New Orleans Is Sinking The Tragically Hip
NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING
By The Tragically Hip
This is pretty crude, but is sounds good
lick is included at the bottom. There are no CRD versions
of this song on the archive that I could find. -Rick
(use bar chords for G, A, B)
[Em]Bourbon Blues, on the s[G]treet, l[Em]oose and com[G]plete
Under s[Em]kies of [G]smokey blue -g[Em]reen[G]
I c[A]ant forsake a dixie dead shake
So we d[Em]anced the s[G]idewalk cl[Em]ean[G]
My [B]memory is muddy, what¹s this[A] river that I¹m in?
Hey [B]New Orleans is sinkin, man
And [A]I dont want to swim
Back to Em/G shuffle for second verse
Play an ³A² for the yelp (AHHHHHH-HAAA)
then repeat the ³A² for the AHHHHHH-HAAA yelp
then Em/G/Em/G, then
My m[B]emory is muddy, what¹s this[A] river that I¹m in?
Hey N[B]ew Orleans is sinkin, man
And [A]I dont want to swim
Back to Em/G to close
I'm not really sure if this is correct, but this is how I play it:
The main riff looks like:
E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|--------2-----------0--0h2--| A|-----------2-----2----------| E|--0--0--------3-------------|
I think the bass plays something similiar to this as well.
The other catchy little riff looks something like:
E|----------0-----------------------------------0--------------------------| B|--3p0--0-----3p0----------------------3p0--0-----3p0---------------------| G|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0-----------------------4p0--3p0--2p0------| D|---------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2---| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------0--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3p0--0-----3p0---------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0--4p0--3p0--2p0--2s4--4--4--4--4----------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This riff changes alot in the song and I only tabbed one of these variations.
Note also that this riff is played much more quickly than the main riff.
The best way to figure out how it is to be played is to listen to the
disk. I play the main riff a few times and then throw in the other one
every now and then. Sorry I don't know the solo.
I didn't have time to write out the lyrics. Corrections and comments are
welcome.
Good Luck!
Dave Hornidge
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