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Date: 1 Feb 1996 11:38:11 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Baptist Hospital.tab
Baptist Hospital (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is the title track of Boo Hewerdine's third album.
It's played in G (capo at 5), but all the following is written as though
played in D (at the nut).
[Intro & verse]
D Ds4 Ds9 D Ds9 D
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||
bts ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
ping pong on a ta--ble bouncing that's exactly how I'm
feeling
I'm tired of staring at the floor coz you've been staring at the
ceiling
[Chorus]:
G A D
If there is no laughter in heaven
G D G(II) D G(II) D
then I don't want to go, I don't want to go
D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
There's nothing quite as funny-sad as Christmas day a launderette
but I'll be fine, I'll be OK my paper hat, dream cigarette
[Chorus]
[Instr.] :
D Ds4 Ds9 D Ds9 D
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||
*G(I) A(I) D/E
e --x----------x------------------|
B --x----------x------------3-----|
G --0----------2------------2-----|
D --0------0---2--------2---4---5-|
A --2---2------4----4-------x-----|
E --3----------5------------x-----|
G D G(II) D G(II) D
e ------3----------0-------------3------------2------------3--------------||
B -----0----------3-------------3------------3------------3----------3----||
G ----0----------2-------------4------------2------------4----------2-----||
D ---0----0-----0-----0-------5------------0----0-------5----4-----0------||
A --2------------------------5-------------------------5------------------||
E -3------------------------3-------------------------3-------------------||
D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
I saw the thing I fear the most outside the Baptist Hospital
halfway be-tween a bum and ghost my future is indelible
[Chorus] x 2
(second time played arpeggiated, like everything after the * in the
instrumental)
Chords
EADGBe
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
Dsus9 xx0230
G 320003
A x02220
G(II) 355433
G(I) 32000x *Play with a 'non existant' barre at nut plus 3rd & 4th
fingers
A(I) 54222x -same fingering as G(I), but moved up 2 frets
D/E xx4232
Just in case that *G(I), A(I) D/E bit isn't clear:
G(I) A D/E
____o_o_o_x ___________ x_x________
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|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
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|_3_|_|_|_| |_| 1_1_1_x |_| 1_1_1_x
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4_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_|
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|_|_|_|_|_| |_3_|_|_|_| |_|_3_|_|_|
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4_|_|_|_|_| |(4)|_|_|_|
Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk
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