The Dodos - Red And Purple Chords & Tabs

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               	     red and purple - the dodos
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Tabbed by:  Michael McNulty
Email: naw

Tuning:  Open A tuning  (E A C# E A E) low to high

this is a basic version of this song.
meric from the dodos adds a lot of nice flourishes that i didn't/couldn't tab out.

great song.

rhythm is not indicated, listen to the record to get it.


[intro] strummed repeatedly
e|---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---3----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---x----------------------------------------------------------------------|

[riff 1]
(the strumming is up and down quite fast, so each of these chords is actually played twice.)
e|-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--9--7--5--7--5--2--4----[x7]------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|
E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--------------------------------------------------|


[riff 2]
(the strumming is up and down quite fast, so each of these chords is actually played twice.)
e|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--4--2--2--4--4--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--------------------------------------------------------|



[verse]
there's...  here......     tear.     ears.......
e|--0--------0--------------0---------0-------------------------------------|
B|--0--------0--------------2---------0-------------------------------------|
G|--4--------2-----[x2]-----0---------2----[x2]-----------------------------|
D|--3--------3--------------4---------3-------------------------------------|
A|--0--------0--------------0---------0-------------------------------------|
E|--x--------x--------------x---------x-------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_dodos/red_and_purple_tab.html ]
[pre chorus]
i know...    yours..      mine...
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--2----------5----------[riff 1]------------------------------------------|
G|--2----------5------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2----------5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2----------5------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--x----------x------------------------------------------------------------|


[chorus]
   come  and  join  us...
e|--5-----5----5----5------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-----5----5----5------------------------------------------------------|
G|--5-----7----9----7----[x4]----[riff 1 x 2]------------------------------|
D|--5-----5----5----5------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----5----5----5------------------------------------------------------|
E|--x-----x----x----x------------------------------------------------------|


[bridge]  first play [riff 2], and then:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6---------------------------------|
A|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6--[x2]---------------------------|
E|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6---------------------------------|


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

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6---------------------------------|
A|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6---------------------------------|
E|---/12-----12-11-12----12-11-12---3-4-5-6---------------------------------|


the part after the bridge is just the chorus chords with oooooohs over them

i think that's all the different parts, just put them together!




| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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