Tabs
Author: CHARLES M WEIDHAS at MONCG01
"Room Service at the Tahiti Motel"
Written by Leo Kottke
From the "Live" CD sandwitched inside of "I yell at Traffic"
TAB'ed by Charlie Weidhas
12 string at standard tuning lowered to 
C#C#
X = muted string
s = slide
h = hammer on
a = arpeggio
d = down stroke (Leo often uses his thumb for this stroke)
u = up stroke
This is an aproximation of what Leo is doing on this tune.
This TAB nees a bunch of corrections before it can be called
even close to accruate.
As usual, there is absoultly no pride in authorship and any
and all corrections/comments are welcomed.
Listen to the recording, there are a bunch of ghost notes
not tab'ed that are required to keep the tempo moving along.
Section 
A augmentedA
-------3---------------3--------
-------3---------------3--------
-------2---------------2--------
-----2---------0---2------------
-0-0-----3-2-0-------0----------
-----------------3--------------
-------3---------------3--------
-------3---------------3--------
-------2---------------2--------
-----2---------0---2---0--------
-0-0-----3-2-0---------0--------
-----------------3-----2--------
d
Repeat above 2X, keep treble strings sustained as long as
possible
Section 
BB
-------5---------------5-----
-------5---------------5-----
-------2---------------2-----
-----2---------2---2---------
-0-0-----3-2-0-------0-------
-----------------3-----------
-------5---------------2-----
-------5---------------3-----
-------2---------------2-----
-----2---------2---2---0-----
-0-0-----3-2-0-------0-0-----
-----------------3-----3-----
d
Repeat above 2x and keep treble strings ringing throughout
- a stretch with the pinky holding the 5th fret!
Section 
C majorC
-------8---------------8------
-------8---------------8------
-------7---------7------------
-----7-------0-----7----------
-0-0-----8-7---------0--------
---------------8--------------
-------8-------------10--------
-------8-------------10--------
-------7---------7---7---------
-----7-------0-----7-7---------
-0-0-----8-7---------0--------
---------------8--------------
d
Section 
D MajorD
-------1--------------------------------------
-------3--------------------------------------
-----2---------0---0------------0---------0---
-0-0-----3-2-0-------------2----2-------0-----
-----------------3---0-3------2---3-2-------0-
-------------------------0------------3-------
-------1--------------------------------------
-------3--------------------------------------
-----2---------0---0------------0---------0---
-0-0-----3-2-0-------------2----2-------0-----
-----------------3---0-3------2---3-2-------0-
-------------------------0------------3-------
---------------------
---------------------
-------0---------0---
---2---2-------0-----
-----2---3-2---------
-0-----------3-------
Section 
E MajorE
-------5-5-----------3-s-2---0-------0--0-----------2--
-------5-5-----------3-s-2---0-------0--2-----------3--
-------2-2-----------------0-----2------2-----------2--
-----2---2-------0-----------------2----2-------0---0--
-0-0-----0-3-2-0---------------0--------0-3-2-0-----0--
-------------------3------------------------------3-3--
d d d
-------5-5-----------3-s-2---0-------0--0-----------2--
-------5-5-----------3-s-2---0-------0--2-----------3--
-------2-2-----------------0-----2------2-----------2--
-----2---2-------0-----------------2----2-------0---0--
-0-0-----0-3-2-0---------------0--------0-3-2-0-----0--
-------------------3------------------------------3-3--
d d d
Repeat section D MajorD
Section E MajorE
This section needs a bunch of work. It's very hard to hear
what notes are being played due to all the harmonics all
over the place.
---------8-x-x-7-7-x-7-7-x---------8---------5-5----------
---------8-x-x-5-5-x-5-5-x---------8---------5-5----------
-------7---x-x-5-5-x-5-5-x-------7-----------2-2----------
-s-7-0---------------------s-7-0---------2-2--------------
---------------------------------------0------------------
-------------------------------------3--------------------
d u d u d u d u d u
-----------------7-7---7-7------------ --- --3---
-----------5-----5-5---5-5---------5-- -0- --2---
-----------5---5-5-5---5-5---------5-- -0- --2---
---------5---5---5-5-5-5-5---------5-- -2- --2---
-s-5---5-------------------s-5---5---- -2- --0---
-----0-------------------------0------ -0- ------
d u d u
Listen to recording for the way these chords are played
(if the chords are right at all!?)
Section 
FF
Relative to section E, this section is pretty accurate IMHO.
To get it to sound right requires muting and string dampening.
-5-----------3s2-0---------------
-5-----------3s2-0---2-0---3-----
-2-------------------2-0---3-----
---------------------2-----------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------
-----------------------3-3-2-2---
-5-----------3s2-0---------------
-5-----------3s2-0---2-0---3-----
-2-------------------2-0---3-----
---------------------2-----------
-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------
-----2-3---------------3-3-2-2---
-1-----5-3-1-0---------0-----------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------3-1-0-----
-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2---------2---
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-------------
-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------
---2---2---2---2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----
-0---0---0---0---------------------------------------
-1------p0-----------------------------------------------
-3---------------3------p1-------1----p0-------1------p0-
-2---------------2---------------0-----------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
---------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-
------------------------------
------------------------------
-1----------------------------
-2----------------------------
------------------------------
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------
a
end.
