The Mother Hips

Transit Wind

The Mother Hips


Tom: F

C         F      Bb       F         C
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------5h7-5--7-7b9-----|
D|-----5---------------5h7------------------|
A|-5/7---7p5-------5h7----------------------|
E|-----------8------------------------------|

   F       Bb      F     C
E|-----8------------------------------------|
B|-5/6----5/6-------------------------------|
G|--------------5---------------------------|
D|--------------5h7--5----------------------|
A|-------------------5h7--7-7---------------|
E|------------------------8-8---------------|

(piano only)
C                        Dm             F
mama i don't think i can come home with you
        Bb              F             C
cause i saw a girl that looks like my friend (fill A)
C                Dm         F
mercy have mercy on she tonight
            Bb              F              C
cause she's standin' in the transit wind

fill A:
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|------0---------------------------------|
D|--2h3---3p2-3p2-------------------------|
A|----------------3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


C
i finally got the nerve up
   Dm              F
to climb into your pickup truck
        Bb                     F               C
off the white dash line on the black windswept road


***during these verses, this riff is played by greg:

   C               Dm      F       Bb    F
E|------0----0-0-------1----1-1-----------------|
B|------1----1-1-------3----1-1-------3---------|
G|------0----0-0-------2----2-2------3------2---|
D|------2-------------------3-3-----3------3----|
A|---------------------------------1------3-----|
E|---------------------------------------1------|

  C
E|--------------------0-0--------------------|
B|--------------------1-1--------------------|
G|-----3p0------------0-0--------------------|
D|---2-----3p2-3p2---------------------------|
A|-3---------------3-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

C
and after my departure
        Dm               F
well it felt to cold for march or may
        Bb             F          C
and the wind would not leave me alone
          Bb             F        C
oh no the wind would not leave me alone

Bb        F        C
wooo hooooo

(solo break 1)

tim plays this twice:

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3----------------------------|
G|-4----------2/4---4\2----2-------------------|
D|-5-^-^-^-^------------0--3-^-^-^-^-----------|
A|-5-----------------------3-------------------|
E|-3-----------------------1-------------------|

greg plays this over it:

E|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------3------1--1-1-1/3--3-3/5--|
G|------------2/4---4\2---------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5--6--8---6-5------------------------|
G|-------------------5-4--5b--4-------------|
D|------------------------------7-5---------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------8-------------|
B|----------------5--6--8--/10----------------|
G|-----4---4-5-7------------------------------|
D|-5-7----------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|--/12---10-8------------------------------|
B|--------------10-8------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|


(solo break 2)

  C                      Dm      F
E|------------------------------------------|
B|--10--8-----------8-----10-8--------------|
G|---------10--9h10------------10-9h10p9----|
D|---------------------------------------10-|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

  Bb      F                  C
E|---------8---------------------------------|
B|-10-8-10-----10-8--------------------------|
G|------------------10-9---10-10p9-----------|
D|---------------------------------12--10-10-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|


E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----9-10-12--12b13b12--10-----------------|
A|--12---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

                                 Dm
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|------10---10-8---8-7---7-5---5-3---3-2-----|
A|--12----------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

      F            Bb           F
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|--2--3p2-------5--7b8b7-5--5h7-5----------|
A|--------3---/7----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

             C
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-7b8--7b8--7b8b7--5h7--5------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
(whew!)


         G        F         C
yeah and i know a lie when i see one
Dm            F          Am
drop from her tremblin' lips
           G            F         C
and i will lay down and cry when i need one
    Dm                F               C
but right now i can't feel the transit wind

            Bb                  F                   C
and i'm not strong enough to go through that again, no i'm not
Bb        F      C
woo hoo hoo, oh yeah


G                               F
       cause i've never felt so bad
                        G       F
the way i'm feelin' now,        mmmmm

C      C7
candy, candy
F                          F7
there was a time when your love came in handy
    C
and i can't get to sleep
        G          F           C
without weepin' on your name


         Bb      F       C
well i'm weepin' on your name

(solo break 3)

main riff:
E|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|--7-----------------7/9-------------------|
D|--8-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-8/10------------------|
A|--8-----------------8/10------------------|
E|--6-----------------6/8-------------------|

solo:
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-10b11-----10b11b10--8--10p8--8-------------|
D|----------------------------10--------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|--8---------------------------------------|
B|----8--10-8-------------------------------|
G|------------10---8-10-8-------------------|
D|-------------------------10-8-10----------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|
B|---------4-----------6b7-4----------------|
G|-----3-5---5-3-5--3--------5p3-5---5/8~---|
D|--/5--------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|


some chords used in this song:
(Eadgbe)

Bb: (x1333x)
F: (133211)
G: (355433)
Dm: (x00231)
C7: (x32310)
F7: (131211)