Why I Like The Robins

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 From: "Jeremy Styron"  
  
   
 Subject: h/hum/why_i_like_the_robins.tab 
 Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 20:35:52 GMT 
  
 Artist: Hum 
 Album:  You'd Prefer An Astronaut 
 Song:   Why I Like the Robins 
  
 Transcribed by Jeremy Styron 
  
 Dropped D Tuning 
  
 Main riff: 
  
 Guitar 1: 
  
   ||====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 sky 
 moves 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 sound 
 if 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 collector 
 splash in my eyes and makes everything else 
 look like you 
 So hand me the glasses and teach me to use 
 them, 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 sound 
 who 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 choose 
 and 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)