Big Thief – Cattails (Guitar Tab)

Capo 6 • Video Lesson
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I'm tabbing this mostly off of Doron Diamond's video where he figured out For reference, you can see Adrianne playing an acoustic version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXbq_6l7fmI She plays a twelve string in the following tuning (same tuning as UFOF): C-G-D-G-G-A
Capo 6th fret. Main shapes used are 
2-0-0-2-2-x
4-0-0-4-4-x
7-0-0-7-7-x
0-0-2-0-0-x
2-2-4-0-0-x
[Intro]
e|---------|-----------------------------------|
B|-4-----0-|-----2---------2-------2/4-4-----0-|
G|---4-----|-----------2-------2---------4-----|
D|-----0---|-----0-------0-------0---------0---|
A|---------|-----------------------------------|
E|-4-------|-2-------2-------2-----2/4-4-------|  

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0--|
G|-----------0-------7-----------0-|-----------2-------2-------4------|
D|-----2~~-----0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|-2-------2-------2-------4---0----|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------0-------7-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|
[Verse]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------0-------7-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|
                           Car  o  line ...                  Car o    line ...        never could leave you to

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------0-------7-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|
  struggle ...             hold the line ...                 hold the line ...         I'll be there on the..

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------0-------7-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|
  double ...               in        time...                 in       time...         everyone does see
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-------0-----2---------0-------0-|-4-----0-----0---------0---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|---0---------------2-------2-----|---4---------------0-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------2-------2-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------2-------2-------2-------|-4-------0-------0-------0-------|
 trouble...     but you don't need to know why when you cry.. you don't need to know why    you don't need to 

e|---------|-----------------------------------------|
B|-4-----0-|-------0-----0---------0-------0-4-----0-|
G|---4-----|---0---------------0-------0-------4-----|
D|-----0---|-----2-------4-------4-------0-------0---|
A|---------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-4-------|-0-------2-------2-------2-------4-------|
know why when you cry                        Violet's eyes ...
[Verse]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----2---------2-------0-4-----0-|-----0---------0/7-----7---0-----|
G|-----------2-------2-------4-----|-----------0-------7-----------0-|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------0-------0-------0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------4-------|-0-------0------/7-------0-------|
                          Violet plays...          going back home to the Great Lakes...
It basically continues like that. Any suggestions are welcome! ************************************ | / Slide up | ~ Vibrato ************************************