Chord/Tab song: Baptist Hospital

Date: 1 Feb 1996 11:38:11 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Baptist Hospital.tab

Baptist Hospital (Boo Hewerdine)

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This is the title track of Boo Hewerdine's third album.

It's played in G (capo at 5), but all the following is written as though
played in D (at the nut).

[Intro & verse]

[D] [Ds4] [Ds9] [D] [Ds9] [D]

e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||

bts ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
ping pong on a ta--ble bouncing that's exactly how I'm
feeling
I'm tired of staring at the floor coz you've been staring at the
ceiling

[Chorus]:

If t[G]here is no [A]laughter in [D]heaven
G D G(II) D G(II) D
then I don't want to go, I don't want to go

D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
There's nothing quite as funny-sad as Christmas day a launderette
but I'll be fine, I'll be OK my paper hat, dream cigarette

[Chorus]

[Instr.] :
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/boo_hewerdine/baptist_hospital_tab.html ]
[D] [Ds4] [Ds9] [D] [Ds9] [D]

e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------||
B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------||
G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.||
D ----------------------------|------------------------.|| x 2
A ----------------------------|-------------------------||
E ----------------------------|-------------------------||

G(I) A(I) D/E

e --x----------x------------------|
B --x----------x------------3-----|
G --0----------2------------2-----|
D --0------0---2--------2---4---5-|
A --2---2------4----4-------x-----|
E --3----------5------------x-----|

G D G(II) D G(II) D

e ------3----------0-------------3------------2------------3--------------||
B -----0----------3-------------3------------3------------3----------3----||
G ----0----------2-------------4------------2------------4----------2-----||
D ---0----0-----0-----0-------5------------0----0-------5----4-----0------||
A --2------------------------5-------------------------5------------------||
E -3------------------------3-------------------------3-------------------||

D . Ds4 . Ds9 . D Ds9 D
I saw the thing I fear the most outside the Baptist Hospital
halfway be-tween a bum and ghost my future is indelible

[Chorus] x 2

(second time played arpeggiated, like everything after the in the
instrumental)

Chords
EADGBe
D xx0232
Dsus4 xx0233
Dsus9 xx0230
G 320003
A x02220
G(II) 355433
G(I) 32000x Play with a 'non existant' barre at nut plus 3rd & 4th
fingers
A(I) 54222x -same fingering as G(I), but moved up 2 frets
D/E xx4232

Just in case that G(I), A(I) D/E bit isn't clear:
G(I) A D/E
____o_o_o_x ___________ x_x________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|_3_|_|_|_| |_| 1_1_1_x |_| 1_1_1_x
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_2_|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|_|_|_|_|_| |_3_|_|_|_| |_|_3_|_|_|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
4_|_|_|_|_| |(4)|_|_|_|

Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk