• Song:

    Looking For A Place To Happen

  • Artist:

    Tragically Hip

  • Album:

    Fully Completely

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"Looking For A Place To Happen"
by The Tragically Hip
from Fully Completely
(humbly transcribed from memory by mjmvisse@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca)

Guitar 1 is on the right channel, Guitar 2 is on the left (mostly)

Intro: (Guitar 1)

 | 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &|
 |=====|=================|=================|=================|================|
e|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----|-----------------|---------------0-|-----------0-----|------------------|
A|-7\--|-5h6-7\--2-5-2-5-|-7\--2-5-2-5-7-5-|-----7-----5-----|-7-----5-5-6-7----|
E|-----|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-----3-----3-----|-3-----0-0-0-0----|
                 pm-----   pm-----------         .    --------------------------|       .

 | Both Guitars                                        |Gtr 1 plays Fill 1
 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|=================|=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|---------------5-|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|---------------5-|-----------0-----|-------------------|
A|-5h6-7\--2-5-2-5-|-7\----5---6-7-0-|-----7---5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-5---6-7-5---|
E|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-0---|-----3---3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-0---0-0-0---|
           pm-----   pm-----------             pm. pm-   . pm--------------|

 | Fill 1
 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----0-----------|
A|-7-7-5-------5---|
E|-3-3-3---5-4-----|
       .   nh---

 Rhythm Figure 1:
 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | (repeat)
 |=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|-------------------|
A|--h6-7\--2-5-2-5-|-7\----5---6-7-5---| (the last power chord is tied)
E|-----0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----0---0-0-0---| (to the hammer-on)
           pm-----   pm----------------|
     I've got a job    I explore...


Guitar 2 plays Rhythm Figure 1 for each verse.
Guitar 1 plays Figure 2

 | Figure 2
 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|=================|=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5---|
A|-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------5---|
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
   let ring----------------------------------------------------------------|
     I've got a job    I explore...

 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|=================|=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|---------4p2p0---|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-5---------------|-----------------|-5h6-7\--2-5-2-5-|-7\--5-5-5-6-7-7---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0---|
   let ring------------------          pm-     pm--------------------------|       pm
     And I want my life ...

 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|=================|=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----12----12---0---|
A|-7---------------|---------------12|-----------------|-------7-----------|
E|-0---------------|-5-----3---5-----|-----------------|-------------------|
   let ring--------  nh--------------                       nh-------------|
     To find a place ...

 | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
 |=================|=================|=================|=================|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|(0)--------------|---------4p2p0---|-----------------|-------------------|
G|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|(0)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-5h6-7\--2-5-2-5-|-7\------7---5-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-0-------0---------|
   let ring------------------          pm-     pm--------------------------|
     When it's (unintelligible) ...

Chorus:
The chorus is a Cmaj chord at the third fret (3 3 5 5 5 X) with some picking
on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th strings (low to high), after which parts of the intro
repeat.  There might be a Gmaj in between the Cmaj and the Emaj-based part.
The bass is definitely going to a Gmaj, but it's hard to tell what the guitar
is doing (i.e. it doesn't matter :-})
The next verses are basically the same, with the first guitar playing different
fills and harmonics.

Someone else can figure out the bridge before the solo and the solo itself;
my fingers are tired.
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