Tabs
Baptist Hospital (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is the title track of Boo Hewerdine's third album.
It's played in G+G (capo at 5), but all the following is written as though
played in D MajorD (at the nut).
[Intro & verse]
D MajorD Ds4 Ds9 D MajorD Ds9 D MajorD
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
BB --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G+G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D MajorD ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A augmentedA ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E MajorE ----------------------------|-------------------------||
bts ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
D MajorD . Ds4 . Ds9 . D MajorD Ds9 D MajorD
ping pong on a ta--ble bouncing ....
[Chorus]:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
If there is no laughter ...
G+G D MajorD G(II) D MajorD G(II) D MajorD
then I don't want to go....
D MajorD . Ds4 . Ds9 . D MajorD Ds9 D MajorD
There's nothing quite as funny-sad as ....
[Chorus]
[Instr.] :
D MajorD Ds4 Ds9 D MajorD Ds9 D MajorD
e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
BB --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G+G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D MajorD ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A augmentedA ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E MajorE ----------------------------|-------------------------||
*G(I) A(I) D/ED/E
e --x----------x------------------|
BB --x----------x------------3-----|
G+G --0----------2------------2-----|
D MajorD --0------0---2--------2---4---5-|
A augmentedA --2---2------4----4-------x-----|
E MajorE --3----------5------------x-----|
G+G D MajorD G(II) D MajorD G(II) D MajorD
e ------3----------0-------------3------------2------------3--------------||
BB -----0----------3-------------3------------3------------3----------3----||
G+G ----0----------2-------------4------------2------------4----------2-----||
D MajorD ---0----0-----0-----0-------5------------0----0-------5----4-----0------||
A augmentedA --2------------------------5-------------------------5------------------||
E MajorE -3------------------------3-------------------------3-------------------||
D MajorD . Ds4 . Ds9 . D MajorD Ds9 D MajorD
I saw the thing I fear the most .....
[Chorus] x 2
(second time played arpeggiated, like everything after the * in the
instrumental)
Chords
EADGBe
D MajorD xx0232
Dsus4Dsus4 xx0233
Dsus9 xx0230
G+G 320003
A augmentedA 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/ED/E xx4232
Just in case that *G(I), A(I) D/ED/E bit isn't clear:
G(I) A augmentedA D/ED/E
____o_o_o_x ___________ x_x________
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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
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