Artist: Tortoise
Album: TNT
Song: I Set My Face To The Hillside
Tabbed by witmachine@yahoo.com
This is an epic, six-minute long song that is in two main parts. The first
part spans about three and a half minutes, the second half of the song is
a mid-tempo groovy bit with much keyboards and minimal guitar, more of an
extended outro.
The first half of the song is mainly in 4/4, the intro and the main phrase
is two bars 4/4, one bar 5/4 and one bar 4/4. The second half of the
song sticks to 5/4 time signature.
This is mostly one guitar, but a second guitar comes in at about 1:40.
My rendition isn't exactly as played live, but sounds well with the record.
INTRO (0:15)
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e |------------------------------4-------------3----------------------|B |--------------3-------------3-------------3------------------------|G |----------4---------------4-------------4--------------------------|D |------5-----------------5-------------5----------------------------|A |----5---------------------------------------------------5----------|E |------------------------------------------------------------3------|
e |--------------4---3---------------|B |----3-4-6---------------4---------|G |----4---------4---4-----4---------|D |----------------------------------|A |----------------------------------|E |----------------------------------|
BRIDGE (0:41) Cm Ge |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--5----------------------------------------------------------------|D |--5----------------------------------------------------------------|A |-------------------------------------------------------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G/G# Ge |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------------------------|A |--------------------------------------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
Cme |-----------------------------------|B |-----------------------------------|G |-----------------------------------|D |------------------------------8----|A |--------------------------6--------|E |----------------------8------------|
FIRST PHRASE (1:00) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 +e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--0-------------------0--------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------1-------3---------------------------0----|A |--------------------------------3-------------------------2--------|E |------------------------------------------------------3------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 +e |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--0h1-----0------------------0h1--0---------|D |----------------------0-1-3--------------1--|A |--------------------------------------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 +e |------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------|G |------------------------------------|D |------------------------------8-----|A |--3-----------------------6---------|E |----------------------8-------------|
(1:18)Vio.e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--8-------7--------------------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------10---------------------------------------|A |----------------------------------8-------10-----------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--0-------------------0--------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------1-------3---------------------------0----|A |--------------------------------3-------------------------2--------|E |------------------------------------------------------3------------|
Vio.e |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--------------------------------------------|D |----------------------------------8---------|A |--5---------------8------10-----------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--0h1-----0------------------0h1--0---------|D |----------------------0-1-3--------------1--|A |--------------------------------------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
Vio.e |------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------|G |------------------------------------|D |--10--------------------------------|A |------------------------------------|E |------------------------------------|
Git. |e |------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------|G |------------------------------0-----|D |------------------------------------|A |--3-------------------3---1---3-----|E |------------------------------------|
SECOND PHRASE (1:39)
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Git. G#e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |--4-------3--------------------------------------------------------|G |--5-------3-------5-------3-------0--------------------------------|D |------------------5---------------3-----------0--------------------|A |--------------------------6----------------------------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Git.e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--0-------------------0--------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------1-------3---------------------------0----|A |--------------------------------3-------------------------2--------|E |------------------------------------------------------3------------|
Git.e |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--0h1-----0------------------0h1--0---------|D |----------------------0-1-3--------------1--|A |--------------------------------------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
Git.e |------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------|G |------------------------------0-----|D |------------------------------------|A |--3-------------------3---1---3-----|E |------------------------------------|
FOURTH PHRASE (2:16)
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Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-------------------------------------------------------------------|D |----------------------------------------0--------------------------|A |--------3----------------------------1-----------------------------|E |--1--4----------------------------3-----------------------------3--|
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |--4-------3--------------------------------------------------------|G |--5-------3-------5-------3-------0---------------------------3----|D |------------------5---------------3--------------------------------|A |--------------------------6-----------------------6-------5--------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-----------0---------------------------3---------------------------|D |--------1-----1----------------------3---3/5-----------------------|A |-----3----------------------------6--------------------------------|E |--4----------------------------4--------------------------------6--|
2:35e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |----------------------4---3---------------------------4---3--------|G |--5---------------------------5-------------------------------3----|D |----------------555---------------6-------------------1---3--------|A |--3-------------------------------------------5--------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-----8-------------------------------------------------------------|D |--------10---------------------------------------------------------|A |----------------------------------------3--------------------------|E |--8------------------------------/1--4-----------------------------|
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |----3~~---------------------------3---------------4----------------|G |---3~~------------------------3---3-------3-------5-------3--------|D |--5~~-----------------3---5---------------5------------------------|A |----------------------------------------------------------6--------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-------------------------------------------0-----------------------|D |--------0-------------------------------1-----1--------------------|A |-----1-------------------------------3-----------------------------|E |--3-----------------------------3-4-----------------------------4--|
2:52e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------------------------4---3--------|G |--0---------------------------3---5---------------------------5----|D |--3----------------------------------------------------------------|A |------------------6-------5----------------------------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--------3----------------------------------------------------------|D |-----3----3/5------------------------8-----------------------------|A |--6-------------------------------------10-------------------------|E |--------------------------------6-8--------------------------------|
e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |----------------------4---3---------3~~----------------------------|G |------------------------------3----3~~------------------------3----|D |--6-------------------1---3-------5~~-----------------3---5--------|A |--------------5----------------------------------------------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-------------------------------------------------------------------|D |----------------------------------------0--------------------------|A |--------3----------------------------1-----1-----------------------|E |-/1--4----------------------------3-----------------------------3--|
3:10e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |--3-----------------------4---------3~~----------------------------|G |----------3-------5----------------3~~------------------------3----|D |--------------------------3-------5~~---------------------1--------|A |------------------------------------------------------3------------|E |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Git. |e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |-----------0----------------------------3--------------------------|D |--------1-----1----------------------3----3h5----------------------|A |-----3----------------------------6--------------------------------|E |--4-----------------------------4----------------------------------|
Git. 3:20e |-------------------------------------------------------------------|B |-------------------------------------------------------------------|G |--0-------------------0--------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------1-------3---------------------------0----|A |--------------------------------3-------------------------2--------|E |------------------------------------------------------3------------|
Git.e |--------------------------------------------|B |--------------------------------------------|G |--0h1-----0------------------0h1--0---------|D |----------------------0-1-3--------------1--|A |--------------------------------------------|E |--------------------------------------------|
Git. 3:34e |------------------------------------|B |------------------------------------|G |------------------------------------|D |------------------------------------|A |--3---------------------------------|E |------------------------------------|
At about 3:35, the song changes time.
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +G |-------------------------------------------|D |-------------------------------------------|A |--------------------------1---4---3--------|E |--1-----1-1-------2---2-4---------------4--|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +G |-------------------------------------------|D |--------------------------1---4---3--------|A |--1-----1-1-------2---2-4---------------4--|E |-------------------------------------------|
The beat builds up and at 4:48 we get this groove, played until the end
Bass: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +G |-------------------------------------------|D |-------------------------------------------|A |--------------------------1---4---3--------|E |--1-----1-1-------2---2-4---------------4--|
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Guitar |e |--------------------------6-8-----6--------|B |------------------------------9-----6---9--|G |----6---5-5---------------------------8----|D |--------------6----------------------------|A |-------------------------------------------|E |-------------------------------------------|
That's the bulk of it...
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