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                       *      and are meant for educational use only.       *
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*Why I Like the Robins*
Transcribed by Obscured@san.rr.com
Http://home.san.rr.com/obscured


TUNING: D A D G B E


INTRO/VERSE
|--------------|
|-(0)---(0)----|
|--6-----6-----|
|--4-----4-----|
|--5-----0-----|
|--0-----5-----|


PRECHORUS - Play with this chord
|---|
|---|
|-6-|
|-4-|
|-5-|
|-5-|


VERSE 2 - Same

A second guitar strums this in the background
|-0---5-----|
|-0---0-----|
|-6---6-----|
|-4---4-----|
|-5---5-----|
|-----------|


BRIDGE - Enter distortion

                    x2
|-0----0----0----0----|
|-3----3----5----9~~--|
|-2----2----4----9~~--|
|-0----0----0----0----|
|-0----0----0----0----|
|-0----0----0----0----|


|-0----0----0-------0-------0----|
|-2----3----5---5-------5---9~~--|
|-3----2----4-4---4---4---4-9~~--|
|-0----0----0---------------0----|
|-0----0----0---------------0----|
|-0----0----0---------------0----|
              .............

|-0----0----0----0----|
|-3----3----5----9~~--|
|-2----2----4----9~~--|
|-0----0----0----0----|
|-0----0----0----0----|
|-0----0----0----0----|


Hit this and let it ring
|-0--------|
|-2--------|
|-3--------|
|-0--------|
|-0--------|
|-0--------|

While one guitar is sustaining the above chord the other plays the verse rhythm


PRECHORUS 2 - Same


BRIDGE 2 - Same


CHORUS
|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-------------------6-6--------------------7-7--
|-------0-0----7-7-------------0-0----7-7-------
|---2-4---0----0-0---------2-4---0----0-0-------
|-0-------0--------------0-------0--------------
  .......                .......

 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------6--------7------7-------9-------2---|
 -------0-0---7-7----7----9---9--9---9--11---11--4---4-|
 ---2-4---0---0-0--------------------------------------|
 -0-------0--------------------------------------------|
  .......


|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-------------------6-6--------------------7-7--
|-------0-0----7-7-------------0-0----7-7-------
|---2-4---0----0-0---------2-4---0----0-0-------
|-0-------0--------------0-------0--------------
  .......                .......

 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------6h7p6----7------7-------9-------2---|
 -------0-0---7-7---------9---9--9---9--11---11--4---4-|
 ---2-4---0---0-0--------------------------------------|
 -0-------0--------------------------------------------|
  .......


|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-------------------6-6--------------------7-7--
|-------0-0----7-7-------------0-0----7-7-------
|---2-4---0----0-0---------2-4---0----0-0-------
|-0-------0--------------0-------0--------------
  .......                .......

 -------------------------------------------------------|
 --------------------------------10-8------------12-10--|
 ------------------6--------7---------------9-----------|
 -------0-0---7-7----7----9---9-------9--11---11--------|
 ---2-4---0---0-0---------------------------------------|
 -0-------0---------------------------------------------|
  .......


|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-------------------6-6--------------------6h7p6-
|-------0-0----7-7-------------0-0----7-7--------
|---2-4---0----0-0---------2-4---0----0-0--------
|-0-------0--------------0-------0---------------
  .......                .......

 -------------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------------------------|
 ---7-6-------------6--------7------7-------9-------2---|
 -9-----7-----0-4-7---7----9---9--9---9--11---11--4---4-|
 -----------2-------------------------------------------|
 ---------0---------------------------------------------|
          .......


|-----------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------
|-------------------6-6--------------------7-7--
|-------0-0----7-7-------------0-0----7-7-------
|---2-4---0----0-0---------2-4---0----0-0-------
|-0-------0--------------0-------0--------------
  .......                .......

