THE TRAGICALLY HIP - "Long Time Running" Tablature

Song: Long Time Running
Band: The Tragically Hip
Album: Road Apples
Drummer: Johnny Fay
Timing: 6/8 (triplets)
Tempo: 54
Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com) on 2001/09/22

Notes: Hi-Hat is played very softly, accent 2 & 4 (watch for changes).
Crescendo = gradually louder.
Rallentando = gradually slower.

Intro [0:00] Verse 1 ("Does your mother tell you things?") [0:09]

|==== 2x ====|==== 8x ====|
H |---X-----X--|---X-----X--|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Verse 2 ("Drive-in's rained out…", Hi-Hat played very softly, accent 2 & 4) [0:44]

|==== 6x ====|
H |xxxXxxxxxXxx|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Chorus 1 ("It's been a long time running…") [1:11]

|==== 4x ====|
H |xxxXxxxxxXxx|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Bridge 1 (Hi-Hat to normal volume) [1:28]

|==== 3x ====|
H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o-----o-----|o-----o----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Verse 3 ("Don’t go anywhere…") [1:46]

|==== 2x ====|
H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o-----o-----|o----oo-----|o-----o----o|o-----o-----|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Chorus 2 ("It's been a long time running…") [2:12]

H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxO|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o-----o-----|o-----o----o|o-----o-----|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Interlude ("Well, well it's all the same mistake…") [2:29]

H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxO|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o-g|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o----oo----o|o-----o-----|o----oo-----|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

|==== 3x ====|
H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxO|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o----oo----o|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Verse 4 ("You've got a boat-load…", Hi-Hat very softly) [3:04]

|==== 3x ====|Crescendo to normal<<<<<<|
H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|
S |---g-----g--|---g-----g--|---g-----g--|---g-----o--|
B |o-----------|------------|------o----o|o----oo---oo|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Chorus 3 ("It's been a long time running&#8230;") [3:29]

H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|---o-----o--|
B |o-----o-----|o-----o----o|o-----o-----|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

Chorus 4 / Outro ("It's been a long, long, long time running&#8230;") [3:46]

H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxxxxx|xxxxxxxxx-xx|
S |---o-----o--|---o-----o-d|---o-----o--|---o-----f--|
B |o-----o-----|o-----o-----|o-----o----o|o----oo----o|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|

|Rallentando |
C |------------|x-----x-----|g|
H |xxxxxxxxxxxx|------------|-|
S |---o-----o--|------------|-|
B |o----oo-----|o-----------|-|
|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1tl2tl3tl4tl|1|

END [4:23]

Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com)