RUNNIN' BACK TO SASKATOON The Guess Who from the album "Live at the Paramount" (1972) tabbed by John Will 9/21/98 sbw@sk.sympatico.ca This is the live version from the ultimate hoser band (according to Geoff Pevere and Greig Dymond in Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey). Tune down 1/2 step, as the key sounds a little closer to Ab, at least on my old vinyl version from Best of The Guess Who Volume II. A:577655 B:799877 G:355433 D:x57775 E:x79997 F:x81010108 G(II):x1012121210 D7:x57575 B7:x24242 or 797877 Main riff (guitar 1)(the notes in brackets are not played every time) (A) (G) (D) (C) (D) (C) (A) E||-(9)--(7)--------------|---------------------|------------------| B||--10---8----7----5-----|---7---5---(5)-------|------------------| G||--9----7----7----5-----|---7---5----6--------|------------------| D||-----------(7)--(5)----|--(7)-(5)---7--------|------------------| A||-----------------------|---------------------|------------------| E||-----------------------|---------------------|------------------| (guitar 2)slight distortion E||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| G||--2----0--------------|---------------------|---------------------| D||------------0---------|--0------------------|---------------------| A||-----------------3----|-------3----0--------|------------0--------| E||----------------------|---------------------|--0----3-------------| Fill 1: (play on 2nd and 4th line of each verse,once with lyrics,once without) E||------------------------| B||------7--5--7--5b-------| G||------7--5--7--5b-------| D||--7-7-------------------| A||------------------------| E||------------------------| Spoken intro:(over main riff) There's a province up in Canada that's right next door to ours...it's called Saskatchewan. And in that province there's a small town where nothing much ever happens called Saskatoon. This is a tune about that town...it's called Runnin' Back to Saskatoon (harmonica solo with main riff) I been hangin' 'round gas stations I been learnin' 'bout tires I been talkin' to grease monkeys I been workin' on cars chorus: B Moose Jaw, Southview, Moosomin too G D A Runnin' back to Saskatoon B Red Deer, Terrace and-a Medicine Hat G D A Singin' of a prairie tune G D A Singin' of a prairie tune I been hangin' 'round libraries I been learnin' about books I been talkin' to playwriters I been workin' on words Phrases (chorus) Saskatchewan! I been hangin' 'round hospitals I been learnin' 'bout dyin' I been takin' to heart doctors I been workin' on disease (chorus) Prairie! refrain: E (over some nonsense patter I can't decipher) D7 B7 This spirit is homegrown D7 B7 Don't come from Hong Kong D7 B7 This spirit is homegrown D7 B7 Don't come from Hong Kong Solo(reasonably accurate, I think) D D7 A E||------------------------||------------------------||------5-------------| B||---7----7----7----7-----||---7----7----7----7-----||--5h8---8-----------| G||*--7----7----7----7----*||*--5----5----5----5----*||----------7p5-------| D||*--7----7----7----7----*||*--7----7----7----7----*||--------------7--7--| A||------------------------||------------------------||--------------------| E||------------------------||------------------------||--------------------| E F ------------5h8--10--8--10--8--10----|---10b--10b&r--8--8--10---|--8-------| -------5h8---------------------------|--------------------------|----------| --5h7--------------------------------|--------------------------|----------| -------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------| -------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------| -------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------| G(II) A --------------------|----------------------| ----10p---8---------|----------------------| ---------------9----|--7----5--------------| --------------------|------------7---------| --------------------|----------------------| --------------------|----------------------| ------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------|-------7----5----7----|--5b---------------|| ----7----5----7----5b---|--7-------------------|-------------------|| --7---------------------|----------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|| ------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|| (main riff x2) I been hangin' 'round grain elevators I been learnin' 'bout food I been talkin' to soil farmers I been workin' on land (chorus) I been hangin' 'round camera stores I been learnin' 'bout sights I been talkin' to filmmakers I been workin' on eyes (chorus) Sing! (refrain) *I suppose Saskatoon is "small" to a Winnipegger, although it would have been over 130,000 even when Burton rapped this, albeit to an American audience;so we'll forgive him. ===================================================================