The Mother Hips - Smoke Tabs

Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com

Lyrics/music by T. Bluhm
Tablature by Collin Spencer


Tab Symbols:
b   =  bend up (number after the b represents the target note)
r   =  release bend
h   =  hammer on
p   =  pull off
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down

For a guide to text-file tab notation, check out this URL:

(Chord fingerings/shapes are at the end)



[Opening Riff]
                                                     E
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-----------------------|------0 (hold)--|
|-------------0-0-0-0-|-----------------------|------0---------|
|---------------------|-1-1/4-4/6-------------|------1---------|
|---------------------|-2-2/5-5/7-------------|------2---------|
|---------------------|-2-2/5-5/7-------------|------2---------|
|---------------------|--------------0---3b4--|--0---0---------|


                           Bm    Bm
|-0-0-0--0-0-----------|---2-----2----|
|-5-5-5-/7-5-----------|---3-----3----|
|--------------6-4-4---|---4-----4----|
|----------------------|---4-----4----|
|----------------------|---2-----2----|
|----------------------|--------------|

                         E       D  /  A  /
|--3-2-0------------|----0---|---3-----0-------|
|---------2b3r2b3r2-|----0---|---2-----2-------|
|-------------------|----1---|---3-----2-------|
|-------------------|----2---|---0-----2-------|
|-------------------|----2---|---0-----0-------|
|-------------------|-0--0---|---------0-------|



Then play this [lead-in riff] 3 times:

          E       D  /  A  /  
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|
|-3b4-0-------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|


[Verse 1]

D   E         B
Kickers, come on


D              E     B
Tonight, we're leaaving


   D         E           B
So kiss your baby on the ear


         D           E         B   A
We'll be playing but she won't hear


      E                              F#m             A              
As we climb aboard the bus, we don't leave nothing behind us but our


(silent)  E (hold)
 SMOKE!


G#m          A       Am    E     F#m
Smoke please lead us up to heaven


[Repeat opening riff, followed by this lead-in riff]

     E       D  /  A  /
|----0---|---3-----0-------|
|----0---|---2-----2-------|
|----1---|---3-----2-------|
|----2---|---0-----2-------|
|----2---|---0-----0-------|
|-0--0---|---------0-------|

         E       E    /
|--------0---|-----------|
|--------0---|-----------|
|--------1---|-----------|
|--------2---|-----------|
|--------2---|-----------|
|-3b4-0--0---|-----------|

[Verse 2]

D        E         B
Wilco is up on the stage


  D            E                   B 
A cigarette, a straight-edge, and a jet plane


D          E             B          
You (you), you (you) and I,


        D   E  B  A
Must be hiiiiiiiiiigh



        E                              F#m             A
But the dressing room's too hot, so we hit the parking lot where we


(silent)  E (hold)
SMOKE!


G#m          A       Am    E     F#m
Smoke please lead us up to heaven


   F#m  G#m                G#m  A
To heaven,   lead us up to heaven


Solo over the following progression:

B/// (4x) | A/// | E/// | (3 times)

[Then finish the solo over 8 bars of]:

 | B/// |  


Yeah....We got SMOKE!*

*[Play the lead-in riff over the final SMOKE choruses]

[Finish up the tune on a held E chord]


Chord Shapes:

E     [022100]
      [x79997]
D     [x00323]
      [x57775]
B     [x24442]
      [799877]
F#m   [244222]
G#m   [466444]
Bm    [x24432]
A     [002220]
      [577655]
Am    [002210]
      [577555]



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