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Drowning Tab by Hootie & The Blowfish

Drowning tab by Hootie & The Blowfish

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@SONG: * DROWNING
(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu,
 and Paul Hutchinson)

(intro): |G   Fadd9|  x8

G                Fadd9	            G	           Fadd9
Trouble with the world is we're too ...

Why must we hate one another?....

Am-C-Am-G-Am-C-D

Peace coming is all I ....

Am-C-Am-G-Am-F-G
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  C        F     G            F
   Drowning in a sea of ...

|G   Fadd9|  x4

Nancy singing it's a hard ....

Am-C-Am-G-Am-C-D

Why must we hate one another....

(chorus)

(solo): |G   Fadd9|  x8

(C-F-G-F)
(Drowning) I'm trying to be someone that he ....
................
There are two rhythm guitars here. A clean electric (mixed left) strums
chords throughout the song. Note that Fadd9 is played as 1x3213 (playing the
bass string with your thumb). An acoustic (mixed right) is played with a capo
on the fifth fret - to convert the chords:
 G becomes D, Fadd9 => Cadd9 (x32033), Am => Em, C => G, F => C, D => A

There are also two lead guitars in this song, which play the solo and the
links between the verses. They play power chords for the Am-C... things.
If you only have one lead guitarist in your band, you can loosely approximate
both guitar parts with a pitch shifter by playing the right channel guitar
(the one on top) with pitch shifter set to a perfect 4th (5 frets) above- use
your ears and change the bits which end up sounding particularly daft.

Intro:
 +       +   +   + +  +      +     +     +       +   +   + +       +   +   ++
-------|------------|-----------------8-----7--|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|---8h10p8-----------------|-10-8------------|-----------|
-------|------------|-----------9--10----------|-------7---------|-----------|
----5h7|/9--7--5----|--------------------------|--------------5h7|/9--7--5---|
-5h7---|------------|--------------------------|-----------5h7---|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
 +     | +   +   + +| +      +     +     +     | +   +   + +     | +   +   ++|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|----5h6p5--------6-----5--|-----------------|-----------|
----5h7|/9--7--5----|-----------5--7-----------|-7--5---------5h7|/9--7--5---|
-5h7---|------------|--------------------------|-------5---------|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|

  +      +     +     +       +   +   + +       +   +   + +   +   +   +   +
|-----------------8-----7--|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---8h10p8-----------------|-10-8------------|-------------|-8--5--6---------|
|-----------9--10----------|-------7---------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|--------------5h7|/9--7--5-----|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------5h7---|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
| +      +     +     +     | +   +   + +     | +   +   + + | +   +   +   +   |
|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----5h6p5--------6-----5--|-----------------|-------------|-5---------------|
|-----------5--7-----------|-7--5---------5h7|/9--7--5-----|-------7---------|
|--------------------------|-------5---5h7---|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|

The following is the link after the first chorus:
+       +   +   + +  +      +     +     +       +   +   + +        +   +   ++
-------|------------|-----------------8-----7--|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|---8h10p8-----------------|-10-8------------|-----------|
-------|------------|-----------9--10----------|-------7---------|-5---------|
----5h7|/9--7--5----|--------------------------|-----------------|----7--8---|
-5h7---|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
 +     | +   +   + +| +      +     +     +     | +   +   + +     | +   +   ++|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|----5h6p5--------6-----5--|-----------------|-5---------|
----5h7|/9--7--5----|-----------5--7-----------|-7--5------------|----5--7---|
-5h7---|------------|--------------------------|-------5---------|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|
-------|------------|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|

Solo:
 +       +   +   + +   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
----5h7|/9--7--5-----|---5----------5-|----5----5---5h7-|-------------5---|
-5h7---|-------------|------7-5--7----|-7-----7---------|-------3-5-7---7-|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|--/3-5-----------|
 +     | +   +   + + | +   +   +   +  |  +   +   +   +  |  +   +   +   +  |
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
----5h7|/9--7--5-----|---5----------5-|----5----5---5h7-|-------------5---|
-5h7---|-------------|------7-5--7----|-7-----7---------|---------5-7---7-|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----5-7---------|
-------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|--/8-------------|

             (hold bends)
  +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +       +       +       +
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|---8-------------|-----------------5---------------|
|-----5---5-7b9---|-------9r7p5-----|---------5---5h7---7-5h7p5-------|
|-5-7---7---------|---------------7-|-----5h7---7-----------------7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
| +   +   +   +   | +   +   +   +   | +       +       +       +       |
|-----------------|---10------------|-----------------5---------------|
|-----5---5-8b10--|------10r8p5-----|---------5---5h8---8-5h8p5-------|
|-5-7---7---------|---------------7-|-----5h7---7-----------------7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|

  +   +   +   +     +
|-----------------|-----
|-------6--------/|/8---    ===>  feedback
|-5--7------------|-----
|-----------------|-----
|-----------------|-----
|-----------------|-----         (Outro solo omitted - be inventive!)
| +   +   +   +   | +
|-----------------|-----
|-----------------|-----
|-------5---------|-----
|-5--7------------|-----
|-----------------|-----
|-----------------|-----
.................

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