Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com
Mother Hips
Lyrics/music by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Shootout" (1996)
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:
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab-notation.txt
Chord shapes are at the end
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[Riff 1a (intro)]
F C F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
F C F
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------13------------|------------------------|
|-10-12--12b14--14r12-10--|-12b14-12-10------------|
|-------------------------|--------------12-10-12--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
C F C Bb
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-13b15-----------------------|-----------12b14-12b14r12-10-10--|
|--------12b14--10------------|-10-12-10------------------------|
|-------------------12-10-12--|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
[Verse notes: During the verses, one of the guitars is playing eighth notes
on the upbeats of beats 2 and 3, this is done on the 13th frets of the high
E and B strings, i.e. the top two strings, listen for it on the album.
The tabs after each line are the fills that are played after each verse.]
F C Bb Dm C Bb
You used to be so beautiful on your father's house on the hill
|--------------------|
|-16r15-15p13-13-----|
|--------------------|
|----------------15--|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
Carrying your black-bound books beyond the world of thrill
|----------------------|
|-11p10-11p10-11p10----|
|-------------------10-|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
We'd dreamed of blond haired children who'd run between my legs
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-14b15r14---------------|
|----------15------------|
|--------------13p12-----|
|---------------------13-|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
You ordered me an omelet but I was not eating eggs
|------------|
|----13------|
|-14----14---|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
[Riff 1b]
F C F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
F C F
|-----------13------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10-12b14-----14r12-10---|-12b14r12--10-----------9----|
|-------------------------|---------------12-10-12------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
C F C Bb
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|-10-9----10----|----------10h12p10--12b15--10b12-10-10--|
|------12-------|-12-10-12-------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
You gave me 547 days to try and find a start
|--17b18--r17-15----15----|
|---------------17----17--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
Or the railway line to heaven where you arranged to send your heart
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--15p14--15p14--------|
|----------------15----|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Bb F C Dm
I used to put an X across the days that you and I missed
F C Bb F
But I've burned my calendar and gone to sleep and dreamed of your mother hips
[Riff 1c]
F C F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
F C F
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------10--|
|--------------------------------|-10------10--12--10--12b14------|
|-10------------------10--12-----|-----12-------------------------|
|-----12--10------12-------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------13-----------------|--------------------------------|
C F C Bb
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------10--------------------------|-------------------13----------|
|-12b14------12b14r12--10------10----|-12-10-12--12b14---------------|
|--------------------------12--------|-----------------------10--12--|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F C Bb Dm C Bb
The next time that I saw you, yeah, your hair had turned to brown
F C Bb Dm C Bb
You yelled at me across the room but you did not make a sound
F C Bb Dm C Bb
You were standing with a widower who lost his will to try
F C Bb Dm C Bb
And was fooling all the drunken girls who came to see him cry
Bb F C Dm
Late at night through the candlelight, I told you it wasn't just for kicks,
F C Bb F
You said, "what?" and we nestled down into your mother hips
[Riff 1d]
F C F
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|--------10-12--|-12b14-12b14r12--10----------|
|-10h12---------|---------------------10h12---|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|
F
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------10-10--------10-10----|-------10-10-------10-10-------10----|
|-10-12b14-------12b14-----------|-12b14-------12b14-------12b14-------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C F C Bb
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-13b15--------------|------------------------------------------|
|-------12b14--10----|----------10h12p10--12b14--12b14r12-10-10-|
|--------------------|-12-10-12---------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------------|
And now for the the solo:
[Note: Midway through the solo, a second guitar comes in with a harmony, but
for the sake of simplicity and notation I have only written out the top part.
The lower harmony notes are a major third lower, as far as I can tell. Also,
the chords that accompany the solo are F-A-Bb-C in succession.]
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|-10---10-10-|-11--11-11-|-13-11-10--(4x)-|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------|
|---------------------|
|-11p10--13p10-(8x)---|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-13b15(hold)15-15r13-10-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------12b14r12---|-10-12-------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------10-10-------10----|
|------------------------------------|-------------10h12-------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|-10-10-10-12p10-9-|
|-------10---12-10-12----|------------------|
|-11h12------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------13--|
|--------------------|-15b17r15-13-15-13--13-15-----|
|-15b17r15-14-15-14--|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------|
|-15b17--15-13-----|-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------15--|-------13-13-13-15-|-13-15-13-15-13-13-13-|
|------------------|-12-14-------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
C
|-15p13----------------------13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-------15p13--(play 14x)----13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Bb F C Dm
Late at night through the candlelight, I told you it wasn't just for kicks,
F C Bb Bb
You said, "what?" and we nestled down into your mother hips
(cool electric piano riff)
Then finish it up on an F Chord
****
Chord Shapes:
F [133211]
C [032010]
[335553]
Dm [557765]
Bb [113331]
[688766]
A [577655]
[002220]
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