• Song:

    Wellington

  • Artist:

    The Mutton Birds

  • Album:

    Angle of Entry

Wellington, by The Mutton Birds

Tabbed (in Wellington!) by: Wellington Cable Car Rider

Tuning: Standard

INTRO:
the intro repeats (8 times) a more complex version of the pattern below (solo first 2 
moderate percussion
accompaniment 3rd and 4th time; layered percussion and
guitar accompaniment 5th and 6th time ; solo 7th and 8th time)

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


G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)             GI (320003@1)wish I was in Wellington, the weather's not so good

G (320003@1)                      EmThe (022000@1)wind it cuts right through you and

    C (x32010@1)                  Cit (x32010@1)rains more than it should


C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)       AmBut (x02210@1)I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could


      Bm (x24432@1)             COh (x32010@1)I wish I was in Wellington

(ramp up tone)

    G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)       GI (320003@1)wish I was in Wellington - the bureaucracy.

      G (320003@1)       Am(high (x02210@1)harmony)   C (x32010@1)     DThe (xx0232@1)suits and the briefcases along Lambton Quay [pronounced "Kee"]

        C (x32010@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)        Em (022000@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)   Am (x02210@1)The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea


      G (320003@1)                COh (x32010@1)I wish I was in Wellington


G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)       Bm (x24432@1)            AmIt (x02210@1)just isn't practical, you down in the capital


    C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1)  DAnd (xx0232@1)me at the other end of the island (syncopated)

Am (x02210@1)                D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)           CThe (x32010@1)problem is the gap - between us on the map

Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)there's no easy way to reconcile it
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Middle Instrumental (approximate):

first part...

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------3-3-3-3-3-1-0----------------------|
G|---4-4-4-2-0----------------- 4-4-4-2-4-2-4-2-0--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

second part...

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------12-11-12-11-12-11-9-7-----2-4-4-5-4-2-0----|
D|---2-4-5-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-9-10----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)             GI (320003@1)wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars

G (320003@1)                 Em,         C (x32010@1)             CThe (x32010@1)music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car

 C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)you can walk everywhere 'cause nowhere's very far

 G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)      roll up to DOh (xx0232@1)I wish I was in Wellington

     GOh (320003@1)I wish...

(Transition to key change)

e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-2-0-------|
A|------4-2--|
E|-----------|


Key Change from C Major to A Major


A (x02220@1)                 F#m (244222@1)           D (xx0232@1)                  AOh (x02220@1)I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through


A (x02220@1)                 F#m (244222@1)           D (xx0232@1)             EI (022100@1)wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do


D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)           AI (x02220@1)wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too

A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)             E (022100@1)          AOh (x02220@1)I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you


A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)   E (022100@1)    AOh (x02220@1)I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you


Outro (this is a chord-based variation of the original):

    Dsus2 (xx0230@1) Asus2e|--000--000--222--000--000--| (x02200@1)B|--333--222--000--000--000--|
G|--222--222--222--222--222--|
D|--000--000--000--000--222--|
A|--xxx--xxx--xxx--xxx--000--|
E|--xxx--xxx--xxx--xxx--000--|

(let last chord ring)

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