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Hop The Twig Tab by The Courettes

Hop The Twig tab by The Courettes

Guitar Tab

  • Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Intro:
 Use a tremolo arm (whammy bar) to bend the low E note

  E
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--0-0-0--| (X3)




                 Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1--|


Chorus:

   E
                           Hop hop                     Hop the
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7-|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  twig                     Hop hop                     Hop the
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7-|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|




Verse 1:

   E                                G   A                                     G
  twig
hop the twig, coming fast          been hiding behind your ba - ack
e|----------------------------------3---5-------------------------------------3--|
B|-9--------------------------------3---5-------------------------------------3--|
G|-9--------------------------------4---6-------------------------------------4--|
D|-9--------------------------------5---7-------------------------------------5--|
A|-7--------------------------------5---7-------------------------------------5--|
E|----------------------------------3---5-------------------------------------3--|


   E                                          B
       Hop the twig, hit and run, you better look out, look out, look out, look out!
e|--------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
B|-9------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
G|-9------------------------------------------8----8---------8----8---------8----8---|
D|-9------------------------------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
A|-7------------------------------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
E|--------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|


                                                    Hop
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1-----|



Chorus:

   E
  Hop                      Hop the twig                      Hop
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  hop                      Hop the twig
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|



Verse 2:

   E                                    G   A                                    G
     Hop the twig, will make you blue          holds a place, a place for you
e|--------------------------------------3---5------------------------------------3--|
B|-9------------------------------------3---5------------------------------------3--|
G|-9------------------------------------4---6------------------------------------4--|
D|-9------------------------------------5---7------------------------------------5--|
A|-7------------------------------------5---7------------------------------------5--|
E|--------------------------------------3---5------------------------------------3--|


   E                                                        B
      Well hop the twig, you'll weep and moan, you better look out, look out, look out, look out!
e|----------------------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
B|-9--------------------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
G|-9--------------------------------------------------------8----8---------8----8---------8----8---|
D|-9--------------------------------------------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
A|-7--------------------------------------------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
E|----------------------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|


                                                    Hop
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1-----|



Chorus:

   E
  Hop                      Hop the twig                      Hop
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  hop                      Hop the twig
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|




Solo:

  E
  Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--0-0-0--| (X3)


  E
  Yeah yeah yeah!        Woooooooooooo!                         Hop
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1-|


  E
   Hop                                               Hop the
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------12b------------------|
G|------------------------------12-----12b------------------| (this part of the solo is played
D|--14-14--14-14--14-14--14-14-----14------14-14--12-14-12--|  over the chorus riff)
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|


  E
  twig                                                   Hop
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------12b-------12---------|
G|------------------------------12-----12b-------14b-br-12--|
D|--14-14--14-14--14-14--14-14-----14------14-14------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|


  E
  hop                                                Hop the
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------12b------------------|
G|------------------------------12-----12b-----------12-14--|
D|--14-14--14-14--14-14--14-14-----14------14-14-14---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|


  E
  twig
e|-----12-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12-12---|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b-------14b-------14b-------14b-------14b---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|



Verse 3: (use tremolo bar for vibrato on chords)

   E                                           A
      Hop the twig, falling from the stairs        hop the twig, light a cigarette
e|---------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
B|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
D|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
A|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--------------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------|



   E                                            B
      Hop the twig, crash and burn, you better look out, look out, look out, look out!
e|----------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
B|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|
G|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------8----8---------8----8---------8----8---|
D|-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
A|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------9----9---------9----9---------9----9---|
E|----------------------------------------------7----7---------7----7---------7----7---|


                                                   Hop
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1-----|



Outro:

   E
  Hop                      Hop the twig                      Hop
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  hop                      Hop the twig       yeah come on!   Hop
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  hop
Stay away from me!  Hop the twig     Stay away!       Hop
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  hop                      Hop the twig
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------5-6-7--|
E|-0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0-5-6-7---|---0--0-0-3b-0-3-5--5-0--------|


  E
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--0-0-0--|


   Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0b-0-0-0b-0-0--19\18\17\16\15\14\13\12\11\10\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1-0-|

Effects: Fuzz and Tremolo

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| b   Bend
| \   Slide down
| br  Bend release
| ~   Vibrato

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