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Author/Artist: Mother Mother
Title: Polynesia
Album: Touch Up
Transcribed by: Rory Lidstone
Email: rlidstone@gmail.com
Standard tuning.
Intro:
G#5 G#5/G G#5/F#
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6--6--6--6-6-6-6-6-------------------------|
-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-------------------------|
E F# G#m
----0---0---0---2-2-4---|
----0---0---0---2-2-4---|
----1---1---1---3-3-4---|
-2--2---2---2---4-4-6---|
-2--2---2---2---4-4-6---|
-0----0-0-0-0---2-2-4---|
Verse:
G#5 G#5/E B5 F#5 G5
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------------------|---4---4-------------------------|-------------------------|
---6---6---6---6--|---4---4---4---4---5---5---5---5-|-------------------------|
---6---6---6---6--|-2-2-2-2---4---4---5---5---5---5-|-------------------------|
-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0--|---------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
pm_____________ x4 pm_____________________________
G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#m
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---------------------------4-4-4-4---|----------------------------------------|
---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-6-6-6---|----------------------------------------|
---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-6-6-6---|----------------------------------------|
-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---|----------------------------------------|
pm_____________________
Verse 2:
G#5 G#5/E B5 F#5 G5 E
------------------|---------------------------------|-----0---0---0-----------|
------------------|---------------------------------|-----0---0---0-----------|
------------------|---4---4---4---4-----------------|-----1---1---1-----------|
---6---6---6---6--|---4---4---4---4---4---4---5---5-|--2------2---2-----------|
---6---6---6---6--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4---4---5---5-|--2------2---2-----------|
-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0--|-----------------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|--0----0-0-0-0-----------|
pm_____________ x4 pm_____________________________
Prechorus 1:
F# G#m F# G#m B E F# G#m B
-2-2-2-4----2-2-2-4.---7---0----2-2-2-4----7----|
-2-2-2-4----2-2-2-4.---7---0----2-2-2-4----7----|
-3-3-3-4----3-3-3-4.---8---1----3-3-3-4----8----|
-4-4-4-6----4-4-4-6.---9---2----4-4-4-6----9----|
-4-4-4-6----4-4-4-6.---9---2----4-4-4-6----9----|
-2-2-2-4----2-2-2-4.---7---0----2-2-2-4----7----|
E Em E
-0--0--0-----------0--0--0---|
-0--0--0-----------0--0--0---|
-1--1--1--0--0--0--1--1--1---|
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
Chorus 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mother_mother/polynesia_tab.html ]
G#5 G#5/E B5 F#5 G
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------------------|-4-4-4-4----------4~~~~------|
---6---6---6---6--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5~~~~------|
---6---6---6---6--|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--5~~~~------|
-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0--|---------2-2-2-2--3~~~~------|
pm_____________ x4
E F# G#m
----0---0---0---2-2-4---|
----0---0---0---2-2-4---|
----1---1---1---3-3-4---|
-2--2---2---2---4-4-6---|
-2--2---2---2---4-4-6---|
-0----0-0-0-0---2-2-4---|
Prechorus 2:
E F# G#m B E F# G#m B
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-4----7----|
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-4----7----|
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3--4-4-4-4--8-8-8-8--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-4----8----|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-6----9----|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4--6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-6----9----|
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2--4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-4----7----|
E Em E
-0--0--0-----------0--0--0---|
-0--0--0-----------0--0--0---|
-1--1--1--0--0--0--1--1--1---|
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
Chorus 2:
B E B E B E B E A E
--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--5--5--5--5---0~~~~---------|
--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--5--5--5--5---0~~~~---------|
--8--8--1--1--8--8--1--1--8--8--1--1--8--8--1--1--6--6--6--6---1~~~~---------|
--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--7--7--7--7---2~~~~---------|
--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--9--9--2--2--7--7--7--7---2~~~~---------|
--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--7--7--0--0--5--5--5--5---0~~~~---------|
CHORDS!!
G#5 G#5/E
We're on the sea
G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#5/E
We're in a ship and we are sailing by
G#5 G#5/E B5 F#5
All of the fish and all the octopi
G5 G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#m
We look them right into their octopi eyes
G#5 G#5/E
I'm on the sea
G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#5/E
I caught a mermaid looking right at me
G#5 G#5/E B5 F#5
I said, "Hey, baby. Why don't you come up top?
G5 E
You could flip flop while we cruise the Florida Quays."
F# G#m
Remember when we said,
F# G#m B
"You gonna see us on a red ship sailing."?
E
We'll think of you on your solid ground
F# G#m B E
We hope you think of us out here sailing around
Em E
Sailing around, sailing around Sailing
G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#5/E G#5 G#5/E
Polynesia, Polynesia, Poly nes ia
G#5 G#5/E B
Oceana, New Caledonia
F#5 G E
We dropped the hook on the Capricorn
F# G#m E F# G#m
Remember when we said,
G#m B
"You gonna see us with a sailor tan."?
E
We'll think of you and your stark white hands
F# G#m
Building your model ships
B E
Wishing you were sailing around
Em E
Sailing around Sailing around Sailing
B E B E B E
Polynesia, Polynesia, Polynesia
B E A
Oceana, oh New Caledonia
E
We dropped the hook on the Capricorn
Hopefully that's all good. Lemme know if it's not.