 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------------------|
 ------------------6--------7------7-------9-------2---|
 -------0-0---7-7----7----9---9--9---9--11---11--4---4-|
 ---2-4---0---0-0--------------------------------------|
 -0-------0--------------------------------------------|
  .......


End on
|-(0)----|
|--3-----|
|--2-----|
|--0-----|
|--0-----|
|--0-----|


=======================================================================================
v2

Tabbed by Brian (Ansigod) McCall 

WHY I LIKE THE ROBINS - by HUM from the album You'd Prefer an
=== = ==== === ======   Astronaut.

Drop-D tuning

This tab features two guitars arranged for one.

*1

G1 (clean, phasing)

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------0--0-0-0-------------------------------------
|---------(0--0-0-0)6--6-6-6-------------------------------------
|----------4--4-4-4-0--0-0-0-4--4-4-4----------------------------
|-5--5-5-5-0--0-0-0----------0--0-0-0----------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------
                                     ^repeat
Sometimes varies to this:

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------0--0-0-0-------------------------------------
|---------(0--0-0-0)6--6-6-6-------------------------------------
|----------4--4-4-4-0--0-0-0-4-4-5-5-4-4-------------------------
|-5--5-5-5-0--0-0-0----------0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------
                                        ^repeat

G2 fill second verse

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------4---0--------------------------------------------------
|-----0----------------------------------------------------------
|-0--------------------------------------------------------------
               ^repeat

*2

"I'll take the glasses..."

|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------0--0-0-0-------------------------------------
|---------(0--0-0-0)6--6-6-6-------------------------------------
|----------4--4-4-4-0--0-0-0-7--7-7-7----------------------------
|-5--5-5-5-0--0-0-0----------0--0-0-0----------------------------
|-0--0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------
                                     ^repeat

*3 Distortion
                                        pm    pm    pm
|-0--(0)-(0)--0--(0)-(0)--0--(0-0)--------------------(0)--0--(0)-(0)
|-3---5---9---3---5---9---3---5-5---5p0---5p0---5p0----9---3---5---9-
|-2---4---8---2---4---8---2---4-4-X-----0-----0-----0--8---2---4---8-
|-0---0---6---0---0---6---0---0-0----------------------6---0---0---6-
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0----------------------0---0---0---0-
|-0-----------0-----------0--------------------------------0---------
   ^listen to the CD for the rhythm

*4

"She's got colors to spare and I don't care what they choose..."

  pm------|                  pm------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------6-6-6----------------------7-7-7----------
|----------------4-4-4----------------------7-7-7----------------
|----------4-4-4----------------------4-4-4----------------------
|-0--0-2-4-------------------0--0-2-4----------------------------

 pm-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------6-6-6-6-7---6-7---7-9---------------------
|----------------4-4-4-----------7-----7-----7-4-5-4-------------
|----------4-4-4-------------------------------------------------
|-0--0-2-4-------------------------------------------------------
                                                    ^repeat

Note: I'm not 100% sure about the specifics of *4 but it sounds OK.

Please mail corrections and comments to the address at thr top.




=========================================================================================
v2


From: "Jeremy Styron" 

