Hedgehogs Song tab by The Incredible String Band

The Hedgehog's Song

written by Mike Heron
from The Incredible String Band
album The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
tabbed by Adrian Dumchus (dumchusa@aol.com)

played in Open D capo on 3rd(D A D F# A D from low to high)

/ - slide
~ - vibrato
h - hammer
p - pull
T - thumb

(fretted notes inside the (* *) are played with a slide)

Capo on 3rd

Intro:

   (*          *)
D-|--------/12~-----|
A-|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|
D-|--0--------------|


Verse:

   (*                               *)
D-|---3/4-0-----0---|------------0----|
A-|-----------------|----0---0--------|
F#|---------4/5-----|-4/5-4/5-4/5---0-|  play 2x
D-|-----------------|-4/5-4/5-4/5--0--|
A-|---------------0-|-----------------|
D-|-0-0-------------|-----------------|

                                                         (*             *)
D-|-----7-----------|-------5---------|-----------------|---3/4-0-----0---|
A-|-----0-----------|-----5-----------|---4-------------|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|---5---------5---|-----5---5-------|---------4/5---0-|  3x
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----5-----5-0-|-----------------|
A-|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-------|-0---------------|
                      T     T T         T     T T
    I'm not the kind to complain...


D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#|----3-------1----|----3-------1----|----3-------1----|---0-------------|
D-|----4-------2----|----4-------2----|----4-------2----|-----0-----------|
A-|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----0-0-------|

    When all of a sudden...


Chorus:

D-|-----------------|-------5---------|-----------------|---0-----0h4p0---|
A-|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---4-------------|---0-------------|
F#|-------3-------3-|---5---------5---|-----5---5-----5-|---0-------------|
D-|-----2-------2---|-----5-----------|-5-----5-----5---|---0-------------|
A-|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-------|-0---------------|
                      T     T T         T     T T
    Oh you know all the notes...     ...never quite learned the song...


D-|-----------------|-------5---------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----5-----------|---4-------------|
F#|---1-------1-----|---5---------5---|-----5---5-------| return to verse
D-|---2-------2-----|-----------------|-5-----5-----5-0-|
A-|-0----0-0-----0--|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-5-----5-5-------|-5-----5-5-------|
                      T     T T         T     T T
    I can tell by the sadness...     ...never quite learned the song