The Tragically Hip – Gift Shop (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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Hey, most of the tabs i've found for the hip are always way off, so i gave a stab at one of my fav hip tunes, hope it helps. Note: finger pick intro Chords Used (and held when finger picking Intro and Verse) D D* F* C* G*

e ---2---   ---5---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---
B ---3---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---   ---3---
G ---2---   ---2---   ---2---   ---2---   ---2---
D ---0---   ---0---   ---3---   ---x---   ---0---
A ---0---   ---x---   ---x---   ---3---   ---x---
D ---0---   ---x---   ---x---   ---x---   ---3---

Riff 1                           Riff 2
                     Let Ring                    Let Ring
e --2---2---2--2--2--2--||       --2---2---3--3--3--||
B --3---3---3--3--3--3--||       --3---3---3--3--3--||
G --2---2---2--2--2--2--||       --2---2---0--0--0--||
D --0---0---0--0--0--0--||       --0---0---x--x--0--||
A --0---0---3--0--3--0--||       --x---x---3--2--x--||
D --0---0---0--0--0--0--||       --x---x---x--x--3--||
    d   d   d  u  d  u           d   d   d  u  u

Riff 3

e --3---3--3--3--3---2--||
B --3---3--3--3--3---3--||
G --0---0--0--0--0---2--||
D --x---x--x--x--x---0--||
A --3---3--3--3--2---0--||
D --x---x--x--x--x---0--||
    d   d  u  d  u   u

Intro

e ---5-----------5*---3--------------------||
B ------3-----3-----------3-------3--------||
G ---------2------------------2------------||
D ---0----------------3--------------------||
A -----------------------------------------||
D -----------------------------------------||

Verse The Beautiful Lull, The dangerous

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

tug, We get to feel

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

small, From high up

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

above, and after a

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

glimpse, over the

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

Top, The rest of the

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

World, Becomes a

e -------------5-----------5*---3-----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3-----------3-----------3-------||
G -------------------2--------------------2-------------||
D -------------0----------------3-----------------------||
A ------------------------------------------------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||

Gift..... Shop.....

e -------------3-----------3*----3----------------------||
B ----------------3-----3------------3-----------3------||
G -------------------2---------------------2------------||
D ------------------------------------------------------||
A -------------3----------------------------------------||
D -------------------------------3----------------------||

Intro x2 - then play chords D Riff 1 D Riff 1 The pendulum swings, for the horse like a man D Riff 1 D Riff 1 Out over the rim, is ice cream to him D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 The beautiful lull, the dangerous tug D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 D we get to feel small, but not out of place at all D Riff 1 D Riff 1 We're forced to bed, but we're free to dream D Riff 1 D Riff 1 All us human extras, all us herded beings D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 And after a glimpse, over the top D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 D The rest of the world, becomes a gift shop SOLO **BREAK** D Riff 1 D Riff 1 I don't know what to believe, sometimes I even forget D Riff 1 D Riff 1 And if it's a lie, terrorists made me say it D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 The beautiful lull, the dangerous tug D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 We get to feel small, from high up above D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 From high up above, from high up above D Riff 2 G* C* Riff 3 From high up above, from high up above ** FADE OUT **