7---3---3--|------------------|----------X-------|
D|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-------|
A|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---5---5----|-5---5----5-------|
E|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|------------------|
                                        (slowly fade)
D    Eb      Bb                Gm
 No, I won't bring too much of anything
D   Eb           Bb             Gm
 Maybe a little slicker for the rain
D   Eb        Bb              Gm
 Maybe just a good book and a heart to break
D
 I'll make a mistress of a little Wiccan thing
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A
e|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2
 
   Dm/Ab                               E5      F5 F#5
e|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
B|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|--------------|
G|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|--------------|
D|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---3--4-|
E|-4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4---|-0---0---1--2-|
                                      +disto
 
Gm                           Dm6/F              Dm/Bb
Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks
                               Dm/A         Gm
Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets
               Dm6/F              Dm/Bb
I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit
                   Dm/A           Dm/Ab                   E5 F5 F#5
I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|-/13-13tr\-10-10tr\-6-|-6tr\-1-1tr--0-0tr-1-|-/6-10-10/13-15-|
B|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
D|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
A|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|
      (tr: tremolo picking)
 
e|-15b16r15-13--13vv-|----13-15-15b16r15-13--13vv-|----13-15-15b16r15-13----13v-|
B|------------15-----|-15------------------15-----|-15-------------------15-----|
G|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
e|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------|
B|-15-18-17----17\16----16-|-\15----15-14----14-13-|------------|
G|----------17-------16----|-----15-------14-------|-14vv--12vv-|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11       Gm
e|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- ||  |-----|
B|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX ||  |--3--|
G||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo||  |--3--|
D||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo||  |--0--|
A|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX ||  |--X--|
E|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
 
Gm  Amadd11
I'm getting on a mountain
Bb6           Ebmaj9
Away from the people on the ground and
Bb6       Amadd11
Some cop sticking up my wagon
Gm             Amadd11
Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin
Bb6         Ebmaj9
Up top on a pretty little mountain
Bb6              Amadd11               Gm
Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya!
 
 
[Outro]
 
e|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
G|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5-3v-|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5br-|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5-----|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------0v--|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
 
 
e|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-/13-13-11-13-11-13-11v-|-13-13v--13-11-13-11-13-----|-/13-13-13-11-13-11-13-11v-|
G|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------12v-|---------------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------|-----------|
B|-/13-/13-13-11-13-11-13-----|-----------|
G|----------------------------|-----------|
D|------------------------12v-|-(12)www\--|
A|----------------------------|-----------|
E|----------------------------|-----------|
                                 (w: wide vibrato)
 
 
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| *   Natural harmonic
| \   Slide down
| /   Slide up
| tr  Trill
| r   Release
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
 
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