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--- tabs:midland [2014/08/25 17:17]
sept151983 created
+++ tabs:midland [2021/08/24 21:42] (current)
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-This is a very rough tab, but I figured a song this good deserved at least this.
+===== Midland =====
+tabbed by Gabbi aka sept151983. Some riffs added by Hoffy. With further edits.
+<code>
+This is a very rough tab, but I figured a song this good deserved at least this. Feel free to edit as you please.
+Standard tuning. No capo.
-The riff is something like this:
+D  :--0232
+C  :-32010
+G  :320003
+A  :-02220
+Em :022000
+Dm :--0231
+Am :-02210
-E -2-------2--------3--
+Intro Riff:
-B -3-2-0-0--3-0-1-1--0-
+e ---------------------
+B ---------------------
 G -2-------------------
-D -0-------------------
+D ---0---0-0--0---0--0-
-A -0-------------------
+A ---------------------
 E ---------------------
-D                        C       D   G
+Main Riff:
+e -5-3-3--2----------0-0-------3-
+B ----------3--3--0--1-1-1-0---0-
+G -------------------0-0-----2-0-
+D -------------------2-2-------0-
+A -------------------3-3-------x-
+E -----------------------------3-
+Mid-line Riff:
+e -------2-
+B -0-1-0-3-
+G -------2-
+D ---------
+A ---------
+E ---------
+The main riff has an x in the final G chord, cuz I think it's too hard to move your index finger over in time.
+Tabbing the variants on the main riff is a little pointless, so consider improvising on the theme, where noted.
+[Intro Riff]
+[Main Riff, where you keep missing the intended string]
+D [Main Riff]
+D                        C           G
 Come and stay with me as long as you like
 D                                G                C
 I live outside of town where the straight highway curves
-D                       C                G
+D                       C                G        [Mid-line Riff]
 For three years I lived next door to the airport
 D                            G             A
@@ Line 21: / Line 57: @@
-Bm                A         D                   G
+Em            A         D                   G
-Stay 'til you can feel your legs underneath you again
+Stay 'til you feel your legs underneath you again
          G          C         D
 I've got room in my house for you
+[Main Riff]
 D                           C               G
@@ Line 33: / Line 72: @@
 A family of possums has made their home underneath the front steps
 D                          G               A
-They are magestic in their own beady-eyed, homely way
+They are majestic in their own beady-eyed, homely way
-Bm                A            D             G
+Em                A            D             G
 Stay 'til you can breathe like normal people do
          G          C         D
 I've got room in my house for you
-Dm   A                        G               D
+Dm   Am                       G               D
 They tore down the airport in nineteen eighty one
-D       C                   G                    A
+Dm      Am                  G                    A
 This is where I came when I ran out of places to run
-      D                           C                  G
+      D                           C                  G
 Come, come, come and stay with me out here away from things
-D                               G          A
+D                               G          C
 Come and stay with me where the sky's real clear
 D                           C                      G
@@ Line 54: / Line 96: @@
 The sky's purple from six in the evening to midnight out here
-Bm            A          D       G
+G             A          D       G
 Stay 'til the world goes down in flames
 G                         C         D
 I've got room, room in my house for you
+[Main Riff]
+D [Main Riff Improv]
+D [Main Riff]
+D [Main Riff Improv]
+</code>

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