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Hedgehogs Song by The Incredible String Band

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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