Opening The Hymnal Babies tab by Cursive

Tabs

Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Tuning: DGCFAD


"Opening the Hymnal"

Intro:
               PM-----------|
d|--------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
FF|--------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------3--------3--------3----2---2---3---4--------3---|
D MajorD|-5\-0h1---5\-0h1---5\-0h1----3---4---5---6----7\0H1-----|

"Welcome one..   Welcome all.."

 PM------|     PM-----|      PM-----|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---2---2---------3----2---2----------3----2---2---------3----2---2---3---4----|
D MajorD|-3---4----5\-0h1----3---4-----5\-0h1----3---4----5\-0h1----3---4---5---6------|

 "Inside each house.."
d|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
C majorC|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G+G|--------4---------4---------4----3---4-|--------4---------4--------4----------|
D MajorD|-7\-0h2----7\-0h2----7\-0h2----5---6---|-7\-0h2----7\-0h2---7\-0h2------------|

Breakdown/Transition into "Babies"
             "14 hymns for the heathen..."
d|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-55\-11/66\3--------------88889999-5555-3333-------------------|

 Tremolo pick into the start of "Babies"
  /
  /
d|-19------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-16------------------------------------------------------------|
FF|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C majorC|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|

"Babies"

Verse:
 "Baby baby baby..."
Gtr. 1
 (Tremolo pick each chord)
  /     /     /      /
  /     /     /      /
d|--16------\|-9-------/|-14-------\|-5---------/|
A augmentedA|--16------\|-9-------/|-14-------\|-5---------/|
FF|--16------\|-9-------/|-14-------\|-6---------/|
C majorC|--18------\|-11------/|-16-------\|-7---------/| x2
G+G|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|
D MajorD|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|

Gtr. 2
 (Tremolo pick each chord)
  /     /      /      /
  /     /      /      /
d|--4-------/|-9-------\|--2-------/|--5--------/|
A augmentedA|--4-------/|-9-------\|--2-------/|--5--------/|
FF|--4-------/|-9-------\|--2-------/|--6--------/|
C majorC|--6-------/|-11------\|--4-------/|--7--------/| x2
G+G|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|
D MajorD|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|

Chorus:

"Your whole world seems to center around you.."
Both gtrs
 (Tremolo pick each chord)
  /      /      /   /   /     /    /
  /      /      /   /   /     /    /
  /      /      /   /   /     /    /
d|--10--------|-7---------|-9-----7-----5-------|--2-------7------|
A augmentedA|--10--------|-7---------|-9-----7-----5-------|--2-------7------|
FF|--11--------|-8---------|-9-----8-----6-------|--2-------8------|
C majorC|--12--------|-9---------|-11----9-----7-------|--4-------9------| Back to Verse:
G+G|------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------------|

After repeating Part 1 and Chorus one more time, then..

Outro:

"You're not the chosen one.."

d|---------------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--5-55-5------/|
A augmentedA|---------------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--5-55-5------/|
FF|-6----4-4------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--6-66-6------/|
C majorC|-6----4-4---4---7-7--|--------6-66-6--/|-11-1111-11-\|--4-44-4--/|--7-77-7------/| x3
G+G|-4----2-2---4---7-7--|-----------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
D MajorD|------------2---5-5--|-----------------|-------------|-----------|---------------|

Last time
"Let's not choose anyone.."

d|---------------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--5555555---|
A augmentedA|---------------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--5555555---|
FF|-6----4-4------------|--------4-44-4--/|-9--9-9--9--\|--2-22-2--/|--6666666---|
C majorC|-6----4-4---4---7-7--|--------6-66-6--/|-11-1111-11-\|--4-44-4--/|--7777777---|
G+G|-4----2-2---4---7-7--|-----------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
D MajorD|------------2---5-5--|-----------------|-------------|-----------|------------|


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note