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HERON - James Yorkston And The Athletes
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Tabbed by: Rich C Pinder
Tuning : Standard, no capo
Notes:
- A very simple song, just based around a G6 chord sequence with various bass notes (plus one D chord bar).
- The song is in 4/4 time and is played at 78 bpm to match the version on the Just Beyond The River album.
- I don't think the run up the bass notes shown in the 10th bar of the sequence is actually there in the
album version, but it sounds nice and he plays it in this live version on Youtube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kVnps6MXYU). He also throws in the odd 3rd fret hammer and/or pull-off on
the top string (on the album version there's a 2nd instrument doing something similar through most of the
song). Note that in the video he's got a capo on the 2nd fret, but it's in the same key as if there wasn't
so I guess he's tuned his guitar down two steps.
- Recording of me playing it as per this tab: https://soundcloud.com/rich-c-pinder/heron
Tab:
e|---0---0---0---0| |---0---0---0---0|
B|-3---3---3---3--| |-3---3---3---3--|
G|--0---0---0---0-| x3 |--0---0---0---0-| (and repeat this line)
D|----------------| |----------------|
A|----------------| |3---3---3---3---|
E|3---3---3---3---| |----------------|
An unfurrowed field,
home to the heron
e|---0---0---0---0| |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|
B|-3---3---3---3--| |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|
G|--0---0---0---0-| x2 |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|
D|----------------| |----------------|----------------|
A|----------------| |----------------|3---3---3---3---|
E|3---3---3---3---| |0---0---0---0---|----------------|
Is keeping us kindled,
e|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---2---3p--0---0|
B|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|
G|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0-|--2---2---2---2-| x3
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---0---0---0---|
A|----------------|------------0-2-|3---3---3---3---|----------------|
E|3---3---3---3---|3---3---3-------|----------------|----------------|
our eyes on the heavens
It’s threatening again,
though we’re hardly rushing home
e|---0---0---0---0| |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|
B|-3---3---3---3--| |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|
G|--0---0---0---0-| x2 |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-| (and repeat this line)
D|----------------| |----------------|----------------|
A|----------------| |----------------|3---3---3---3---|
E|3---3---3---3---| |0---0---0---0---|----------------|
We bypass the pathway,
we’ve the time and the mind, to be alone.
You sink to your ankles, I fail to mention some fall
Your city eyes they let you down, but you’re laughing at it all
I sing like a baritone, of some nonsense or other
You hold out your hand, you bundle me over.
I’m used to it now, you excel at the ambush
I believe in you girl, and I want you
I believe in you girl, and I want you
I believe in you girl, and I want you.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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