Bass tabs
New Orleans is Sinking by The Tragically Hip
[Intro/verse part A]
G|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------2-----------0—0h2---|--------2-----------0—0h2--|
A|-----------2-----2----------|-----------2-----2---------|
E|--0--0--------3-------------|--0--0--------3------------|
Bourbon Blues, on the street, loose and complete
Under skies of smoky blue green
[Verse part B]
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--3-----0--0--0--3--|
E|-----------------------------|
I can’t forsake a dixie dead shake
G|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------2-----------0—0h2---|--------2-----------0—0h2--|
A|-----------2-----2----------|-----------2-----2---------|
E|--0--0--------3-------------|--0--0--------3------------|
So we danced the sidewalk clean
[Verse part C]
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
My memory is muddy, what’s this river that I’m in
Hey New Orleans is sinkin’ man, and I don’t wanna swim
G|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------2-----------0—0h2---|--------2-----------0—0h2--|
A|-----------2-----2----------|-----------2-----2---------|
E|--0--0--------3-------------|--0--0--------3------------|
Colonel Tom, what's wrong? What's going on?
You can't tie yourself up for a deal
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--3-----0--0--0--3--|
E|-----------------------------|
He said hey north, you're south, shut your big mouth
G|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------2-----------0—0h2---|--------2-----------0—0h2--|
A|-----------2-----2----------|-----------2-----2---------|
E|--0--0--------3-------------|--0--0--------3------------|
You gotta do what you feel is real
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Ain't got no picture postcards, ain't got no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about those years
G|----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------2-----------0—0h2---|--------2-----------0—0h2--|
A|-----------2-----2----------|-----------2-----2---------|
E|--0--0--------3-------------|--0--0--------3------------|
Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud that looked a little like me
I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said, hey, man, thanks
Sometimes I feel so good I got to scream
She said Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said, I swear to god she said
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
My memory is muddy, what's this river that I'm in?
New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't wanna swim
Swim!
**If you do the “Killer Whale Tank” version, this is a nice alternate to play under the rap.
[Riff A alternate]
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------2--2--0--0--------|--------2--2--0--0--------|
A|--------------------2--2--|--------------------2--2--|
E|--0--0--------------------|--0--0--------------------|
***********************************
| h Hummer-on