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Released at October 22nd 2012 as the second single from Mother Mother's fourth studio
album "The Sticks", "Bit by Bit" has the smart and folky-rock with jazzy sensation that
Ryan Guldemond hails on the band's songs. It reached #4 in Canadian Alternative Rock
and #49 in Canadian Active Rock music charts. With an acoustic arpeggio followed by
some distorsion bits this track is a wildebeest.
Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Ryan Guldemond (Official website lyrics)
Music by Mother Mother
Key of G minor
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NOTE: This tab is based on the next live performances:
Live at the Verge Sirius XM radio station 2013 - http://goo.gl/XQMi9H
Live at the CASBY Awards 2013 - http://goo.gl/yPRxf6
Live at Riffland Festival 2012 (special performance) - http://goo.gl/XCDXVd
Live at Zulu Records 2012 - http://goo.gl/KQsy0R
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INTRO
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|----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|----|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
|----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-10\|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|
(\: slide down)
VERSE I
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A# Dm/A Dm/G#
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|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- || || ---6---6---6---6- ||
||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o|| ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o|| ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- || || ----------------- ||
|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
(slowly fade)
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A#
Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks
Dm/A Gm
Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets
Dm6/F Dm/A#
I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit
Dm/A Dm/G#
I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da
CHORUS
Gm Amadd11 A#6 D#7/M9 A#6 Amadd11 Gm
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|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
|-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XX|--3--|----------------|
|-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XX|--0--|--------0vvv--\-|
|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX|--X--|--------------\-|
|-3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5-XX|--3--|-(3)vvv-------\-|
(X: mute) (v: vibrato)
Gm Amadd11
I?m getting on a mountain
A#6 D#7/M9
Away from the people on the ground and
A#6 Amadd11 Gm
Some cop sticking up my wagon
VERSE II
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A# Dm/A Dm/G#
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|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- || || ---6---6---6---6- ||
||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o|| ||o---7---7---7---7-o||
||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o|| ||o---0---0---0---0-o||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- || || ----------------- ||
|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2|| -4---4---4---4--- ||X2
(slowly fade)
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A#
One by one, I?m gonna get my properties all bundled up
Dm/A Gm
To the branch of a poplar tree and saunter off
Dm6/F
With a buck and a wildebeest
Dm/A# Dm/A Dm/G#
I?m getting lost, I?m getting lost, I?m getting lo-o-o-ost
CHORUS
Gm Amadd11 A#6 D#7/M9 A#6 Amadd11 Gm
|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- || |-----|
|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX || |--3--|
||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo|| |--3--|
||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo|| |--0--|
|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX || |--X--|
|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
Gm Amadd11
I?m getting on a mountain
A#6 D#7/M9
Away from the people on the ground and
A#6 Amadd11
Some cop sticking up my wagon
Gm Amadd11
Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin
A#6 D#7/M9
Up top on a pretty little mountain
A#6 Amadd11 Gm
Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya!
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|-/13-/13--13-11-13-11-13-11v-|-/13-/13-13-11-13-11-14-14bvv-|
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(/: slide up) (b: bend)
BRIDGE
D D# A# G D D# A# G
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|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|
|------------------|---7---7---4---4--|------------------|---7---7----------|
|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8---------|
|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---6---6----|-8--------------4-|
|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|-----6----3-5-6---|
16th notes arpeggio
D D# A# G D
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---3---3---4---4--|------------------|---3---3---3---3--|---3---3---3--3---|
|------------------|---7---7---4---4--|------------------|--------------X---|
|--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-|--8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-5---5---6---6----|-8-------5--------|-5---5---5---5----|-5---5---5----5---|
|------------------|-----6-------3----|------------------|------------------|
(slowly fade)
D D# A# G
No, I won?t bring too much of anything
D D# A# G
Maybe a little slicker for the rain
D D# A# G
Maybe just a good book and a heart to break
D
I?ll make a mistress of a little Wiccan thing
VERSE III
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A# Dm/A
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---0---0-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6- ||
||o---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---2---2-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-o||
||o---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-o||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -3---3---3---3---|-3---3---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-6---6---5---5--- ||X2
Dm/G# E5 F5 F#5
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|--------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|--------------|
|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---3--4-|
|-4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4---|-0---0---1--2-|
+disto
Gm Dm6/F Dm/A#
Bit by bit, I'm gonna get my bricks out in the sticks
Dm/A Gm
Bit by bit, I'm gonna build my house in the wildest thickets
Dm6/F Dm/A#
I'm gonna get away from all those mouths and my shit
Dm/A Dm/G# E5 F5 F#5
I'm gonna say good-bye to all the la-di-da-di-da-di-da-di-da
GUITAR SOLO
|-/13-13tr\-10-10tr\-6-|-6tr\-1-1tr--0-0tr-1-|-/6-10-10/13-15-|
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(tr: tremolo picking)
|-15b16r15-13--13vv-|----13-15-15b16r15-13--13vv-|----13-15-15b16r15-13----13v-|
|------------15-----|-15------------------15-----|-15-------------------15-----|
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|-15-18-17----17\16----16-|-\15----15-14----14-13-|------------|
|----------17-------16----|-----15-------14-------|-14vv--12vv-|
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CHORUS
Gm Amadd11 A#6 D#7/M9 A#6 Amadd11 Gm
|| ---------------|---------------|-------------- || |-----|
|| -3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-6-6-XX-6-6-XX-|-6-6-XX-5-5-XX || |--3--|
||o-3-3-XX-5-5-XX-|-7-7-XX-7-7-XX-|-7-7-XX-5-5-XXo|| |--3--|
||o-0-0-XX-0-0-XX-|-5-5-XX-5-5-XX-|-5-5-XX-0-0-XXo|| |--0--|
|| -X-X-XX-X-X-XX-|-X-X-XX-6-6-XX-|-X-X-XX-X-X-XX || |--X--|
|| -3-3----5-5----|-6-6----X-X----|-6-6----5-5--- ||X2|--3--|
Gm Amadd11
I?m getting on a mountain
A#6 D#7/M9
Away from the people on the ground and
A#6 Amadd11
Some cop sticking up my wagon
Gm Amadd11
Chop-chop, we gonna build a cabin
A#6 D#7/M9
Up top on a pretty little mountain
A#6 Amadd11 Gm
Fuck off all you people on the ground, ya!
OUTRO
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|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5-3v-|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5br-|-(3)/5-/5-5-3-5-3-5-----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------0v--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-/13-13-11-13-11-13-11v-|-13-13v--13-11-13-11-13-----|-/13-13-13-11-13-11-13-11v-|
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|------------------------|------------------------12v-|---------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
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|----------------------------|-----------|
|-/13-/13-13-11-13-11-13-----|-----------|
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|------------------------12v-|-(12)www\--|
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(w: wide vibrato)
