Spastic Hawk tab by The Rubberbandits

Tabs

Spastic Hawk
Recorded by the Rubberbandits on their album, "Serious About Men"
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh


Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Synth 1'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Synth 2'
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr IV (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Lead Guitar'

Intro:
   Q=105
  4/4
   Gtr I (Fig. 1) This Plays Right Throughout the song
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D MajorD||--------5-------5-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--||
A augmentedA||o-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---o||
E MajorE||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Verse:
(I got a hawkery...)
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||--------------------------------------|
BB||o-------------------------------------|
G+G||--------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------5-------5-------5----------5-|
A augmentedA||o-3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----3--3--3---|
E MajorE||--------------------------------------|
 |
 |  Gtr II
 |  H.            +E MajorE   E MajorE
e||--7------------------------(7)----8---|
BB||o-8------------------------(8)---10---|
G+G||--9------------------------(9)---10---|
D MajorD||--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||o-------------------------------------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|--------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------o||
G+G|--------------------------------------||
D MajorD|----------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A augmentedA|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----o||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------||
 |
 | +W
e|--(8)---------------------------------||
BB|-(10)--------------------------------o||
G+G|-(10)---------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------o||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------||

  Gtr II
  H.    +E MajorE  E MajorE  +H.    +E MajorE E MajorE
e|-10-------(10)--8-|--(8)-------(8)---|
BB|-10-------(10)-10-|-(10)------(10)-8-|
G+G|-10-------(10)-10-|-(10)------(10)---|
D MajorD|------------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|------------------|


   H.   +E MajorE  E MajorE  +W
e||--7-------(7)--8-|--(8)-----||
BB||o-8-------(8)-10-|-(10)----o||
G+G||--9-------(9)-10-|-(10)-----||
D MajorD||-----------------|----------||
A augmentedA||o----------------|---------o||
E MajorE||-----------------|----------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S
e|----------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------5-------5-------5------------5-|
A augmentedA|--3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----3--3--3----|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|
 |
 | Gtr II
 | H.            +E MajorE   E MajorE
e|-10------------------------(10)----8----|
BB|-10------------------------(10)---10----|
G+G|-10------------------------(10)---10----|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|
 |
 | Gtr III
 | H.            +E MajorE  +E MajorE
e|----------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--5-------------------------(5)---(5)s==|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------5-------5-------5----------5-|
A augmentedA|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----3--3-3---|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
 |
 | +H.            +E MajorE  E MajorE
e|--(8)------------------------(8)-------|
BB|-(10)-----------------------(10)---8---|
G+G|-(10)-----------------------(10)-------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|
 |
 |  W
e|---------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---3-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------|

Outro:
(Fly away, spastic hawk...)
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e||--------------------------------------|
BB||o-------------------------------------|
G+G||--------------------------------------|
D MajorD||---------5-------5-------5----------5-|
A augmentedA||o-3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----3--3--3---|
E MajorE||--------------------------------------|
 |
 |  H.            +E MajorE   E MajorE
e||--7------------------------(7)----8---|
BB||o-8------------------------(8)---10---|
G+G||--9------------------------(9)---10---|
D MajorD||--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA||o-------------------------------------|
E MajorE||--------------------------------------|
 |
 |  Gtr III
 |  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE   E MajorE
e||--------------------------------------|
BB||o-------------------------------------|
G+G||--5----5---5---5---5---5----5-----5---|
D MajorD||--5----5---5---5---5---5----5-----5---|
A augmentedA||o-3----3---3---3---3---3----3-----3---|
E MajorE||--------------------------------------|


   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
e|--------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------o||
G+G|--------------------------------------||
D MajorD|----------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A augmentedA|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----o||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------||
 |
 | +W                 4x
e|--(8)---------------------------------||
BB|-(10)--------------------------------o||
G+G|-(10)---------------------------------||
D MajorD|--------------------------------------||
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------o||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------||
 |
 |  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE   4x
e|--------------------------------------||
BB|-------------------------------------o||
G+G|---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----||
D MajorD|---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----||
A augmentedA|---3----3---3---3---3---3---3---3----o||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------||

Guitar Solo:
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
e||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
BB||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
G+G||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
D MajorD||---------5-------5-------5-------5-|-------5--------5--------5-------5---||
A augmentedA||o--3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|-3-3-3---3--3-3---3-3-3----3-3-3----o||
E MajorE||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
 |
 |  Gtr IV (With slide and slight ad-libs)
 |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE   S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S E MajorE  E MajorE  S S E MajorE   4x
e||--/8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8s6-6--------8s6-6--------8s6-6-----||
BB||o----------------------------------|---------8\-----------8\---8s6-6----o||
G+G||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
D MajorD||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
E MajorE||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
 |
 |  Gtr III
 |  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE   E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE  E MajorE   4x
e||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
BB||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
G+G||---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5-----||
D MajorD||---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5-----||
A augmentedA||o--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3----o||
E MajorE||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||


   Gtr I
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
e||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
BB||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D MajorD||--------5-------5-------5-------5-|--------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A augmentedA||o-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|-3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----o||
E MajorE||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |
 |  Gtr IV
 |  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Blind Boy ad-libbage. Just go crazy with it.)
 |  W                 W                 4x
e||--xs==============================|=x\---------------------------------||
BB||o-xs==============================|=x\--------------------------------o||
G+G||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D MajorD||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A augmentedA||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
E MajorE||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

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Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
E MajorE - 8th
S - 16th
+ - note tied to previous
. - note dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------

 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 ~  - vibrato

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
|  - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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| (n) Ghost note
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato