The Mother Hips - Transit Wind Chords & Tabs

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Transit Wind

by The Mother Hips
Lyrics/Music by Tim Bluhm
From the album "Shootout" (1996)
Tablature by fricken Parnell

(intro)

C         F      Bb       F         C
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------5h7-5--7-7b9-----|
d-----5---------------5h7------------------|
a-5/7---7p5-------5h7----------------------|
E-----------8------------------------------|

   F       Bb      F     C
e-----8------------------------------------|
b-5/6----5/6-------------------------------|
g--------------5---------------------------|
d--------------5h7--5----------------------|
a-------------------5h7--7-7---------------|
E------------------------8-8---------------|

(piano only)
C                        Dm             F
mama i don't think i can come home with you
        Bb              F             C
cause i saw a girl that looks like my friend (fill A)
C                Dm         F
mercy have mercy on she tonight
            Bb              F              C
cause she's standin' in the transit wind

fill A:
e----------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------|
g------0---------------------------------|
d--2h3---3p2-3p2-------------------------|
a----------------3-----------------------|
E----------------------------------------|


C
i finally got the nerve up
   Dm              F
to climb into your pickup truck
        Bb                     F               C
off the white dash line on the black windswept road


***during these verses, this riff is played by greg:

   C               Dm      F       Bb    F
e------0----0-0-------1----1-1-----------------|
b------1----1-1-------3----1-1-------3---------|
g------0----0-0-------2----2-2------3------2---|
d------2-------------------3-3-----3------3----|
a---------------------------------1------3-----|
E---------------------------------------1------|

  C
e--------------------0-0--------------------|
b--------------------1-1--------------------|
g-----3p0------------0-0--------------------|
d---2-----3p2-3p2---------------------------|
a-3---------------3-------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

C
and after my departure
        Dm               F
well it felt to cold for march or may
        Bb             F          C
and the wind would not leave me alone
          Bb             F        C
oh no the wind would not leave me alone

Bb        F        C
wooo hooooo

(solo break 1)

tim plays this twice:

e---------------------------------------------|
b----------------3----------------------------|
g-4----------2/4---4\2----2-------------------|
d-5-^-^-^-^------------0--3-^-^-^-^-----------|
a-5-----------------------3-------------------|
E-3-----------------------1-------------------|

greg plays this over it:

e------------------------------------------|
b----------------3------1--1-1-1/3--3-3/5--|
g------------2/4---4\2---------------------|
d------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------|
b-5-5-5--6--8---6-5------------------------|
g-------------------5-4--5b--4-------------|
d------------------------------7-5---------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------8-------------|
b----------------5--6--8--/10----------------|
g-----4---4-5-7------------------------------|
d-5-7----------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|

e--/12---10-8------------------------------|
b--------------10-8------------------------|
g------------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|


(solo break 2)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_mother_hips/transit_wind_tab.html ]
  C                      Dm      F
e------------------------------------------|
b--10--8-----------8-----10-8--------------|
g---------10--9h10------------10-9h10p9----|
d---------------------------------------10-|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

  Bb      F                  C
e---------8---------------------------------|
b-10-8-10-----10-8--------------------------|
g------------------10-9---10-10p9-----------|
d---------------------------------12--10-10-|
a-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|


e-------------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------|
g-------------------------------------------|
d-----9-10-12--12b13b12--10-----------------|
a--12---------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|

                                 Dm
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------------|
d------10---10-8---8-7---7-5---5-3---3-2-----|
a--12----------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|

      F            Bb           F
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------|
d--2--3p2-------5--7b8b7-5--5h7-5----------|
a--------3---/7----------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

             C
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g-7b8--7b8--7b8b7--5h7--5------------------|
d------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
(whew!)


         G        F         C
yeah and i know a lie when i see one
Dm            F          Am
drop from her tremblin' lips
           G            F         C
and i will lay down and cry when i need one
    Dm                F               C
but right now i can't feel the transit wind

            Bb                  F                   C
and i'm not strong enough to go through that again, no i'm not
Bb        F      C
woo hoo hoo, oh yeah


G                               F
       cause i've never felt so bad
                        G       F
the way i'm feelin' now,        mmmmm

C      C7
candy, candy
F                          F7
there was a time when your love came in handy
    C
and i can't get to sleep
        G          F           C
without weepin' on your name


         Bb      F       C
well i'm weepin' on your name

(solo break 3)

main riff:
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g--7-----------------7/9-------------------|
d--8-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-8/10------------------|
a--8-----------------8/10------------------|
E--6-----------------6/8-------------------|

solo:
e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
g-10b11-----10b11b10--8--10p8--8-------------|
d----------------------------10--------------|
a--------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|

e--8---------------------------------------|
b----8--10-8-------------------------------|
g------------10---8-10-8-------------------|
d-------------------------10-8-10----------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------|
b---------4-----------6b7-4----------------|
g-----3-5---5-3-5--3--------5p3-5---5/8~---|
d--/5--------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|


some chords used in this song:
(Eadgbe)

Bb: (x1333x)
F: (133211)
G: (355433)
Dm: (x00231)
C7: (x32310)
F7: (131211)

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