Wilco – Hummingbird (Guitar Tab)

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I took a while to tab out this song from this video: [Verse 1] His goal in life was to be an echo Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her

  She appears              in his dreams                          But in his car and in his arms
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B|--------------1-----0~---1--0---------------------8--8h10p8----------6--------------------5---|
G|-----------------0------------------------4-5-7-9-----------7-5----------5--------------------|
D|----------------------------------------7------------------------------------6---------5------|
A|-----------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   A dream can mean anything                         A cheap sunset on a television set can upset her
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B|------------------3----------------------------------------6-----------6~---------------------------|
G|---5--------------x---------------------5---7---5--------------5-------5~---------------------------|
D|---------5--------3---------0--3--5--7--------------6--------------6---6~-----------------5---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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                    But he never could    
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B|------4------------------------3-------|
G|----------3--------------------4-------|
D|--------------5~---------------5-------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
    Remember to    remember me     Standing still in your past   Floating fast like a hummingbird
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B|--0--------0-----3--------3------0--------0------0------0------3--------------------5---------------|
G|--0--------0-----0--------0------0--------0------0------0------4--------------------5---------------|
D|--2--------2-----0--------0------2--------2------0------0------5--------------------x---------------|
A|--2--------2-----2--------2------2--------2------2------2---------------------------3---------------|
E|--0--------0-----3--------3------0--------0------3------3-------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]
    His goal   in life was to be an echo            The type of sound 
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B|-----------3----------------3-----------0------3--------------------|
G|-----------4----------------4-----------0------4--------------------|
D|-----------5----------------4-----------2------4--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

    that floats around and then back down   like a feather         But in the deep chrome canyons of the
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B|--------------3-------------------------3-----------------1----1------------------------4--------------|
G|--------------4-------------------------4-----------------2----2------------------------5--------------|
D|--------------5-------------------------4-----------------2----2------------------------5--------------|
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   loudest Manhattans   No one could hear him            or anything                       So he slept
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B|------------4---------------------------------3----3---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---------------------------------4----4--------------------5------------------------------|
D|------------5---------------------------------5----5-----------------------------7---7h9p7-7-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------3/5-------7\9---9-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                   on a mountain                            In a sleeping bag underneath the stars
e|---------3--2~------------------------8--7-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------7---------10--8-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----4-----------------7---------7-------------------7--9----------------9------------------8------8----|
D|-5--------------------9-----------------------------------------------------9--------------8-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------10----------------10--------10----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   lie awake and count them                           And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way
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B|-------------------------------------------12--10--8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------5---------------12---------------------8-------------------8------------------8---------|
D|--8------------7-----------14-------------------------10-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   Would never let him            Die alone     
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B|-------------6--------4--4-4/6-------------|
G|-------------7----------------------7------|
D|-------------8----------------------7------|
A|------------------------------------9------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
    Remember to remember me     Standing still in your past    Floating fast like a hummingbird  
e|----3-----------3-------------0--------------1--------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----------3--------------0--------------0-----------3--------------------3-------------|
G|----------4-----------4---------------0--------------0-------4--------------------3-------------|
D|-5------------4------------2---------------3-----------------5--------------------3-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

   Remember to remember me   Standing still in your past    Floating fast like a hummingbird   
e|-------------------------------------------------------1-------------------------------------|
B|-3--------3-----------3------------0-------------------0-----------3------------------3~~----|
G|-4--------4-----------4------------0-------------------0-----------4-------------------------|
D|-5--------5-----------4------------2-------------------3-----------5-----------3-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                       A hummingbird                     A hummingbird
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B|-----------------------------5~~-------------------------------------|
G|-----5---5h7p5-5-------------------------7---7h9p7-7-----------------|
D|-5/7---7---------------5-------------7\9---9-------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Solo]

e|-15-17-19-14-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------17--15-17-19---15------15-19-15-17~---------------------------10-12-13-12-10-12-13------|
G|----------------------------------16----------------12-14-15---15-14-12-14-----------------------------|
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e|-----10-11-10----------15-17-19-14---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--13----------13-12------------------17--15-17-19---15------15-19-15-17~-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------16---------------------------11-11-12-11----11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------12-14---14-------------14----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------8-10-11-10-8-10-------11-13-15---15-17-18--20---22--18--13--10--13--13b14~-|
B|--10-10-12-13-12-10-12-13-------------------12~--------------------------------------------------------|
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