Mother Mother – Bit By Bit (Guitar Live Tab)

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Released at October 22nd 2012 as the second single from Mother Mother's fourth studio album "The Sticks", "Bit by Bit" has the smart and folky-rock with jazzy sensation that Ryan Guldemond hails on the band's songs. It reached #4 in Canadian Alternative Rock and #49 in Canadian Active Rock music charts. With an acoustic arpeggio followed by some distorsion bits this track is a wildebeest. Tabbed by Pelusteriano Contact at my UG profile Lyrics by Ryan Guldemond (Official website lyrics) Music by Mother Mother Key of G minor =============================================================================== NOTE: This tab is based on the next live performances: Live at the Verge Sirius XM radio station 2013 - http://goo.gl/XQMi9H Live at the CASBY Awards 2013 - http://goo.gl/yPRxf6 Live at Riffland Festival 2012 (special performance) - http://goo.gl/XCDXVd Live at Zulu Records 2012 - http://goo.gl/KQsy0R =============================================================================== [Intro]
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G|----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
D|----|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
A|----|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-10\|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
   (\: slide down)
[Verse 1]
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A             Dm/Ab
e|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||  || ---6---6---6---6- ||
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||  ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||  ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
(slowly fade) Gm Dm6/F Dm/Bb Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks Dm/A Gm Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets Dm6/F Dm/Bb I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit Dm/A Dm/Ab I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da [Chorus]
   Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11  Gm
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B|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
G|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
D|-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XX|--0--|--------0vvv--\-|
A|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX|--X--|--------------\-|
E|-3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5-XX|--3--|-(3)vvv-------\-|
 (X: mute)                                               (v: vibrato)
Gm Amadd11 I'm getting on a mountain Bb6 Ebmaj9 Away from the people on the ground and Bb6 Amadd11 Gm Some cop sticking up my wagon [Verse 2]
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A             Dm/Ab
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B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||  || ---6---6---6---6- ||
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||  ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||  ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  || ----------------- ||
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
(slowly fade) Gm Dm6/F Dm/Bb One by one, I?m gonna get my properties all bundled up Dm/A Gm To the branch of a poplar tree and saunter off Dm6/F With a buck and a wildebeest Dm/Bb Dm/A Dm/Ab We're getting lost, we're getting lost, we're getting lo-o-o-ost [Chorus]
     Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11       Gm
e|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- ||  |-----|
B|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX ||  |--3--|
G||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo||  |--3--|
D||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo||  |--0--|
A|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX ||  |--X--|
E|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
Gm Amadd11 I'm getting on a mountain Bb6 Ebmaj9 Away from the people on the ground and Bb6 Amadd11 Some cop sticking up my wagon Gm Amadd11 Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin Bb6 Ebmaj9 Up top on a pretty little mountain Bb6 Amadd11 Gm Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya!
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A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
 (/: slide up)                                          (b: bend)
[Bridge]
   D       Eb         Bb      Gm         D       Eb         Bb       Gm      
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B|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|
G|------------------|---7---7---3---3--|------------------|---7---7----------|
D|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8---------|
A|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---6---6----|-8--------------4-|
E|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|-----6----3-5-6---|
  16th notes arpeggio

   D       Eb         Bb      Gm         D
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B|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---3---3--|---3---3--3-------|
G|------------------|---7---7---3---3--|------------------|----------X-------|
D|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-------|
A|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---5---5----|-5---5----5-------|
E|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|------------------|
(slowly fade) D Eb Bb Gm No, I won't bring too much of anything D Eb Bb Gm Maybe a little slicker for the rain D Eb Bb Gm Maybe just a good book and a heart to break D I'll make a mistress of a little Wiccan thing [Verse 3]
     Gm                        Dm6/F     Dm/Bb                     Dm/A      
e|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  
B|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||  
G||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||  
D||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||  
A|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||  
E|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2

   Dm/Ab                               E5      F5 F#5
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G|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|--------------|
D|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---3--4-|
E|-4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4---|-0---0---1--2-|
                                      +disto
Gm Dm6/F Dm/Bb Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks Dm/A Gm Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets Dm6/F Dm/Bb I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit Dm/A Dm/Ab E5 F5 F#5 I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da [Solo]
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      (tr: tremolo picking)

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B|-15-18-17----17\16----16-|-\15----15-14----14-13-|------------|
G|----------17-------16----|-----15-------14-------|-14vv--12vv-|
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[Chorus]
     Gm     Amadd11  Bb6    Ebmaj9   Bb6    Amadd11       Gm
e|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- ||  |-----|
B|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX ||  |--3--|
G||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo||  |--3--|
D||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo||  |--0--|
A|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX ||  |--X--|
E|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
Gm Amadd11 I'm getting on a mountain Bb6 Ebmaj9 Away from the people on the ground and Bb6 Amadd11 Some cop sticking up my wagon Gm Amadd11 Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin Bb6 Ebmaj9 Up top on a pretty little mountain Bb6 Amadd11 Gm Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya! [Outro]
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B|-/13-/13-13-11-13-11-13-----|-----------|
G|----------------------------|-----------|
D|------------------------12v-|-(12)www\--|
A|----------------------------|-----------|
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                                 (w: wide vibrato)
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