##----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------###This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the ###song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ###------------------------------------------------------------------------------###From: tarkka@che.rochester.edu (Richard Tarkka)##NEW ORLEANS IS SINKING#By The Tragically Hip##This is pretty crude, but is sounds good#additions/corrections welcome. Previous post of the#lick is included at the bottom. There are no CRD versions#of this song on the archive that I could find. -Rick#(use bar chords for G, A, B)#Em G Em GBourbon Blues, on the street, loose and completeEm G Em GUnder skies of smokey blue -greenAI cant forsake a dixie dead shakeEm G Em GSo we danced the sidewalk cleanB AMy memory is muddy, whats this river that Im in?BHey New Orleans is sinkin, manAAnd I dont want to swimBack to Em/G shuffle for second versePlay an A for the yelp (AHHHHHH-HAAA)From Pale as a lightbulb...to I swear to GOD she said do the Em/G shufflethen repeat the A for the AHHHHHH-HAAA yelpthen Em/G/Em/G, thenB AMy memory is muddy, whats this river that Im in?BHey New Orleans is sinkin, manAAnd I dont want to swimBack to Em/G to closeThis is what is on the archive, from : dave@skatter.usask.ca (Dave Hornidge)I'm not really sure if this is correct, but this is how I play it:The main riff looks like:E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|----------------------------| D|--------2-----------0--0h2--| A|-----------2-----2----------| E|--0--0--------3-------------|I think the bass plays something similiar to this as well.The other catchy little riff looks something like:E|----------0-----------------------------------0--------------------------| B|--3p0--0-----3p0----------------------3p0--0-----3p0---------------------| G|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0-----------------------4p0--3p0--2p0------| D|---------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2---| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------0--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3p0--0-----3p0---------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4p0--3p0--2p0--4p0--3p0--2p0--2s4--4--4--4--4----------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|This riff changes alot in the song and I only tabbed one of these variations.Note also that this riff is played much more quickly than the main riff.The best way to figure out how it is to be played is to listen to thedisk. I play the main riff a few times and then throw in the other oneevery now and then. Sorry I don't know the solo.I didn't have time to write out the lyrics. Corrections and comments arewelcome.Good Luck!Dave Hornidge(dave@skatter.usask.ca)
Source: http://chordiearchive.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.lindesign.se/uwp/guitar/t/tragically_hip/new_orleans_is_sinking.crd
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