Baptist Hospital

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 Date: 1 Feb 1996 11:38:11 +0000 
 From: "Boulton, Nic"  
  
   
 Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Baptist Hospital.tab 
  
  
 Baptist Hospital (Boo Hewerdine) 
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 This is the title track of Boo Hewerdine's third album. 
  
 It's played in G (capo at 5), but all the following is written as though 
 played in D (at the nut). 
  
  
 [Intro & verse] 
  
     D     Ds4     Ds9   D       Ds9          D 
 e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------|| 
 B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------|| 
 G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.|| 
 D ----------------------------|------------------------.||  x 2 
 A ----------------------------|-------------------------|| 
 E ----------------------------|-------------------------|| 
 bts ^     ^       ^     ^       ^     ^      ^     ^ 
  
     D    .     Ds4  .    Ds9 .    D           Ds9                         D 
     ping pong  on   a    ta--ble  bouncing    that's exactly    how I'm 
 feeling 
 I'm tired of  staring    at the   floor  coz you've been staring at the 
 ceiling 
  
  
 [Chorus]: 
  
     G          A            D 
 If there is no laughter in  heaven 
      G       D       G(II)    D       G(II)   D 
 then I don't want to go,      I don't want to go 
  
  
         D   .   Ds4   .   Ds9 .  D       Ds9                        D 
 There's nothing quite as  funny-sad as   Christmas day  a    launderette 
     but I'll be fine, I'll be   OK       my paper hat,    dream cigarette 
  
  
 [Chorus] 
  
 [Instr.] : 
  
     D     Ds4     Ds9   D       Ds9          D 
 e --2--2--3--3----0--0--2-----|-0-----0------2----------|| 
 B --3--3--3--3----3--3--3-----|-3--3-----3---3--3-------|| 
 G --2--2--2--2----2--2--2-----|-2------------2-----2---.|| 
 D ----------------------------|------------------------.||  x 2 
 A ----------------------------|-------------------------|| 
 E ----------------------------|-------------------------|| 
  
    *G(I)       A(I)         D/E 
 e --x----------x------------------| 
 B --x----------x------------3-----| 
 G --0----------2------------2-----| 
 D --0------0---2--------2---4---5-| 
 A --2---2------4----4-------x-----| 
 E --3----------5------------x-----| 
  
    G            D           G(II)          D          G(II)        D 
 e ------3----------0-------------3------------2------------3--------------|| 
 B -----0----------3-------------3------------3------------3----------3----|| 
 G ----0----------2-------------4------------2------------4----------2-----|| 
 D ---0----0-----0-----0-------5------------0----0-------5----4-----0------|| 
 A --2------------------------5-------------------------5------------------|| 
 E -3------------------------3-------------------------3-------------------|| 
  
  
     D   .   Ds4   . Ds9   .  D            Ds9               D 
   I saw the thing I fear the most      outside the Baptist Hospital 
 halfway be-tween  a bum  and ghost    my future is       indelible 
  
 [Chorus] x 2 
  
 (second time played arpeggiated, like everything after the * in the 
 instrumental) 
  
 Chords 
         EADGBe 
 D       xx0232 
 Dsus4   xx0233 
 Dsus9   xx0230 
 G       320003 
 A       x02220 
 G(II)   355433 
 G(I)    32000x  *Play with a 'non existant' barre at nut plus 3rd & 4th 
 fingers 
 A(I)    54222x   -same fingering as G(I), but moved up 2 frets 
 D/E     xx4232 
  
  
 Just in case that *G(I), A(I)  D/E bit isn't clear: 
        G(I)           A            D/E 
    ____o_o_o_x   ___________   x_x________ 
    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | 
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_| 
    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | 
    |_3_|_|_|_|   |_| 1_1_1_x   |_| 1_1_1_x 
    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | 
    4_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_|_|   |_|_|_|_2_| 
    | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | 
    |_|_|_|_|_|   |_3_|_|_|_|   |_|_3_|_|_| 
                  | | | | | |   | | | | | | 
                  4_|_|_|_|_|   |(4)|_|_|_| 
  
 Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome. 
  
 Nic 
  
 Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk