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Looking For A Place To Happen by Tragically Hip
Looking For A Place To Happen
Intro:
|E| |G|
Verse #1:
I've got a job, I explore
|E|
I follow every little whiff
|E|
And I want my life to smell like this
|G|...............................|E|
Find a place, an ancient race,
|E|
the kind you'd like to gamble with
|E|
Where they'd stamp on burning bags of shit.
|G|....................................|E|
Chorus:
Lookin' for a place to happen
|C|
Makin' stops along the way...
|C|
(Intro Riff)
Verse #2:
Wayward ho, 'way we go
|E|
It's a shame to leave this masterpeice,
|E|
With its gallery gods and its garbage bag trees
|G|.........................................|E|
So I'll paint a scene, from memory
|E|
So I'd know who murdered me,
|E|
It's vain pursuit but it helps me to sleep.
|G|....................................|E|
Chorus:
Lookin' for a place to happen
|C|
Makin' stops along the way...
|C|
(Intro Riff)
Verse #3:
Jaques Cartier; right this way,
|E|
I'll put you're coat up on the bed.
|E|
Hey man you got a real bum's eye for clothes
|G|....................................|E|
And come on in, sit right down.
|E|
No you're not the first to show,
|E|
we've all been here since, God who knows?
|G|..................................|E|
Chorus:
Lookin' for a place to happen
|C|
Makin' stops along the way...
|C|
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version 2
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.
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