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New Orleans Is Sinking Tab by The Tragically Hip

New Orleans Is Sinking tab by The Tragically Hip

Guitar Tab

New Orleans is Sinking
by The Tragically Hip

tabbed by Adam Hill

Considering this is the first thing I've ever tabbed out by ear, I know it
isn't totally correct. However, it's enough of a start for anyone to play
around with and get it sounding how you want it.

A lot of the song consists of the lead guitar doing little fills, and I
haven't tabbed all of those out because you can improvise yourself. For the
most part, they're made up of the notes in the E Pentatonic scale:
e|------------------------------0--3--5-
B|------------------------0--3--5-------
G|------------------0--2--4-------------
D|------------0--2----------------------
A|------0--2----------------------------
E|-0--3---------------------------------

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GUITAR PARTS:

E-Riff					G1 A-Riff
e|-----------------------------		--------------------------
B|-----------------------------		--------------------------
G|-----------------------------		-------2-----------0--0h2-
D|-------2-----------0--0h2----		----------2-----2---------
A|----------2-----2------------		-0--0--------3------------
E|-0--0--------3---------------		--------------------------

G2 A-Riff
e|-----------------------(5)------------
B|-----------------------(5)------------
G|--------------------0-----------------
D|-2--2----2-p-0-h-2--------------------
A|-0--0---------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------

B/A Riff
e|---------------------------|--------------------------
B|---------------------------|--------------------------
G|--------4-----------2--2h4-|--------2----------0--0h2-
D|-----------4-----4---------|-----------2----2---------
A|--2--2--------5------------|--0--0--------3-----------
E|---------------------------|--------------------------

Main Riff A
e|------0---------------------|------0---------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|--3p0---3p0-----------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----
D|------------------------2p0-|------------------------2p0-
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

e|------0---------------------|-----------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|-----------------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|--2p0--2p0--2p0--2h4---
D|------------------------2p0-|-----------------------
A|----------------------------|-----------------------
E|----------------------------|-----------------------

Main Riff B
e|------0---------------------|------0---------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|--3p0---3p0-----------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|------------4p0-3p0---4---0----
D|------------------------2p0-|----------------------------
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

e|------0---------------------|-----------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|-----------------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|--2p0--2p0--2p0--2h4---
D|------------------------2p0-|-----------------------
A|----------------------------|-----------------------
E|----------------------------|-----------------------
E|----------------------------|-----------------------

Main Riff C
e|------0---------------------|------0-----------7---------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|--3p0---3p0----------8------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|------------4p0-------------
D|------------------------2p0-|----------------------------
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

e|------0---------------------|-----------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|-----------------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|--2p0--2p0--2p0--2h4---
D|------------------------2p0-|-----------------------
A|----------------------------|-----------------------
E|----------------------------|-----------------------

Main Riff D
e|-12--------0----------------|-12--------0--------7-------
B|------3p0----3p0------------|-------3p0---3p0-------8----
G|------------------4--0------|----------------------------
D|----------------------------|----------------------------
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

e|-12--------0----------------|-12--------0--------7-------
B|------3p0----3p0------------|-------3p0---3p0-------8----
G|------------------4--0------|----------------------------
D|----------------------------|----------------------------
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

Fill 1
e|------------------------
B|------------------------
G|---4--2--0--2--0--------
D|------------------------
A|------------------------
E|------------------------

Solo 1
e|---------------------------------|----------------7---------------
B|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0----8--s10--8----
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------

e|-----0---------------------|-3-3-2-2-0-0----------------------------
B|-3p0---3p0-----------------|-------------3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3----------
G|-----------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|-------------------------------2--1s2---
D|-----------------------2p0-|----------------------------------------
A|---------------------------|----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------|----------------------------------------

Solo 2
e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
B|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------

e|------0---------------------|------0---------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|--3p0---3p0-----------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----
D|------------------------2p0-|------------------------2p0-
A|----------------------------|----------------------------
E|----------------------------|----------------------------

e|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
B|-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-|3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
D|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
A|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------

e|------0---------------------|-----------------------
B|--3p0---3p0-----------------|-----------------------
G|------------4p0-3p0-2p0-----|--2p0--2p0--2p0--2h4---
D|------------------------2p0-|-----------------------
A|----------------------------|-----------------------
E|----------------------------|-----------------------

Solo 3
e|-----------------|-----------------
B|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s8-
G|-----------------|-----------------
D|-----------------|-----------------
A|-----------------|-----------------
E|-----------------|-----------------

e|-----------------|-------------------------
B|-3s5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-----------------
G|-----------------|---------4p0-3p0-2p0-----
D|-----------------|---------------------2p0-
A|-----------------|-------------------------
E|-----------------|-------------------------

Outro
e|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--4--0--2--0-0-4--0--2--0-------
D|--------------------------2-----
A|--------------------------------
E|----------------------------(0)-



SONG STRUCTURE:

You can switch parts from one guitar to the other, it's put this way because
that's how my band plays it: with Guitar 1 parts on a bass. And sometimes
you have to change the parts a bit just to make them flow together better.
Anyways....

Guitar 1				Guitar 2
(Rhythm)				(Lead)

4x E Riff
4x E Riff	"All right..."		Main Riff A

4x E Riff	Verse 1 starts
2x G1 A Riff				2x G2 A Riff
2x E Riff				E Riff, Fill 1
B/A Riff	"My memory..."		[B/A Riff]
B/A Riff	"New Orleans..."	1/2 Main Riff A

4x E Riff				Main Riff B

4x E Riff	"And I'm told..."
2x G1 A Riff				2x G2 A Riff
2x E Riff				E Riff, Fill 1
B/A Riff				[B/A Riff]
B/A Riff	"My baby..."		1/2 Main Riff A

4x E Riff				Main Riff C
8x E Riff				Solo 1
4x E Riff				Main Riff A

8x E Riff				(random fills)
24x E Riff	"Pale as a..."		(more fills)
8x E Riff	"I swear to..."		Solo 2
B/A Riff	"My memory..."
B/A Riff				Fill 1
8x E Riff				2 Main Riff D
4x E Riff				Main Riff C
4x E Riff				Solo 3
4x E Riff				3/4 Main Riff A, ending with
					Outro
End on low E



Hope you enjoy it - it's a great song, and it's not too difficult to play.
Any questions, comments, or concerns can be directed to me, Adam, at
aseh001@hotmail.com

Last updated: October 18, 2018

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