Tuning: Drop D
Tune E string down whole step so it resonates with the 4th string.
Intro
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|---------0------|---------0------|
|-----3^5--------|-5-5-3^5--------|
|-----------0~~--|-----------0~---|
Riff A
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|---------0------|
|-5-5-3^5--------|
|-----------0~---|
Riff B
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-3-------0------|
|---5-3^5--------|
|-----------0~---|
Play above in order, then play riff A 4 more times and start vocals
verse: Riff A x4 then
Riff C
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|--5-----5--5----|--7-----7--7----|
|--3-----3--3----|--5-----5--5----|
|--3-----3--3----|--5-----5--5----|
|--3-----3--3----|--5-----5--5----|
Back to Riff A x2
Then play this:
Riff D
|--------|
|--------|
|--10-10-|
|--10-10-|
|--8--8--|
|--------|
Chorus:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/tragically-hip/383494.html ]
Strum these chords as in the song
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--7-------------|----------------|
|--5-------------|--7-------------|--7-------------|--7---5--7------|
|--3-------------|--5-------------|--7-------------|--7---7--7------|
|--3-------------|--5-------------|--5-------------|--5---5--5------|
|--3-------------|--5-------------|----------------|----------------|
Repeat above first three bars then play this:
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--7--------7----|
|-12~-11---9-----|--7--------7----|
|-12~-11---9-----|--7--------7----|
|-10~--9---7-----|--5--------5----|
|----------------|----------------|
Repeat verse.
Repeat first part of chorus above. (add 4th bar same as 3rd bar - repeat 4x)
Arpegiate an A chord alternating 8th and 7th, then do a B5 alternating and arpegiating
with 7th (2 frets down and back up on the g string). <- Repeat 1 more time.
Then do this with R 5 R chord on the 5th string,
G5 F#5 E5 D D
Then same rythm, barred 6th string
C5 B5 A5 G5 G5
repeat above and back to verse chorus and above chords x2 as outro.