It may not be the real way they play it, but they do use a lot of open tunings and I find
it way more fun to play it this way because you can throw in a bunch of the licks while
playing the chords at the same time.
intro x 2
D#---0-------0-------0-------0-------
B -0-------0-------0-------0-------
F# --5-------5-------0-------0-------
B -5-------5-------0-------0-------
F# --5-------5-------0-------0-------
B -5-------5-------0-------0-------
1st verse
let the chords ring while doing the pull offs
I love you
d#--1-------1p0---------------------0------1p0----0----
B---0------------0---5-------5p4p0--0----------0--0----
F#--2----------------5--------------0-------------5----
B---2----------------5--------------0-------------5----
F#----------------------------------0-------------5----
B-----------------------------------0-------------5----
I've been meaning to call you x 2
-0--------------------------------
-0------------------------0-------
-5--------------------0h2---2p0---
-5------------------------0-------
-5--------------------0h2---2p0---
-5--------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_tragically_hip/in_view_crd.html ]
then I do x2
------0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0
------9--7--4--2p0--2/4--0
------0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0
------9--7--4--2p0--2/4--0
------0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0
------0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0
phone rings once phone rings twice
-------------0--------------------------0--------------
-------------0--------------------------0--------------
-------------5--------------------------0--------------
-------------5--------------------------0--------------
-------------5--------------------------0--------------
-------------5--------------------------0--------------
phone rings 3 times
---------0------------0------------
---------2------------0------------
---------0------------5------------
---------2------------5------------
---------0------------5------------
----------------------5------------
then for the chorus it's just off and on at the 5th fret
-0----0--0--0--0--0--0
-0----0--0--0--0--0--0
-0----5--5--0--0--5--5 and so on
-0----5--5--0--0--5--5
-0----5--5--0--0--5--5
-0----5--5--0--0--5--5
yeah tuning your guitar's a pain, but isn't it more fun to play it like this?
Phil
