TRAGICALLY HIP - "three pistols" Tablature

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From: "Michael Hennebury" <mhennebury@hotmail.com>
Subject: t/tragically_hip/three_pistols.crd
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:22:28 -0500

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: B5 x244xx D5 xx0230 A5 x0222x E5 02210x

B5 D5 A5 E5
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 ...

(B5 D5 A5 E5) x2

B5 D5 A5 E5
Well he found his little lonely love ...

(Chorus)

Riff I

B5 (1 bar) A5 E5 (1 bar) A5 * Start again at B5
D [4-4-4--xxxx---2-2--------xxxx---2-2--]
D [4-4-4--xxxx---2-2-2-2-2--xxxx---2-2--]
A [2-0-2--xxxx---0-0-2-0-2--xxxx---0-0--]
E [-------xxxx-------0-0-0--xxxx--------]

Little girls come on remembrance day ...

(Chorus) x2

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