The Hill Tabs & Lyrics by Bombay Bicycle Club

The Hill

guitar tabs lyrics

Bombay Bicycle Club

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Hill - Bombay Bicycle Club
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: pauli
Email: [email protected]

a track from 'The Boy I Used To Be EP'
thanks for looking and please rate.
tabbed by request.

Tuning:EADGBe

intro - riff I
the beginning of each chord is strummed rapidly in an 'down up down' motion as you
can here in the song
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-------------------------|
D|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

riff II - played over the top of riff I (0:06)
e|--12--------12--------12---------------------------------------------------|
B|----10-10-10--10-10-10-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-9----9--9------9--9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

verse 1 - Riff I

riff III - played over the top of riff I (0:28)

played using the same strumming pattern as riff I
e|--x-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-(0)------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chorus
A C#m

x8 x8 x8 x8
e|-5-4-4--5-4-4--5-4-4--5-4-4------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-6-6--4-6-6--4-6-6--4-6-6------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-6-6--7-6-6--7-6-6--7-6-6------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-4-4--7-4-4--7-4-4--7-4-4------------------------------------------------|
E|-5------5------5------5----------------------------------------------------|

or the A chord could be played like this, which i think is the way the guitarist plays it

e|-(0)------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--14------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

then

e|-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-xxxxxx------------|
B|-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-999999------------|
G|-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-999999------------|
D|-999-999-444-444-999-999-444-444-999-999-444-444-999-999-999999------------|
A|-999-999-444-444-999-999-444-444-999-999-444-444-999-999-777777------------|
E|-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-222-222-777-777-000000------------|

(1:02) back to riff I
(1:08) with riff II and III coming in for a few seconds
(1:25) riff II and III come back in

chorus x2

solo/bridge (2:10)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0---0---0--0------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4---2---0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------2--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

solo played over the top of this (2:21)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14\7-5/10-14\7-5/10-14/7-5/10/12/14/17-19\14\12/14\12/14\12\10-910--------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12\7-5/7-14\7-5/10--------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

chord part (3:05)
strum according to song

x18 x6
e|--x---x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--x---x--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9---11-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--11--11-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-(0)-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

back into the chorus

end.

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
===============================================================================