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I'M SHIPPING UP TO BOSTON
As recorded by Dropkick Murphys
(From the 2005 Album THE WARRIORS CODE)
Transcribed by Drumbum4life
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Arranged by Woody Guthrie
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Banjo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mandolin'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Q.=130 12/8 W. W.|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II| <| W. H. H.|---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|---------9-------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------||---------------|-----------------|
Gtr I Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|--------------------------|-7---------------------------||----------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8-7----------||-9---7-9---7-9--------9-7-|--------------------7-9--7---||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| q. Q. H. W.|--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||-9------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
Gtrs I, II Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.|------------------------|--------------------7----||--------------7-8-7-----|--------------7--8-------||-9---7-9--7-9-------9-7-|-9---7-9--7-9------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III| <| W. H. Q +Q|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|------------2---(2)------||------------------------|------------0---(0)------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|------------------------|-7----------------------------||--------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8-7-----------||-9---7-9--7-9-------9-7-|--------------------7-9--7----||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------|
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| <| W. W.|------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------|-2----------------------------||------------------------|-2----------------------------||------------------------|-0----------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.||--------------------------|-------------------7----|||o---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|||--9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|||--------------------------|------------------------|||o-------------------------|------------------------|||--------------------------|------------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.||--------------------------|------------------------|||o-------------------------|------------------------|||--------------------------|------------------------|||--2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|||o-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|||--0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|-------------------------|-7------------------------------|||---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8--7-----------o|||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|---------------------7-9--7-----|||-------------------------|--------------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| Q E Q. H. H. H.|-------------------------|--------------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-------------------------|-7------------------------------|||-2--2--------------------|-7--------------7---------------|||-2--2--------------------|-5--------------7--------------o|||-0--0--------------------|----------------5---------------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W. W.||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------|||-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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| W. H. H.|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------|||--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------|||--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o|||--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.||--------------------------|-------------------7----|||o---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------|||--9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------|||--------------------------|------------------------|||o-------------------------|------------------------|||--------------------------|------------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.||--------------------------|------------------------|||o-------------------------|------------------------|||--------------------------|------------------------|||--2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|||o-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------|||--0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|-------------------------|-7--------------------------------|||---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------o|||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7-----|||-------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------o|||-------------------------|----------------------------------||
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| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------------o|||-------------------------|-7--------7-----------------------|||-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7---------|||-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------o|||-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5---------||
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W. W.||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------|||-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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| W. H. H.|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------|||--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------|||--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o|||--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Gtr III W. H. H. W. W.||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------o||||--7-------------|-5---------------|-7-------------|-5------||||--7-------------|-5-------5-------|-7-------------|-5------||||o-5-------------|-3-------5-------|-5-------------|-3-----o||||----------------|---------3-------|---------------|--------||
Gtrs I, II Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.|-------------------------|-------------------7----||---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------||-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------||-0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|-------------------------|-7-------------------------------||---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7----||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|-7--------7----------------------||-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7--------||-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------||-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5--------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.|-------------------------|-----------------7----||---------------7-8-7-----|-------------7-8------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9--7-9----------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. Q E Q E E E E Q.|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-2--2--------------------|-2--2----x-x-x-x-x----||-2--2--------------------|-2--2----x-x-x-x-x----||-0--0--------------------|-0--0----x-x-x-x-x----|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|-------------------------|-7-------------------------------||---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10--8-7-8--7------------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|----------------------7-9---7----||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------|-7--------7----------------------||-2--2--------------------|-7--------7------7------7--------||-2--2--------------------|-5--------5------7------7--------||-0--0--------------------|-----------------5------5--------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.||--------------------9-10-9-------|-------------------9-10-14----|||o-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-12---10-12--10-12------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W. W.||---------------------------------|------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--7---------------------------|||---2-----------------------------|--7---------------------------|||o--2-----------------------------|--5---------------------------|||---0-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.|-------------------9-10-9-------|-14--12-10-12-10-9-10--9------------|||-12---10-12--10-12--------12-10-|-------------------------10-12-----o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|------------------------------------||
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| W. H. H.|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|--7---------------------------------|||--2-----------------------------|--7-----------------7---------------|||--2-----------------------------|--5-----------------7--------------o|||--0-----------------------------|--------------------5---------------||
Gtr III W. H. H. W. W.||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------o||||--7-------------|-5---------------|-7-------------|-5------||||--7-------------|-5-------5-------|-7-------------|-5------||||o-5-------------|-3-------5-------|-5-------------|-3-----o||||----------------|---------3-------|---------------|--------||
Gtrs I, II Q E Q E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E Q.|-------------------------|-------------------7----||---------------7-8-7-----|---------------7-8------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|-9--7-9---7-9-----------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q E Q. H. Q E Q. H.|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------||-2--2--------------------|-2--2-------------------||-0--0--------------------|-0--0-------------------|
Q.=65 Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q.|-------------------------|-7----------------------------||---------------7-8-7-----|----10-8-10-8-7-8--7----------||-9--7-9---7-9--------9-7-|---------------------7-(7)----||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------|
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| Q E Q. H. H. H.|-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------|-7----------------------------||-2--2--------------------|-7--------------7-------------||-2--2--------------------|-5--------------7-------------||-0--0--------------------|----------------5-------------|
H=H Q.=130 W. W. Q E H. Q.|---------------|---------------|--------------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*||-9-------------|---------------|-9--9---------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*|
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| W. W. Q E H. Q.|---------------|---------------|--------------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*||---------------|---------------|--------------------*||-2-------------|---------------|-2--2---------------*||-2-------------|---------------|-2--2---------------*||-0-------------|---------------|-0--0---------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
