Tab Taken From MyGuitarTabs.com
Such a Thing

By The Mother Hips
Music/lyrics by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Green Hills of Earth" (2001)
Tablature by Collin Spencer

Tab Symbols:
b   =  bend up (number after the b represents the target note)
r   =  release bend
h   =  hammer on
p   =  pull off
/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down

For a guide to text-file tab notation, check out this URL:
 http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab-notation.txt



Riff 1 (Sitar effect)
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4~-----|
|---4--5--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
 
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4~---------|
|---4--5--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

[Verse]

(Guitars lay out on the first verse)

A (x02220@1)       B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)        A (x02220@1)  B (x2444x@1)         F# (244322@1)      F#/E  F#So (244322@1)you've been confused, your confidence is disorganized

|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-0-0-0-2\--|

A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)           A (x02220@1)   B (x2444x@1)       
So you do your exercise as you speed beneath the

F#  F#/E 
bay...

[Riff 2] (Sitar)

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-0----0-|-2-2-2-2-0----0-|

|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----4--2--2-----|----4--2--2-----|
|-2------------0-|-2--------------|

A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)          F# (244322@1)        A (x02220@1)                 B (x2444x@1)     F#And (244322@1)I would tell you to sing, cause that would bring control to you,

A (x02220@1)         B (x2444x@1)      F# (244322@1)           
Some things make the world seem new,

(Guitars come back in here)

A (x02220@1)      BYour (x2444x@1)voice is such a

F# (244322@1)   F#/E   F# (244322@1)   F#/E   F# (244322@1)   F#/E   F#thing, (244322@1)such a thing, such a thing, such a thing...

[**Note: Alternating F# and F#/E:
    Just do an F# barre chord (don't play the top  2 strings), 
    and alternately lift off your index finger.
    Like this:

F#   F#/E
     |-(2)---(0)---------------|
     |-(2)---(0)---------------|
     |--3-----3----------------|
     |--4-----4----------------|
     |--4-----4----------------|
     |--2-----0----------------|
 
     This alternating theme is heard pretty consistently throughout the song, 
     whenever an F# chord is played.  Listen and you'll hear it.  Back to the
     song...]

[Bridge 1]
              (*)
A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)|  F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)F#/E  F#| (244322@1)1  2  3  4  |  1   2   3 &   4  | (3X)

---------------------
(*)  Background fill:
The sitar plays a little background riff during this measure.  
The first and third time Bridge 1 is played use this fill:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|
|---4--5-----------------4--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Second time: 
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--4b6r4-2--4-4-4-4-4p2-----| 
|-----------------------4---|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Then on the fourth time:

HEY!  HEY!
A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)|  right into-->
1  2  3  4

Bridge 2:
F# (244322@1)      F# (244322@1) F#/E    F#/E
1  &  2   &    3  &  4  &   | (4X)
^         ^    ^        ^



A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)                  A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)F#/E  F#You (244322@1)didn't want to break the news but it didn't cut your tongue,

(Guitar)
|------------------------|
|--4b5r4-2-0-------------|
|------------3-2-3-------|
|------------------2~~---|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)  F# (244322@1)              A (x02220@1)               B (x2444x@1)
Omar is still so young, I know that he can take it,

[Play Bridge 2 (see below) 4x over the "take it" part]
Take it, take it,  (I know that he can) take it, take it...

Bridge 2:
F# (244322@1)      F# (244322@1) F#/E    F#/E
1  &  2   &    3  &  4  &   |
^         ^    ^        ^

A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)       F# (244322@1)       A (x02220@1)             B (x2444x@1)  F# (244322@1)F#/E  F#"I (244322@1)don't want to be rude,"  you told him at the turnstile

A (x02220@1)        B (x2444x@1)     F# (244322@1)    F#/E  F# (244322@1) A (x02220@1)         BHis (x2444x@1)teeth went dust behind his smile, you disappeared down the

F# (244322@1)  F#/E     F# (244322@1)  F#/E     F# (244322@1)  F#/E     F#tube, (244322@1)down the tube, down the tube, down the tuuuuube!

Play Bridge 1:
               
A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)|  F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)F#/E  F#| (244322@1)1  2  3  4  |  1   2   3 &   4  | (3X)
               Aaaaah!

A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)| 
1  2  3  4

Now play Riff 1 again, with a slight variation:

Riff 1b (Sitar)
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4------|
|---4--5--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
 
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------2--3--2--5--|-3-2---------------------|
|---------3--4--------------|-----4b6r4-2-------------|
|---4--5--------------------|-------------4-4~--------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|

(Guitars lay out)

A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)      F# (244322@1)                   A (x02220@1)               BSo (x2444x@1)your ship was blown to sea, from the road where it was tied up

[Guitar Fill]

|------------|
|------------|
|-4b6--(8x)--|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|

A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)      F# (244322@1) F#/E  F# (244322@1)       
So many men have died up on the

(Guitars come back in)

A (x02220@1)      B (x2444x@1) 
route to Ha-na-

F# (244322@1)  F#/E   F# (244322@1)  F#/E   F# (244322@1) F#/E   F#Lei, (244322@1) Hana-  lei,  Hana-  lei, Hana-  lei......

Then Bridge 1 over the final "aaaah's":

1  2  3  4     1   2   3    4     
A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)|  F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)F#/E F# (244322@1)|  (3X)
               Aaaaaah!

A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)B (x2444x@1)|

[Then the last 2 measures are]:
                                    ^  ^  ^
   F# (244322@1)      F#F#/E (244322@1)   F#/E   F# (244322@1) F# (244322@1)name="chord_244322@1">F# F#|---------------------------|-------2--2--2---|| (244322@1)|---------------------------|-------2--2--2---||
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--3--3---||
|---4--5-----------------5--|--4----4--4--4---||
|---------------------------|-------4--4--4---||
|---------------------------|-------2--2--2---||

Chord Shapes:

A     [002220]
B     [224442]
F#    [244322]
F#/E  [0443xx]

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