Date: 9 Feb 1996 13:53:12 +0000
From: «Boulton, Nic»
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Greedy.tab
Greedy (Boo Hewerdine)
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This is on Boo Hewerdine’s third album, Baptist Hospital. It’s played in A
(capo at 2nd fret). All the below is written as though played in G (at the
nut), so if you’re playing with a capo at the 2nd fret, remember to play the
TAB sections two frets higher than written here.
[Intro] :
G ————————-0————————————- ||
D ——4-p-2—4—-2-h-4——4—2-p-0—————————.||
A —————————————-3——2—0————-.||
E -0—————————————————3—-0—— || x 2
Em C
You can call me greedy coz I keep a piece of me
Em C
You can call me greedy there’s a place you’ll never see
Am G +
where the lights are all out and the door stays slammed
Am G+6 B
if that’s being greedy, that’s what I am
[repeat the intro]
Em C
You hate me changing it’s the change you can’t control
Em C
You hate me changing and the wandering of my soul
Am G +
searching the storm for some frozen calm*
Am G+6 B
if that’s being greedy that’s what I am
[instr.] :
repeat intro, then :
e —————————————————————
B —————————————————————
G —————————————————————
D ——————————————7——9————
A ——-5—7—7——5—(5/)7——9—10————————
E —-7———.———7—————————————
(Em) (D) (Bm)
e ———————————————————————
B —————————————-0—————————-
G ——————————-0——2—0—————————
D —-/14—/12—/9—7—5—4——2—————0—2———2—4—
A ———————————————————————
E ———————————————0————0———-
(Remember this is written in G, so move it up 2 frets if you’re playing in A)
[repeat first verse]
[repeat intro and ad lib guitar to fade]
EADGBe
022000 — Em
X32010 — C
X02210 — Am
320003 — G
X20003 — G/B
XX0000 — G+6
X24442 — B
/ is a slide up
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
Strumming early on in the verse is the bass strings only, heavily damped by
your right hand resting on the bridge (almost so it sounds like a bass drum).
As the verse goes on bring in progressively more and more of the higher
strings.
+ This G could be G/B or even another chord with B in the bass, although B
major, minor and their 7ths don’t seem to fit.
* This could possibly be ‘frozen qualm’ (had it come from kd’s clouds??), but
I also heard someone singing ‘searching the storm for some frozen corn’, which
has got to deserve a place in rock’s list of classic misheard lyrics alongside
Elvis Costello’s ‘she is washing up the dishes, oh-oh don’t get cute’ and Jimi
Hendrix’s «s’cuse me while I kiss this guy» !
Here’s the instrumental section in A (i.e. exactly what you play if you’re
using a capo at the 2nd fret) :
e —————————————————————
B —————————————————————
G —————————————————————
D ——————————————9——11————
A ——-7—9—9——7—(7/)9——11—12———————-
E —-9———.———9—————————————
(F#m) (E) (C#m)
