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Thursday, June 8, 2017
BABY WONCHA PLEASE COME HOME by Trooper
Topic: New Tab Postings

In 1975 "Baby Woncha Please Come Home" was released as Trooper's first single ever, charting at #45 in Canada. The song appeared on the band's self-titled debut album, which was produced by Randy Bachman and also featured the follow-up (#14) hit "General Hand Grenade" (previously tabbed for this website.) A long line of hit singles followed throughout the 1970s, paving the way for "Baby Woncha Please Come Home" to also appear on the band's 1979 record-breaking four times platinum greatest hits album Hot Shots.

This marks the 10th Trooper entry I've tabbed for my website (8 tabs and 2 chord charts), behind only Max Webster (11 entries) among Canadian bands. It's also the 101st Canadian artist tab posting.


The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/trooper-babywoncha.txt

Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_KAodx_VF8

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 8, 2017 7:09 PM EDT
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Monday, April 10, 2017
UNDER A STORMY SKY by Daniel Lanois
Topic: New Chords Postings

Already well-known as a producer of major music artists such as Peter Gabriel, U2, Robbie Robertson and several other Canadian bands/artists, in 1989 Daniel Lanois launched his own career as a recording artist with his debut album Acadie.

Atmospheric singles "Still Water" and "The Maker" became well-known Lanois classics, as did "Jolie Louise."

The briefest track on the album, "Under A Stormy Sky", recalls a time from Lanois' childhood when his grandfather's farm was sold and Lanois relocated with his mother and siblings from Quebec to Hamilton, Ontario. While he refers to the song as a celebration, it also has a bittersweet tone, reflecting the changes happening in his life, contrasting the happy and the sad, rural and urban, and the French and English languages. Lanois talks about the song in this short video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9_UdYbzLxk 

The chord chart includes tablature for the guitar solo and the fills in the second bridge.



 
 
 The chord chart: https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/lanoisdaniel-underastormysky.txt


 Audio (album version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzlpaz-8-j4


 Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFCjds--pJI


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, April 10, 2017 10:36 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
HEART - "SAND"
Topic: New Tab Postings

The song "Sand" first appeared on the 1997 album Whirlygig by the Lovemongers, a side project of Heart's Ann & Nancy Wilson. Heart later recorded the song for their 2010 album Red Velvet Car. The Heart version is tabbed here.

The song is in the key of A Major and the tab includes three different ways it can be played. The main tab is based on the way Nancy Wilson's guitar is tuned for the song. The tuning is Open A at the 5th fret. (Tune to Open E and capo at the 5th fret.)

When Heart plays the song live, Ann also plays guitar. Her guitar is in Standard tuning and capoed at the 2nd fret. Below the main tab are chord diagrams and a chord chart based on her guitar part. 

For anyone who doesn't want to re-tune or use a capo, stay in Standard tuning and play the chords shown above the tab staff, whatever fingering you like. All three ways of playing the song are in the same pitch as the studio recording.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/vartab/heart-sand.txt

Audio (studio version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3l5v1fTWyU

Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YaJuG4mB7w


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 4:41 AM EDT
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Saturday, March 5, 2016
DOUG AND THE SLUGS
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

In 1980 Vancouver band Doug and The Slugs released their debut album Cognac and Bologna. The album's first single was the Top 20 hit "Too Bad". (The Intro of that song was the Riff-In-A-Jiff entry for May 21, 2012.) The follow-up single was "Chinatown Calculation", the Intro of which is tabbed here.


DOUG AND THE SLUGS - "Chinatown Calculation"      (D. Bennett)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt


Audio (studio version): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkHUp0qPCo

Live (good camera shot of guitar riff being played at beginning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEziXvnzXHo

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, March 5, 2016 11:07 PM EST
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Friday, January 1, 2016
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Topic: General



Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Friday, January 1, 2016 2:54 AM EST
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Friday, December 25, 2015
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Topic: General




Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Friday, December 25, 2015 3:01 AM EST
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
THE TREWS - "COMING HOME"
Topic: New Tab Postings

A Trew Holiday Gift is a four song digital EP that was released in 2011. It was included as a free bonus for anyone buying The Trews' Hope and Ruin album from the band's online store. The EP featured the Christmas song "Coming Home". Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Colin MacDonald spoke about the song in a December 2011 interview with The Casket, a weekly newspaper published in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (The Trews' hometown):

"It is a song for people working away, whether it is people who work up in Fort McMurray for months at a time and only get to come home on holidays and stuff. Or even guys like us who are touring 250 days out of the year. (The song is about) coming back to what's important at Christmas time."  (http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/14795)

Having enjoyed two great live shows by The Trews this past summer, I decided to tab their Christmas song this holiday season. With this posting, the Canadian Tabs page of the site has also hit the century mark, with "Coming Home" being the 100th tablature added to that page.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/trews-cominghome.txt

Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmoA5635zuk

Live (Hamilton, Ontario, December 2012):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUVvFyr8IM


(click on images to enlarge)


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, December 5, 2015 4:17 AM EST
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
THE GRAPES OF WRATH - "PEACE OF MIND"
Topic: New Tab Postings

"Peace Of Mind" was the first single drawn from The Grapes Of Wrath's second album, Treehouse (1987). It was also the first single to chart for the Kelowna, BC band, peaking at #56 on the Canadian RPM chart.


The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/grapesofwrath-peaceofmind.txt


Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW1w5bewMH8


Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 4:17 AM EST
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Monday, October 12, 2015
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Topic: General


 


Posted by planet/zerofret at 3:08 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, October 12, 2015 3:08 AM EDT
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Friday, October 2, 2015
TORONTO BLUE JAYS A.L. EAST CHAMPS
Topic: General

Yeahhh, Blue Jays!! First A.L. East Division title since 1993! On to the playoffs!


Posted by planet/zerofret at 10:01 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, October 2, 2015 10:12 PM EDT
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