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Spastic Hawk Tab by The Rubberbandits

Spastic Hawk tab by The Rubberbandits

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


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - '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||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D||--------5-------5-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-------5-------5--||
A||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||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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Verse:
(I got a hawkery...)
     S  S S S S S S S S S S S  S  S  S S
e||--------------------------------------|
B||o-------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------|
D||---------5-------5-------5----------5-|
A||o-3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----3--3--3---|
E||--------------------------------------|
 |
 |   Gtr II
 |   H.                       +E     E
e||--7------------------------(7)----8---|
B||o-8------------------------(8)---10---|
G||--9------------------------(9)---10---|
D||--------------------------------------|
A||o-------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------|


     S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|--------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------o||
G|--------------------------------------||
D|----------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----o||
E|--------------------------------------||
 |
 |  +W
e|--(8)---------------------------------||
B|-(10)--------------------------------o||
G|-(10)---------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------o||
E|--------------------------------------||


   Gtr II
    H.       +E   E    +H.       +E  E
e|-10-------(10)--8-|--(8)-------(8)---|
B|-10-------(10)-10-|-(10)------(10)-8-|
G|-10-------(10)-10-|-(10)------(10)---|
D|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|


     H.      +E   E    +W
e||--7-------(7)--8-|--(8)-----||
B||o-8-------(8)-10-|-(10)----o||
G||--9-------(9)-10-|-(10)-----||
D||-----------------|----------||
A||o----------------|---------o||
E||-----------------|----------||


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


     S  S S S S S S S S S S S   S  S S S
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----------5-------5-------5----------5-|
A|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----3--3-3---|
E|---------------------------------------|
 |
 |  +H.                        +E    E
e|--(8)------------------------(8)-------|
B|-(10)-----------------------(10)---8---|
G|-(10)-----------------------(10)-------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 |
 |   W
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---3-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

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


     S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   4x
e|--------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------o||
G|--------------------------------------||
D|----------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A|---3--3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3----o||
E|--------------------------------------||
 |
 |  +W                                  4x
e|--(8)---------------------------------||
B|-(10)--------------------------------o||
G|-(10)---------------------------------||
D|--------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------o||
E|--------------------------------------||
 |
 |   E    E   E   E   E   E   E   E     4x
e|--------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------o||
G|---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----||
D|---5----5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----||
A|---3----3---3---3---3---3---3---3----o||
E|--------------------------------------||

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||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
G||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
D||---------5-------5-------5-------5-|-------5--------5--------5-------5---||
A||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||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
 |
 |   Gtr IV (With slide and slight ad-libs)
 |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 |    E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     S S E   E    S S E   E    S S E     4x
e||--/8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---|-8s6-6--------8s6-6--------8s6-6-----||
B||o----------------------------------|---------8\-----------8\---8s6-6----o||
G||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
A||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
E||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
 |
 |   Gtr III
 |    E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E     E   E   E    E   E   E    E   E     4x
e||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||o----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
G||---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5-----||
D||---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5----5---5---5----5---5-----||
A||o--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3----3---3---3----3---3----o||
E||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||


     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||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
B||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D||--------5-------5-------5-------5-|--------5-------5-------5-------5---||
A||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||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
 |
 |   Gtr IV
 |   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Blind Boy ad-libbage. Just go crazy with it.)
 |   W                                 W                                  4x
e||--xs==============================|=x\---------------------------------||
B||o-xs==============================|=x\--------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
E||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||

(Get out of this publishing office)


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole
H - half
E - 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



************************************

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

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