Holly, Ontario
Said the Whale
Islands disappear

capo on 1st fret (standard Tuning)EADGBe

Part 1:
|-------------------------|
|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0| 
|-------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-------------------------|

Main Riff: (Notes are spread out to make it easier to figure out)
|----------0-----------------------------------|
|-----1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1|
|-----0-0h22----2----2----2----0----0----0----0|
|--0h2-----------------------------------------|
|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3---|
|----------------------------------------------|

Main Riff (Continued):
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1----1|
|-----0-0--0----0-0--0----0-0--0----0----0----0|
|--0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------0---------0h2-|
|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3----3---|
|----------------------------------------------|

Main Riff (Continued) can also be played in a simpler form like this:
|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------1--------|
|-------0---------0---------0---------0--------|
|--0h2-------0h2-------0h2-------0---------0h2-|
|--3----3----3----3----3----3----3---------3---|
|----------------------------------------------|
 
Part 2:
|-------------------------|
|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
|---------------------2--2|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
|-------------------------|

Verse(1):
|------------------------------------------------0-|
|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1p|
|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
    Holly, Far from HoooooOOoome

Verse(2):
|--3---------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
 First time on the road 

Order:
Part 1 x2
Main Riff
Part 2 x2
Verse (End on part 2)
Verse
Main Riff
Verse (End on part 1)
Verse (End on part 1)
Verse (End on part 1)
Verse 
Main Riff (With plucking on the e string)
Verse(2) (With plucking on e string)
Part 1 x2
Verse (End on part 1)
Verse (End on C-chord)

Lyrics:
Holly far from home
First time on the road
Stops beside the lake
And walks out onto the snow

Just eighteen years old
First time away from home
Discommunicates
For the first time truly alone

Holly digs a hole
and kneels as though to pray
Reveals a shrouded phone
And buries it in the lake

Holly far from home
First time on the road
Drives beside the lake
For the first time in north Ontario 

Credits:
Music and words by Said the whale
Guitar tab by Marc Cloutier and Luc Lauer
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