houdini blues

by kristin hersh

from 'hips and makers'

transcribed by edmond hum (rlp@interlog.com)

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<define chords>

Dm C* B* G* D+ C+ B+ G+

e---1----1----1----1---| e---0----0----0----0---|

b---3----3----3----3---| b---3----3----3----3---|

g---2----0----0----0---| g---2----0----0----0---|

d---0----2----0----0---| d---0----2----0----0---|

a--------3----2----2---| a--------3----2----2---|

e------------------3---| e------------------3---|

<minor/seventh chords> <major-like chords>

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<define fingerpicking part>

<once you learn this part, you should be able to follow along with kristin>

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b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|

g----2------|-----------|-----------|----0------|

d--0--------|----2------|----0------|-----------|

a-----------|--3--------|--2--------|-----------|

e-----------|-----------|-----------|--3--------|

e------0----|------0----|------0----|

b--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|

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e-----------|-----------|--3--------|

<1st part>

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b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-0--|--------0--|

g------7-------7------|----5---0--|----0------|

d----0-------0--------|--0--------|-----------|

a---------------------|-----------|-----------|

e---------------------|-----------|--3--------|

<2nd part>

e---------------------|-------------------|------3----|

b--3s7---5-7-----5-7--|------5-------5-0--|--------0--|

g------7-------7------|----5---5---5---0--|----0------|

d----0-------0--------|--0-------0--------|-----------|

a---------------------|-------------------|-----------|

e---------------------|-------------------|--3--------|

---start---

<intro>

 

D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]

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Oh no don't you put me in that box

you know what you can do with those locks

D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]

bet your life I'll come crawling out again

you'll have to deal with me then

you'll hear me in the wind

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D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]

D* C* B* G*

D* C* G*

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D* C* B* G*

I been on the other side of the Blue Ridge

D* C* B* G*

seen the Shenandoah rolling there

D* C* B* G*

I stepped off the mountain's edge

D* C* B* G*

just to climb the golden stair

D* C* B* G*

I seen the streets up there

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D* C* G*

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D* C* B* G*

I been on the mount transfiguration

D* C* B* G*

been there with my ma and my pa

D* C* B* G*

on the mountain of commandment

D* C* B* G*

I been handed down the law

D* C* B* G*

you should have seen what I saw

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D* C* G*

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D* C* B* G*

I fell to the bottom of Thales' well

D* C* B* G*

caught like a thief with a lamb

D* C* B* G*

you know those stars they can cast a spell

D* C* B* G*

I been caught with red hands

D* C* B* G*

I been caught with red hands

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D* C* G*

 

D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]

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D* C* B* G*

I scaled the mountains skiied the valleys

D* C* B* G*

I've done the highs and the lows

D* C* B* G*

I don't feel like work today

D* C* B* G*

hell I won't go

D* C* B* G*

Bess I won't go

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D* C* G*

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D* C* B* G*

Just let me at their locks

D* C* B* G*

we should all be free

D* C* B* G*

oh Bess I swear I'll call

D* C* B* G*

when I'm free from me

D* C* B* G*

we should all be free

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D* C* G*

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Oh no don't you put me in that box

you know what you can do with those locks

D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]

bet your life I'll come crawling out again

you'll have to deal with me then

you'll hear me in the wind

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D+ C+ G+ -[1st part]

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Oh no don't you put me in that box

you know what you can do with those locks

D+ C+ B+ G+ -[2nd part]

bet your life I'll come crawling out again

you'll have to deal with me then

D+ C+ B+ G+ - <outro> D+ C+ G+

you'll hear me in the wind

<outro>

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b-----3-------3---------|

g-------2-------2-------|

d---0-----0-------------|

a-----------3-----3-----|

e-------------------3---|

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