Chord/Tab song: Houdini Blues

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 ([email protected])



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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--------|


[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--------|


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


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[D+] Oh no [C+] don't you [B+]put me [G+]in that b[D+]ox[C+][G+]
[D+] you know [C+] what you c[B+]an do [G+]with those l[D+]ocks[C+][G+]
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
[D+] you'll [C+]have to [B+]deal with me th[G+]en
[D+] you'll [C+]hear me [B+]in the w[G+]ind



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

D C B G
D C G


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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



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D C G


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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



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D C G


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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



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D C G

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


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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



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D C G


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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



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D C G


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[D+] Oh no [C+] don't you [B+]put me [G+]in that b[D+]ox[C+][G+]
[D+] you know [C+] what you c[B+]an do [G+]with those l[D+]ocks[C+][G+]
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
[D+] you'll [C+]have to [B+]deal with me th[G+]en
[D+] you'll [C+]hear me [B+]in the w[G+]ind



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


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[D+] Oh no [C+] don't you [B+]put me [G+]in that b[D+]ox[C+][G+]
[D+] you know [C+] what you c[B+]an do [G+]with those l[D+]ocks[C+][G+]
D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]
bet your life I'll come crawling out again
[D+] you'll [C+]have to [B+]deal with me th[G+]en
[D+] you'll [C+]hear me [B+]in the w[G+]ind[-][D+][C+][G+]


[D+] [C+] [G+]

e-----------------------|
b-----3-------3---------|
g-------2-------2-------|
d---0-----0-------------|
a-----------3-----3-----|
e-------------------3---|
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