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Boston : "Gonna hitch a ride" Guitar tabs

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From: yook1@husc10.harvard.edu (Philip Yook)
Subject: Re: Gonna Hitch a Ride


----------0-------------------------------------
-------------------------3--------3-----------2-
-------2-----2-p0-----0--------------2--------2-
-------------------------------4-----------2----
----0--------------0--------0-----------0-------
------------------------------------------------

It's played one half-step up.

Can someone figure out the rest?  
There's a neat little part at the end, too, but I don't know it.


From: Go Whalers 
Subject: Solo to Boston's "Hitch a Ride"


Notation: 16b18 means bend the 16th fret up to the pitch at 
the 18th fret, i.e. a whole step. 18b16 means bend up to the
18th fret pitch before picking, then release down to the pitch
at the 16th fret

------------------------------------------------------------
-----------16-18-16--------16-18b20b18p16----16-------------
-15--15h17-----------15h17----------------17----------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

/ and \ mean slide up or down to the note, respectively

-------------------|--------------------------------------18
----------16-------|-----------------------------16-18b20---
-15-15h17----------|-----15--17\-----15----15-17------------
-------------18-17-|-/17---------/17----17------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------
-------------------|----------------------------------------


----18b20--18-16-15h16p15--------------------18-------------
-16-----------------------18p16----16--18p16----16-18b20----
-------------------------------(17)-------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


-------18-------|-------------------------------------------
-18b20----18b20-|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-10b12b10-8----8-8------8-10-10b12b10-8----
----------------|------------10-----10p8-----------------10-
----------------|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------11b13--11-9-8h9p8------------------------
-8--8-8--8-10b12-8-------------------10p8-----8------12b10--
-----------------------------------------(10)---10p8--------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


----------------|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------
-12b10-12b10b12-|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------
----------------|-------------------------------------------

Two guitar stuff:

Guitar 1:

---------------------------------------------------11-------
------------------------------------------------------------
-8-10b12b10-8----8-8------10b12b10-8----8-10-11-12----12-13-
--------------10-----10p8------------10---------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 2:

---------------------------------------------------15-------
------------------------------------------------------------
-8-10b12b10-8----8-8------10b12b10-8----8-13-14-15----15-17-
--------------10-----10p8------------10---------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

Guitar 1:

-------------------------18----------------|----------------
-20b21b20b21-20b21b20b21----20b21b20-18----|----------------
----------------------------------------20-|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------

Guitar 2:

-------------------------23----------------|----------------
-23b25b23b25-23b25b23b25----23b23b23-21-20-|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------
-------------------------------------------|----------------

Back to single guitar:

-------18-----------------16-15h16p15----15-16--------16----
-18b20----18b20b18-16--16-------------18-----------16-------
----------------------------------------------18------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


-15h16p15----15-16------16-------16-15h16p15----------------
----------18---------16----------------------18-16-13-11-9--
------------------17------16--15----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------
-8h9p8-------11-------8-11p8-------11p8-----------11b13-----
-------10b12----10b12--------10b12------10p8----8-----------
---------------------------------------------10-------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------
-11b13-11-9-8h9p8-------------------------------------------
------------------10p8----8---------8-10p8----8-10p8---8h10-
-----------------------10---10p8-10--------10--------8------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


--------|---------------------------------------------------
-8h9-11-|----------11-13h11----11----11-14b16-16b14-11------
--------|----12-13----------13----13------------------------
--------|-/13-----------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------
--------|---------------------------------------------------

                                      H = Artificial harmonic:
                                      1 octave and a fifth
                                      above fundamental
------------------------------------------------------------
-14p11----11-14p11-13p11-14p11-13p11-13Hb14Hb13Hb14H--------
-------13---------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


----------11-14p11----11-14p11----14p11---------------------
-13Hb14H-----------13----------13-------13p11-14b16--14-13--
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------
-12-11p8-9p8----------------------------9-8h9p8----8-9p8----
-------------11p8-10p8-------------8--8---------10-------8-8
-----------------------10p8---------------------------------
----------------------------11p10---------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


-------------------------------------------------|----------
-9-8h9p8----9p8-------9p8---------8--14b16-14b16-|----------
---------10------------------8-10----------------|-15-17----
----------------10-10-----11---------------------|----------
-------------------------------------------------|----------
-------------------------------------------------|----------

There's actually two guitars here, but I'm lazy, so I only
did one:

------------------------------------------------------------
-16-18-16-18-16-18p16----16-18p16----16-18p16----16-18p16---
----------------------17----------17----------17----------17
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------


-----------------------------------16-----------------------
-16-18p16-------16-------18b21b18-----18p16----16-18p16-----
----------17-17----17-15--------------------17----------17--
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------|-------------------------------
-16-------------18b20-18b20-|----------16-18-16-----------16
----17p15----15-------------|-15-15h17-----------15-15h17---
----------17----------------|-------------------------------
----------------------------|-------------------------------
----------------------------|-------------------------------


---------------------------------------------|--------------
-18b20b18p16----16------------16-18b21-------|--------------
-------------17------15-15h17----------------|--------------
---------------------------------------18-17-|--------------
---------------------------------------------|--------------
---------------------------------------------|--------------

Dave Shapiro
dshapiro@ucsd.edu

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