  ||====A chorus effect is used====||  ||===throughout this whole riff==||
B |---------------------------------|G |-------------0---0---0---0---0---|
D |-------------4---4---4---4---4---|A |-5--5-5-5-5--0---0---0---0---0---|
D |-0--0-0-0-0-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--|B |---0----0---0---0---0---0--------|
G |---6----6---6---6---6---6---0-0--|D |--(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)--4-4--|
A |----------------------------0-0--|Guitar 2 ( riff 1):A |--5-5-5-5--|
D |--0-0-0-0--|  [this part is probably both guitar 2 and bass at
  one point or another, but this is the part that's there]
[Play this through the 1st verse:]
This distance outside of you (I find in you) [maybe]
comes into focus, collapses away lovingly
and hands to the glass and eyes to the skymoves to the south, she waits to see
She's looking for birds she met last fall
said they would come back different than all
She's waiting for six who know about soundif we promise to come back upside down
[Here, some soaring sound effects come in that I personally like a lot]
[The next section of the verses brings in a
 different guitar 2 part...keep playing the main riff along with this part...]
Guitar 2 (riff 2):  E |------5-------------------------------------------|
B |------2--2--2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
G |------2--2--2-2-2-2-------6----6---6---6---6---6--|
D |----4-----------4-4---4--(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)-|
A |--5-----------------5-----------------------------|
D |-(0)----------------------------------------------|
And i like your raindrop collectorsplash in my eyes and makes everything else
look like youSo hand me the glasses and teach me to usethem, show me the window
i wanna look too [Next part....Distortion]Guitar 1 (riff 2):
E |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|B |--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3-3--|
G |--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--2--2-2--|D |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
A |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|D |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|*
E |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|B |--5--5-5--5--5-5--9--9-9--9--9-9--|
G |--4--4-4--4--4-4--6--6-6--6--6-6--|D |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
A |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|D |--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--|
[Guitars 1 and 2 play this riff 4 times]
 and on the 3rd time...guitar 2 breaks off
 and plays this at the part on riff 2 with  the asterick above it...]
E |--5------------------------------------|
B |--5------------------------------------|
G |--6---(bring this note out the most)---|
D |--5------------------------------------|
A |--5------------------------------------|
D |--5------------------------------------|
  ||=====strum this very furiously,======||
  ||===========kinda syncopated==========||
E |----9----------------------------------|
B |----9----------------------------------|
G |----X-(about 12 times)----------------|
D |---11----------------------------------|
A |----0----------------------------------|
  ||===strum the same way as mentioned===||
[Here, play the main riff with these lyrics:]
I'll take the glasses and cover for you You get some sleep and i'll stay til two
I'm looking for six who know about soundwho promised to come back upside
[Next, while guitar 1 plays riff 2, play guitar 2  plays this 4 times
Guitar 2 (Riff 3):A |--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--0-0--|
D |--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0--|
[repeat guitar 1 riff 2 twice then...]Guitar 1 (Riff 3):
G |-------------------------------------6-6-6--|
D |--------------------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------------------|
D |--0--0-0-0-0--4--4-4-4-4--7--7-7-7-7--------|
[this riff and other lead fills are played during
 the last portion of the lyrics...]She's got colors to spare and i don't care
what they chooseand i've got nothing to do and nothing like
you left to lose (repeat this verse 3 times
    and fade while the music overpowers the    singing)
[repeat the guitar parts above until the end and fade with the closing drumbeat]
    the end of the song)


###############################################################

From:	cphillips@ord.esu10.k12.ne.us (Clint Phillips)

here's how i play the last part of "why i like the robins after
watching" tim play at the concert:
i don't do much surfing anymore, so if someone's already got this
on their page, i'm sorry and i came up with this on my own and i
didn't steal it from anyone, except maybe hum (if it's right)

g------------------------------------|
d---------------------------11-11-11-|
a------------9-9-9-12-12-12----------|
d-9h12-12-12-------------------------|

g------------------------------------|
d---------------------------12-12-12-|
a------------9-9-9-12-12-12----------|
d-9h12-12-12-------------------------|

g------------------------------------|
d---------------------------11-11-11-|
a------------9-9-9-12-12-12----------|
d-9h12-12-12-------------------------|

g------------9-9-----|
d-9h12-9h12-9-9-9----|
a--------------------|
d--------------------|
then just go crazy and do a bunch of pick slides and end on a big D and let
it ring until feedback kicks in on your box.
thank you for your time if you read all this bs,
clint


              .-.   .-.   .-.
              |H|   |U|   |M|
              (_)   (_)   (_)
             /Y/ /Y/ /Y/
             [XXX] [XXX] [XXX]
              |||   |||   |||
             _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^