Chords with lyrics
Three Pistols
Written and Performed by The Tragically Hip
>From the album "Road Apples" (1991)
Originally tabbed by John Siambani. Corrections added by a concerned Hip
fan.
Standard tuning, 4/4 time
Chords: B5B5 x244xx D5D5 xx0230 A5A5 x0222x E5E5 02210x
B5B5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5
Tom Thompson came paddling past ....
(The rhythm on the chorus don't really fit well with the lyrics,
listen to the song for the strum pattern, it is in 4/4 time:
Gx4 Dx2 Ax2 : Gx4 Dx2 Ax2 : Gx4 Dx4 Ax8)
Gx4 Dx2 Ax2
Three pistols came
Gx4 Dx2 Ax2
and three people went, on ...
Gx4 Dx4 Ax8
Three pistols strong and three ...
(B5B5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5) x2
B5B5 D5D5 A5A5 E5E5
Well he found his little lonely love ...
(Chorus)
Riff I
B5B5 (1 bar) A5A5 E5E5 (1 bar) A5A5 * Start again at B5B5
D MajorD [4-4-4--xxxx---2-2--------xxxx---2-2--]
D MajorD [4-4-4--xxxx---2-2-2-2-2--xxxx---2-2--]
A augmentedA [2-0-2--xxxx---0-0-2-0-2--xxxx---0-0--]
E MajorE [-------xxxx-------0-0-0--xxxx--------]
Little girls come on remembrance day ...
(Chorus) x2