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She Didn't Know Tab by The Tragically Hip

She Didn't Know tab by The Tragically Hip

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Intro:
Rob Baker (played twice)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---0---|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------2-----2---------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5-----5-3------3-----3-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Paul Langlois strums these chords after one line, then pretty much the whole verse:
Am - C - G - C

Rob joins after intro for one line, then after G:
                      let ring
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-7b--5h7p5---5----------|
D|-----------7----7-5-7---|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
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Verse:
"Born a queen up on her side, and she felt it too."
Rob:
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-7/11---------------------|
D|--------3--3-2-0----------|
A|------------------3-2-----|
E|----------------------3---|
"There's a lot you can see when there's nothing to do"
e|---------0-------------5+--------------------|
B|---------1------3------5+--------------------|
G|--2------0------0------5+--------------------|
D|--2------2------0----------3--3-2-0----------|
A|--0------3------2--------------------3-2-----|
E|----------------3------------------------3---|
"She got down on her knees and she dug herself out"
"Slipping to the east side and prancing about."
(Played twice)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---0---|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------2-----2---------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5-----5-3------3-----3-----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------0---------------------------------|
B|-1------1-----3---------------------------|
G|-2------0-----0------7b--5-7--5-7-5-------|
D|-2------2-----0----------------------7----|
A|-0------3-----2---------------------------|
E|--------------3---------------------------|
"Learn a language baby, it's that kind of place"
(At "place")
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-7\---3--3-2-0---------|
A|----------------3-2----|
E|--------------------3--|

"Low card is hunger and high card is taste"
e|--------0-------------5+-------------------|
B|-1------1------3------5+-------------------|
G|-2------0------0------5+-------------------|
D|-2------2------0----------3--3-2-0---------|
A|-0------3------2--------------------3-2----|
E|---------------3------------------------3--|

"And trouble is small change when daddy's around"
"You know that she learned a lesson when she happened down"
(Played twice)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---0-|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------2-----2-------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5-----5-3------3-----3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"
"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"
"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"

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

"She didn't know"
e|----------|
B|-1--------|
G|-2--------|
D|-3--------|
A|-3--------|
E|----------|

Solo:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------5AH-------------------7b-7b-5---5-----|
D|------------------------------------3-----5-7p5---5-7----7--7--7p5---5-7-5----------7-------|
A|-3--------3---3-5AH3-5-5--5p3---3-5---5/7-------7------------------7------------------------|
E|---5--3-5---5-----------------5-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
                                "One eye on the table, one eye on the floor"
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------8--10---10\----------------------------------------|
G|---5----5--7b-5---5-7-5-7-7--9----9\-----------------------------------------|
D|-7----7---------7-------------------------3--3-2-0---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------3-2---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------3-------------------|
"She got beat for her pride with her back to the door"
e|-------0-----------5+---------------------|
B|-1-----1-----3-----5+---------------------|
G|-2-----0-----0-----5+---------------------|
D|-2-----2-----0-----------3--3-2-0---------|
A|-0-----3-----2----------------------3-2---|
E|-------------3--------------------------3-|

"She be digging the spotlight and called it her own"
"But you know it's over when everyone's gone"
(Played twice)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---0-|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------2-----2-------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5-----5-3------3-----3---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"
"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"
"She didn't know-the barrel was loaded"
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-1------3------1------3------1------3---|
G|-2------0------2------0------2------0---|
D|-2------0------2------0------2------0---|
A|-0------2------0------2------0------2---|
E|--------3-------------3-------------3---|
"She didn't know"
e|-----------------------|
B|--1--------------------|
G|--2--------------------|
D|--3--------------------|
A|--3--------------------|
E|-----------------------|
"Well how could she know?"

Solo:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------5-----8--5--5-5-5--3-1-3--1-3--8-8-8--5-3-5-|
B|--------------------------------------------------------8--5-----8--5--5-5-5--3-1-3--1-3--8-8-8--5-3-5-|
G|-5---------5---5-7b9r5h7-7---7p5---5-7-5-7b-5---5-7-5-7-7----------------------------------------------|
D|---7---5-7---7-------------------7------------7--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
"Stealing seconds together, the day is the night"

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0-------0-----0--------0-----0---0-|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2-------4-----4--------2-----2-------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5-----5-----5-3------3-----3---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

"You can fly your own colors as long as they're right"

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------8----5--7-5---|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0------7b8--5--7-5---|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------------7\|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

The trigger invites you and so do the boys

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2-------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----0---0-|
D|---2-----2-------2-----2--------4-----4--------2-----2-------|
A|-0-----0-----0-3-----3-----3-5------5-----5-3------3-----3---|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

But if there ain't no one listening there ain't no noise

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-----2--------0-----0--------0-----0---0-0--7br-5-7p5---5------|
D|---2-----2--------2-----2--------4-----4--------------------7---7-5--|
A|-0-----0-----0-3------3-----3-5------5-----5-3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus:
Chorus is played twice. On the second time, Rob does a little impro on the A Pentatonic scale,
starting with a bend on the seventh fret of the G string, and working down to an A (D string, 7th fret)
For a finishing move, here's what I like to do:

                       let ring
e|------------------------------|
B|---------------------2--------|
G|---------------------2--------|
D|-0-2-3--3-2-0--------2--------|
A|---------------3-2---0--------|
E|-------------------3----------|


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| x   Dead note
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo

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