Hootie & the Blowfish – Desert Mountain Showdown (Guitar Intro Tab)

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Chords

*This song is recorded about 16 cents sharp. Use a chromatic tuner with A=444hz to play along with the record. Chord Voicings: G: 3X0003 D6sus2: XX0200 F: XX3211 C/E: XX2010 G/D: XX0003 F/C: X3X211 Am7: X02010 Am7/E: 002010 Am: X02210 D7: XX0212 G7: 3X0001 [Intro] G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D [Verse 1]
G     D6sus2 G      D6sus2
Robin robin  in the tree, won't you

G     D6sus2        F  C/E G/D
 Come down here and rescue me, cause there's

G     D6sus2     G       D6sus2
 Some place else I gotta see, and you can

G          D6sus2 F  C/E   G/D
Stand here in for me for a while
[Verse 2]
G     D6sus2 G         D6sus2
 Come on now hurry down

G   D6sus2  F          C/E G/D
 No time to play around,    I need

G     D6sus2 G         D6sus2
 Some-one to walk this mile

G    D6sus2     F         C/E G/D
 She jumped and said like a   child
[Chorus 1]
F       F/C      Am7   Am7/E G D6sus2  G D6sus2         Am            D7
Love is gone but now I see,               you've got to capture me to set me free
[Interlude 1] G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D [Verse 3]
     G    D6sus2  G       D6sus2
Miss Mina came to me in a dream, she said

G   D6sus2    F    C/E  G/D
 Boy come and walk with me, there's

G     D6sus2     G           D6sus2
 Some-place else I've got to see, so we

G          D6sus2   F    C/E  G/D
Strolled a-long the moun-tain high
[Verse 4]
G    D6sus2    G      D6sus2
 She called me boy my friend, and I

G    D6sus2   F  C/E  G/D
 Won-dered if or even when, I'd see

G      D6sus2 G      D6sus2
 Greta and my Rose a-gain

    G        D6sus2   F      C/E G/D
The time has come for dealing
[Chorus 2]
F       F/C         Am7   Am7/E G D6sus2  G D6sus2         Am            D7
Lessons learned but now I see,               you've got to capture me to set me free
[Interlude 2] G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D F [Bridge]
F/C    Am7  Am7/E  G     G/D  G   G/D
 And I flew on the wings of a bird, and I

F         F/C      Am7  Am7/E G G/D  G   G/D
Whispered names of girls that I once knew, then she

F     F/C       Am7  Am7/E  G     G/D  G G/D  Am  D7
Disap-peared in-to a fallen stream
[Interlude 3] G F C/E G/D [Verse 5]
G                                                     F  C/E G/D
Robin robin in the tree, won't you come down here and rescue me, cause there's

G                                                           F  C/E   G/D
 Some place else I gotta see, and you can stand here in for me for a while
[Verse 6]
G     D6sus2 G         D6sus2
 Come on now hurry down

G   D6sus2  F          C/E G/D
 No time to play around,    I need

G     D6sus2 G         D6sus2
 Some-one to walk this mile

G    D6sus2     F         C/E G/D
 She jumped and said like a   child
[Chorus 3]
F       F/C      Am7   Am7/E G D6sus2  G D6sus2         Am            D7
Love is gone but now I see,               you've got to capture me to set me free
[Interlude 4] G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D [Chorus 4]
F       F/C         Am7   Am7/E G D6sus2  G D6sus2         Am            D7
Lessons learned but now I see,               you've got to capture me to set me free
[Outro] G D6sus2 G D6sus2 G D6sus2 F C/E G/D G7